Sep 1, 2020SAFETY GUIDELINESWe’re following all the Alberta Health Services Phase 2 guidelines for recording studios, including lots of sanitizing and physical...
Aug 4, 2020INTRODUCING STUDIO CThis console was originally made for a studio in France called Studio Mega in 1989, it then made its way to Florida to an unknown...
Jul 1, 2020CCMA RECORDING STUDIO OF THE YEAR NOMINEEWe are pleased to announce that we have made the second ballot for Canadian Country Music Association Recording Studio of the Year. It is...
Feb 18, 2020MONKEY MAJIK IN STUDIOWe spent two weeks in November with Japan's Monkey Majik. Here's a look at their recording process, set to their single "Golden Road".
Aug 7, 2019PROFESSIONAL SOUND ARTICLEThanks to Andrew King at Professional Sound for this spread about the studio in the August edition. Such a pleasure getting our story...
Mar 19, 2019BRETT KISSEL WINS JUNO AWARD!At the 2019 JUNO Awards, Brett Kissel took home the Country Album of the Year award! This is an incredibly exciting achievement for the...
Jan 18, 2019DESERT ISLAND CHAINSThe OCL engineers (Brennan Kennedy, Josh Gwilliam, Spencer Cheyne) select their "Desert Island" chains - one microphone, one preamp, one...
Nov 15, 2018A CONVERSATION ABOUT PRODUCERSJosh Gwilliam and Spencer Cheyne have a conversation about producers and the role of production in the studio. They discuss the different...
Nov 14, 2018ALL ABOUT MIXINGOur in-house engineers, Josh Gwilliam and Spencer Cheyne, talk about the relationship between tracking and mixing, and about what the...
Oct 19, 2018STUDIO MONITORSBetween our collection and Spencer's collection, we have 15 sets of different studio monitors at OCL. Why does one studio need so many...
May 28, 2018GEORGE CANYON DEBUTS AT #1George Canyon's brand new album, "Southside of Heaven", was released on May 25 and debuted at no. 1 on the iTunes Country Chart! The...
May 10, 2018RECORDING LIVE OFF THE FLOOROur facility was designed and built for recording live off the floor. Josh and Brennan chat about what that means, how it affects your...