STUDIO
Located in rural Ontario, the Adam Miner Music studio is of his own design, based on 27 years of audio work. The ten foot walls around the console are over two feet thick piles of insulation covered in fabric. This absorbs frequencies down to 55hz, or the A string of a Bass. Across the back wall is diffusion, making the room sound bigger than it is. His philosophy is a balance between deadening the room where needed, and letting the sound bloom in a musical way. The room is 20’x15’ with a peaked roof. The ratio and high ceiling are excellent for mixing and mastering
News 2021:
The studio’s latest excitement is having Brenda Earle Stokes latest Jazz record “Solo Sessions Vol. 1” reviewed in Downbeat, America’s most prestigious Jazz publication. It was Adam’s first time out as head engineer on a jazz project.
About Adam:
Adam has been making records for 27 years. In the mid 90’s he started a $5 an hour cassette studio/garage to record local bands as well as his own work.
In 2007, after a short stint working on Jazz and Classical records in Toronto as a 2nd Engineer, Adam moved to his home town and opened up a recording space with one of Canada’s largest tracking rooms. Over a decade he finished over 40 albums, working with various artists along the Toronto-Windsor corridor. He typically recorded, mixed and mastered every project.
Adam Miner Music moved to Chatham last year.
EQUIPMENT
A 1/4” Reel to Reel, passive tube equalizer and a compressor with tube and solid-state signal paths interface with cutting-edge audio conversion. The digital patch bay allows any combination of digital and analog processing. 3-way speakers and sub from Danish giants Dynaudio.
MONITORING
Dynaudio LYD48’s w/ 18S Sub
Sonarworks Reference 4
CONVERSION
Antelope Orion 32+
Echo Audiofire12
ANALOG EQUIPMENT
Manley Massve Passive EQ
Millennia Twincom TCL-2 Compressor
Greatriver MP4H 4 channel preamp
Aphex 1100 2 channel Preamp
Soundworkshop 1280b console side-car
Pioneer Rt-707 1/4” reel to reel
MICROPHONES
AEA R84 x2
AKG 451B x2
AKG C12vr
AKG C1000
AKG C414B-ULS x2
Astatic 335a
Electro-Vocie 635a
Electro-Voice RE-20
Sonarworks Measurement mic
Rode NT2 x2
Sennheiser MD 409 U3
Shure Beta 52
Shure SM57 x5
Shure SM58
INSTRUMENTS
Martin acoustic 12 and 6 string
Taylor acoustic 12 and 6 string
Yamaha 12 string electric
G&L Tele
Gibson Les Paul w P90’s
Harmony guitar (archtop 50’s)
Ensoniq ESQ1 synth
Native Instruments and Arturia soft synths
Roland TR-08 (modern 808)
Fender Reverb Deluxe
Mesa Boogie Mark V
Custom Tube amp