NEWS | OCL Studios

Sep 1, 2020

SAFETY GUIDELINES

We’re following all the Alberta Health Services Phase 2 guidelines for recording studios, including lots of sanitizing and physical dista...

Aug 4, 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This console was originally made for a studio in France called Studio Mega in 1989, it then made its way to Florida to an unknown produce...

Jul 1, 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 7, 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 dow...

Mar 19, 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 s...

Jan 18, 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 def...

Oct 19, 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 mo...

May 28, 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 albu...

May 10, 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 se...

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