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THE STUDIO

OUR LOCATION

TreeSpeak Studios is located in scenic Columbia Heights, just outside of NE Minneapolis. We moved into the building in 2013, when it was just an abandoned dentist's office. The next four years were spent converting it into a recording studio with the generous help of our amazing friends. We did everything ourselves from demolition to framing and finishing, and we are proud to call it our home.
Our new facility has a comfortable live room, a vocal booth, an iso room, a control room, a green room loaded with video games, and an open lounge/kitchen. Send us a message to get a studio tour scheduled!

THE GEAR

MICROPHONES

Condensers

 

Blue Kiwi

Mojave MA-300 (2)

Octava MK-319 (2)

Rode NT-5 w/ Michael Joly modded capsules (2)

Violet Amethyst Vintage (2)

Warm Audio WA-87 (3)

Wunder Audio CM7 GTS w/ M7 capsule

 

Ribbons

 

AEA R92

Cascade Fat Head II (2)

 

Dynamics

 

AKG D112

Audio Technica ATM21 (2)

Audix i5

Beyerdynamic M88 TG (2)

Beyerdynamic M201 TG

Blue encore 100i (2)

Electro-Voice RE-20 (2)

Electro-Voice RE-320

Heil PR 40

Sennheiser e609

Sennheiser e906 (3)

Shure 545-SD (2)

Shure 55 Unidyne (vintage)

Shure SM7 (vintage)

CONSOLE

Tangent 3216

12-channel inline console from the mid '70s

Power supply and preamps recently recapped

PREAMPS AND PROCESSING

Preamps

API 512c (2)

Dizengoff Audio DA2 (2)

Great River MP500NV (2)

Stam Audio 1073EQ

 

Compressors

 

Empirical Labs Distressor EL8X (2)

Urie LA-4 (2)

Black Lion Audio Seventeen (2)

Orban 424A

IGS Audio S-Type

 

Equalizers

 

Rupert Neve Designs 551 (2)

WARM Audio EQP-WA (2)

Tangent 3216 console EQs (12 channels)

 

Other processors

 

Rupert Neve Designs 542 tape emulator (2)

Elysia Nvelope stereo transient shaper (2)

Mammoth Cave Audio Wooly Mammoth Deluxe mk2

INSTRUMENTS

Guitars and Bass Guitars

 

Gibson Firebird V

Fender JA90

Fender American Stratocaster

BAH Guitars Barncaster

Custom-built "Explorer-ish"

Danelectro U2

Fender Mexican Nashville Telecaster

Fender Telecaster Deluxe

Fender Mustang

Gretsch G5622T

Fender American P-Bass

Fender Aerodyne Jazz Bass

G&L SB1

G&L L2000

Ibanez GSR200

Pedals

 

Stomp Under Foot - Fuzz Extreme

Stomp Under Foot - Black Russian

BYOC - Large Beaver

Z.Vex - Mastotron

smallsound/bigsound - Mini

BYOC - 855 Drive

Stephen Douglas - Leona

DOD - 250 Preamp

BYOC - Lil' Mouse

Fulltone - Fulldrive 2 MOSFET

Elf Hands Custom Pedals - Treble Booster

BYOC - Opto Compressor

Roland - AP-2 Phase II

BYOC - Echo Royal

Matthews Effects - Astronomer

Mr. Black - Supermoon

Boss - RV-5

Boss - DD-6

Boss - TR-2

Dunlop - DimeBaby from Hell

Mission Engineering - EP1-X Expression Pedal

Dunlop - GCB-95

TC Electronic - Ditto X4

Boss - VO-1

Boss - Synth9

Boss - TU-2

TC Electronic - Polytune

Sonic Research - ST-200

COMPUTER AND INTERFACE

Percussion

 

Yamaha Power V special drum kit

Yamaha DP drum kit

Porkpie "lil squealer" snare

Piccolo snare

Gretch 14x7 snare

Gretch 15x6 snare

Yamaha steel snare

Premier Olympic Orange Sparkle snare

Paiste bronze 502

Zildjian ZBT

Sabian B8 splash

Meinal Byzance 18" dark crash

Bliss highhats

Bosphorous smash crash

Zildjian Sweet ride

Sabian B8 18" china

Zildjian Constantinople ride

ZHT splash

 

Horns

 

Al Hirt signature trumpet

Olds trombone

Bundy alto sax

Keys

 

Vintage Wurlitzer electric piano

Hammond M-111 organ

Guitar Amplifiers and Cabs

Fender Twin Reverb

Marshall Studio Classic JCM800 (20 watt)

Peavey 5150

Traynor Custom Valve 40

Resonant Electric Tiny Bastard

Vox AC15

Savage Glas30

Gallien Krueger 300GT

Gibson "Falcon" GA-19RVT

Roland Cube keyboard amp

Egnator Tourmaster 4x12 w/ Celestion Vintage 30's

Bass Amplifiers and Cabs

Ampeg SVT-VR

Gibson GB440

Peavey Max 450

Ampeg 8x10 bass cab

​Sonic 1x18 bass cab

Computer

2015 iMac 8-core i7

Interface

Antelope Audio Orion 32 (32 inputs and 32 outputs)

Software

Pro Tools 2018.10

Plugins from Elysia, FabFilter, Slate, Soundtoys, Waves, and more

Celemony Melodyne Studio

 

Contact us if you have questions on specific hardware or software availability.

MONITORING

Control Room

Yamaha NS-10M Studios

Custom-built monitors with dual 6" drivers

Four custom-built 12" subwoofers

Drawmer MC2.1 Monitor controller

 

Live Room

Hear Technologies Hearback system with 6 mixers

Audio-Technica, Sennheiser, and Shure headphones

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