Welcome to Riverbend Studios South
Riverbend Studios is the name Steve created for our first studio we were assembling in Collinsville. Steve's house is along the Caney River. Sometimes the river comes to see him up close & personal. It was responsible for themes that we use such as the name of the studio & songs such as The River. It seemed natural that since we both liked the Riverbend name, that when we put together another studio in South Tulsa, that we would call it Riverbend South. The original is the one in Collinsville, however. The South studio (where Rex lives) is, at this time, more potent being the fully digital studio. Much of Riverbend (North) was brought down to the South location for the creation of Hydrant. Steve continues to rebuild the North site since he does most of the music creation & has withdrawals when he doesn't have access to his studio. Rex does most of the techno/computer stuff being an electrical engineer. This kind of teamwork has served us well over the years. This way we can blame each other for most anything.
Above is our Mackie mixdown console (16:8) with a Boss DR-5 drum machine, 2 AR monitors, an ADAT recorder , Layla digital recorder, Cassette & Receiver
Above is our new Layla digital recorder on top of the ADAT. We used the ADAT to cut Hydrant. The ADAT uses SVHS tapes. The Layla uses 1's & 0's off the hard drive. We had the Layla on order for around 6 months. We have only had it 3 or 4 months.
We have stacks of stuff sitting around with Mexican blankets on the walls to absorb some of the highs. Besides they look cool. Brought the blankets back from Ensinada Mexico.
The ole' 100W Marshall stack, Alesis QS6 keyboard & Universal weight bench. Hey we can play a rock concert & workout at the same time! We slide the weight bench back to make more room when we are working. That's how we get our exercise !
The Mackie is quiet & loaded with controls. We are still looking for the "talent boost button" on it. "Oh look Steve, I think I found it!!!"
We don't want to keep you in suspense any more....Meet Spike, Nigel & Ian. They are our electronic drummers. Spike (left) plays most of Steve's songs, Nigel (right) plays Rex's. Ian (below) is a new addition that still needs training. These guys are hard working, reliable, don't take smoke breaks & don't take a cut of the millions that we make from our fame & fortune. Spike & Nigel are Boss DR-5s & Ian is a Boss DR-770. We often say they are the most talented members of Krypton Dog. They never make mistakes. They never get tired. They could play a toe tapping polka, but then we would have to smash them to bits! Steve hates the fakey handclapping sound so much that he removed it from Ian's brain. Poooor Ian.
Our newest addition is a PIII 800 MHz computer with 128MB RAM, a 20G HD (ATA 66). It holds the card to talk to the Layla which is a 24bit digital audio recorder. I think I hear the ADAT (16bit tape) crying in the corner. It's the way of the future. Our upcoming CD will all be done on the Layla. Hydrant was done on the ADAT. We are running the Emagic Logic Audio Platinum software. It is waaaay smarter than we are!
Last update 05/04/02
