Refraze Equipment
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Refraze Studio A

Studio A, "The Warm Spot," is a classic. There is plenty of room to track choirs, orchestras or full bands in our 20' x 30' x 40' L.E.D.E. live room with 9' Baldwin Grand Piano. A variety of ambient spaces are available. Each one is unique and usable to texture, and capture your inspirational performance.
Refraze has the largest live room in Dayton, and one of the largest in the Midwest!

       
 Console:    Trident 80B mix console, Uptown automation system.  
       
 Montitoring:    UREI 813B Studio Monitors
Dynaudio BM15 Studio Monitors
Dynaudio BM6 Studio Monitors
Yamaha NS-10 Studio Monitors
 
       
 Microphones:    (2) Neumann U48
(2) Neumann U87
RODE Classic Tube II, Large Diagram Tube Mic.
(1) AKG 414
(1) AKG D12E
(2) AKG C451 EB
(3) Sennheiser 421
(1) Sennheiser 441
Audio Technica AT836
EV RE20
 
       
 Processing:    (2) Avalon VT-737sp mic preamp comp/EQ
Yamaha Pro R3 reverb
Lexicon 200
Lexicon Super Prime Time Delay Processor
(2) Lexicon PCM41
TL Audio C1 tube pre/compressor
Amek Medici stereo mastering parametric EQ
(2) UREI 1176 limiters
UREI parametric EQ
(3) Keypex gates
Quantec Room Simulator
AMS reverb rmx16
(2) Yamaha SPX 90
Roland SRV-2000
Dynacord drp-15 Reverb
Behringer Composer
Behringer Autoquad
Behringer Ultrafex EX 3000
dbx 160x
Orban de-esser 424A
Klark-Teknik DN30/30 1/3 BAND EQ
3 Kepex noise gate
Dolby 330 Dolby b noise reduction
(2) Panasonic DAT SV-3800 Recorders
 
       
 Instruments:    9' Baldwin Grand Piano
Hammond B-3 organ
Various percussion
 
       
 Tape Machines:    Digidesign Protools HD (w/ full package plug-ins)
Aleasis 24-Track Hard Disk Recorder
Otari MTR-90 2" 24 track
Otari MTR-12 1/2" 2+4 track
Otari MTR-12 1/4 " 2 track
(2) Alesis Adat 8 track recorder XT-20 bit
(2) Alesis Adat 8 track recorder XT-16 bit
 
       
 Studio B Gear:    Mackie d8b ver. 2
Calkwalk Pro Audio 8
Apple Mac G4, 933 Mhz – 160 gig, Ext. HD 500 gig capacity
Micron Milennia-dual Pentium - 80 gig capacity
Protools DIGI 001 (w/ full package plug-ins)
Motu 2408
Motu Midi Timepiece
Unitor 8x8 midi interface
Dynaudio BM5 Studio Monitors
Mackie Studio Monitors
RODE Classic Tube II, Large Diagram Tube Mic.
Avalon VT-737sp mic preamp comp/EQ
Lexicon PC 80
Lexicon PC 90
Roland SRV-2000
Yamaha SPX 90
Emu E4 XT Ultra w/system 4.62, internal HD 20GB
Large Emu Sound Library
E-MU SP1200, sampler drum machine
Kurzweil KS 2500 XS w/ Sound Library
Mini Moog
Kawai Piano Master Keyboard
Korg Wavestation SR
Nordlead II
Yamaha DX7
Roland D50
Ultra Proteus
Yamaha TG55
TEAC CD Recorder
Antares Autotune
Vegas Pro
 
       
 Testimonials
"WOW!! The [digital realization projects you did for me] sound super in full-fledged AIFF glory... Thanks for the excellent job...and for all your great effort!"
-- Phil Kelly, Composer and Arranger


"Chris Alpiar has been a great writer since I met him back in Berklee in the 90s. He just keeps getting better and better!"
-- Guillermo Hung, Still Hung Productions


 Chris' Notes
Hey! If you are in Seattle on a Tuesday night, head on over to the Owl 'n Thistle for a groovy jazz jam session hosted by Bebop and Destruction.


One of my closest friends and brothers of the saxophone has his new band Swampdweller and is making a very original sound. Headed up by insane Alto Saxophonist Marc Fendel, and filled with some of Seattle's top Jazz, Hip Hop, and Funk musicians this gig is changing the shape of modern instrumental music.


"The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life."
-- Muhammad Ali on life