Prema Music Studio

in beautiful Santa Cruz, California

Complete in-house production services from concept to finished CD

featuring recording, producing, arranging, mastering,

and full graphics production.

Experienced award-winning producers/engineers:

• Daren Chadwick - recipient of numerous RIAA gold and platinum records.
  Engineer for several Grammy award-winning albums. Indy award winner.
  Staff engineer at many pro studios including A&M Records and Cherokee
  Studios. Experienced major studio film and TV audio engineer.
  
  
• Richard Karst - recipient of Indy award, Parent's Choice Award,
  and Corporation for Public Broadcasting Award for Excellence.
  Producer and editor for NPR (National Public Radio) programming.
  Staff engineer for UCSC Music Department for over 10 years.
  Experienced professional musician, composer and arranger.
  
  
• Our producers are experienced in all forms of music, from contemporary pop and jazz
  to classical music to "non-western" music. We have recorded just about everything: rock
  and blues bands, symphony orchestras, Amazon folk music, North Indian, Gamelan, etc.
  .

Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and producer/musician/engineer Richard Karst

Highest quality professional multitrack digital and analog recording:

STUDIO A:

• Digital Performer digital multitrack software
  running on Macintosh G4 Dual 1.25 GHz
• Fostex B16-D analog 16 track recording
• Neumann, AKG, EV, SoundDeluxe mics
• Amek/Neve and Avalon mic preamps
• Lexicon digital reverbs and effects
• Genelec monitor speakers

• Digital Performer digital multitrack software
  running on Macintosh G4 Dual 800 MHz
• large Sony computer monitor for the visually-impaired
• Tascam 80-8 analog 8 track recorder, Sony analog 4 track recorder
• AKG, EV, Shure mics
• MOTU 828 mic preamps
• 6.1 surround post-production mixing
• Bose monitor speakers

• Digital Performer digital multitrack software
  running on Macintosh G4 867 MHz Titanium Powerbook
• MOTU 828 mic preamps
• Sony DAT stereo digital audio recorder
• AKG 414, AKG 451 mics

producer/engineer Daren Chadwick at Vintage Recorders (in Arizona)

Professional mastering services:

• Ampex 440 and Otari 5050 half track analog mastering
• Digital Performer digital audio recording software
  running on Macintosh G3 400 MHz Powerbook
• Amek/Neve 9098 mastering compressor/limiter
• Avalon AD2055 mastering EQ
• Genelec monitor speakers

producer/musician/engineer Richard Karst, legendary engineer Rupert Neve, composer/vocalist Lalita Karst

Full graphics studio:

• Photoshop, InDesign, Pagemaker
• professional digital photography services with pro-quality 5.2-megapixel Minolta Dimage 7i digital camera
• professional photography services with Pentax 35mm film SLR cameras and lenses
• In-house professional graphic artist and photographer Richard Karst

from the Wild Orchid series by Richard Karst
images are ©2003 Richard Karst and are available for purchase


We have produced numerous cassette and CD covers and booklets:


some CD and cassette covers produced by Richard Karst


We can take your project from a concept to a finished CD!



jazz drummer Daniel Brubeck with producers Daren Chadwick and Richard Karst
at a Prema Music Studio session


candid shot of producer Richard Karst,
jazz drummer Dave Weckl and vocalist Lalita Karst
at a show in Saratoga, California

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