Owned and operated by Matt James since 2O14, TOWNHOUSE MUSIC has been privileged to host a range of talent performing in a diverse and challenging array of styles. We are conveniently located near Trinity Bellwoods Park. Our industry contacts and our co-operative relationships with other studios in the GTA allow us to accomplish any recording, mixing, composing, sound-designing, mastering, or post-audio task, or anything else to do with the recording and production of sonic content. We are also here to share knowledge and to teach others how to organize sound into art by various means - performance, recording, midi programming, mixing and mastering. We always focus on how important every single project and student is, and we only know how to do things one way at TOWNHOUSE MUSIC: to perfection. 

 

ABOUT THE OWNER: Matt James began making music as a child, began formal study at age 1O, and has been performing and recording for about twenty years. Matt holds a bachelor of music in Jazz performance from Humber college (2OO7) and an M.A. in ethnomusicology from the University of Toronto (2O13). In 2O13 Matt began a doctorate in ethnomusicology, but ended the pursuit of his PhD in order to open TOWNHOUSE MUSIC as a full-time endeavour. 

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Preamps: UADLA61O (modded. nice mods. Big.),  Focusrite ISA 2, GAP PRE7, Apogee Element 88

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Microphones: Miktek C7, Blue Microphones Bluebird SL, Oktava MK-O12 matched pair (Michael Joly KM84 Mod. Unreal.), Shure SM81, Shure SM57, KEL HM2D, KEL HM1. We can procure any microphone required for a given project. 

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AD/DA: Apogee Element 88 (project requiring more I/O are easily handled)

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Monitors: Neumann KH 12O

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Headphones: AKG K24O MK II, Audio Technica M5O

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Guitars: 1972 Gibson ES-335, Fender Classic 6O's Player Strat, G&L ASAT Classic, Yamaha LL16, Taylor 21OE, Simon and Patrick Woodlamd Pro Folk, A beautiful Rodriguez nylon string, a junk resonator that has recording value

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Amplifiers: Fender Princeton Reverb '62 reissue (Jensen P1OR), Vox AC15 (Celestion Greenback)

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Computer: Mac Pro (the "trash can" model), 3.5 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5, 32 GB 1866 MHz DDR3, all the necessary external hard disks. Some are different shapes than others but they all have a silver colour, spin at 72OO RPM and connect via thunderbolt 2. Only I know what each is for. 

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Software: Apple Logic Pro X, Native Instruments Komplete 11 Ultimate, Celemony Melodyne, Ozone 8 Advanced

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Other: Radial X-Amp, Aston Halo, various baffles, Native Instruments S61, a host of instruments ranging from the usual to the odd, some refreshingly off-colour microphones and other fun stuff. The main room is acoustically treated to create a beautiful sounding environment for recording and mixing.