31st March 2012
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#271 | | Gear maniac
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Originally Posted by mp54u  From the wikipedia page...
Acoustic design by Bret Theney of Westlake Audio. | Thanks. Anyone know if he has done other rooms with favored acoustics? Interesting that his name is not more well known given the celebrated acoustics of Pachyderm.
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1st April 2012
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#272 | | Lives for gear
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Oh shit I didn't know it was a Westlake room! That's awesome!
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3rd April 2012
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#273 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Sep 2008 Location: Omaha Nebraska
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Just looked at my blue prints!!! Bret did my room as well!!!!!
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4th April 2012
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#274 | | Gear nut
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The top-down view is suppose to be an elephant.
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28th August 2012
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#275 | | Gear interested
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Looks awesome, would be great to track an album there but I'm not so sure I'd be able to sleep at night. It definitely has that creepy Frank Lloyd Wright vibe. I live very close to Falling Water and have taken a tour twice, and it's one of the few places I've been to that can give me goosebumps on a hot summer day... Beautiful but creepy! Anyway, I like the vibe I get when I listen to Throwing Copper and In Utero, they have the magic that I don't feel much of in today's pop/rock.
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19th February 2013
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#276 | | Gear interested
Joined: Feb 2013
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| Pachyderm remodel
Hello all, Just wanted to let everyone know it is almost done___ The studio is completely repaired/remodeled just finishing up the house -- Best, John
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19th February 2013
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#277 | | Gear Guru
Joined: Jan 2005 Location: Twin Cities, MN
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Originally Posted by johnkuker Hello all, Just wanted to let everyone know it is almost done___ The studio is completely repaired/remodeled just finishing up the house -- Best, John | Cool, keep posting more pictures! I still have the pictures I took out there at the open house a while back.
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19th February 2013
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#278 | | Lives for gear
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Whoa.. is that a Helios console ??
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19th February 2013
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#279 | | Gear interested
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Yes, Island Basing 2
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19th February 2013
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#280 | | Lives for gear
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You using the mains John? Bret designed my room as well. Do you have hr-7's full of jbl components in there?
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19th February 2013
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#281 | | Lives for gear
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you kept the Helios..Yay!!!
looks amazing John!!
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19th February 2013
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#282 | | Lives for gear
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Holy smokes! That is unbelievable! So beautiful! I'm jealous of that Helios console- amazing! Congratulations!
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19th February 2013
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#283 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by johnkuker Hello all, Just wanted to let everyone know it is almost done___ The studio is completely repaired/remodeled just finishing up the house -- Best, John | It looks beautiful, and I'm happy to see her restored to her former glory. The Helios is LOVELY!
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19th February 2013
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#284 | | Gear addict
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Some combo for drums, that room with a Helios..
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19th February 2013
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#285 | | Gear interested
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Ripped out the mains___. I recorded there before with Mudvayne and found the mains not to be my liking.. Put in Dynaudio M3's, We didn't change the drum room. But filled the back of the control room with rock wool. It turned out to be a major improvement.
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19th February 2013
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#286 | | Lives for gear
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19th February 2013
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#287 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Sep 2008 Location: Omaha Nebraska
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Originally Posted by johnkuker Ripped out the mains___. I recorded there before with Mudvayne and found the mains not to be my liking.. Put in Dynaudio M3's, We didn't change the drum room. But filled the back of the control room with rock wool. It turned out to be a major improvement. | Sounds like a good plan! I don't use them hear either so I was surprised to think you'd be into them 
Was the back of the room wood before you filled it in
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19th February 2013
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#288 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Oct 2006 Location: Chicago, IL USA
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Originally Posted by johnkuker Yes, Island Basing 2 | Lots of great records cut on that thing.
The place looks great.
Nice work.
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19th February 2013
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#289 | | Lives for gear
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Sweet
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19th February 2013
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#290 | | Lives for gear
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John Kuker, I am glad bought the place instead of me because this is WAY cooler than what I could have done. Cheers to keeping a Midwest treasure alive, can't wait to see it in person!
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20th February 2013
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#291 | | Gear interested
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Thanks for the nices words and wishes, When we roll out the red carpet I'll make a note. It was surpising how many people care about the place. J
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20th February 2013
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#292 | | Gear Guru
Joined: Jan 2005 Location: Twin Cities, MN
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Originally Posted by johnkuker Thanks for the nices words and wishes, When we roll out the red carpet I'll make a note. It was surpising how many people care about the place. J | Hi John, would love the opportunity to come and check out the place when your done. My wife said nobody would ever buy the place. 
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20th February 2013
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#293 | | Gear nut
Joined: Dec 2007 Location: about to fall into the pacific
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Wow! Like a great book that you just can't put down, I came across this thread late tonight and absolutely could not go to bed without reading all 10 pages. What a wonderful story with a fantastic ending (beginning!!!)
The CR looks just killer - as does the entire studio. You are indeed a lucky man John and I wish you the best of luck breathing life back into this great room!
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20th February 2013
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#294 | | Gear interested
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I don't feel lucky! Haha I feel crazy for emptying my cache on such a thing by love knows no boundry____. 2013 you can rock the laptop! I just fell in love with the drum room and a famous local guy Leroy McCusker saved it. I was in over my head pretty quickly but he saved it or we did it's hard to tell. Either way it'll be good for 30 years and it's available for at least a lil while under my watch ha, Hopefully a long while!
Rikers Beard's Dad is the Man
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20th February 2013
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#295 | | Gear Head
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 55
| Pachyderm
I recorded there twice, with two different bands. Each time we rented the studio for a weekend, got to stay in the house both times. Never noticed hauntings, etc. It's a remarkable place, to say the least. The house is amazing. The grounds are amazing. The studio is un-f-ing real. Brent S engineered both sessions, and is a wonderful person to work with in the studio.
When my band recorded there I recall him pounding on the Neve at different times because things weren't working... Funny in retrospect. We tracked to 2" tape and our tracks all sounded great. I'll never forget how he set up my bi-amp rig (Hiwatt and Marshall half stacks), and how he mic'd the drums in the main room. I'm glad Pachyderm is being restored as a studio, it's an amazing sounding place and an amazing experience. Wanna be a star for a weekend? Go record at Pachyderm regardless of the season - it's worth it.
I'm also building a new studio in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, called Studio 648. It'll have a Neve 5104, Genelec 1032's, NS10's, and lots of old German/Austrian microphones. It's somewhat of a co-op, and I was pleasantly surprised to read this approach mentioned in this thread as being among the more viable models for modern recording studios.
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26th February 2013
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#296 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Sep 2003
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Sweet Helios console!  I'd love to see more pics of the place including the outboard rack. Glad to see this place still kicking.
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29th March 2013
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#297 | | Gear nut
Joined: May 2009 Location: Minnesota
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by johnkuker I don't feel lucky! Haha I feel crazy for emptying my cache on such a thing by love knows no boundry____. 2013 you can rock the laptop! I just fell in love with the drum room and a famous local guy Leroy McCusker saved it. I was in over my head pretty quickly but he saved it or we did it's hard to tell. Either way it'll be good for 30 years and it's available for at least a lil while under my watch ha, Hopefully a long while!
Rikers Beard's Dad is the Man | It's been a crazy story. My dads been happy to be part of it. I'm glad it's in the hands of someone who will do right by its unique history.
I think it was 20 years ago in February that In Utero was tracked there... I'm getting old.
Brent and I were speculating like a couple of stupid kids for months over what would become of it. "How can it be pachyderm without a cranky 8068?" "What turd is going to put a Avid controller in there?" Seems its been answered... A long overdue rehab by my old man and a ****in Helios!
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29th March 2013
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#298 | | Gear interested
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29th March 2013
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#299 | | Lives for gear
Joined: May 2004 Location: Los Angeles ,Ca.
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Originally Posted by robert2ason | Have read the thread?
It's alive and well
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29th March 2013
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#300 | | Gear Guru
Joined: Aug 2005 Location: underground railroad
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****in' AWESOME!
Beautiful job, so far. Keep the pix coming!!!!! 
Best of luck to you, John!
PIX PIX PIX!!!!
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