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Virtual Audio
Recording Studio


Mastering + Mixing + Recording
Year Founded: 2008

For more information contact:
George Piazza
Virtual Audio Studio
2717 Massachusetts Ave.
Metairie, LA 70003.
Tel: 504.214.1374
E-mail: virtualaudio@aol.com
www.myspace.com/georgepiazza
Last updated: 7/16/08

Recent Projects

Mastering: Ticklefish - Stay a Kid
 
Previous studio work

Down, Rigid, Fire, Banda Logun, Mardi Gras Indian Singers, Buttermilk, Tabula Rasa, Machine Screw, Irene and the Mikes, etc. 

Room Dimensions

Control Room: 13x16; Main Recording Room: 25x34; Drum Recording Room, 13x9; Amp Iso Room: 7x6; Vocal Recording Room: 9x12, - average measurements, as all rooms are offset.  All are acoustically treated, including offset (angled) cedar panels. Other recording spaces and amenities: kitchenette, dual-room bathroom, hallways).


Staff

Management - George Piazza, Mike McCormack
Engineering - George Piazza, Chuck Booksh


Equipment
  • Recording System
    • Core 2 Duo E6750 PC w/ 2gigs Ram, multiple monitors
    • RME Multiface II interface/converter
    • M-Audio Delta 1010 converter
    • Focusrite OctoPre LE w/ ADAT out
    • M-Audio Tampa Pre amp w/ compression
    • Line 6 Pod 2.0
    • Mackie 32 channel mixer
    • PreSonus Central Station monitor routing
    • Cubase SX3
    • Wavelab 6 w/ Spectral Editing
    • Algorithmix Red Linear Phase Eq
    • K-Stereo Ambience Recovery Processor
    • Izotope: Ozone, Spectron & Trash
    • Voxengo Elephant Limiter
    • Voxengo Pristine Space Convolution Reverb
    • Voxengo Soniformer Spectral Dynamics
    • Voxengo Crunchessor 2
    • Halion 3 Sampler
    • assorted plugins
    • DBX 163 compressor (2)
    • TDK 4800 CD burner
    • NEC/Sony Dual Layer DVD burner
  • Instruments
    • Kurzweil PC2x w polyphony expansion, orchestral and classic keys
    • Kurzweil K2000
    • Fernandes Revolver Elite guitar w/ sustainer and Floyd Rose tremolo
    • Various woodwinds: Soprano & Tenor Sax; oboe & English horn
    • Tama Drums
    • Steinberger Bass
    • Rogue ES 335 modified
    • Peavey guitar amplifiers
    • Roland K550 keyboard amp  
    • Epiphone SG
    • LP Congas
    • Assorted Stomp Boxes  
  • Microphones
    • Sennheiser 421 dynamic (2)
    • AKG D112 dynamic (2)
    • Shure SM87 beta dynamic (3) 
    • Shure SM57 dynamic (6)
    • Shure SM58 dynamic (4)
    • AKG C-414 gold (2)
    • EV RE-20
    • AudioTechnica 4030
    • Shure SM81 (2)
    • Shure C3000
    • Behringer condensor (2)
    • M-Audio Solaris
    • EV 257 (2)
  • Monitors/Amps
    • Alesis M1 Active 620
    • Yamaha NS10's
    • Primacoustic recoil & MoPad isolation
    • Advents 
    • JBL HR series 
    • Crown D210
    • Multiple headphones