Strings in StarMount Studio

Ken Hor, one of the talented composer/ music arranger has brought his project in again. Which means more fun and more experiments in the studio!

We utilize the other studio downstairs ( very near to the coffee and baked goods), its more reflecting surfaces for the music.

We tracked the guitars with extra reflection boards ( like the reflectors in photography), amping the electric guitar signals at the hallway (so that the aroma from kitchen can get into the room) and trying different microphones on the violin and viola.

Looking forward to the next one...

Lo on the guitars

The creative team

Yu Heng and Lo

Angela on violin and viola

Freshly brewed cappuccino during session!(scones too) 

Thank You 2014, Cheers to 2015!

Its been an exciting year to StarMount Studio. We made new friends, expanded into new territories, major changes in the studio, new addition of facilities and all other special little moments that enriched our year.

Just a quick recap, we now have 2 working studios - Studio HD and The Upstairs.

Studio HD

Housing ProTools HD 8 and packed with the color palette from Lavry, RME, Tree Audio, Chandler Limited, Rupert Neve Designs and Audient, we have wide selection of tone colors for vocals and acoustic instruments recording.

Monitoring options are Yamaha MSP7, Adam F7 and Solitaire 5a.

The room was made rather reflective, as we were looking at a more natural and lively recordings as oppose to a damped room. Dampening options are available with reflexion filter, drapes and pads if necessary.

The highlight of Studio HD is, the price. We intend to make the rates affordable for everyone. Do hit us up to check on the studio rates and packages for your project needs.

The Upstairs

We are delighted to introduce Pyramix 9 Mass core with Horus interface (DSD) in The Upstairs.
The never ending crave for good sound has led us into this system and although the learning curve is really a painful one but all is worthwhile for its quality. We are now capable of going up to 384khz in PCM format, and DSD256.

Come and experience the joy and pleasure together with us as It never stops to impress after months of having the new system!

Cheers to 2015!

New addition: Fender TwinReverb @The Upstairs

MandyStar@ StarMount Studio

MandyStar (Amanda) is a regular of StarMount Studio. She's talented with her voice, guitar and drums and we're up for another round of cover songs for her online video contents. We are glad to be part of her musical journey as in StarMount Studio, we appreciate the opportunity to grow together with the clients, (especially new talents) and its always rewarding to be appreciated and know that we are helping them getting better.

Originals are coming up next. We've recorded some really nice demos and music arrangement is in the process. ( we do offer music arrangement and other music creation related services as well, drop us a line for the rates)

Sebastian on guitars

MandyStar

She plays the guitar too.

Group pic.

Amanda Bloom @StarMount Studio

Talented Amanda Bloom brought her musical journey to StarMount Studio and we were amazed and mused by her music. It was such an impromptu session as new inputs and variations kept coming and the energy was great.

We had a good 5 days in the studio. We had great sessionist like Lewis Pragasam with his fantastic percussion kit, John Thomas and K7 with his array of Indian flutes. We starting to use the ribbon tubes a lot more often as we felt that its the closest to the natural sound of the acoustic instruments, especially the transients are so smoothly preserved. If we don't need the extras over 16kHz, RT1 of sE will be there.

We love our job. 

John's  drum set up

Amanda Bloom

Colorful and wonderful kit by Lewis

Lewis Pragasam

Back to control room

K7

Choose your key. 

Action Movie Sound Design, Foley and Mix @StarMount Studio

It was action packed in the studio when the producers, directors and sound supervisor from Camwerk Studio came in with their latest action movie project. 

Sound designs, foley, ADRs and Stereo mix downs are the job scope and it was fun throughout the entire process. 

Pad locks rolling everywhere, a few makeshift wooden platforms for different scenes, various types of shoes and even firearms were present in the studio. Ribbon microphones are used most often throughout the session. The knocking sounds especially were very well translated and we're very pleased with the outcome. 

ADR

All set

Movie Director in action

Movie Soundtrack with Jeana Ho

We have the gorgeous Hong Kong movie star/model Jeana Ho in StarMount Studio recording one of the OST for her upcoming movie. sE Gemini MK2 was put up for the task. We love how it captures the nuances of her characteristic vocals. With the help of the dual-valve design, warm and lush tone was expected. 

Going through the parts

With some guidance from Rex, producer

Amirah Ali @StarMount Studio

We had talented Amirah Ali in the studio for rhythm section recordings and also an interesting recording of traditional "Asli" style violin. Its an one day blocked session and we appreciate clients that would allow enough time for us to get the optimum setup for their projects.  sE Gemini MKII was used for Amirah's vocals. Its able to capture the body and the nuances of the vocal performance, and through its dual valved circuitry, a lush and full bodied sound was presented through the Solitaire 6a Speakers.
JZ V67 was put to the task for violin recording. Placed 2 ft above the source, we could get a nice blend of mids and high mids from the violin. Neve Portico pre and comp were used and the transformers were driven up to get more saturation feel to the sound source.

Amirah is nominated for 6 categories in the VIMA Awards 2013. We wish her all the best and vote!

Getting the groove on

Furman HR-6, Studio's best friend :)

The Bassment Syndicate @ StarMount Studio

The Bassment Syndicate was here for their upcoming album release. Great tunes and extremely fun and inspiring live sessions. Experimenting on drums set up, getting the right synths patches and definitely setting the mics right and matching them to the right pres and outboards.

Little Phatty stacked Fantom with Motif

Omar's obsession

Chill time at the lounge

Color and tone matching, grab their album to check it out!

JT Tracking Horns @ StarMount Studio

We have John Thomas coming over for some horn dubs on his upcoming album. Great stuffs, and we had Patrick Tebrack and Marques Young on the saxophone and trombone. JZ V67 performed well on capturing the horns together. Through the Chandler TGII and slight compression on the Neve Portico 5043, we've got a nice blend on the mids and controlled top end fits nicely in the track.

JT and the Cats

Always great to record them together

Maestro Fung @ StarMount Studio

One day away from his flight back to NYC, Fung Chern Hwei graced StarMount Studio with his latest composition " When She Spread's Her Wings". It wasn't the usual acoustic setup as we're dealing with Distortion Guitars, Effected Violin and Cello and to fit all in one room with the maximum isolation. Challenging session, but beautiful music made it all worth it. 

Chern Hwei with musicians from Platform 11.

We're here for a better tomorrow

Musicians, singer songwriters, producers gathered in StarMount Studio for one cause. A better tomorrow. We're recording songs to express our love to the country and future generations. Have it saving our heritage (Jalan Sultan), saving the environment ( against rare-earth processing plants in Kuantan) or saving ourselves ( for a more transparent society). After all, Its great and rare to have so many artistes into the studio at the same time. Most importantly, everyone was having a great time and good memories are left in the studio...

Shining Star

Masters at work

Great folks! 

Heritage must be preserved

For green peace!

Time to change

Playing it right

Taking it seriously

Together we stand

Doing our part for a better tomorrow

Even its late at night...

Every note counts

No voices were left behind!

We just want harmony

More Strings and Movie OST@ StarMount Studio

We've been doing quite a lot of strings lately, here's one meant for an upcoming movie OST, composed, arranged and also produced by Qahhar. He brought in strings players and also the bubbly and powerful (voice) Heela Monica to StarMount Studio. Ok, we can only disclose this much information for now :)

Heela Monica surrounded by cushions.

On the spot re-arrangements..