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Château Noir opened doors in February 2019. Working with Matt Schlacter and Steven Durr at Steven Durr Designs, the layout took nearly a year of planning before construction could begin.
The design pairs a world-class tracking environment [live room, control room and 2 iso booths] with several cozy gathering spaces: kitchen, lounge and covered patio for meals, drinks and taking a break.
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Château Noir studio floor plan
Gear
Console / Interface
- Custom desk built by Tim "TK" Kelly and Jarrad K
- Yamaha PM1000 mod by Dave Wheeler @ Wave Audio
- Tapco Seventy-Two 12 channel sidecar w/ spring reverb
- Antelope Orion 32+
- UAD Satellite (Bundle 5)
- UA Apollo Twin
- Pro Tools
- Logic Pro
- Yamaha MT8X 8 ch multitrack cassette recorder
Monitoring
- PMC 228's
- Dangerous Music Monitor ST
- Behringer P16 headphone distribution system
Dynamics / Signal Processors / EQ
- EL8X Distressor (2)
- Spectra Sonics C610 Complimiter (2)
- Harrison 32 EQ (2)
- CAPI LC25 EQ (2)
- Alesis MicroLimiter, MicroGate, MicroVerb 2 + 4
Microphone Preamps / DI
- Yamaha PM1000 (modded to Neve 1073 spec) — 16 ch
- True Systems P8
- True Systems P2 Analog
- Universal Audio LA-610
- EZ 1084
Microphones
- Shure SM57 (5)
- Shure SM58 (4)
- Shure SM7B
- AKG D112
- AKG D12
- AKG C414
- Coles 4038 (2)
- Audio-Technica 3035
- Microtech Gefell M300 (pair)
- Neumann U87 (1974)
- Electro-Voice 635A
- Sennheiser 421 (2)
- Slate Digital VMS
- Lauten Audio LA120 FET (2)
- Solomon LoFreq Subkick
Instruments
- '74 Yamaha U1 upright piano
- '70s Hammond M3 organ
- '66 Fender Super Reverb
- Vox AC30 (00's)
- Peavey TNT 115S
- '68 Fender Telecaster
- '82 Fender Stratocaster
- '02 Cort Musicman Jazz
- '98 Danelectro U1 reissue
- '99 Simon & Patrick Woodland Cedar acoustic
- Various Casio keyboards
- Suzuki Q Chord
- Several thrift guitars
Drums
- Late '70s Ludwig maple drum kit — 8×12, 12×15, 14×22, 16×16
- Early '70s Rogers Powertone — 8×12, 14×20, 16×16
- '70s Ludwig Supraphonic snare drum
- '70s Ludwig Acrolite snare drum
- Zildjian Avedis 18" crash
- Meinl Byzance hats / ride
- Various hardware + stands
Studio design and consulting by Matt Schlacter and Steven Durr at Steven Durr Designs.
FAQ
Château Noir is Jarrad K's residential recording studio in Nashville, TN, designed with Matt Schlacter and Steven Durr at Steven Durr Designs. The layout pairs a live room, iso booths, and control room with shared hang spaces, outdoor areas, and artist accommodations on the property.
Parking
- Pull down the driveway and turn into the first available spot (on a diagonal)
- Don't block the driveway if you can help it.
Food / Drink in Studio
Please please please no food or drink allowed on or near the desk.
We'll eat lunch between 11–2 depending on everyone's hunger levels.
Try and get lunch orders in top of the each day early so you don't have to wait around.
Food Recs
We usually UberEats/DoorDash or send a runner (if there is one)
Load In
- Load in through the covered porch unless you need to load up onto the higher ledge from the bed of a truck or box car
- Walk up the stairs, open the screen door and knock on the fixed pane glass door to your right. (not the sliding door)