Acumen Recordings's Info

Acumen Recordings, LLC was spawned in the late-summer of 2005 when Adam Bell and Kevin Weise met over burritos to discuss the future of their recording lives. After a couple months of planning and re-planning they decided that the best way to start off was to do what they knew best; record bands in a non-traditional setting. Helped by their location on the north east shore of Conesus Lake, the studio that developed from those meetings promises to be an unorthodox, yet comfortable setting in which to make music. Given its engineers' laid back style, it in no way could be classified as a traditional commercial recording studio; yet also considering the quality of work, dedication, and uniqueness inherent in their operation, to call it a home studio would be an insult. The studio itself bridges two worlds, and while armed with only a modest gear selection manages to cover any need that may arise in session. AR features two talented engineers with solid music backgrounds and experience in a wide variety of styles. Their commitment to learning the art not only of recording but the elements of what comprises a great song help them bring an insightful and thoughtful prospective to the music of those they record. Acumen will no doubt help you on your way to make a great record and relishes the opportunity to do so.

Acumen Recordings's Engineer Info

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Name: Adam Bell
Birth Year: What is age but a numerical label that society puts on us. I mean, 1983
Hometown: Chili, NY/Livonia, NY
College: Fredonia State
Degree: Sound Recording Technology
Mac/PC: Mac
Bands Played/Play In: Terrible high school cover bands, Northwestern, Petelin Place Project, Playing the Fool, Czerw Disco Funk Explosion, Terrible college cover bands
Instruments Played: Guitar and Trumpet primarily. I play many more at a 4th grade level.
Favorite Audio Companies: Studio Projects(because I am poor). If I had $, then Neumann
Mic(s) of Choice: Gefell M990
Preferred Mario Kart Character: Luigi

Name: Kevin Weise
Birth Year: 1983
Hometown: Penfield, NY
College: Fredonia State
Degree: Sound Recording Technology
Mac/PC: Whatever
Bands Played/Play In: Doo, Bat Country, Playing the Fool, Czerw Disco Funk Explosion
Instruments Played: I've dabbled with Electric and Classical Guitar
Favorite Audio Companies: Microtech Geffel, B.L.U.E, Daking, Beyer Dynamic, Lexicon, API
Mic(s) of Choice: Gefell M990
Preferred Mario Kart Character: Yoshi

Acumen Recordings's Gear Info

Amps and Cabs
Tech 21 Power Engine 60 Marshall Valve State Vox Cambridge 15

Compressors/Limiters/Gates
Drawmer TS-1 Empirical Labs Distressor EL8 Trident 4T

Consoles
Mackie ONYX 1640

Converters
Apogee Rosetta 800 Digidesign 003

Direct Boxes
Radial J48 2 Radial ProDI

Equalizers
MP1 Mic Positioning... so yeah, none

Headphones
Beyer Dynamic DT770PRO (4) Sennheiser HD280 Koss PRO 4AA

Instruments
Taylor 214CE Acoustic Guitar Gibson B-25 Acoustic Guitar
 Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar
 Parker P.44 Electric Guitar
 (2) Epiphone Les Paul Electric Guitars
 Ibanez Electric Guitar
 Gretsch G5265 Baritone Guitar
 Takumatsa Classical Guitar
 National Dobro
 Bach Stadavarius Trumpet w/ sterling silver bell
 Adam's 3rd grade recorder
 One (1) Kazoo
Various Percussion

Microphones
Neumann TLM103
 AKG C414b-XLS
 (2) Beyer Dynamic M160
 (3) Sennheiser MD421 B.L.U.E Mouse B.L.U.E Encore 100
 Shure Beta 52
 (2) Shure SM57
 Audix D6
 Studio Projects C3
 (4) Studio Projects C4
 Argonne AR-54
 Ace AMP 55
 Shure Pushbutton PA Mic


MIDI
Propellerhead Reason v4.0 Casio DG-20 M-Audio 25 Keystation M-Audio Axiom 25

Miscellaneous Gear
Korg Kaoss Pad KP2 Frontier Alpha Channel Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer
 Tech 21 DD1 Double Drive Pedal
 Tech 21 Killer Wail Wah Pedal
 Boss DD5 Digital Delay
 Boss OD-2 Overdrive Pedal
 Earnie Ball Volume Pedal
 Digitech Whammy4
 Digitech Bass Synth

Monitoring Systems
Hear Technologies Talk Back Dynaudio BM5a M-Audio BX5 Cheese-o-phonics 2.0

Outboard Effects
Yamaha SPX90 TC Electronics M-OneXL Line 6 Pod X3

Preamps
Daking MPIV 4 Channel Pre Trident 4T Drawmer TS1

Recorders and DAWs
Digidesign 003 Alesis Masterlink Apple Intel MacPro Quad-Core

Software
Pro Tools LE8.0 w/ Factory Bundle + Music Production Toolkit Spectrasonics Stylus Waves Native Power Pack Waves SSL Bundle Antares Auto-Tune 5 Izotope Trash

Acumen Recordings's Clients Include:

Jon Itkin, Slip Restaurant, Jonathan Moffet, Jon Russo, Steven Ogg, Peter Chwazik, Tim Reynolds, Steve Curry, Jeff Campbell, Dave Friddman, Thornwood, Amadot, King Shark, the Ganji Idea, Andrew Click, Kenny Passarelli, Jonathan Adams, Greg Sculicz, Ian O’Malley, Edgard Rivera, The UVM Boys, Melanie Rivera, BeArthur, Jeff Nelson, Marcus!, Alan Arkin, El Grupo Flechazzo, Tim Stroh, TabulaRasa, Dan Sheedy, El Grupo Splash, Shirley MacClain, Sasha Perrin, Zach Burns,Will Arnett, Hari Leigh, Michael Chavez , Ferdinand Jay Smith,The Renaissance Man, Awake the Hero, Dave Lansom, Gene Hackman, Camp Stella Maris, Livonia High School Cheerleading, Daddybear, the W.A.K.O.S, Philistine!, Sara Van Beckum,Three Men and a Baby, Tommy Vigil, Fanny Pack Conspiracy...

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