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Monster Island is one of the few owner-operated studios where you can get great drum sounds and track a full band to two inch tape while isolating the sounds from all of the musicians. We record to two inch analog tape and ProTools 10 HD through Radar Nyquist Converters in a Bob Hodas-tuned control room, and have more than 24 channels of Neve, Chandler, Pendulum tube mic pres, compressors and EQs. Mixing is a unique hybrid of recallable analog EQ and ProTools automation. While we work on many sessions for people who have the budget and experience to go anywhere in the world they want to record, we also have a lot of experience making the smallest budgets work. Follow the link on rates vs cost for more information. One of the most unique features of the studio is that all of the analog recording equipment is left set up, patched in and and ready to record which drastically cuts down on set up time. |
About Mike Caffrey Monster Island's owner, Mike Caffrey, has made a living producing and engineering recordings in NYC since 1995. After graduating from Berklee College of Music as a guitar player, he started Monster Island in a small room in the Meat Packing District in 1995. Moved to the current location in 2000, and has worked on multiple #1, gold, platinum and Grammy winning recordings in this studio. He has toured Euorope as part of Richard Muller's "all-star superband" with Omar Hakim, Will Lee, Hiram Bullock and Clifford Carter. He's a Senior Contributor and conference moderator/panelist for Tape Op Magazine. He leads The Number One Sons a performance team with Steven Wolf and Jack Daley, who specialize in live rhythm section recordings with both US and international clients. They have recenlty added Mark Solomich as a co-writer/producer for pop songs and remixes. |
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"Mike Caffrey is a genius" - Tony Visconti |
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