The WAV Lab

12/10/2025

Tis the season! The holiday concert recordings, studio sessions, community events, final corporate meetings, and end of school exams.Then we rest.

What's on your Santa list? 🎅

12/05/2025

Today is Bandcamp Friday!

Support musicians that recorded at our local studio. Here are a few of those artists!

WAV Lab Records. Charlotte, North Carolina. Albums recorded at The WAV Lab are available on Bandcamp! Support local music and local recording studios by purchasing music directly from musicians. | Artists: Vintage Harmonic Symphony, Matthew Manwarren, Capital Culture, Art & Pete, Josh Barkey, Xi...

11/15/2025

Finally got the right piano for us!

Calling all my piano friends. It sounds great. Come play it for FREE (after its tuned). The only caveat... you must record one Christmas tune on your visit. 🎅

09/25/2025

Recording studio BTS. Its a sonic workshop.

action shot with Woody Norwood on 🥁

Fat tones captured with into with mics by .berlin

08/16/2025

Ready. Set. Record!

Welcome back

07/11/2025

The WAV Lab is now a dealer for the world's best audio brands.

We're not a storefront and will have limited stock at the studio for repairs or current projects. Switchcraft, Neutrik, Mogami, Canare, Pro Gaff, and other expendables are in stock now. But....

If you need equipment package for your studio, church, school, or business... please contact Joe for a quote. Amazon will be faster. The WAV Lab will be cheaper. Passing these deals on to you!

AKG, Audio Technica, Shure, Sony, Apogee, RME, Neumann, K-tek, Lectrosonics, JBL, Furman, DPA, Sanken, Hollyland, Yamaha, etc.

07/08/2025

You could use it on a track. Would you like to? Should we get one for you?

The Yamaha U3 is highly regarded as one of the best studio upright pianos. Run it through a Trident board with Neve compressors. Sample libraries are great... but wouldn't you like to play it for real? It could be fun.

Presale! DM for deep discount rates to record on a freshly setup U3. Discount limited to recording artists that will use the piano on a track and maximum of 20hrs per artists. Ideal for jazz groups, blues, rock, and pop sessions.

06/08/2025

We on the corner of WAV and Tone.
New sign courtesy of
Listen to music made inside these walls...
https://linktr.ee/TheWAVLab

04/06/2025

We greatly appreciate being part of the Trident family. At every turn, doing business with this company has been one of the best decisions I've made since opening the studio.

First... the console is absolute FIRE. I put hands and ears on several of the biggest names in the biz, and the Trident build material craft and sound quality is in the peer group with the best money can buy.

But... the bonus is they are doing business in a way that is a real partnership. They helped get the deal done. Built it to my spec (16 ch and Main Bus w/ transformers, 8 ch and Groups w/out transformers). And... they do stuff like this, unprompted, to help support the studio. I spoke with other console makers who had no chill and only sales ego (deal killer). That's real. It matters.

If you need a recording session, come use this board and hear the quality of their design. If you need a great preamp or eq, come take a studio tour and demo this board... and then buy one for yourself. Great preamps and eq! You will not be disappointed with their products or support.

And... if you're a remote engineer interested in hearing a hybrid mix or stem mix, DM for booking. We can run remote attended sessions. Can add warmth to any track with this beauty.

03/19/2025

Reminder: This Saturday at the studio! Come be a part of this session.

Listen to Jason burn on all the stringed instruments. Learn a few tips and tricks for recording. Watch a session unfold in real time and learn how to go from sound check to edit and mix to export and distribution. COFFEE!

Register here: https://thewavlab.com/event/string-lab/ -tickets__tickets-form

03/14/2025

Truth

Recording secret: Even pros need multiple takes! 🎬

When in the studio, never settle for "good enough".

"Even the best players need multiple takes. Don't stop until it feels right."

The difference between amateur and pro recordings?

Patience and persistence.

Keep going until that magic happens! 🌀

Want more recording wisdom?

Check out my Q&A on Youtube for all my best audio recording tips!

https://youtu.be/nxCW7s06bWE?feature=shared

03/11/2025

Today we're reviewing concepts on growing listeners through online promotion tactics. There are interesting results and graphs/data available from our marketing efforts.

Dig deeper into the conversation on our Patreon! Would love to answer your questions or hear your comments over there.
https://patreon.com/TheWAVLab

As an example... look at this spike in song SAVES while using a specific marketing technique! The artist is reaching a new audience. That's hard to do in this Algorithmic Era