RECORDING STUDIO
Amber Lit Audio is an 1100 sq ft recording studio located beside the Grand River downtown Grand Rapids, MI (beautiful view). The studio is owned & run by Matt Ten Clay, who has been playing, recording, and mixing music for about 15 years. We cut to the chase by using high-grade gear and ears, and very much enjoy working with musicians and helping them achieve the results they desire.
SERVICES & RATES
RECORDING
EDITING
MIXING
MASTERING
In studio or other
remote location
Tightening of audio tracks, hum/buzz clean-up, restoration
Making the music gel, by using volume, panning, plugins, and automation
The final processing for audio, including project volume, EQ, sequencing, and fade-ins/outs
OTHER SERVICES
Audiobook editing & mastering, talent coordination, live sound, rehearsal space
RATES
Rates are a straight and simple $30 per hour, whether it's setting up, tracking, editing, mixing, or mastering.
Price includes a studio engineer and use of any and all gear in studio.
Paypal, Square, cash, or check is accepted, and you will be issued a receipt post session payment.
Clients
Musicians, Bands, and Audiobooks
Andrew Martin
Antilogical
Area Man
Astrobats
Avdek Band
Bermudas
Bill Tucker
Black Fruit
Blanca Luz
Book of Symbols
Brad Fritcher
Brilliant, My Boy
B-Side Growlers
Cabildo
Campanellis
CARL
Casa Blue
Chaz Rodriguez
Chinook
Chip Fundy
Claire Fisher
Coffin Problem
Dale Wicks
Darkly
Dead Eye Zack
Dexter Marzette
Drinking Mercury
Dustin Anderson
Dustin Matthews
Dutcher Snedeker
Suzies
Tail From the Crypt
The Blue Pines
The Bootstrap Boys
The Brave Youth
The Change
The Dark Ages
The Dead Alives
The Howlers
The Jetbeats
The Press Delete
The Soods
The Underground Circus
Those Eighty Acres
Tim Krauss
Tom Baker
Tony LaJoye Trio
Tony Spielmaker
Tokyo Morose
Tom Hymn
Tony Spielmaker
Traffic & Weather
Ty Beat
Vigilantes
Watching For Foxes
Whiskey Drip
Wickerbasket
Early Aughts
Elroy Meltzer
Fainting Generals
Elroy Meltzer
Extra Texture
Feeding Grizzlies
Fiona Dickinson
Flushed
Frank Pfaff
Free Hat
Geoff Lamden
Glass Cathedral
Grandeurs
grrRoPoLis
Hael
Hagstorm
Hannah Rose Graves
Haunted Leather
Head
Hollow Phase
Hollywood Makeout
I Believe in Julio
Invisible Mansion
Jacob Bullard
Jake Gabbert
Jake Stilson
Jason Norman
Jason Roy
Jay Rodriguez
Jeremy Ensley
Jesse Ray and TCCF
John Clark Bailey Jr
Jonathan Mason
Jakob Mogck
Josuha Mogck
Julio Gomez
Justin Stover
Kent County String Band
Kevin Fein
KJ and the GTFM
Koadi Pritchard
The Lastcallers
Lazy Genius
Little Village
Loren Forbes
Lost System
LOTT
Love Fossil
Mat Churchill
Mark Harrell
Matt Ten Clay & the Howlers
Mavericks & Monarchs
Melissa Gleason
Michael Foxtrot
Midnight Wedding
Mighty Narwhale
Mike Riley
Mizpah
Monroe Moon
My New Black Tooth
Nathan Kalish & the Wildfire
Neil Kaufman
Nicholas Thomasma
Night Toucher
Opulent Ardor
Pascal Circus
Patty Pierzchala
Pistolbrides
Plantains
Procession
Rachel Leep
Radiator Hospital
Red Hand and the Blood
Red Rio
Ribbons of Song
Rico Jeezus
Robby Fisher
Ruined
Ryan Elvert
Silverstiles
Shane Tripp
Shape Note
Shores
Snake Oil Charlatans
SOROS
Soundmeetsound
Steven Bakker
Summer and Starlight
Sunset, Sunrise
Sun, Sky, and Surface
Audiobooks- all edited, some mastered
Food Fix
Forced Disappearance
Four Sacred Gifts
Frederick Douglass
From Twinkle With Love
Future Perfect
Games Divas Play
Girls With Sharp Sticks
Guardian Angel
Guardians of Stone
Heart of Recovery
Highlight Real
Hold on My Heart
Hollywood Fever
Hotel Vendome
House on Fire
House Trained
How I Came to Sparkle Again
How I Learned I'm Old
Illegal
Imposter Syndrome
Infernal Devices
In Pursuit of Love
Jaden Toussaint- Episode 4,5
Julie's Butterfly
Just Can't Stop
Keep Her Safe
Kiss and Make Up
Kissed in Paris
Liars, Cheaters, and Thieves
Falconer
Falling Stars
Food Fix
Forced Disappearance
Four Sacred Gifts
Frederick Douglass
From Twinkle With Love
Future Perfect
Games Divas Play
Girls With Sharp Sticks
Guardian Angel
Guardians of Stone
Heart of Recovery
Highlight Real
Hold on My Heart
Hollywood Fever
Hotel Vendome
House on Fire
House Trained
How I Came to Sparkle Again
How I Learned I'm Old
Illegal
Imposter Syndrome
Infernal Devices
In Pursuit of Love
Jaden Toussaint- Episode 4,5
Julie's Butterfly
Just Can't Stop
Keep Her Safe
Kiss and Make Up
Kissed in Paris
Liars, Cheaters, and Thieves
Lie With Me
Lies of Spies
Life Uploaded
Lincoln's Spies
Lost Rider
Love at First Like
Love Is Murder
Love Letter Life
Man of the Hour
Modern Guide to Witchcraft
Moralist
My Half Night Stand
Nowhere Girls
Origin
Our Damaged Democracy
Passion on Park Avenue
Past and Other Things
Paris Protection
Pegasus Bridge
Phantom Plains
Physics of Star Wars
Poison
Politics For Power
Power of Faith
Raven Rock
Rough Beauty
Royally Matched
Pushing Brilliance
SAM
Scorcery of Thorns
Soveriegn Individual
Shadow Catcher
Sinister Mystery
Storm
Stowaway
The Crazy Things Girls Do For Love
The Devil's Thief
The Getaway Man
The Girl They Left Behind
The Hidden
The House of Kennedy
The Ice Cream Makers
The Last Man
The Last Voyage of the Sigmund Skirk
The Lion in the Living Room
The Longest Date
The Lost Key
The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike
The Mythic Dream
The Perfect Mix
The Quail Club
The Trouble With Charlie
Time To Start Thinking
Trial of Lizzie Borden
Unusually Excellent
Vigilante
Vicksburg
Warrior Fae Princess
Why We Sleep
When Friendship Hurts
When's Happy Hour
Where Dreams Begin
Winner's Curse
Winter in Kandahar
Audio & Video
Gear
Microphones
Outboard Gear
Monitoring
Amplifiers
AKG 414
AKG D112
AMI F44 (x2)
Audio Technica AT4041
Beyer M88
Beyer M201
Beyer M260
Cascade X-15 w/ Lundahl
Electro Voice RE-20
Gefell UM70
Nady TCM 1050 w/ Joly Mod
Oktava MK-012 (x2)
Sennheiser e609
Sennheiser 441
Sennheiser 421 (x2)
Shure SM7
Shure SM58
Shure SM 57 (x3)
Shure Beta 52A
Keys
Guitars
PC:
Custom Built w/ Windows 7 Pro
AD/DA Conversion:
Antelope Audio Zen Studio
Mic Pres:
Antelope Zen Studio (12 channels)
Great River MP-500NV (2 channels)
John Hardy Twin Servo 990 (2 channels)
Presonus Digimax LT (8 channels)
FMR RNP (2 channels)
Compression/Other:
Avalon 747SP Stereo Compressor
DBX 160X
Monitors:
Adam A7's
Event Project Studio 8's
Avantone Active Mixcube
Bose 301V's
Yamaha home speakers
Headphones:
Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (x2)
Sennheiser HD202 (x6)
Rane HC6 Heaphone Amp
Baldwin Acrosonic piano
Thomas Organ
MicroKorg synthesizer
1979 Fender Twin
1978 Fender Musicmaster Bass
1979 Kustom 200 Bass Amp & Cab
1997 SWR Workingmans 15 Combo
1988 Sunn Stinger 20
Vox Pathfinder 15
Leslic cab w/ 8" speaker
Seagull S6 acoustic
1967 Vox Bossman
SX Stratocaster
Peavey T40 bass
Fender Jazz bass
SX PJ bass
Contact Us
If you are new to Amber Lit Audio, have questions regarding a prospective project, or would like to check out the studio, feel free to contact me.
Common questions from bands:
How much does it cost to do a song or album?
A) It depends on many factors- how tight is the band? How produced sounding do you want the work? Do you want to use a click track or not? How much time will we need for overdubs?
What is the engineers role?
A) This also varies, I can be anything from someone who mostly hits record and gets takes from the band, or if you want, I can take on more of a producer role in recommendations. Meeting ahead of time will usually clear this and other similar questions up.
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