NEWS | OCL Studios

SAFETY GUIDELINES

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

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This console was originally made for a studio in France called Studio Mega in 1989, it then made its way to Florida to an unknown...

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...

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".

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...

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...

DESERT ISLAND CHAINS

The OCL engineers (Brennan Kennedy, Josh Gwilliam, Spencer Cheyne) select their "Desert Island" chains - one microphone, one preamp, one...

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...

ALL ABOUT MIXING

Our in-house engineers, Josh Gwilliam and Spencer Cheyne, talk about the relationship between tracking and mixing, and about what the...

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...

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...

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...