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Welcome to Vista Point Recording

 

Recently Vista Point engineer Mike Nicholson has become involved in another recording facility just down the road from Vista Point called Hondo Creek Recording Studio. While Mike will still record and produce at Vista Point he is STRONGLY recommending you start your next project with him at Hondo Creek. The rates wiil still be affordable but the gear, studio size, and acoustic environment is VASTLY improved from the humble home-studio environment of Vista Point. Vista is not shuttering its doors but will act as a kind of pre-production, demo, overdub and mastering "B-room" for Hondo Creek. Check out the ASTOUNDING gear list at www.hondocreek.com.

Vista Point is a project studio showcasing the state-of-the-art gear and comfortable work environment you need to make a perfect recording, be it a quick demo or a detailed long player. Vista Point is built off the passion that inspired Mike Nicholson (Owner / Producer / Engineer) to explore the process of writing and recording music for over 30 years. Mike has a deep love and understanding of music and puts the utmost care into every project he lays hands on. He is a multi-instrumentalist as well as a songwriter and has been involved in recording music since the age of 17. With his ears, experience, and education, you can have confidence that your project will be something of which you can be proud.


 

 GEAR

DAW / INTERFACE:
Apple imac Quad Core
Focusrite Liquid 56 Firewire Interface
Focusrite OctoPre Interface
Pro Tools 12.3

OUTBOARD:
ART DI/O Opto Pre

PLUG-INS (include):
Avid Music Production Toolkit
WAVES Gold
Jack Joseph Puig Suite
IK Multimedia T-Racks
Massey Plugin Suite
Amplitube 4.0
Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0
Toontrack EZ Drummer 2.0
Antares Mic Modeller
GTR
more

MONITORING:
Focal 65

MICROPHONES:
Blue Encore 100 (2)
Blue Spark (2)
Blue Ball
Studio Projects C3
Octave MK-112
Audix D6
M-Audio Solaris
ElectroVoice RE20
Studio Projects C1
CAD KBM412
Sennheiser e609
Samson C02 (2)
Samson CLA8
Sennheiser e604
more strewn about

INSTRUMENTS:
DuRocque Telecasters (2)
Burny Les Paul
DuRocque Custom Stratocasters (2)
Beatle Bass
Fender P-Bass
Epiphone 6/12 Doubleneck
Gretsch Rancher Acoustic
Alvarez Jumbo Acoustic
Rogue Mandolin
EMU Vintage Keys
M-Audio controller
M-Tron Virtual Mellotron
Vintage Ludwig Drum Kit:
1979 Green Sparkle maple kit: 14"x22" kick, 8"x 12" rack tom, 9"x 13" rack tom, 10"x14" rack tom & 16"x18" & 16"x18" floor toms, Black Ludwig 14" x 22" kick drum
5.5"x14 chrome Ludwig Supraphonic snare drum

Things to shake and pound upon
Colonel Klink Action Figure
Ramones Lunchbox
Grady The Badger
Jimmy Page Action Figure

AMPS:
Soktek made Carr-modified 100 W all tube head "The Vodkasonic"
Laney LH20 Head
2x 4x12 Marshall Cabinets
Vox Pathfinder
Vox AD15VT
Line 6 Helix
GK 1x15" bass cabinet
(others laying around)


 

AUDIO


For Audio Samples Please visit our Reverb Nation Page HERE: http://www.reverbnation.com/vistapointrecording

 

CLIENTS

The Connells
Tres Chicas
John Howie & The Rosewood Bluff
Baron von Rumblebuss
Terry Anderson & the Olympic Ass Kickin' Team
Ken Kleinfeld
La Tropa de la Tierra Caliente
Zambamboogee
Peter Holsapple

Rey Norteņo

Darker Shades of Symphony, Light The Darkness, Penni & the Squirrel, Carolina Replay, Skippy Skip, The Venables, Static Minds, Adam Lane, Stax, Zambamboogee, Phil Busby, Sunny Rolls, ARC, The Bourbons, Multiples, RC Flyer, Sea Cow, Breadfoot, Cara White, Grace Wetzel, Girl Toyz, Reactor, The Breaks, Tuckered, Wes Cyphers, Mensojeros Musical, Grupo Cameleon, I Formation, Sandbox, Rob Warren, Edsel 500, The Ramonas, Pagan Hellcats, RC Flyer, Diana Newberry, Rocket Biscuits, Dave Quick, Oscar Begat, Emergency!, Sound of Authority, Brotherhood of Cows, Keith Pemberton, Cadence (UNC Acapella group), Robbie Rist, VOR, Big Time Party Band, The Boys From Carolina, Run of the Mill, Peele Wimberley, Sleepsound, The Stompnecks, Toast, The Fearrington Folk, Makeshift, Patrick O'Neill, Lucidus, Bill Robson, Avery Stites, underscore, Frosted Sugar Bombs, Jeff Furst, Young Veteran, New School Entertainment, Corey Parker Band, Stratocruiser, Frank's Garage, Stacey Clearman, Lucky 14, Jellybread, Greg Sheriff, Ann Irwin, Dan Hresko, David Chung, Logic, Alan Toda-Ambaras, Waymon Meeks, The X-Rayons, Blue Streak, See No Weevil, Bullwinkel Gandhi, The Billion, HOA, Half A Key, Sarcasm, Addie's Children, Steve Brown, Teresa WIlliams, Abram Wuliger, Harlem Insect Laws, Ken Kleinfeld, No Limits, Critical Path, Phil Veneble, Lay Away


 

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RATES

Rates are the same as they have been since 2001.
$25 per hour (2 hour minimum).
Block Rates Available
Cheap!

 

OTHER SERVICES

 Graphics, Mastering, Music Instruction

 

CONTACT

Mike Nicholson, (919) 444-9729 | info@vistapoint.us