We now offer a professional recording studio!

By special arrangement with the audio Recording Studios of Robert Raines Creative Inc.
and Sennen Quigley.

Located in Northern Virginia at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, this secluded and cozy facility is packed with all of the latest, top-of-the line digital recording equipment. Approximately one hour from Washington DC, the studio boasts 64 tracks of 24-bit digital recording. In addition to dozens of computer based effects processors, the studio also has the very best in analog effects, microphones, preamps and processors.

The owner/operator, Robert Raines, is a former Vice President and Creative Director of America Online and has won awards for music composition and recording. Robert has produced numerous albums, TV commercials and sound tracks and personally engineers all sessions.

The facility is large enough to accommodate several musicians and is acoustically designed for optimum recording results.

Equipment includes:

Kurzweil 88-key digital keyboard
A variety of guitar and bass amplifiers
AKAI 6000 sampler with hundreds of instrument sounds at your disposal
Numerous sampled drums kits as well as a MIDI "Drum Kat" playing surface
MIDI guitar and effects
Neuman U87 and Audio Technica 4033 microphones
Vintech preamps (made from Neve components)
Summit tube microphone leveling amps
Six MIDI multi-voice synthesizers
Panasonic SV-3700 digital 2-track for mix-down
Genelec and Yamaha playback speakers
Mackie HUI digital mixer with automation
Mackie CR-1604 sub-mixer
Macintosh based with Logic Platinum and ultra high speed Glyph hard drives
Digital plug-ins include Lexicon reverbs, gates, EQs and numerous effects -- all top-of-the line.
CD burning available

Other available services include lead sheets, scores and parts created with Finale notation software. Arranging, composition, and production services are available as well as a wide variety of studio musicians.

Rates $50 per hour, minimum 4 hours per session. Rates for on-site 2-track digital recording of live performances available upon request.

We also offer portable recording services!

Benefits:

Professional Quality - 24-bit uncompressed digital audio
6 live tracks, unlimited virtual tracks
Perfect for Live Performances / Home Recording
Mobile Studio comes to you
Final Copy presented on CD-R master disc

Rates:

$150 for up to 2 hours, $50 per additional hour
$50/hour for Mastering, at your site and to YOUR specifications
Amps are also available to rent upon request ($30 per head or cabinet per day):
- Marshall TSL 60 watt tube guitar amp head
- Marshall VS 100 watt solid state guitar amp head
- 4x12" speaker cabinet
- Peavey 700 watt bass amp head
- Peavey 2x15" speaker cabinet