Black Lodge Studio

Since 1997, I have been recording, editing, mixing, and mastering music on all types of analog and digital machines, from Tascam 4-Tracks to ADATS, to a mint Otari 32-Track through a glorious Neve 34162 console. I now work out of my home studio in Marin County but have engineered at several studios throughout the Bay Area. I do not have a studio wall lined with Grammys, no, but I do have a selection of vintage amplifiers, guitar, basses, synths, and some choice pieces of analog equipment to bring some life back into your digital recordings.

Engineer / Owner: Daniel McKenzie

Education: BA Recording Arts, Minor in Music, S.S.U.

Music projects: Identical Homes, Shuteye Unison, Built for the Sea, The Rum Diary

Equipment list

  • API 512c
  • IGS ONE LA Compressor
  • Neve Portico II Master Buss Processor
  • API 5500 Stereo EQ
  • Kush Audio Clairphonic Parallel Equalizer
  • Dangerous Music D-Box
  • UA Apollo 8
  • UA-2 Satellite (x2) with 50 UA plugins
  • Dynaudio BM6A MKII
  • PS E5 + Temblor T10 Subwoofer‎
  • UA Precision Mastering Bundle w/Logic Pro X
  • Sonarworks Calibration Bundle

Mics

  • U87 (Michael Joly mod)
  • ML-52 Ribbon (Michael Joly mod)
  • Shure SM7B w/ Cloudlifter
  • Rode NT4 (Stereo)

Instruments

  • Nord Stage 4
  • Rogue Moog
  • Behringer DeepMind 6
  • Behringer Poly D Polyphonic
  • Roland JX-08
  • MicroKorg 37
  • Gibson Custom SG
  • Rickenbacker 330
  • Fender Jazzmaster
  • Ovation Magnum Bass
  • Fender Jazz Bass

Amps

  • 1979 Orange Overdrive Series Two
  • 1973 Marshall JMP 1959 Superlead
  • 1983 Music Man 75
  • GK 400 RB
  • Fender DeVille 4×10

The engineer with a chainsaw