21St Street Recording Studio

21st Street Recording Studio is a state-of-the-art recording facility that’s available for outside recording projects and custom recordings. We offer several recording packages, which consist of top-notch studio musicians, engineer and producer/arranger. We also have packages for self-contained bands. For more information, call John Gates at 800-218-7149 (access code is 00).

Formed in 1987 as a joint venture between GLAD ( veteran artists in the Contemporary Christian Music field) and JDK Music (a commercial music production firm based in Richmond, Virginia), the studio facility was designed with the versatility to serve both GLAD's needs for major label recorded product and the demands of JDK Music's diverse client list (Disney World, Bell Atlantic, The Learning Channel, ABC's Nightline, MCI, Visa, etc.).

Equipment additions:
Digidesign Pro Tools 24 I/O Mix Plus system (running Pro Tools 6.2)
TC Electronics Flagship processor, the System 6000 Multi-channel Platform
Z Sys. Digital Detangler
CM Labs Motor Mix interface

Console/Recorders/Monitors
SONY MXP-3036 Recording Console w/ J.L. Cooper automation
Bryston and QSC Power Amps
SONY R500 DAT Recorder
Panasonic SV-3700 DAT
Genelec 1031A Monitors

Processing
TC 6000 System (mentioned above)
Focusrite Red Dual Comp/Limiter
Manley Electro Optical Limiter
Lexicon PCM 70
API 212S Preamps (2)
API 550S EQ's (2)
UREI LA-4 Limiter (2)
Aphex Expander/Gate Model 612 (2)
DBX 263X de-esser (2)
DBX 166 Compressor/Limiter
DBX 160X Compressor/Limiter
Yamaha Rev 5 Digital Reverb
MOTU Midi Timepiece

Software
MOTU Digital Performer
Digidesign Pro Tools

Microphones
Neumann (Fred Cameron U-87 tube, TM-170), Gefell
AKG, EV
Sennheiser, Shure

Keyboards/Samplers
Kawai GS-60 Grand Piano w/ MIDI
Kurzweil K2000RS Sampler with upgrades
Korg O1W