Client Stories

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music began planning the construction of their state of the art Joseph R. Clonick Recording Studio over ten years ago, with acoustic consultant Dana Kierkegaard of Kierkegaard Acoustic Design at the helm. Continue reading →

Earlier this year, Vintage King Audio's Darrin Fendley worked with Grammy Award-winning band Wilco on the purchase of a new console. Thanks to some in-studio inspiration, finding the right fit for the band's lauded recording studio, The Wilco Loft, wasn't too complicated. Continue reading →

Back in 2003, Mike Bridavsky started Russian Recording as a fairly small-scale operation housed in an A-frame style cabin in the woods of Brown County, Indiana. Five down the line, however, he decided that although the acoustics of the unique building were “very cool and gave a great overall sound”, he needed a bigger space that was closer to downtown Bloomington. He knew that along with this expansion would come a lot of new equipment, and luckily Mike knew exactly who to turn to. Continue reading →

Juno Award Winning Composer and Producer Ian Nieman is no stranger to API gear, or Vintage King Audio for that matter. Having owned the API 8200, 7800, 205’s, 550a’s and 560’s, the API 1608 recording console instantly grabbed Nieman’s attention during his search for a new console. When the time came to outfit the new room at his production company Nieman Music, Ian contacted Vintage King’s Mike Nehra to inquire about the 1608. As a client of Vintage King’s for nine years, Ian knew he could trust VK while outfitting the new space, designed by Martin Pilchner. Continue reading →

In the 1970s and 80s, Boston’s legendary Dimension Sound Studio was one of Beantown’s busiest and best-loved recording rooms. The studio had some interesting and unique features, like an elevated control-room that looks down on the tracking area, and get-this; lead-lined walls! Upon its iconic black and white checkerboard floor stood some of the region’s greatest rockers; none more well-known than George Thorogood himself. The howlin’ blues guitarist cut his two biggest LP’s at Dimension, putting his music and the studio on the map. Gold records were hung, and good times were had. Continue reading →

Vintage King’s Michael Nehra worked with Platinum award winning songwriter producer Michael Marquart (Windmark Recording) to convert his work platform from a digital control surface to a traditional analog console for use in his seaside writing, recording, mixing studio in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Continue reading →

Producer/Mixer Tim Palmer, is one of alternative rock's most unsung heroes. In the early 1980s, Palmer worked as an assistant engineer at Utopia Studios in London, England, helping musicians like Mark Knopfler and Dead or Alive. Throughout the latter half of the 1980s, Palmer became a producer, and his keen ears and technical knowledge contributed to edgy post-punk groups such as the Mighty Lemon Drops, the Mission and Gene Loves Jezebel. In 1989, Palmer produced David Bowie's debut LP with Tim Machine. Much of Bowie's output in the 1980s was chastised for its slick pop, but Palmer emphasized Tin Machine's scrappy guitars and thunderous drums, laying the foundation for Bowie's artistic comeback in the 1990s. Continue reading →

The Bubble is a fully functional hybrid digital and analog recording studio located in Austin, TX. Founded in 1998 by Alex Lyon and Chris “Frenchie” Smith, the studio’s gear list is as eclectic as the building where it all lives – a cottage house that sits behind a 90-year old historic home in the bustling Hyde Park neighborhood. Continue reading →

Studio Trilogy, a full service, multi-room recording facility in the heart of San Francisco’s SOMA district, recently installed an API 1608 32-channel console, accompanied by a custom-built Sterling Modular frame. The studio turned to Vintage King Audio, a leading dealer of high-end new and vintage recording equipment, when founders Justin Lieberman, Willie Samuels and Cindy McSherry made the decision to purchase the 1608, which they selected thanks to the console’s extreme flexibility and outstanding sonic qualities. Continue reading →

"This was one of the most unique installs I have been a part of, in my time at Vintage King," says Jeff Ehrenberg, head of Vintage King West Coast Sales. “Jeff O’Rourke needed a system that figuratively and literally combined the best of both worlds, analog and digital." Continue reading →