Recording, mixing, and mastering in Oakland, CA.
About Blake Williams
I'm a San Diego native who's been living in the Bay Area for nearly 20 years. I've been recording and mixing music in some capacity since the year 2000. After a long career in tech, I decided to redirect my efforts to building out a studio worthy of mine and my friends' projects. I've been collecting gear since I was a teenager and have worked on all manner of recording, mixing, and mastering projects. I get great pleasure out of understanding the vision an artist has for their music – even if it means sharing songs back and forth for a couple of hourse before we even set up a mic – and helping them realize that vision.
Guitars
Electrics
Fender Stratocastor Professional
72 Fender Telecaster Thinline
61 Gibson SG Standard
Epiphone ES-339
Gretsch G2215-P90
Recording King Lap Steel
Acoustics
Martin 000-12E Koa
Alvarez MF60OM Masterworks 60
Taylor Academy 12N - Nylon
Mitchell - Nashville Tuned
Basses
Fender Mustang Short-scale
Ibanez TMB10
Guitar Amps
Supro Black Magick Reverb
Fender 65 Princeton Reverb
Positive Grid Spark 40
Universal Audio OX Box
Bass Amps
Fender Rumble 25
Misc Strings
6-string Banjo
Tenor Ukulele
Baritone Ukulele
Fender Mandolin
Microphones
Warm Audio WA47
Warm Audio WA47 JR x 2
Shure SM7B
Electro-Voice RE20
Shure SM81
MIPRO R102 Ribbon
Nady RSM-5 Ribbon
Shure SM57 x 6
Sennheiser e 609
Peamps
Focusrite Clarett Air - 16 Channels
Heritage Audio 73JRII - 2 Channels
SSL VHD Pre - 2 Channels
Warm Audio WA12 - 2 Channels
Trident S20 - 2 Channels
EQs
Heritage Audio 73EQ JR - 2 Channels
Trident 80B-EQ - 2 Channels
Compressors
Great River PWM501 - 2 Channels
DBX 560A - 2 Channels
Yamaha GC2020B - 2 Channels
Master Buss
Rupert Neve 5059 Satellite Summing Mixer
Rupert Neve Portico II Master Buss Processor
Monitoring
Presonus Monitor Station v2
JBL 308P - Pair
JBL LSR310S 10" Powered Studio Subwoofer
Power Conditioning
Furman PL-Plus C
Drums
Pearl Roadshow RS584C/C 4-piece
Cymbals
Zyldjian S Performer
Zyldjian S Dark
Synths & Sequencers
MPC Key 61
MPC Live II - Retro Edition
Roland JU-06A
Rolan TR-6S
Korg Volca Bas
Korg Volca FM
Korg Volca Keys
Korg Volca Sample
Software
Pro Tools Producer
Logic Pro X
MPC 2
Reason 12
FL Studio 21
Virtual Instruments
Native Instruments Komplete 11
Arturia V Collection 8
XLN Addictive Drums
XLN Addictive Keys
Plugins
Waves (various)
SSL Complete
Slate Digital Complete
FabFilter Total Bundle
SoundToys 5
iZotope Music Production Suite
XLN (various)
Antares Auto-tune
Controllers
M-Audio Keystation 88
Akai MPD 226
Akai MPC Studio 2
Solid State Logic UC1
Presonus Fader Port 2
Recording
$60/hour
$400/day (up to 8 hours)
Mixing
$60/hour
$300/song (3 revisions)
$3000/album (3 revisions)
Mastering
$80/hour
$300/song (2 revisions)
$3000/album (2 revisions)
For full project quotes, email quote@saucyrecording.com with the details of your project and timeline.