Voted Best Studio 2008 & 2010


Located in Toledo, OH




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Tips For Finding a Studio

 

The Value of Quality ANALOG Equipment

 

 This is where most “Studio Magic” resides… and let me tell you, it’s not cheap.  Analog EQ and Compression produce fat, warm, punchy, and larger than life types of recordings that have pleased ears for the last half-century or so.  Many studios skimp here in a big way and their recordings show it.  The analog mixing console alone at FireFly would consume most equipment budgets in other Toledo studios.  Nobody in Toledo comes close to touching the gear list at FireFly Studios, so don’t be fooled…  Racks of shiny equipment don’t necessarily mean a studio is capable of putting out high quality productions. 

 

A Producer

 

Find a producer that you can work closely with, because you’re going to be spending a lot of time together during the making of an album.  The producer plays a very important role during production…  Their responsibility is to oversee the entire project from start to finish.  No small task, so make certain you’re in capable hands.

 

"A Glass Window and Everything!"

 

Pretty rooms with angled walls and glass windows are nice and all, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that the studio sounds like a million bucks.  Listen to samples that the studio has put out.  Listen on quality speakers and your ears will tell you how their rooms sound.

 


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What i've been listening to lately...


  • Ween
  • James Brown
  • The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
  • Band of Horses
  • Elvis Costello
  • The Beatles
  • Elliot Smith









Featured Firefly Gear for January


2 channel Urei 1176

 

This is a super classic piece of studio gear and FireFly has two.  One of pop music's most successful compressors ever!  It will add magic to just about anything you put through it...  guitars, bass, drums, vocals, keys... anything!  It makes instruments "rock" a little more, and gives them an edge.  Use it while you record or use it during mixdown.  Come take a listen!


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Who's Tracking...
  • Sanderlings
  • Clemency
  • Max Machon
  • Brett Dennison
  • Mike Crawford
  • Erin McGuire
  • Bob Milano
  • The Brave Little Toasterz
  • Pleasantview Singers
  • Constricted
  • Ryan Dunlap
  • The Comeback
  • Newkleus
  • Meaghan Roberts
  • Highland (Scott 'n Rob)
  • Shauliel
  • Blue Ray


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