Michael has mixed 2 projects for my band the Side Chicks so far and he's really done an incredible job! A pleasure to work with and very skilled at what he does! The timeline had me a little stressed at the end but he got them done in time and the mastering engineer barely had to touch them! read more

So after relocating to NYC I came down to visit Crash (pre-covid) to pick up some audio files. The new facility is amazing with the control room having a perfect monitoring room. The whole construction of the studio level ups far beyond any other medium-large set up I seen and revivals if not, beats many NYC studios. It is hard for me to describe how amazing it is but let me quote their webage so I won't paraphrase anything. "The New Studio Crash is a beautiful recording studio built from the ground up to be world class in the field. With a nice large control room, a huge 840sq ft. live room with 14 ft slanted ceilings, an isolation room, a vocal booth, and two separate amp closets we have plenty of isolated spaces to get great sounds without the need to overdub everything. This makes it possible to record very large groups live and still have plenty of elbowroom and acoustic separation. Construction. Many studios may beautiful on the surface, like ours, but what's really important here is the stuff you don't see. So what is inside the walls and below the floor? Our construction entailed room-within-a-room construction. This means the walls you see are actually TWO (2) walls; each of which have two layers of " drywall and special acoustic insulation for sound absorption and a 6" air-space between them. These walls are floating on a layer of neoprene for even more sound isolation. The two pieces of glass in the 8 foot window separating the control and live rooms are each 1/2" thick, adding to the sound control. Under our new strand woven bamboo flooring, each room has its own individual "floating" concrete slab, decoupling it from the other rooms' floors. Even the HVAC was carefully planned, with every send and return having it's own insulated flex-duct all the way back to the HVAC unit. We even installed that HVAC unit in a separate building to keep it's mechanical noise far away from the studio space. The new studio's room acoustics are wonderful. Careful consideration in the design was spent on choosing room ratios as mathematically non-correlated as possible, in order to achieve evenly distributed axial, tangential, and oblique room modes. This means we get an amazingly smooth and accurate frequency response in the room ambience. This is something practically impossible to achieve without building from scratch like we did here." Mike is a PRO PRO PRO engineer. He has a new control surface going from a C24 to a D-Command as well as some focusrite preamps. He can also work on analog consoles as well as digital. The only downside is the breakroom can use some working on (unfinished floors) and parking is a bit troublesome, (I parked in the CVS lot across the way) but what can you do?!? I'd take that perfect mix over anything! See you soon again Mike! read more

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My band is based in L.A., but I live on the east coast, which makes recording slightly cumbersome. I had two tunes on which I needed to put down vocal tracks, so I searched for a studio with not only a ProTools setup, but with an engineer who specialized in vocalists. Welcome to Studio Crash! Warm, clean studio, plenty of parking, good vibe, very professional but easygoing staff. Calls / emails were returned promptly, the pricing was fair and up front, the technology was top notch, and the engineer was really knowledgeable, great with the toolset, and a super-solid musician. I trusted him entirely and never felt like I had to dumb anything down for him. He intuitively knew what weird stuff I was going for, and he helped me nail it. Having recorded in countless studios, this one definitely is among my favorites. I will definitely be back for the next album. read more

My latest experience at Studio Crash far exceeded my expectations! The knowledge and experience of the engineers in helping to create my music will ensure that I return again and again! Thank you Studio Crash! JJ read more

I had the chance to work with Studio Crash on 2 Acapella CDs and I had an incredible experience. Not only are the people there professional and talented, but they're really awesome people as well, and have become my friends. I'm extremely picky about music and how I want things to sound, but Sean Smith and Mike Harmon were both always on the same page as me. I never had to explain twice-they're both exceptionally amazing at what they do. The difference between the CDs we recorded pre Studio Crash and post is huge, there's really no comparison. The quality of the sound as well as the editing and mixing makes these past 2 CDs leagues better than any CDs before them. I would definitely recommend using them-they're really worth every penny and more. I learned a lot from working with them and I'll definitely be going back the next time I want to record! read more

I worked with Mike on an a cappella album in the Spring of 2014. It was a great experience and Mike was incredibly patient with little details. He also seemed to intuitively just know what I wanted without me explaining things in great detail. Mixes were obviously top notch but the professionalism and friendliness was incredible. Mike treats his clients like his friends and that really helps to make the mixing process fun and enjoyable for both parties involved. We look forward to working with him again! read more