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<h3><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times">Welcome to Red Barn Recording Studio, Big Sur California</font></h3>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times">Red Barn Recording Studio is an exquisite recording environment located in a very quiet and isolated canyon in Big Sur, California. Red Barn is one of the best kept secrets in the recording industry and has been held as a private recording studio of <a href="http://www.aljardine.com">Al Jardine of the Beach Boys</a> until now. In fact, Red Barn was originally built by Al Jardine so that the Beach Boys could have an isolated and creative space to hang out and create music in. In a labor of love Jardine dismantled an existing barn from one of the original homestead families, the Pfeiffers, and then built the studio with an eye for comfort, then re-using the original barn lumber, created the rustic, original look that you see today.</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times">Al Jardine has owned the ranch where this studio is located for 25 years and the studio was completed in 1989. The studio was designed by Los Angeles architect George Augspurger, the primary audio consultant on the two year project was Pete Slauson, a Marin County recording engineer and owner of Wizards & Cecil B Studio. Additional wiring, including about three miles of Monster cable was provided by Marin County electrical wizard Doc Shaffer.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times">Slauson paid meticulous attention to detail, such as the separation of the control room from the playing area. "This room is floating," beams Slauson, who designed a 4-track studio for Jardine 17 years ago. "It is mounted on mechanical rubber - none of the walls touch the exterior, so sound can't be transferred through the walls."</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times">The LEDE® -style control room serves as the perfect environment for sound emanating from the two UREI 813C speakers, each pumping 1,200 watts per channel into the room. The speakers are driven by a Crown Micro-Tech power amps. Two Yamaha NS-10M nearfield monitors provide additional playback. Also, Slauson points out that nary a nail has found its way into the recent work, which was carried out by Phaez Construction, Inc. of nearby Monterey. "Nails can come loose and vibrate," cautions Slauson, who adds that the screws are also glued in place. "Screws don't come loose."</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times">Slauson says that nothing but the finest materials and work have gone into the transformation of the Red Barn, with such extras as a five-ton air conditioner and Luxtrol WR 1800 dimmers with track lighting. "This is the best I've built so far," comments Slauson. "It's top of the line."</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times">Recent studio projects include Roy Hargrove's Moment to Moment, a jazz recording with a 17 piece string orchestra. Hargrove has been playing in the Big Sur and Monterey Jazz Festivals for several years and noticed that his playing, while in Big Sur, was markedly more interpretive. After listening to several of the concerts performed in Big Sur, Roy Hargrove and Verve Records decided Red Barn Studio was where the Grammy award winning artist was going to record his latest effort.</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times">Gil Goldstein who was on the project as an arranger and conductor has fallen in love with Big Sur and Red Barn Studio.</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times">Excerpts of the text on this page is from an article written by David Leland for Mix Magazine.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times">In addition to a full compliment of recording equipment, (see Studio Gear) Red Barn Studio is equipped with a wet bar, pool table, shower, pin ball machines, a cottage, and more.<br>
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