Blackstar Studio is located in a commercial area not far from Tamiami Airport in Kendall. It's dimensions are roughly 30 x 20 x 20. The neighborhood is safe, easy to find, and with ample parking.

We work with analogue, digital, or a combination of both recording mediums. Final mixes can be delivered on CD, DAT, regular cassette, or on any of the mediums we work with.

In the live room we have a 1929 Knabe Baby Grand, a Hammond organ with full pedals and a Leslie cabinet, a drum kit, bass rig and a selection of Fender amps. There is a nice selection of microphones and some premium mic pre's. By using gobos, multi-tracking, mic selection and mic placement, the absence of designated isolation booths hasn't been a problem.

BOARD Soundtracs Topaz 48 input, 8-buss

MICROPHONES Soundelux ELUX 251, Audio-technica 4050, 4041, ATM-25, AKG 414 - TL II, Beyerdynamic M-88 TG, M 260 N(C) ribbon, Earthworks QTC-1 (stereo pair), Neumann U87, Royer 121 ribbon, Sennheiser 421 (3), 441 (2), Shure SM-57 (5), SM-58 (3), SM-81 (2), Beta 57, Beta 58, assorted dynamics.

PROCESSORS TC Electronics Finalizer "96k", M-2000, D-two (delay), Chandler Ltd. "TG Channel" (Abbey Road Edition), Vintech "X 73" Channel/mic. pre., Empirical Labs "EL 8-X Distressor" (with British mode), Orban (parametric eq's and compressors), Alesis Q-2, Lexicon LXP-15 II, Antares pitch corrector, Avalon 737 (tube mic pre/compressor), Avalon AD 2022 (mic pre), Avalon U-5's (D.I.), Line 6 Pod Pro (amp/speaker simulator), dbx 566 (tube compressor), assorted pieces from dbx, Behringer.

RECORDERS Tascam DA-88 (24 tracks) digital, Tascam MS-16 (16 track 1" reel-to-reel), Tascam TSR-8 (8 track 1/2" reel-to-reel), DA-30 mk II (2) DAT recorders, CD-RW 5000 (2) CD burners, CD-RW 2000 CD burner, Sony dual well pro cassette.

SPEAKERS ADAM "P-33-A" (control room monitors), Wright "Wavefront III" (control room monitors), JBL "4311" (playback), Klipsch "La Scala" (live room mains), Klipsch " KSM-2" (live room floor monitors)

OTHER ASSORTED GOODIES Knabe Baby Grand Piano, Hammond with Leslie and bass pedals, Fender Guitar amps, Bass Rig, Assorted cabinets.