Philip Riley - Life of Riley Studios

Life of Riley Studios

Set in a spectacular position overlooking Wellington harbour, the studio offers state of the art digital recording, editing and mastering for all genres of music. Based around super-fast Mac and Pro Tools industry standard software and hardware , the studio is capable of handling projects ranging from simple 'live take' recordings through to sophisticated full album projects of international standard.

Studio Equipment

• Apple Macintosh G5 & G3 running Digidesign Pro tools HD and Emagic Logic software
• One Terabyte of storage on fast hard drives.
• Toshiba Laptop PC with 60gig HD, running Cakewalk software for clients using
   Windows-based sequencers.
• Studiomaster Topaz series 72 channel mixer (72:8:2)
• Digidesign HD 24bit audio Interfaces x2
• Genelec Biamped near-field monitors.
• Great collection of retro MIDI synthesizers and keyboards including expanded Roland   JV 1080 & JP 8080, KORG Wavestation EX, and M1R, ROLAND D.50  2xP330, Boss   DR.770 & Alesis DM Pro drum synth with trigger inputs for live drums
• Massive collection of Soft Synths eg Absynth, Stylus RMX, Ivory, Kontact etc
• Sampling/sample playback using Digidesign, Kontact and Emagic 'EXS 24', plus a   huge range of loops, FX and exotic instruments on CD Rom
• Quality effcts signal processers include Roland, Ensoniq and Yamaha Reverbs, Urei   compressors, Aphex aural exciters, de-essers, delays etc. Also Pro TDM software   DSP; Waves L1, C1, Q10 etc
• Quality Neuman and AKG condencer mics

• MOTU MIDI timepiece for locking to video/smpte signals, allowing picture lock for video and film soundtracks on VHS
• Good selection of 'real' instruments including nylon and steel string acoustics, Telecaster electric and Pod amp simulator and
guitar FX.
• Excellent upright piano, mandolin, woodwind, selection of percussion instruments,etc.

Examples of Recent Work

• Contemporary albums for New Zealand artists Carol Henry and Peter Shaw
• Recording and mastering for two Jazz CDs for Geoff Culverwell duo and trio
• Three major CD projects for Learning Media School Journal Series and 'Ready to Read' resource • Mastering for Charles Harter project • Recording, editing etc for Ascent of Jazz album project
• Suzuki Violin and Piano gradings etc
• Tracks on international compilations alongside Dido, Sarah McLachlan, Enya, Sinead O'Connor, Clannad and many others • National Anthem arrangement (used in stadium events like the recent Twickenham All Black game and NPC Rugby Finals) • Sound design and recording for The Tribe TV Series and Atlantis High for Cloud Nine
• The 'Honey Puffs' song
• Americas Cup 'Black Boat' and 'Hey Dad' Lotto Ads
• National Bank Ad-Student Campaign
• Team behind McDonalds 'Young Entertainers' and 'Showcase' TV series (3 years)
• Adds for Lux, Refresh, Palmers Garden, 5th Avenue etc
• TV Sports Awards Music
• Gibson Group promo for New Zealand (Tourism Dept ) in overseas cinema trailers
• Editing for NZSO Liszt series CD
* The Hairy Maclary shows and CD's etc

Excellent hourly, daily and weekly rates, or just work to your own project budget