Howlin' Dog Recording 

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Howlin' Dog Recording is a hard-disc (Logic Studio, Pro Tools 7, Sonar 4.0) and/or ADAT based digital studio owned and operated by Don Richmond and located at 218 1/2 Alamosa Ave. in Alamosa Colorado. It is located in a small old adobe house which gives it good acoustical properties, good isolation, and a comfortable, low-pressure vibe. The facility has two performance rooms, a control room, an isolation booth and an amp booth. It is suited for recording acts ranging from solo artists  up to five piece groups. Remote recording is available for larger ensembles.

Main recorders - Logic Studio (Logic Pro 8.0) on Mac G-5 1.8 mHz dual processor, 2 Alesis ADAT 20 bit XT 20s, 2 blackface ADATs, also Tascam 38 1/2 inch reel to reel, 15 ips, also have Sharp minidisc recorder

Mixing board - Yamaha Digital O1V96 with scene memory, automation, onboard dynamics and effect processors, also the English made Studiomaster Pro-Line 16-4-8, Mackie 1202.

Computer mixing-editing-mastering station - Mac G-5 dual processor running Logic Studio and Pro Tools 7.3, UAD plug-ins, Dell PIV 1.7 MHz running Sonar 4.0, Sony Sound Forge 7.0, CD Architect 5.0, Waves plug-ins, Sonic Foundry Acid 5.0, Sony DVD-R and 12x Plextor CDR drives, Mac G-4 back-up file server.

2-track deck - Otari 5050 analog RTR, Tascam D-30 Mk II DAT deck, Tascam 302 dual cassette.

Mic pres –Hand-built Hamptone Class A, Aphex Tubessence 107, Joe Meek Pro-channel, ART dual Tube-MP

Main vocal microphones - Shure KSM-32, Audio-Technica AT-4033.

Other microphones - Shure SM-81's, SM-57's, SM-58's, Beta 57, Beta 87, Beta 52 kick drum mic, AKG C-408 drum mics, and Nakamichi CM-300's.

Outboard signal processing -Alesis Wedge master reverb, Quadraverb, Nanoverb, enhancer, compressors, and 31-band EQ's; DBX 106 compressor, AMR and ART compressors, BBE-402 processor, ART RXR Elite reverb, Sans-Amp bass guitar DI, and Line 6 POD, Hughes &Kettner and Zoom guitar processors.

MIDI and synth equipment - Native Instruments B-4 organ, all included Logic soft-synths and samplers (with extensive additional sound libraries), Kurzweil and Yamaha keyboards, Roland JUNO analog synth, Alesis HR-16 drum machine, Alesis Nanosynth, computer sync with JL Cooper Datasync II.

We offer everything from live studio or remote 2, 8, 16, or 24+ track  recording to constructing the song one track at a time in the studio, and anything in between. We can record your band straight on live, in the studio or on stage. Or we can do some overdubs and add a few extra parts. Or we can take a rough song of just rhythm guitar and vocal and create an entire arrangement suitable for a CD. We offer excellent in-house capability on drum programming, bass guitar, electric and acoustic guitar, mandolin, fiddle, pedal steel guitar, banjo, dobro, vocals, and background synth, all in a variety of styles. We also have access to excellent studio musicians on many other instruments. We can also assist you with every aspect of putting out a tape or CD for sale, from arranging the printing to contacting the duplicator-manufacturer to delivering the master CDR. We can run off some CDRs for demos and help you with labels and graphics.

The studio rate varies depending on the amount of time booked. Set-up time is free, and break times during the session will not be charged. There is a $100 charge for data handling and storage for a full-length CD project (it used to be for tape, now it’s for hard drives), $2.50 for CDR's (for in-house projects in process). We accept all major credit cards.

HDR mission and philosophy   Studio Pictures

Mail - Don Richmond P.O. Box 825 Alamosa CO 81101 Phone- 800-689-7786 or 719-589-6360

E-mail - donrichmond@worldnet.att.net

Howlin' Dog Records website - www.howlindogrecords.net

Don Richmond website - www.donrichmond.com

Hired Hands website - www.hired-hands.com