A creative recording space by Contagious Music
in Paterson, New Jersey
CONTAGIOUS MUSIC HQ
A room built to make music in.
Contagious Music HQ is an artist-run recording and production space created for musicians who care about sound, feel and the experience of playing together. The studio combines a naturally inspiring room with a carefully assembled collection of instruments, microphones, monitoring and recording tools.
It is a working creative space — intimate enough for focused overdubs and production, and open enough for small ensembles and live interaction.
INSTRUMENTS WITH HISTORY
THE ROOM
High ceilings, hardwood floors and an unusually open footprint give Contagious Music HQ a character of its own. The room was developed around acoustic instruments and the way musicians actually interact — listening, responding and creating in real time.
RECORDING & PRODUCTION
Contagious Music HQ is centered around a flexible digital recording environment with multiple monitoring options, high-quality microphones, outboard tools, pedals and instruments readily available for experimentation.
INSTRUMENTS & MACHINES
Vintage horns. Old drums. Modern microphones. Acoustic instruments, pedals, loopers, synthesizers, multiple monitoring systems, and a deep collection of software — all available as part of the creative environment at Contagious Music HQ.
M I C R O P H O N E S -3 × MXL V67 -Electro-Voice RE20 -Shure SM57 -2 × Beyerdynamic MC930 -Behringer drum microphone kit
M O N I T O R I N G + P L A Y B A C K -EVE Audio SC307 monitors -Yamaha HS7 monitors -Yamaha DXR10 -Klipsch Reference tower speakers -Polk Audio TSi100 speakers -Acoustic Research computer speakers Multiple monitoring systems make it possible to move quickly between critical listening and real-world playback perspectives.
H E A D P H O N E S + H E A D P H O N E M O N I T O R I N G -4 × OLLO Audio headphones -Audio-Technica ATH-M50x --headphones -Grado SR325 headphones DarkVoice headphone amplifier
R E C O R D I N G + S I G N A L P A T H -ART Tube MP Project Series preamp -Radial ProD2 stereo direct box -SWR Workingman’s 12 bass amplifier
S A X O P H O N E S + W O O D W I N D S -JL Woodwinds Artist Edition soprano saxophone -JL Woodwinds Artist Edition alto saxophone -JL Woodwinds Artist Edition tenor saxophone -Keilwerth 3070 baritone saxophone -1950 Super Balanced Action tenor saxophone — serial no. 42,XXX -1956 Conn 10M tenor saxophone -1920 Conn C-melody saxophone -Sankyo Silver Sonic flute with NRS-2 headjoint -W.T. Armstrong alto flute Yamaha piccolo -Akai EWI 4000S -EMEO digital saxophone
B R A S S -Mid-1950s Olds Studio trombone -Yamaha YTR-232 trumpet
B A S S -Engelhardt upright bass -Fender Jazz Bass -SWR Workingman’s 12 bass amplifier
K E Y S -Yamaha CP30
D R U M S -Vintage Ludwig drum kit — late 1950s / early 1960s
PEDALS + SOUND TOOLS
G A M E C H A N G E R A U D I O -Plasma Pedal -PLUS Pedal -LIGHT Pedal
E L E C T R O - H A R M O N I X -Eddy chorus/vibrato -Memory Boy -Canyon -Attack Decay -Freeze -Big Muff (Russian) -Bass Balls (Russian)
B O S S 2 × LS-2 Line Selector SY-1 Synthesizer Bass Synthesizer Noise Suppressor RC-20XL Loop Station
M O R E M O D U L A T I O N + T I M E E F F E C T S -Keeley Caverns -JHS The Emperor V2 -Julianna Chorus (Walrus Audio) -Double Decker delay (Vox) -Island Delay Looper -Mod (Flamma) -Hotone EKO -TC Electronic Ditto -Sea Bee (Beetronics) -Valeton Reverb
D R I V E + D I S T O R T I O N Emergy FX Gristle Throbber -OCD overdrive -Cuvave overdrive -Rat Solo (ProCo) -Black Rat distortion -Silver Horse
E X P R E S S I O N + V O L U M E -2 × Roland EV-5 expression pedals -Nektar expression pedal -Ernie Ball VP Jr. volume pedal
D I G I T E C H -2 × Element -RP360XP
PEDALS + SOUND TOOLS
D A W S -Logic Pro -Universal Audio LUNA
P L U G I N S -Universal Audio -Plugin Alliance -Plugin Boutique -Relab Development -FabFilter -Waves -Valhalla DSP delay + reverb