SERIOUS GEAR.
A COMFORTABLE ROOM.

At Great Lakes Gospel Studio, we are equipped with state-of-the-art gear and software to meet even the most demanding projects.

The control room: two monitors running Pro Tools between KRK Rokit 8 speakers, against acoustic foam
A Fender Telecaster, an Ibanez bass, and two acoustic guitars leaning against acoustic foam
A red-bodied condenser microphone in a shock mount behind a pop filter
The Avid Eleven Rack’s orange display glowing beside the mixing control surface

Software

  • Pro Tools Studio 2023 recording software
  • Melodyne 5 Editor tuning software
  • Ivory 2 grand piano software
  • EZ Drummer 2 drumming software
  • EZ Bass software
  • EastWest Hollywood Orchestra software
  • Plug-ins from Avid, Slate Digital, and more
  • Slate VSX headphones + software
  • Adobe Photoshop (for designing your artwork)

Room & workstation

  • Recording/mixing room completely treated with acoustic foam
  • MacBook Pro with 2.9GHz quad-core 7th-generation Intel Core i7 processor (turbo boosts up to 3.9GHz), 16GB 2133MHz LPDDR3 memory, 512GB SSD storage, and Radeon Pro 560 with 4GB memory
  • Slate Raven MTi2 touchscreen mixing workstation

Interfaces & monitoring

  • Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 recording interface
  • Avid Eleven Rack guitar/bass recording interface
  • Behringer U-Phoria UMC202HD recording interface
  • Rokit 8 powered speakers by KRK Systems
  • Rokit powered subwoofer by KRK Systems
  • Behringer mixer for the speakers & sub
  • Slate VSX, Sony, & Samson headphones
  • Headphone extension cables

Microphones

  • Slate ML-1 modeling microphone
  • Microphones by Audio-Technica, Rode, MXL, Behringer, and Sennheiser
  • Sterling vocal mic shield
  • Windscreens for vocal recording
  • Mic stands by On-Stage Stands

Instruments

  • Yamaha and Takamine acoustic guitars
  • Fender Telecaster electric guitar
  • Ibanez bass guitar
  • Yamaha MOX8 keyboard
  • Rhythm Tech Studio percussion shaker
  • Mogami noise-reducing instrument cables

YOU HAVE A SONG.
LET’S HEAR IT.

To learn more, or to schedule a recording session at GLGS, contact Stephen Forester, owner, producer, and recording engineer.