Studio I

Studio I is reserved for The Blackbird Academy, although it may be used as an editing suite when booking Studio A.

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Studio I is reserved for The Blackbird Academy, although it may be used as an editing suite when booking Studio A.

Studio I is a hybrid desktop recording, mixing, and mastering environment featuring Pro Tools HDX and 32 channels of analog summing from Dangerous Music. The second-floor studio overlooks Blackbird Studio A’s live room, which offers tunable acoustics and a Hidley-designed chamber with an adjustable ceiling to customize the reverb time. The patchbay, wired by Mike Rhodes at SkinnyFish Audio, includes enough guest panel I/O to handle the many outboard processors that visit the room on tracking and mixing days.

Studio I Gallery

  • Control room with David Bowie Aladdin Sane poster, yellow-green velvet chair, production desk with iMac, MIDI controller, studio monitors, outboard gear racks, view to kitchen, purple walls.
  • Wide view of control room with curved production desk, dual office chairs, studio monitors, computer, outboard racks on sides, yellow-green curtains, window showing live room, purple walls.
  • Rack of outboard gear including Dangerous Music Liaison and two Dangerous 2-Bus summing mixers with illuminated buttons, API 500-series lunchbox, Hear Technologies headphone system at bottom.
  • Gear collection showing vintage Fender amplifier head, dual VU meter preamp on top, wood-framed rack with Jensen transformers and BAE preamps, rack with Avid converters and digital interfaces.
  • Control room with purple walls, production desk with computer, studio monitors, keyboard controller, outboard gear racks, office chairs, yellow-green curtains, window to live room with colorful acoustic panels.
  • Rack of outboard processors including BAE preamp, blue API-style EQs, Radial Workhorse 500-series chassis, Millennia preamps, red digital effects unit, digital reverb units.
  • Control room showing production desk with monitor, keyboard, studio monitors on stands, outboard gear racks both sides, purple walls, window to live room with red and blue acoustic treatment, modern chandelier visible.
  • Desktop control surface with blue display, dynamic microphone on stand, outboard gear rack showing Focusrite preamps with blue knobs, Fatso Jr. compressor, studio monitor on shelf above.
  • Control room with David Bowie poster, production desk with iMac, MIDI keyboard, studio monitors, outboard gear racks, office chairs, yellow-green curtains, purple walls, view to adjacent room.
  • Full kitchen with white cabinets, black countertops, stainless appliances including double oven and refrigerator, dining table with chairs, framed poster on wall.
  • Kitchen with white cabinets, black countertops, double wall ovens, stainless appliances, dining table with metal chairs in foreground
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  • Control room with David Bowie Aladdin Sane poster, yellow-green velvet chair, production desk with iMac, MIDI controller, studio monitors, outboard gear racks, view to kitchen, purple walls.
  • Wide view of control room with curved production desk, dual office chairs, studio monitors, computer, outboard racks on sides, yellow-green curtains, window showing live room, purple walls.
  • Rack of outboard gear including Dangerous Music Liaison and two Dangerous 2-Bus summing mixers with illuminated buttons, API 500-series lunchbox, Hear Technologies headphone system at bottom.
  • Gear collection showing vintage Fender amplifier head, dual VU meter preamp on top, wood-framed rack with Jensen transformers and BAE preamps, rack with Avid converters and digital interfaces.
  • Control room with purple walls, production desk with computer, studio monitors, keyboard controller, outboard gear racks, office chairs, yellow-green curtains, window to live room with colorful acoustic panels.
  • Rack of outboard processors including BAE preamp, blue API-style EQs, Radial Workhorse 500-series chassis, Millennia preamps, red digital effects unit, digital reverb units.
  • Control room showing production desk with monitor, keyboard, studio monitors on stands, outboard gear racks both sides, purple walls, window to live room with red and blue acoustic treatment, modern chandelier visible.
  • Desktop control surface with blue display, dynamic microphone on stand, outboard gear rack showing Focusrite preamps with blue knobs, Fatso Jr. compressor, studio monitor on shelf above.
  • Control room with David Bowie poster, production desk with iMac, MIDI keyboard, studio monitors, outboard gear racks, office chairs, yellow-green curtains, purple walls, view to adjacent room.
  • Full kitchen with white cabinets, black countertops, stainless appliances including double oven and refrigerator, dining table with chairs, framed poster on wall.
  • Kitchen with white cabinets, black countertops, double wall ovens, stainless appliances, dining table with metal chairs in foreground

Studio I Equipment List

Here’s what's currently in the room, but don't worry, we have what you need to make your session a success.

  • MIC PREAMPS

    • 2x API 312
    • 1x Radial 8-Slot Workhorse
    • 1x AMI V72 Stereo-Sonic (2-Channel)
    • 1x Chandler EMI TG2 (2-Channel)
    • 1x John Hardy Jensen Twin Servo 990 (4-Channel)
    • 1x Octo Shadow Hills Mic Pre (W/ St. Ives Iron Mod, 8-Channel)
    • 1x Prism Sound Maselec MMA-4 (4-Channel)
    • 2x Chandler Germanium
    • 1x Avalon M2 (2-Channel)

  • EQUALIZERS

    • 4x API 550d
    • 1x API 560
    • 1x APSI 562
    • 1x NTI Nightpro EQ3-D

  • DYNAMICS PROCESSORS

    • 1x Urei 1176LN (Rev H)
    • 1x Empirical Labs EL7 Fatso Jr
    • 1x API 2500
    • 1x BSS DPR-901ii (dynamic EQ)
    • 1x SPL Transient Designer (4-channel)

  • EFFECTS / OTHER

    • 1x AMS RMX16 Reverb
    • 1x BBE 882i Sonic Maximizer
    • 1x SPL Tube Vitalizer

  • MONITORS

    • CLA-10 Passives
    • ADAM Audio S2.5A
    • Auratone 5c Super Sound Cubes

  • COMPUTERS

    • Mac Mini w/ Pro Tools Ultimate
    • UAD-2 Quad PCIe

  • RECORDERS

    • Avid HDX System
    • 2x Avid HD I/O for 32 analog inputs & 32 analog outputs
    • 1x Digidesign 192 for 8 analog outputs

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Our other studios

  • Studio H

    Control room with API console and meter bridge, office chair, computer monitor, window to vocal booth showing red curtains, multiple studio monitors including Yamaha NS-10Ms, red and striped acoustic treatment on ceiling, outboard gear rack right.

  • Studio G

    Not available
    Compact control room with tiered production desk holding mixing console and computer monitor, flanked by ADAM ribbon studio monitors, office chair at workstation, beige tufted lounge chair left, large windows with pendant lights, evening view outside.

  • Studio F

    Dolby Atmos mixing room with large console, level meter display, multiple monitor speakers including three soffit-mounted front monitors, surround speakers, display showing Blackbird logo, red carpeted floor.

  • Studio E

    Control room with large console, monitor array including Genelec and Yamaha NS-10Ms, large display showing console image, orange wood acoustic treatment visible right.

  • Studio D

    Control room with mixing console, studio monitors in soffit, guitars on wall, leather seating, pendant lights, red walls, production desk area.

  • Studio C

    Wide view of mixing room with digital console on desk, computer monitors, surround speaker array including floor-standing monitors, wooden acoustic treatment throughout, glass panels in ceiling showing acoustic panels above

  • Studio B

    Mixing console with Genelec and Yamaha NS-10M monitors, VU meter bridge, window into wood-paneled vocal booth with microphone visible.

  • Studio A

    Recording studio control room view from mixing console showing symmetrical monitor setup, large window into live room