Kristina Stykos: Mp3/Lyrics
Pepperbox Studio
CONTACT
pepperboxstudio@gmail.comABOUT
Pepperbox Studio began in 2004 as a project studio for Kristina's independently produced recordings on the "Thunder Ridge Records" label. Marek Stycos, her brother (former head of Pro Audio for Guitar Center and a recording engineer) acts as consultant to the studio, helping with equipment upgrades on a regular basis. Kristina recently received a "Specialist Certificate in Studio Production" from Berklee College of Music's online degree program. Pepperbox Studio is fully off the grid, utilizing a designated Exceltech MX series sine wave inverter.For studio news, see Kristina's news page.
SAMPLE CLIENTS
Revels North
- Pete Sutherland, producer
- Full length music CD "I Know the Road: Music of Southern Appalachia"
Puppetree
- Ann Legunn, director
- Soundtrack compilation "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Simon Brooks, storyteller
- Full length CD "Second Hand Tales"
Wagtail
- Full length music CD "One Clear Moment"
Sharon Academy
- Narration for student theater production "The Wizard of Oz"
Don Rosenthal
- Narration for national book release
Bellatrix
- Demo for band promotion
Erin McDermott and the Dixie Red Delights
- Full length music CD (Spring 2008)
Kristina Stykos
- Full length music CD "In the Earth's Fading Light"
Doug Perkins recording at Pepperbox Studio
2008 Pepperbox Studio Equipment List
STUDIO MICS
- AKG C 414 LTD EDITION - large diaphragm condenser mic
- Audix D-6 - dynamic kick drum mic
- BLUE Dragonfly - large diaphragm cardiod condenser mic
- BLUE Kiwi - large diaphragm multi pattern condenser mic
- CAD C195 - electret cardiod condenser
- CAD M179 - large diaphragm single pattern condenser
- CAD e70 - small diaphragm cardiod condenser mic
- CAD M9 – large diaphragm tube condenser mic
- Dbx RTA(M) - omni-directional reference condenser mic
- Neumann KM 184 (2) – small diaphragm cardiod condenser mics
- Oktava MK012 (2) - small diaphragm multi-capsule condenser mics
- Oktava MK319 (2) – large diaphragm fixed pat. cardiod condenser mics
- SHURE SM 57 (2) - dynamic mic
- SHURE SM 58 (2) - dynamic mic
- SHURE Beta 87A - dynamic mic
- SONY ECM MS 957 - 5 pin output to minidisc
DAW/DATA STORAGE
- Digi 002 recorder / Pro Tools LE 7.3.1
- Power Mac G-5, OS-X 10.4
- Lacie (300 gb) external HD
- Glyph (250 gb) external HD
- 2 flat screen monitors
MONITORING
- 2 KRK V8 Powered studio monitors
- Headphones: Sony MDR V600; Ultrasone Proline 550; Fostex T-20 (2); Realistic Nova 40
OUTBOARD
- Biamp MR/140 outboard reverb unit
- Furman power conditioners: IT Reference; RP-8
- Marantz PSD-300 digital recorder
- Presonus Digimax FS 8 channel Class A mic pre
- Presonus Eureka mic pre/compressor/parametric EQ
- Rane 4 channel headphone amp
- Sabine RT-7100 electronic tuner
- Sony PS-LX4 turntable
- Sony STR-V45 stereo amp/receiver
INSTRUMENTS
- Boss DR-660 Dr. Rhythm Drum Machine
- Yamaha S-90 Keyboard
- Froggy Bottom K Deluxe (2005) acoustic guitar
- Martin D-28 (1956) acoustic guitar
- Gibson F-2 mandolin (1913)
- 10 string Apollonio Guittern
MISC
- Headway Shire King 120 Acoustic guitar amp
- Gibson GA "77' acoustic guitar amp
- Radial J48 active DI
Erin McDermott and the Dixie Red Delights record at Pepperbox Studio
(Ben Roy on drums)