The Sound Chisel Recording Studio:

The Sound Chisel is back in limited mode. In June of 2006, I vacationed in Michigan where I also had a gig and it started to rain here in Endwell just as I left. It rained for 5 days continuously - sometimes as much as an incher per hour. As a result, an unprecedented flood placed 800 homes and businesses in this area 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 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 musician!

My studio, the Sound Chisel, is located in Endwell, New York near Binghamton. I started playing guitar in 1957 as a child and began experimenting with audio recording in 1965. After graduating from high school in 1970, at the advice of others I pursued various careers other than music. As long as I can remember I've always picked up musical instruments to see what I could do with them. Finally in the early 1990's, I could no longer deny my passion and have been focused on music ever since.

The studio is fully digital using up to date software centered around video and audio programs such as Vegas Video from SONY Creative Software and SONAR Producer from Cakewalk. As a project studio, simultaneous inputs are limited compared to a full featured studio. Nonetheless, the total number of layered recorded tracks is virtually unlimited. This means I cannot record a dozen musicians simultaneously, but I can 3 or 4 performers at a time using several successive passes to create a virtual ensemble of any size.

Solo projects can be tracked in house, on location, or transferred from other studios. Rendered digital media can be received or delivered in several common formats by mail, local delivery or Internet download.

 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 recording engineer, or an extraordinary musician. Without the services offered by Bob Greaves and the Sound Chisel, songs I write would never get recorded with a 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 song has come to life... I highly recommend Bob Greaves and The Sound Chisel Studio."

Creative assets on hand:

Roland XP-60 Workstation, Roland Sound Canvas SC88 ST-Pro, Garritan Personal Orchestra, Dimension Pro & several other software synthesizers, ART SGX-2000E, ART FXR-Elite, VOX AC30CC, VOX ToneLab, Line 6 Pod XTL, numerous microphones and sampled instruments from all over the world including the standard orchestra.

I have a sound pallet of numerous quality guitars and basses. Acoustic, electrics, dobros & basses by Coral, Danelectro, Epiphone, Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, Guild, Hofner, Ibanez, Martin, National, Rickenbacker, Washburn, and many more.

Cakewalk: SONAR Producer & Cakewalk Pro Audio - all versions, SONY Media Software: Vegas Video - all versions since 4, DVD Architect - all versions, CD Architect, GenieSoft Overture, Finale, Pro Tools Le.

Other Software : Cool Edit 2000, numerous effects packages including Arboretum, Boris FX, Debugmode, NTONYX, Pixelan, RBC Audio, Sonic Timeworks, SONY Creative Software, and some I forget I have until I need them,