§ 00Analog recording studio · Medford, Massachusetts
Analog recording in Medford, Massachusetts.
Mystic Valley Studio is an analog recording studio just north of Boston, run by producer and engineer Alex Garcia-Rivera. Alex works with bands on everything from production and recording to mixing and mastering.
About Alex
Services
All services →- 05.1Recording, mixing & masteringRecording to 2″ tape, mixing and mastering.
- 05.2Tape transfer & restorationTransfers of 2″, ½″ and ¼″ tape and cassettes to digital, and tape baking.
- 05.3Ampex serviceRepair, refurbishment and modification of Ampex AG-440, MM-1000 and MM-1200 machines.
- 05.4Drum techCleaning, repairs, bearing edges and tuning, in the studio and elsewhere.
§ 02The studio
A working analog studio.
- Location
- Medford, Massachusetts
- Recording
- 2″ 24-track tape
- Owner
- Alex Garcia-Rivera
Purpose-built, soundproofed and acoustically treated rooms in an unassuming house. Much of the gear is either a restored vintage classic or modeled after one, and nearly all of it has been modified.
About the studio
§ 04Gear
The machinery.
A custom 28-channel console, a fully restored Ampex MM-1200 2″ 24-track, and racks of outboard, microphones, amps and drums, most of it restored or modified.
Explore the gear§ 03Selected work
On the record.
A few of the artists Alex Garcia-Rivera has worked with.
Selected work
Vundabar
Obsidian Tongue
American Nightmare
Cold Cave
§ 06Technical
Tape, machines and documentation.
Beyond sessions: repair, refurbishment and modification of Ampex tape machines, tape transfers and baking, plus a collection of hard-to-find Ampex field engineering bulletins for the MM-1100 and MM-1200, shared here as a resource for the tape community.
Technical overview