Studio A
Music | Sound Design | Live Stream | Concerts | Gear
Our Flagship Studio
Studio A is one of the largest sound studios in the Mid-Atlantic area. Designed for premium acoustics, the Studio A is ultra quiet and delivers the desired tone of a large tracking studio. Outfitted with pro analog outboard equipment and a 32-channel SSL Origin console, Studio A leaves nothing to be desired in vintage analog gear, microphones, instruments, software, and plugins. Chose from a variety of Pro Tools, Logic, or Nuendo DAWs. Our Dante setup is capable of delivering multi-camera live-streaming concerts and events with pro-level audio and video quality.
Music
Record | Mix | Master
In Your Ear Studios delivers GOLD STANDARD quality and speed for recording, mixing, and mastering music. Our Award-winning engineers and producers work with local, regional, and major label artists across all genres of music.
Indie
Folk / Bluegrass
Rock
Classical
Jazz
Choir
Sound Design
Foley Pit
Custom Sound Effects
Reamping
Studio A is outfitted with a professional grade FOLEY PIT poured into the concrete foundation, and divided into three bays. The ultra-quiet studios can capture the most subtle of clothe movements, footsteps, and grit.
Create custom sound effects and sound design with plenty of space to experiment and create.
Reamp guitars, basses, and other instruments to create unique sounds.
Live Streaming | CONCERTS
Studio A has been hosting intimate concerts for more than 30 years. Legendary series have included Shockoe Sessions Live, WNRN In-Studio Sessions, NPR, and JAMinc. Outfitted to provide live streaming 4k multi-cam with an audience of fans, studio members, and VIPs.
Shockoe Sessions Live
SHOCKOE RECORDS
Shockoe Records live-streams their weekly in-house concert series every Tuesday night from Studio A. Local and regional artists | Over 1,000 shows.
In-Studio Sessions
WNRN | NPR
The Wood Brothers | Lake Street Drive | Sammy Rae & The Friends | Ratboys | Oracle Sisters | SNACKTIME | Kashus Culpepper | Lucius
The Studio A Streaming System
Centered around Newtek Tricaster | Internet streamer/switcher
Host of 4K Panasonic broadcast cameras
4K JVC and POV cameras from Bird Dog and AIDA
STandard EQUIPMENT
Studio A Equipment
OUTBOARD ANALOG GEAR
(1) 32-channel SSL Origin Console
(8) SSL B-Series Compressors
(4) API 512b Mic Pre
(4) API 550b EQ
(2) API 560b Graphic EQ
(4) NEVE 1272 Mic Pre
(1) Avalon VT 737 Mic-Pre/Channel Strip
(2) Focusrite ISA 828 channel Mic-Pre
(2) Tube-Tech PE 1C Equalizers
(2) Tube-Tech CL1B Compressor
(2) Joe Meed SC3 Stereo Compressor
(2) Empirical Labs EL8 “Dirstressor” Compressor/Limiter
(2) DBX 160xt Compressor
(2) Focusrite RED16 Line
AUDIO & VIDEO MONITORS
Genelec 1037A Pro/Midfield Monitors
Genelec 1037B Pro/Midfield Monitors
Genelec 1094A Subwoofer
Meyer HD-1 Stereo Monitors
Yamaha NS-10 Near Field Monitors
Sony 50” widescreen 4k Video Monitor
(2) BenQ studio Video Monitors
COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE
Apple Mac Studio Ultra
Avid ProTools Ultimate (latest version)
Logic Pro (latest version)
Cubase Pro (latest version)
Nuendo (latest version)
Wavelab (latest version)
AudioKinetic’s Wwise
Arturia V Collection 6
iZotope RX 12 (latest version)
Spectrasonics Omnisphere
ALL plugins from UAD, Fabfilter, Waves, and others
Instruments
DRUMS
DW Collector’s Edition 7-pc
Gretsch Vintage Kit; 5-pc
PIANOS
Grande Piano | Young Chang | 8ft
Fender Rhodes
Hammond Organ and Leslie Cabinet
Arturia mkII, 88 weighted key MIDI Controller
ELECTRIC GUITARS
Fender Stratocaster | American Lone-Star | White
Fender Telecaster | American | Butterscotch
Gibson Les Paul | 1950’s Standard | Gold
Gibson ES-335 | Deep Ocean Blue
Rickenbacker 650S-Sierra | Walnut
ACOUSTIC GUITARS
Martin D-27
Gibson Hummingbird
Taylor 414-CE
Taylor 12-String
Taylor Nylon String Concert
Fender Resonator
Eastman F-Style Mandolin
The Lore A-Style Mandolin
BASS GUITARS
Rickenbacker Model 4003
Fender Precision
Teisco del Ray Violin Bass
AMPLIFIERS
Fender Ultimate Chorus
Fender Ultimate Reverb
Fender Princeton
VOX
Ampeg
Kustom
The above is a partial equipment list. Updates to our website might be behind our current equipment, software, and instrument lists. Other equipment might also be available from one of our other studios. Please contact us with any questions relating to gear. If specific gear is required for a session that is already in our facilities, In Your Ear Studios will purchase, rent, or borrow on an as-needed basis.