We have a brand new page featuring music and media from many of the great artists that we have had the pleasure of working with.
The page includes mixes and masters that were done here at Ultimate Studios, Inc and video from recording sessions, mixing sessions and behind the scenes with some great artists. This page will be updated often.
We are very proud of all the artists we've worked with and are honored to be a part of their musical journey!
Thank you all!!
Charlie
About Ultimate Studios, Inc
Ultimate Studios, Inc is a full service recording studio, mixing studio and band development resource located in Los Angeles, Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Panorama City, CA 91402 https://www.ultimatestudiosinc.com
We believe EVERYONE deserves great sounding music!
Ultimate Studios, Inc is a boutique production facility for artists and bands to collaborate, create, and record.
Led by Producer/Engineer Charlie Waymire, our team assists artists through the entire creative process including recording, mixing, mastering, and video production.
Our ultimate goal is to help bands and artists build a strong brand for a lasting career!
Contact us for more information about how we can help you achieve your musical goals!
Ultimate Studios, Inc is now a zZounds Music Affiliate
I am very happy to announce that we are working with zZounds Music as an affiliate. Over the years I have bought a lot of gear from zZounds Music so when the opportunity to join them as an affiliate arose I jumped at it. They have the best payment plans of all the online music retailers, fantastic customer service and a great selection of gear.
Using the links below helps to support everything we do here at the studio, including all of our video content, as absolutely no extra charge to you. Just click on the link(s) below and pickup some great gear!
Thank you all for your support and thanks to zZounds Music for adding us to the team!
Ultimate Studios, Inc is a full service recording studio, mixing studio and band development resource located in Los Angeles, Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Panorama City, CA 91402 https://www.ultimatestudiosinc.com
We believe EVERYONE deserves great sounding music!
Ultimate Studios, Inc is a boutique production facility for artists and bands to collaborate, create, and record.
Led by Producer/Engineer Charlie Waymire, our team assists artists through the entire creative process including recording, mixing, mastering, and video production.
Our ultimate goal is to help bands and artists build a strong brand for a lasting career!
Contact us for more information about how we can help you achieve your musical goals!
Ultimate Studios, Inc is now a Roswell Pro Audio Official Showroom!
I very excited to announce that Ultimate Studios, Inc is a Roswell Pro Audio Official Showroom. If you’ve seen any of the videos from the USI YouTube channel or listened to any of the wonderful artists that have recorded here at the studio then you’ve already heard Roswell microphones.
Ever since I received my first pair of Mini K47’s and Delphos they have been use on almost every recording session I’ve done. From drums to guitars to vocals Roswell has helped me shape the sounds of every artist that has come through the doors.
Speaking of vocals you have to check out the Colares!!
I love what Matt McGlynn has been able to achieve with Roswell. He’s created wonderful sounding microphones that compete with the best mics on the market, at a fraction of the price!
Check out Roswell in action! Live Performance of “You Really Got Me”
Ernesto Homeyer – Guitar, Philip Bynoe – Bass, Greg Garman – Drums, – Charlie Waymire – Engineer
About Ultimate Studios, Inc
Ultimate Studios, Inc is a full service recording studio, mixing studio and band development resource located in Los Angeles, Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Panorama City, CA 91402 https://www.ultimatestudiosinc.com
We believe EVERYONE deserves great sounding music! Ultimate Studios, Inc is a boutique production facility for artists and bands to collaborate, create, and record.
Led by Producer/Engineer Charlie Waymire, our team assists artists through the entire creative process including recording, mixing, mastering, and video production.
Our ultimate goal is to help bands and artists build a strong brand for a lasting career!
Contact us for more information about how we can help you achieve your musical goals!
Gears of War 5 is a huge video game, both in popularity and amount of Voice Over! I had the pleasure of recording Voice Over artist Bruno Mello who portrayed the character Del.
There is an enormous amount of dialog in a game like this. Some of it’s freeform, some is strict time constraint and some is lip sync.
The lip sync is the most fun because you get to see how it matches up with the video but is also tricky because Portuguese and English don’t necessarily match syllable for syllable!
The studio, Audioman, that was contracted with overseeing the Portuguese overdubs is located in Sao Paolo. It’s run by a school mate, Nick Casabona, from my Musicians Institute days in the late 90’s. Pretty cool!
It was fun working on such a cool game with great talent. If you’re a gamer you’ve got to check it out!
Charlie
About Ultimate Studios, Inc
Ultimate Studios, Inc is a full service recording studio, mixing studio and band development resource located in Los Angeles, Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Panorama City, CA 91402 https://www.ultimatestudiosinc.com
We believe EVERYONE deserves great sounding music! Ultimate Studios, Inc is a boutique production facility for artists and bands to collaborate, create, and record.
Los Angeles Rock band Batfarm releases first single “Get Out” and it’s BatAss!
Ok I’ll admit that I’m a little biased since I’ve actually been making the new EP with the band. But seriously they rock and the new Batfarm single is BatAss! Alexx Calise is a powerhouse behind a mic. I don’t know another way to put it. She has so much soul and is a harmony factory. Not to mention she rocks on guitar too.
On drums is Dr. Dennis Morehouse (ok so I gave him the Dr. title but it’s well deserved). He’s an engineers dream because he makes recording drums not only fun but very easy. He’s rock solid and has a killer tone all by himself. I did my best to just not mess it up.
I met Alexx and Dennis a couple years ago when Dan Hegarty and I were doing our Music Chamber podcast and live concerts. They played one of our Toys for Tots benefits and I knew right then I wanted to work with them. I only had to wait a couple years (no big deal…) and I can say the wait was worth it. It’s been such a rewarding experience working with them in the studio.
Enough of me blabbering. Have a listen for yourself and please check them out on social media and give them your support. You can find them pretty much everywhere:
Los Angeles, CA (March 26, 2019) – LA-based indie rock duo, Batfarm have just released their new single, “Get Out.” The punchy yet introspective tune about battling one’s inner demons is the first original single for the band (they released a cover of the Sneaker Pimp’s “6 Underground” late last year), and an official music video will be following in the coming weeks. The song is now available via all major media outlets, including iTunes and Amazon, and an accompanying lyric video is available on Youtube.
Comprised of Alexx Calise, an introspective lyricist and “harmony machine”, and Dennis Morehouse, a masterful arranger and sound manipulator, Batfarm is a two-piece alternative rock band whose sound can be best described as “darkedelic”. The multi-instrumentalists keep it small not only for efficiency’s sake, but also to keep creating the music they want without added personalities. The band will be releasing a 5-song EP later this year.
Ultimate Studios, Inc is a full service recording studio, mixing studio and band development resource located in Los Angeles, Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Panorama City, CA 91402 https://www.ultimatestudiosinc.com
We believe EVERYONE deserves great sounding music!
Ultimate Studios, Inc is a boutique production facility for artists and bands to collaborate, create, and record.
Led by Producer/Engineer Charlie Waymire, our team assists artists through the entire creative process including recording, mixing, mastering, and video production.
Our ultimate goal is to help bands and artists build a strong brand for a lasting career!
I LOVE experimenting with drum room miking. I also love finding techniques that can work in any room, provide some extra vibe and give me extra options during mix down. That to me is a win win!
In our last window we used an amp to create a vibey room sound but in this video we’ll use a wall!
One technique (or trick if you will) that I have used for a long, long time is miking the wall. Yes, miking the wall!
My mic of choice for this is the ubiquitous SM57 and by placing the mic as close to the wall as possible, so a business card can barely fit between the wall and the mic, the 57 is turned into a boundary mic. The 57 is already filtered on the top and bottom by nature and the wall tends to add to that.
I like this because that can help soften the cymbals a little as well as smearing the transient in a really cool way. This is what allowed me to get a “room sound” in my old studio that was pretty small and didn’t actually sound great. Add a little compression and you can get some real excitement out of this one microphone!
Now every room is different. As always I highly recommend experimenting in your room to find the best placement. And don’t forget the floor is a wall too!
Check out the video below and let me know how this works for you!
Happy recording!
Charlie
Ultimate Studios, Inc is a full service recording studio, mixing studio and band development resource located in Los Angeles, CA.
Panorama City, CA 91402
We believe EVERYONE deserves great sounding music!
Ultimate Studios, Inc is a boutique production facility for artists and bands to collaborate, create, and record.
Led by Producer/Engineer Charlie Waymire, our team assists artists through the entire creative process including recording, mixing, mastering, and video production.
A Page Unturned was back in the studio recording drums for two more singles. Drummer Ryan Sebold does an amazing job of laying down the foundation for this band. Part of the wave of pop-punk revival acts, A Page Unturned cited influences like Blink 182, New Found Glory, and Ellegarden, Creating energetic, melodic, fast-paced music that captures the essential roots of the 90’s/2000’s Pop-punk sound while creating a new exciting sound of their own.
For all of my sessions I like to talk with the artists before hand about what the goals are for the session. In this case Ryan and I talked at length about what type of sounds the band wanted for this round of songs. That helps me put together a plan on how best to achieve the artists goals. For these songs he wanted a big, aggressive, sound.
Choosing the Drums
Knowing that we used a combination of drums. My 18×22 Gretsch kick with an Evans Emad head, Ryan’s Pearl Forum toms with clear Remo Emperor heads, and Ryan’s Orange County Percussion snare drum with a Remo P77 head.
The Emad on the kick does a great job of giving a tight punchy low end while still having some high end smack to cut through the mix.
The clear Remo Emperors (my favorite) do a little better job of cutting through a mix than their coated counter parts. At least for this king of music where there is a lot happening in the songs.
Miking the Drums
I cover all the mic setup in the video but some of the stand outs for me are the Audio-Technica ATM250/Roswell Pro Audio Mini K47 combo on the kit. This combo give me the good note definition I need with a good solid low end that is fast and punchy.
Add in some DBX 160x on the inside kick mic and we’ve got one hell of a kick sound.
The snare was a combo of an SM57 and AKG 451b on top and a SM57 on bottom. The top mics get a little eq from the Trident 88 and some compression from my Aphex 651 Expressors.
lately I’ve been leaning towards my Heil PR30 for hi-hats. They are not harsh like a condenser but still have really good articulation.
Those mics comprise the core of the setup. The rest you’ll have to watch the video for. 🙂
Ultimate Studios, Inc is a full service recording studio, mixing studio and band development resource located in Los Angeles, Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Panorama City, CA 91402
We believe EVERYONE deserves great sounding music!
Ultimate Studios, Inc is a boutique production facility for artists and bands to collaborate, create, and record.
Led by Producer/Engineer Charlie Waymire, our team assists artists through the entire creative process including recording, mixing, mastering, and video production.
At Ultimate Studios, Inc we understand that the recording process is just the beginning. That’s why we have a full team to help you create an online presence with full web development, SEO, advertising coaching and designing for Facebook, YouTube and Google.
Our ultimate goal is to help bands and artists build a strong brand for a lasting career!
I’ll admit I’m a latecomer to the 500 series world. For whatever reason I put it off but the Trident Deca Dent has become an important part of my recording studio tools.
Recording Percussion with Ed Roscetti & Maria Martinez
Getting to work with people that helped shape you as a musician is always a special treat. I had an absolute blast recording percussion with Ed Roscetti and Maria Martinez. Many moons ago I studied with both of them at Musicians Institute. Ed taught me how to play a true shuffle (we spent 3 weeks doing 1 single exercise until I could make it feel right!) and Maria helped me understand that latin grooves weren’t mere patterns to better your independence, they were words of a language.
We spent an entire day recording percussion and shooting promo video for Ed and Maria’s World Beat Rhythms Workshops. These workshops are really cool and are totally interactive. Ed and Maria perform using drumset along with a variety of hand drums and percussion instruments, moving from one instrument to another in the ensemble (exactly how they did it while we recorded). Instruments include drumset, djembe, doumbek, shaker, surdo, d-jun-d-jun, conga, batas, clay tones, mambo bell, shekere, klong yaw, tumbadora. But the cool part is how they get the ENTIRE audience involved. Everyone there gets a chance at hands on learning. It’s cool.
For our day of recording I had the challenge of setting of a mic configuration that would allow Ed and Maria to go to any instrument at any time and still capture that sound well. Whether it was the drumset, djembe, shakers, congas, surdo or tambourine, they needed the freedom to create and I had to capture it. At the same time all the instruments had to be in frame since they were recording with only 1 camera.
After a pre-production call with Ed about how they wanted to stage the instruments in the room I came up with a plan that would hopefully give them freedom to move where they wanted and not miss a note. It worked out really well so I decided to shoot a little behind the scenes video of the setup.
Watch behind the scenes footage from the session below.
About Ultimate Studios, Inc
Ultimate Studios, Inc is a full service recording studio, mixing studio and band development resource located in Los Angeles, Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Panorama City, CA 91402
We believe EVERYONE deserves great sounding music!
Ultimate Studios, Inc is a boutique production facility for artists and bands to collaborate, create, and record.
Led by Producer/Engineer Charlie Waymire, our team assists artists through the entire creative process including recording, mixing, mastering, and video production.
At Ultimate Studios, Inc we understand that the recording process is just the beginning. That’s why we have a full team to help you create an online presence with full web development, SEO, advertising coaching and designing for Facebook, YouTube and Google.
Our ultimate goal is to help bands and artists build a strong brand for a lasting career!
