d-night-studio

„Without music, life would be a mistake.“
– Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

A glimpse of the things that happend in the d-night-studio.

Mastered

produced and/or mixed

content entries because fun

„Music is the strongest form of magic.“
– Marilyn Manson

The d-night-studio is a full service audio production studio located near Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Our audio services include recording, mixing, editing and mastering. We use state of the art digital plugins as well as some well chosen analog gear.

We’re also specialized for reamping services with a wide range of pedals, amps, cabinets and microphones. Whether it’s heavenly cleans, bity rock, crushing metal-tones or something completely out of any genre, we offer a unique sound for your project.

As we solely believe in good music, every genre is welcome and every artist is treated with full dedication.

„A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.“
– Leopold Stokowski

Music Production

We produce your songs. Therefore we accompany you through the whole production process as you wish and help with hints and tricks to push your performance to the next level.

Recording

We record your songs. To put your instruments and voices worthly to file we offer a suited environment and microphone collection and help searching for the right sound.

Mixing

We mix your recordings. Beside the capabilities of our equipment it’s our experience and our ears that bring your tracks together to a well-made mix.

Mastering

We master your mix. With our help your music gets its final touch to match industry standards in quality and level.

Pre-Production

We take a look. We listen to your music and discuss arrangements, sounds and the production process. If asked, we gladly open our secret book of hints and tricks as well.

Reamping

We make your sound. With our selection of amps, cabinets and microphones your DI-Signals come to life.

for further information about our services, please read d-night-studio’s

GUIDE TO GOODNESS

„It’s still magic even if you know how it’s done.“
– Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

System

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16 Core

Software

Avid Pro Tools
Harrison Mixbus
Ardour
Reaper

Plugins: Waves, Toontrack, Brainworx, STL Tones, Sonalksis, Voxengo, Klanghelm, Lancaster Audio, Tokio Dawn Labs, Native Instruments, Line6, Flux, Avid …

Monitoring

Fostex PM2
Resident Audio M5
beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO

Console

Behringer X32 Compact

Behringer RX 1202 FX
Behringer Eurorack UB802
(for that Ulrich Wild guitarpreamp thingy)

Audio-Interface

Behringer X32 Compact
Focusrite Scarlett 18i20
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
Ferrofish A16 MkII

S/PDIF Converter

dbx Quantum II Dig. Multi-Band Processor

Cabs

MESA OS 4×12 V30 (from 2003)
Randall XLT 4×12 V30 / P50e
Randall RS-412XLT 100N G12H 100
(Michael Amott Signature)
Framus Cobra 4×12 Greenbacks
Framus Dragon 4×12 V30/Greenbacks
Marshall JCM 900 4×12 GT75
ENGL E412 Pro 4×12 Creambacks
Marshall Valvestate 2×12 G12T
Marshall Valvestate 1×12 G12T
Harley Benton 4×12 G412A
(WGS Reaper, WGS Veteran 30, Eminence Swampthang, Eminence Cannabis Rex)
Harley Benton 2×12 Vintage 30

st.Rock React:IR Reactive IR Loader
High Quality Impulse Responses

Mics

Shure, Sennheiser, beyerdynamic, Aston, Audix, hitec Audio, SM Pro Audio, t-bone …

Dynamount X2-R mic positioning system

Outboard

IGS S-Type Buss Compressor 500
IGS Rubber Bands 500 ME
Warm Audio WA73-EQ
Klark Teknik 76-KT Limiting Amplifier
dbx 160A Compressor/Limiter
dbx 510 Subharmonic Synth
dbx 286 Mic Preamp Processor
Boss GX-700 Multi FX-Processor
TC M300 Multi FX-Processor
Behringer Composer MDX 2100
Behringer Ultra-Q Pro PEQ 2200
Behringer A500 Reference Amplifier
Seymour Duncan Powerstage 200

Amps

Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier RevG Rackmount
Randall V2 Archetype
Laboga Mr. Hector
Laboga Alligator
Framus Cobra
Peavey 6505+
Peavey Triple XXX
Orange Jim Root Terror
ENGL Savage 120
Brunetti XL R-Evo II
Marshall JCM800 Kerry King Signature
Marshall JCM2000 DSL
Marshall Valvestate 8100 Head
Marshall Valvestate 8280 Combo
Marshall Valvestate 8080 Combo
Crab Guitar Effects Soldarion
Behringer Ultrabass BX600
Line6 PodXT Pro (Metal Shop Pack)
Line6 PodXT (Metal Shop + Collector Classics Pack)

Kemper Profiler Powerrack

Randall RM1250 MTS Tube Amp

Randall MTS Modules:
Clean
Blackface (Fender Blackface Style)
Tweed (Fender Bassman Style)
Tweed (Modded Bassman)
Plexi (Marshall Plexi Style)
SL+ (Marshall Super Lead Style)
XTC (Bogner Ecstacy Style)
Ultra (Modern High Gain)
KH-1 (Kirk Hammett Signature Clean)
KH-2 (Kirk Hammett Siganture Rhythm)
Mr. Scary (George Lynch Signature)
Grail (George Lynch Signature)
Brahma (George Lynch Signature)

Stomps

Klirrton Grindstein

Maxon, BOSS, MXR, EHX, Ibanez, TC Electronic, Mooer, Dunlop, Morley, Mesa Engineering, EarthQuaker Devices, Pepers Pedals …

„How wonderful it is to be able to write someone a letter! To feel like conveying your thoughts to a person, to sit at your desk and pick up a pen, to put your thoughts into words like this is truly marvelous.“
– Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood