The studio is designed to provide great sounds either in person or over the internet. Terry has worked in the music industry as a keyboard player, keyboard programmer and sound designer for some of the biggest names in the music business. He has been a digital editor and programmer for much of the last 20+ years. He specializes in fixing multitrack tracks.
It is the home of Lawless / Rackley Music Composition, unique music for TV, film and radio, and some of the finest production library music available.
The studio was built specifically for the needs of this writing team, but it is also enlisted for any full music production project. A remote 32 track digital multitrack setup makes "on location" recording a snap with full integration to the studio for overdubs and mixdown. The studio and equipment lend itself to keyboard sessions either inhouse, remote, or "live" via internet. An abundance of equipment and software do not, in themselves, make for a great project. In the hands of Terry and David it merely offers the greatest possible palette of sounds and textures for their projects and the greatest ease and accuracy in developing their projects.
In short, the duo have more choices and nuance with the box of 128 crayons than the box of 12.
Front view of the studio with patio.
The inside steps up in three levels, in approximately 20 inch steps. This shot looks at the main working level.
The main desk, where I work in Digital Performer and ProTools. Homemade desk, as are most racks. Glass block windows to the left. Skylights above. very comfy.
To the right of the desk. A vintage MiniMoog, Yamaha CP80M, Hohner D6 clavinet, Yamaha TR30 electronic organ, TR909 drum machine, Oxygen 8 USB keyboard, guitar effects rack, Rhodes electric piano, Wurlitzer electric piano & Ashdown bass amp.
To the left of the desk. Hammond B3, Roland Jupiter 8, Sequential Prophet V, Juno 106. Monitor distribution, mic pres, dynamics control & outboard effects rack.
This is roughly a 5' x 7' isolation booth. Wired for 8 lines to the desk, 8 lines to the loft above, 2 Monster speaker connections and a 6 pin Leslie cable connection. Note the vintage Leslie 122RV just outside the booth. Further construction will add a small isolated amp room to the left.
The second level hosts the kitchen area and a lounging area. Listen to music, watch a movie, relax. This is where I practice my saxophones.
The kitchen and fireplace. Everyone that knows me knows that I always have coffee on.
The uppermost level is a small workspace for repair and diagnostics, as well as a traditional desk to take care of business and paperwork. CDs and client files are here. The bookcase holds my software installation packages.
This building was codesigned and built by Jerry Stinn, of Stinn Construction. It was a tedious and difficult run, trying to get plan approval for such an unusal structure with no right angles or square walls. Much of it was fabricated by hand, due to multiple angles and pitches. Because of the expanding face, the roofline rise and the offset ridge beam, every one of these rafters had to be cut and positioned by hand.
Jerry, Yvonne and their crew did an exceptional job of overbuilding and exceeding the most stringent standards to make this the project studio and EXACTLY what I envisioned.
Equipment.
Desk Keyboards
Modules Digital Outboard Gear Vintage Effects Other Outboard Gear Alternate Controllers
Computers Monitoring Software Winds Guitars and Guitar Stuff
