Painted Sky Studios

Located on California's exquisite and unspoiled central coast, halfway between LAX & SFO, in the town of Harmony, Steve Crimmel has established the ultimate get-a-way recording facility. Hotels, vacation home rentals, restaurants, shops, and spectacular coastal views are just some of the amenities you will find near by!

The town of Harmony is located four miles south of Cambria, on Hwy 1, midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The studio offers over 8000 cubic ft. of recording space with 4 isolation booths, and serene ambiance. Nearby lodging is plentiful, with options ranging from budget packages to spectacular ocean front inns and vacation homes.

Harmony Chapel

Our philosophy is basically a hi-fi, straight-wire approach using quality microphones, pre amps and EQ's.

Painted Sky's Microphone Collection
The Microphones

EQUIPMENT LIST:

All studio equipment is powered by Equi-Tech balanced power.

Mixing Console - The highly acclaimed Sony DMX R-100 with full
automation and total recall.

Mic Pre Amps:

Universal Audio 2-610

Great River MP NV

Golden Age Pre 73

Art Tube MP

2- Grace 101

8- Sytek Class A

2- John Oram with British EQ

2- Aphex Tubessence

Microphones:

(Tube)

2 Sony C37-A's

2 Lawson L47MP's

1 AKG C-61

1 AKG C-12 reissue by Peluso

(Solid State Condensers)

1 - Blue Dragonfly

1 - Cad E300

1 - Oktava M012

1- Langevin CR-3

2- TOA KY's

2- TOA K4's

2- CAD M-37's

2- Nady 900's

(Dynamic)

1 - Electrovoice RE20

1 - Heil PR-40

1 - Heil Heritage Classic

1- AKG D112

4 -AUDIX D2's

1- Shure SM 7

4- Shure SM 57's

4- Shure SM 58's

(Ribbon)

2- Vintage OKTAVA MA51's

2 - Cascade Fathead II

Outboard Gear:

TC Electronic M3000 reverb

Lexicon MXP-500

2 ART Pro VLA stereo tube compressors

Line 6 POD

Monitors - Tannoy FSM 215's large mains powered by phase linear 700B,
Tannoy PBM 6.5's powered by Yamaha C-4000
Event ASP8 Studio Precision 8's

Recorders - Otari MTR 90 2" 24 track View towards control..
analog recorder

Steinberg Nuendo Hard Drive Recording/Editing Workstation feeding 32 dedicated channels into and out of the SONY DMXR 100 console.
(NOTE: the 32 channels doesn't limit you to 32 tracks)

Universal Audio UAD Card with LA-2A, 1176, Fairchild, and Pultec Plugins

Software plug-ins by most manufacturers. Waves, Antares, etc.

Sony A-7 DAT

Onkyo Cassette Decks

Vintage gear and microphones by Neve, Telefunken, Neumann,
Teletronix, AKG + API readily available at reasonable rates.

Musical Instruments

Baldwin 68" R Series Grand Piano

Vintage Fender 1964 Vibro Champ amp

Fender Super Champ XD Vintage Modified Combo Amp

1953 Valco Amp

1956 National Tremo-Tone Amp