SAFETY GUIDELINES
We’re following all the Alberta Health Services Phase 2 guidelines for recording studios, including lots of sanitizing and physical...
- Aug 3, 2020
INTRODUCING STUDIO C
This console was originally made for a studio in France called Studio Mega in 1989, it then made its way to Florida to an unknown...
- Jun 30, 2020
CCMA RECORDING STUDIO OF THE YEAR NOMINEE
We 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, 2020
MONKEY MAJIK IN STUDIO
We 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 6, 2019
PROFESSIONAL SOUND ARTICLE
Thanks to Andrew King at Professional Sound for this spread about the studio in the August edition. Such a pleasure getting our story...
- Mar 18, 2019
BRETT 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 17, 2019
DESERT ISLAND CHAINS
The OCL engineers (Brennan Kennedy, Josh Gwilliam, Spencer Cheyne) select their "Desert Island" chains - one microphone, one preamp, one...
- Nov 15, 2018
A CONVERSATION ABOUT PRODUCERS
Josh Gwilliam and Spencer Cheyne have a conversation about producers and the role of production in the studio. They discuss the different...
- Nov 14, 2018
ALL ABOUT MIXING
Our in-house engineers, Josh Gwilliam and Spencer Cheyne, talk about the relationship between tracking and mixing, and about what the...
- Oct 18, 2018
STUDIO MONITORS
Between our collection and Spencer's collection, we have 15 sets of different studio monitors at OCL. Why does one studio need so many...
- May 27, 2018
GEORGE CANYON DEBUTS AT #1
George 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 9, 2018
RECORDING LIVE OFF THE FLOOR
Our facility was designed and built for recording live off the floor. Josh and Brennan chat about what that means, how it affects your...