Black Diamond Recording Studios – Professional Recording Studio 15 minutes east of Downtown Portland.

Black Diamond
Recording Studios

Black Diamond Recording Studios is located 15 minutes east of Downtown Portland. We pride ourselves on utilizing cutting-edge technology to help get you the sound you desire. Black Diamond has the space and equipment to record large member groups as well as solo artists. Portland is full of a variety of unique acts and we enjoy the challenge of making sure everyone leaves the studio with a project that matches, and hopefully exceeds their expectations.

At Black Diamond, we have 24ft. vaulted ceilings in the live room and it measures an astounding 26ft. x 34ft. x24ft. (One of the largest, if not the largest rooms in Portland). We also have three other isolation rooms; two of them are 15ft. x 12ft. x 20ft. with 20ft. vaulted ceilings. The vocal booth is heavily deadened with Auralex 4 inch studio foam. The control room is designed for near field monitoring and is 23ft. x 15ft. x 12ft. We are currently running an Avid HDX System giving us the ability to handle many projects with the highest quality.

Please contact us for a tour of our facility and we hope to work with you soon!

Contact

info@blackdiamondstudios.net

PHONE

(503) 477-6523

Rates

STUDIO + ENGINEER
1 hour – $100 ($50 Deposit)
2 hours – $195 ($65 Deposit)
3 hours – $280 ($95 Deposit)
4 hours – $360 ($120 Deposit)
5 hours – $435 ($145 Deposit)
6 hours – $505 ($170 Deposit)
7 hours – $565 ($190 Deposit)
8 hours – $620 ($205 Deposit)

! Please note that Same Day Bookings may not be possible due to studio and engineer availability. We suggest booking a session in advance to guarantee a time slot!

We require that a deposit (determined by session length) be made for each session. This deposit goes towards the final price. This can be done through PayPal, Venmo, CashApp, Zelle, Apple Pay or in person by appointment. This deposit is non-refundable. Please also see our TERMS & CONDITIONS.

PRODUCTION

Our engineers are able to produce songs and beats if you are looking for customized music or help with your own. Prices vary per engineer on production.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

We accept PayPal, Venmo, Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express, Checks, and Cash.

Need to put your deposit down or pay for your session? Click here!

Please read our TERMS & CONDITIONS too!

Gear

MIXING CONSOLE

DDA AMR24
24 bus split console design
36 channel master/ 24 channel monitor
84 inputs on mix mode
Master section : variable high-pass filter,
4-band enhanced semi-parametric EQ, 2 stereo AUX sends,
4 mono AUX sends
Monitor section : enhanced semi-parametric EQ,
2 stereo AUX sends, 4 mono AUX sends
Selectable plasma metering
176 Point Bantam Patchbay + Full Console Access over Bantam
Uptown Flying Fader System – 37 Channels (36 Mix + 1 Master)

CONVERTERS

AVID HDX Card
AVID HD I/O
Digidesign 96 I/O
Digidesign MIDI I/O
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AUDIO MONITORING

Genelec 1032A (2) +
Genelec 7071A Subwoofer
Yamaha NS-10M (2)
Dangerous Music Monitor ST
Bryston 4B ST Power Amp

COMPUTER

Mac Pro 2x 2.66 6-Core (24 Threads Total), 64GB RAM, SSD+USB 3.0
UAD-2 PCIe Duo Core DSP
Dual Monitors (43″ 4K & 40″ 4K)

RACK GEAR

Tube-Tech CL1B Compressor (1)
API 3124V 4 Channel Mic Preamp (1)
Manley VOXBOX (1)
Manley Dual Mono Preamp (4)
Urei 539 Graphic EQ (2)
Drawmer 1960-A Stereo Preamp (1)
ART Pro MPA Stereo Preamp (1)
Empirical Labs Distressor EL8X (British Mod) (2)
dbx 160XT Mono Compressor (2)
Symetrix CL-150 Mono Compressor (1)
dbx 120XP Subharmonic Synthesizers (1)

MICROPHONES

AKG C414 B-XL II (matched pair) (2)
AKG C451 B (2) AKG D112 (2)
Antelope Audio Edge Duo Modeling Microphone (1)
Aston Microphones Starlight (matched pair) (2)
Audix D6 (2)
Neumann KM184 (matched pair) (2)
Neumann TLM103 (1)
Neumann U87 (1)
Rode NT1-A (matched pair) (2)
Royer R-121 (matched pair) (2)
Sennheiser MD 421 – Black (4)
Shure Beta 57A (2)
Shure SM7B (1)
Shure SM57 (6)
Shure SM57 Right Angle Mod (1)
Shure Unidyne III 545S (1)
Soundelux U195 (1)
Custom Subkick Mic (1)

SOFTWARE

AVID Pro Tools 2019 Ultimate
Source Elements Source Connect + Source Nexus
Soundtoys 5 Bundle
Waves Collection
Native Instruments Komplete 10
Neural DSP
McDSP
Slate Digital All Access Bundle
Slate Trigger 2
Drumagog 5 Platinum
Antares Auto-Tune Pro
Melodyne
Audio Ease
Toontrack DFH Superior + All Expansion Packs
…and many more

INSTRUMENTS

Cable-Nelson Baby Grand Piano
Sherman, Clay & Company Baby Grand Piano
Yamaha S30 Music Synthesizer
Studiologic SL-880 MIDI Controller
Studiologic SL-161 MIDI Controller
Hammond Organ
Ludwig Yellow Vistalite 5 Piece Kit