The Studio
Prize Beagle Recording is a full service recording studio offering recording,
editing and mixing services nestled into an intimate 360 sq foot space.
By marrying a Studer A80 with a Pro Tools TDM system the Beagle can provide
a warm sonic environment that takes full advantage of modern editing capabilities.
This flexible system is well suited to independant artists and home recordists.
Studio Gear
| Recorders Studer A80 1" 8-track analog recorder Pro Tools Mix|Plus 32 input/18 output Tascam DA-38, DA-88 DTRS recorders Monitors JBL 4328p Shitty Bookshelf Stereo Mics Blue Baby Bottle Shure SM7 AKG C1000S (2) AT-4033 MXL 665 No-name "Pabst Blue" Ribbon Mic Realistic PZM Rode NT1 Sennheiser e835 (3) Shure 55S (the Elvis mic) Shure Beta 52 Stapes SDC (2) Studio Projects C3 Assorted 'effect' mics Effects Yamaha REV7 ART ProVerb Eventide JJ193 (from NASA!) Ibanez Analog Multi Effects Tel-Ray Adineko oil can delay Assorted Guitar Pedals |
Console Studiomaster Mixdown Classic 8 24 channel, 8 bus, 8 aux 40 channels at mixdown Modified w/ Burr-Brown OpAmps on 16 of 24 channels. Mic Pres hhb Radius-10 Aphex-102 Studio Projects SP828 Dynamics/EQ dbx 163 (2) FMR Really Nice Compressor Symmetrix 525 (2x2) Rane Stereo 15-band graphic EQ Aphex-104 Aural Exciter Type C2 Instruments 1964 Slingerland 3 pc kit 24" Kick, 12" Tom, 16" Floor 14" Slingerland Gene Krupa Snare 14" Ludwig Acrolite Snare Zildjian and Paiste cymbals 50's Gibson LG0 Acoustic Guitar '81 Squier Jazz Bass Epiphone Dot Guitar MicroKorg synthesizer w/ Vocoder Other Nonsense Roland Rhythm Selector drum machine Stylophone eceltrinic instrument 80s Electronic handheld games Sony personal cassette recorder Assorted percussion instruments |
The
Original Prize Beagle
Benscreek Nifty King was born in 1963 and became an AKC
National Champion 13-Inch Beagle at the age of five. Along the way he
won a number of regional awards in Pennsylvania in the 60s before retiring
to become the stud he always knew he was. His mother was the excellently
named FC Chippewa Sally and his father was FC West Pike Nifty (FC stands
for Field Champion, an official AKC designation). King was raised by my
great-grandfather, Howard Horner, a remarkable guy that lived to be 102
and was lucid until the day he departed. The studio name is also a tribute
to him. I never met King, but I did get to play with his daughter Lucy
when I was growing up.
Here's a picture of Howard and King and some of the many awards they won
together. I have some of these trophies in the studio to remind me of
them.
There's also the subject of the black velvet painting collection. I have over 85 portraits of Snoopy committed to the classy medium of black velvet. This takes a little explaining that's best left to a face to face meeting over a few drinks, but you can see them here.
