MONUMENT SOUND
Changing how people hear music one track at a time
Studio
Monument Sound is a high-end, private recording studio and mix facility located in Monument, Colorado. Just a quick 55 mile drive from downtown Denver, or an easy 25 minute drive from Colorado Springs. We offer a Pro Tools HD 3 Accel system, tons of new and vintage analog gear, three tracking rooms and a great relaxed environment to tie it all together. Monument Sound is the perfect place to get your project done.
Monument Sound is a high-end, private recording studio and mix facility located in Monument, Colorado. Just a quick 55 mile drive from downtown Denver, or an easy 25 minute drive from Colorado Springs. We offer a Pro Tools HD 3 Accel system, tons of new and vintage analog gear, three tracking rooms and a great relaxed environment to tie it all together.
Monument Sound is the perfect place to get your project done.
Gear
MIX RIG:
40 INPUTS - 56 OUTPUTS
DIGIDESIGN HD3 ACCEL
ISOCHRONE ATOMIC CLOCK
1 x BENCHMARK ADC-1
1 x BENCHMARK DAC1
1 x APOGEE D/A-16X
2 x LYNX AURORA
1 x DIGIDESIGN 192
DANGEROUS AUDIO 2 BUSS
DANGEROUS MONITOR ST
BLUE SKY SYSTEM ONE
B&W SERIES 600i
SOFTWARE:
PRO TOOLS HD 8.0
REASON 3.0
TONS OF PLUGS
URS, SSL,
Eventide Clockworks
Native Instruments
Antares
Massey
Nomad
Bombfactory
Digirack
FXpansion
Much, much, more
MICROPHONES:
1 x SHURE SM-7B
1 x NEUMANN TLM-103
2 x RODE NTK (TUBE MIC)
2 x CASCADE FAT HEAD II (Ribbon)
1 x CASCADE X-15 (Stereo Ribbon)
1 x GT 55 Fet
1 x APEX 460
2 x APEX 435
7 x SHURE SM-57
4 x Oktava MK-012
2 x Oktava MK-319
1 x Oktava MK-219
1 x AUDIX D6
1 x SHURE BETA 52
1 x AKG D112
2 x SENNHEISER E609
5 x SENNHEISER MD421-II
PREAMPS/EQ:
1 x API 3124+MB
1 x API 7600
2 x VINTECH X73i
2 x CHAMELEON LABS Mk2 7602
2 x TRIDENT 80B
1 x MANLEY EQP-1A
16 x FOCUSRITE (if needed)
1 x Little Labs Redcloud
OUTBOARD EFFECTS:
10 Space 500 Series Rack
1 x Empirical Labs De-Resser
Lexicon PCM-90
Ensoniq DP/4
Eventide H3000 D/SE
SPL Transient Designer 4
TC Electronics M2000
Digitech TSR-24S
Digitech DHP-55
Filter Factory
USB Midisport
M-Audio Oxygen 8
M-Audio 61 es
OUTBOARD COMPRESSORS:
API 2500 BUSS COMP
2 x UA 1176
2 x EMPIRICAL LABS EL-8X
1 x CHAMELEON LABS 7806
1 x DBX 160A
1 x DBX 160XT
GUITAR AMPLIFICATION AND EFFECTS:
1985 Marshall JCM 800
1986 MesaBoogie Studio Preamp
MesaBoogie Simul-Class 2:90
Bogner Uberschall 4 x 12
MesaBoogie Vintage 2 x 12
Rocktron HUSH Super C
TECH 21 SansAmp RBI
1965 Fender Bassman Blackface
Fender Prosonic
ReAmp V2
Maxon OD 808
Keeley Compressor
Keeley BOSS SD-1
Dunlop Crybaby Wah
Radial "Big Shot ABY" switcher
GUITARS:
Ibanez 540S Limited
Ibanez RG Series
Hamer 4 String Velocity 2 Bass
Seagull 6 string acoustic guitar
DRUMS:
Tama SuperStar Birch HyperDrive 6 piece
Tama Birch Snare
Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute Snare
Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute Snare
Yamaha Oak Snare
Samples
All samples are 320kps mp3 quality and works of Monument Sound artists
Engineer
Chris Andrews
INFORMATION COMING SOON
Rates
TRACKING:
$50.00 Per Hour
$45.00 Per Hour (20 hour block)
$40.00 Per Hour (40+ hour block)
All block rates must be pre-paid. NO EXCEPTIONS!
DAY RATE: $400 per day, pre-paid only.(up to 10 hours)
MIX ONLY: $350.00 per song with a 3 recall clause per song. After three recalls the rate is $65.00 per recall.
Hours left over from tracking time are applied to the mix rate.
The mix rate after initial tracking is set to a flat rate of $350.00 per song.
All sessions are to be "paid-in-full" at the end of the studio day.
All cancellations of studio time MUST be made no later than 48 hours prior to scheduled session.
All sessions cancelled with less than 48 hours notice will be billed at 50% of total scheduled time.
A contract with studio regualtions will be sent via email
Clients
Some of the clients Monument Sound has worked with over the years.
Session Saxophone/Horns/Arragement
Session Bassist
Session Guitarist (all styles)
Session Pianist/Arrangement
Session Drummer
Producer/Engineer
Producer/Engineer/Drummer
Artist Management
Articles
Videos
News
CURRENT NEWS:Dec 26th, 2009 - Just got word that the Xmas EP that I mixed for Colorado Springs artists "The Sonflowerz" now has a #1 single on the CMW (Christian Music Weekly) charts - "Beautiful Miracle" is up from #11 to #1.... Great news!Dec 13th, 2009 - Just got word that the single"Beautiful Miracle"by "The Sonflowerz" that I mixed for their Xmas CD is now being played on 600+ CCM radio stations. Congrats to "The Sonflowerz" for this success!Nov. 15th, 2009 - The two new songs by "All Capitals" are now up on the player - Check em out!Nov 13th, 2009 - The masters for two new songs from the "All Capitals" are back and loud and proud. Dominic at Airshow Mastering has done it again by retaining the dynamics that we worked hard to get with these mixes. Hope to get one of the new ones up on the page here soon for your listening pleasure.We have also started production into Grant Sabin's new 12 song record. Stay tuned for these new works as they are gonna be great!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Nov 5th - Starting to track Blues artist Grant Sabin. This kid can play and knows what he wants out of his music and recordings. Looking forward to starting this long winter project and help create the best record he has had for his music.Check his out here: www.myspace.com/grantsabinmusic------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Nov 3rd - Finishing up mixing the "All Capitals" out of Denver. Looking forward to getting these new tunes out to mastering up in Boulder and off to the Indie radio for the masses. Stay tuned for this new release.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10/13/2009: Starting to mix two new songs from Denver's own "All Capitals." Looking forward to testing out some new gear on this one. These guys have been in the studio a few sessions now and have really made some solid sounds. Thick guitars, pounding drums and some creative production to boot. Stay tuned for this one in a few weeks and a song pretty much every few months.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9/23/2009: Just finished up mixing a 6 song Christmas EP from "The Sonflowerz" ( Avista Records) and will be sending the material out to David Glasser upat Airshow Mastering to work his final touches. We had a week long nightly adventure on this one with numerous recalls and tweaks to make it just right. I give mad props out to the crew for lending their ears and making this project really shine. Great job as usual with Brad Nyght's engineering and producing skills. Really makes my job easy when it comes to mixing. Looking forward to seeing this CD in music stores this Xmas._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Continue to work on producing and engineering Denvers own All Capitals. So far this new material is really sounding huge! Guitars and bass are finished, drums are done and all that remains are vocals which will be tackled this Sunday evening. Plan is to get the vocals finished and start the mix process fornext week. Looking forward to hearing this thing to the end and onto Indie Radio._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________9/24/2009 : Starting to record Colorado Springs blues artist Grant Sabin. Really looking forward to working with Grant. Amazing guitar player and hasa real roots based "G Love" tone. Cannot wait to get started this Thursday on this project.Lots coming down the pipe so stay tuned!
CURRENT NEWS:
Dec 26th, 2009 - Just got word that the Xmas EP that I mixed for Colorado Springs artists "The Sonflowerz" now has a #1 single on the CMW (Christian Music Weekly) charts - "Beautiful Miracle" is up from #11 to #1.... Great news!
Dec 13th, 2009 - Just got word that the single"Beautiful Miracle"by "The Sonflowerz" that I mixed for their Xmas CD is now being played on 600+ CCM radio stations. Congrats to "The Sonflowerz" for this success!
Nov. 15th, 2009 - The two new songs by "All Capitals" are now up on the player - Check em out!
Nov 13th, 2009 - The masters for two new songs from the "All Capitals" are back and loud and proud. Dominic at Airshow Mastering has done it again by retaining the dynamics that we worked hard to get with these mixes. Hope to get one of the new ones up on the page here soon for your listening pleasure.
We have also started production into Grant Sabin's new 12 song record. Stay tuned for these new works as they are gonna be great!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nov 5th - Starting to track Blues artist Grant Sabin. This kid can play and knows what he wants out of his music and recordings. Looking forward to starting this long winter project and help create the best record he has had for his music.Check his out here: www.myspace.com/grantsabinmusic
Nov 3rd - Finishing up mixing the "All Capitals" out of Denver. Looking forward to getting these new tunes out to mastering up in Boulder and off to the Indie radio for the masses. Stay tuned for this new release.
10/13/2009: Starting to mix two new songs from Denver's own "All Capitals." Looking forward to testing out some new gear on this one. These guys have been in the studio a few sessions now and have really made some solid sounds. Thick guitars, pounding drums and some creative production to boot. Stay tuned for this one in a few weeks and a song pretty much every few months.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9/23/2009: Just finished up mixing a 6 song Christmas EP from "The Sonflowerz" ( Avista Records) and will be sending the material out to David Glasser up
at Airshow Mastering to work his final touches. We had a week long nightly adventure on this one with numerous recalls and tweaks to make it just right.
I give mad props out to the crew for lending their ears and making this project really shine. Great job as usual with Brad Nyght's engineering and
producing skills. Really makes my job easy when it comes to mixing.
Looking forward to seeing this CD in music stores this Xmas.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Continue to work on producing and engineering Denvers own All Capitals. So far this new material is really sounding huge! Guitars and bass are finished,
drums are done and all that remains are vocals which will be tackled this Sunday evening. Plan is to get the vocals finished and start the mix process for
next week. Looking forward to hearing this thing to the end and onto Indie Radio.
9/24/2009 : Starting to record Colorado Springs blues artist Grant Sabin. Really looking forward to working with Grant. Amazing guitar player and has
a real roots based "G Love" tone. Cannot wait to get started this Thursday on this project.
Lots coming down the pipe so stay tuned!
Contact
Mix Engineer/Producer
Monument Sound
Studio: 719-375-5658
Monument, Colorado
