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The Studio

TreeSpeak Studios is located in scenic Columbia Heights, just outside of NE Minneapolis. Our facility has a comfortable live room, a control room, two isolation booths, a green room to relax in while you're not tracking, and an open lounge/kitchen. Send us a message to get a studio tour scheduled!

History

TreeSpeak had humble beginnings in a practice space. In 2013, we acquired an abandoned dentist's office, and the next four years were spent converting the building into a recording studio. Along with the help of our amazing friends, we did everything from demolition to framing and finishing work, and we are proud to call it our home.

The Gear

MICROPHONES
CONSOLE

Tangent 3216

12-channel inline console from the mid '70s

Power supply and preamps recently recapped

PREAMPS AND OUTBOARD

Preamps

API 512c (2)

Dizengoff Audio DA2 (2)

Great River MP500NV (2)

Stam Audio 1073EQ (2)

Warm Audio WA12

JHS Pulp 'n' Peel

 

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

Fulltone Tube Tape Echo

INSTRUMENTS

Guitars

 

Burny Les Paul Custom

Fender JA90

Fender American Stratocaster

Custom-built "Explorer-ish" (super heavy)

Danelectro U2

Gibson Melody Maker Les Paul (2011)

Gretsch G5622T

Gibson SG

G&L Legacy Tribute

Squire J. Mascis Jazzmaster

Epi by Epiphone ED-100/NS Acoustic

Bass Guitars

Fender American P-Bass​

G&L L2000

Guitar Amplifiers and Cabs

Fender Twin Reverb

Marshall Studio Classic JCM800 (20 watt)

Resonant Electric Tiny Bastard

Savage Glas30x

Gibson GA-19RVT "Falcon"

Egnator Tourmaster 4x12 w/ Celestion Vintage 30's

Gibson GA-95RVT "Apollo"

Peavey Bandit

Traynor TS-20

Bass Amplifiers and Cabs

Ampeg SVT-VR

Gibson GB440 "Thunderfunk"

Peavey Series 400

Ampeg 8x10 bass cab

​Sonic 1x18 bass cab

Acoustic B410 mkII

Percussion

 

Yamaha Power V special drum kit

Piccolo snare

Gretch 14x7 snare

Gretch 15x6 snare

Yamaha steel snare

Premier Olympic Orange Sparkle snare

Zildjian Sweet Ride

Zildjian New Beats 14" HH

Zildjian 16" medium-thin crash

Zildjian 18" medium-thin crash

ZHT splash

Various auxiliary percussion

Keys

 

Vintage Wurlitzer electric piano

Hammond M-111 organ

Roland RD-170

Pedals

 

Elf Hands - Treble Booster

Xotic Effects - EP Booster

MXR - M133 "Micro Amp"

Abominable Electronics - Don't Shred on Me

Build Your Own Clone - Li'l Mouse

Build Your Own Clone - Silver Pony II

Build Your Own Clone - The Swede

Stephan Douglas - Leona

Blammo! Electronics - Tomb Sender

Electro-Harmonix - Satisfaction

Stomp Under Foot - Black Russian

Stomp Under Foot - El Diablo Fuzz Extreme

Stomp Under Foot - The Shag

Way Huge - Havalina

ZVex - Mastotron Vextron

Ibanez - Tube Screamer

Lovepedal - Les Lius

Mr. Black - BB-74x

smallsound/bigsound - Mini

ZVex - Super Duper Vexter

MXR - JHM3 "Univibe"

Truetone - H2O V3

Build Your Own Clone - Echo Royal

Lovepedal - Gen 5 Echo

MXR - M117R

Mid-Fi Electronics - Clari(not)

Walrus Audio - Mako M1

Build Your Own Clone - Phase Royal

MXR - M107 "Phase 100"

Roland - AP-2 "Phase II"

Mantic Conceptual - Proverb

Mattews Effects - Astronomer

Mr. Black - Supermoon

Electro-Harmonix - Stereo Pulsar

Spaceman Effects - Delta II Harmonic Tremolo

Stone Deaf - Tremotron

Pigtronix - Ringmaster Analog Multiplier

TC Electronic - Shaker

Earthquaker Devices - The Depths

Dunlop - DB01B "Cry Baby from Hell"

Dunlop - GCB95 "Cry Baby"

Morley - Power Wah Volume

Digitech - Mosaic

Foxrox Electronics - Octron2

Mantic Conceptual - Density Hulk

DSM Noisemaker - OmniCabSim

Build Your Own Clone - Opto Compressor

Build Your Own Clone - Parametric EQ

Mission Engineering - EP1-X

Source Audio - SA161 Dual Expression Pedal

Tall Timber - Fader DLX

Build Your Own Clone - A/B/Y True Bypass Router

Morley - ABY

Boss - TU-3

Sonic Research - ST-200

Mission Engineering - VM-PRO

COMPUTER AND INTERFACE

Computer

2015 iMac 8-core i7

Interface

Antelope Audio Orion 32+ (32 inputs and 32 outputs)

Software

Pro Tools - Current Version

Celemony Melodyne Studio

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

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

MONITORING

Control Room

Custom-built monitors with dual 6" drivers

Four custom-built 12" subwoofers

Yamaha NS-10M Studios

Auratone

Drawmer MC2.1 Monitor controller

 

Live Room

Hear Technologies Hearback system with 6 mixers

Audio-Technica, Sennheiser, and Shure headphones

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