Electrical Audio
Electrical Audio is a recording facility founded in Chicago, Illinois by musician and recording engineer Steve Albini in 1997.<ref name="TingenP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Hundreds of independent music projects have been recorded there. Unlike most producers, Albini refused to take any royalties from musicians who record at the studio.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Founded during an era of increasing popularity for digital recording, Electrical Audio was unusual for using only analog recording technology, including mixing consoles, tape recorders and many outboard sound effects.Template:Cn The rooms are also designed to offer natural reverberation rather than adding the quality in post-production.Template:Cn
In a 2007 post on the studio's message board,<ref>EA Forums: Pro Tools and Digital Performer at Electrical</ref> the studio's technician Greg Norman revealed that the studio had acquired a Pro Tools rig for computer-aided recording and editing, saying it had become "as important to have as a piano". Norman also went on to write that Albini, who disliked digital recording, "won't be recording with [Pro Tools]. So don't ask him about it."<ref>Electrical Audio – Equipment</ref>
Studio layoutEdit
The facility was built by gutting an existing building and customizing the space to Albini's specifications, including walls made of adobe bricks shipped from New Mexico.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Electrical Audio comprises two separate studios, A and B.
Studio AEdit
Studio A is the larger of the two studios and has three separate performance rooms. Center Field is the largest at Template:Convert, Alcatraz is a 'dry environment' room and Kentucky is a brighter live room with improved low frequency linearity. The control room runs a 48 channel Neotek Elite console and can accommodate up to 132 inputs.<ref name=TingenP/>
Studio BEdit
Studio B is the smaller of the two studios with an Template:Convert live room and a Template:Convert isolation room. The control room runs a 36 input Neotek Series II console.<ref name=TingenP/>
See alsoEdit
- List of Steve Albini's recording projects, many of which were recorded at Electrical Audio