In The Sound Chisel Recording Studio:

The Sound Chisel is back up and running. Back in June of 2006, it started to rain in Endwell, NY just as I left town for vacation. It continued to rain non-stop for 5 days - sometimes an incher per hour. As a result, an unprecedented flood placed 800 homes and businesses under water. Several of those homes and businesses did not carry flood insurance because the land on which they were located had never been flooded in recorded history. Sadly, this devastation hit both my home and my studio. Unable to get out from under the mortgage my home and studio were both uninsured losses. I had no choice but to work hard rebuilding both. More info and photos can be seen here. After 3 years of hard work pretending to be a carpenter, I am once again a focused recording musician! All aspects of the studio are expected to be operational by January of 2012.

The Sound Chisel, is located in Endwell, New York near Binghamton. The studio is fully digital using up to date software centered around video and audio programs such as Vegas Video from SONY Creative Software, SONAR Producer from Cakewalk, and Pro Tools 9 from Avid. Because the Sound Chisel is a project studio, simultaneous tracking inputs and microphone selection are limited compared to a full featured studio. Nonetheless, the total number of layered recorded tracks is virtually unlimited. In practical terms this means I cannot record a dozen musicians simultaneously each to their own track, but I can record up to 6 performers simultaneously on their own tracks and then use several successive passes to create a virtual ensemble of any size. And with a virtually unlimited track capacity, mixing and mastering can be done on any size project.

SONAR Producer is the hub of the SOUND CHISEL situated in a room 25 feet by 40 feet. There is plenty of sound absorbing material, other acoustic treatment and even a removable backdrop of a chroma key green screen for video taping.

 A local song writer at work in the Sound Chisel Studio: "Bob has done a fabulous job helping me put my projects together. I write songs but I am not a computer geek, a sound engineer, or an extraordinary musician. So without the services offered by Bob Greaves and the SOUND CHISEL, the songs I wrote would never get recorded using professional arrangement and instrumentation. I'm absolutely pleased with the results. This time I got satisfaction! The music and the vocals have a striking clarity and my songs have come to life... I highly recommend Bob Greaves and The SOUND CHISEL Studio."

Creative assets on hand:

Roland and Korg Keyboards and various MIDI sound modules in hardware and software. A wide selection of various effects both software and hardware. Name brand guitars and amps, numerous microphones and sampled instruments from all over the world including the standard orchestra.

I have a sound pallet of numerous quality instruments. Acoustic, electrics, dobros & basses .

SONAR Producer - Vegas Video - DVD Architect - CD Architect - Finale - Pro Tools 9.- & more.