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about

We're a home studio based in the heart of Brussels. The studio has two rooms; the recording room and a small lounge room with kitchenette. Black House Studio was founded by Astrid, who is an audio engineer, producer and multi-instrumentalist.

The studio

Software__________

DAW

Avid ProTools 12.7.0

Plugins

Soundtoys

Celemony (Melodyne)

Abbey Road

iZotope

Valhalla DSP

Softube

Waves Audio

Virtual instruments

Arturia Analog Lab V

Grand Piano 80

Instruments______________________________________

Digital instruments

Arturia Minilab mk II

Roland R-8 drum machine

 

keyboards

Yamaha P-85

Electric guitars

Gibson SG Standard

Folk guitars

Washburn

Paul Beauscher

Bass guitars

Ibanez ATK 300

Michael Kelly (5-string acoustic)

Guitar amplifiers

Vox AC30

Fender Mustang IV MK2

Percussion

All kinds of little percussion instruments

Hardware______________________________________________________________________

Dynamic microphones

Shure SM58

Shure SM 58

Condenser microphones

Blue Kiwi

AKG C414 (stereo pair)

AKG Perception 170

Oktava MK-012 (stereo pair)

Sennheiser e906

DPA 4099

Ribbon microphones

T.bone RM-700

Interfaces

Focusrite 18i20
Focusrite 6i6

Speakers

Focal Beryllium (main)

Fostex PM641 (backup)

Outboard gear

Digitech DSP I28

iCon Platform M+

Big Knob - Passive

Headphones

Sony MDR-7506 (x2)

Beyer Dynamic DT 700 Pro X)

Other 

sE vocal screen

AEA TRP-2 mic pre-amp

Cables

All sorts of jacks, mini-jacks, XLR, headphone extensions and adaptor cables and adaptor hardware

The lounge

The back room of the studio is a comfortable studio lounge. To make breaks as relaxing as possible, a selection of tea and coffee is available, and a fridge and microwave are at your disposal.

There's a small musical and literal library at hand for extra inspiration or to enjoy.

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