Bass Hit Studios

03/03/2022

I'm not usually a fan-boy, but every so often I'm lucky enough to walk with giants. Mixed by me and Steve Berkowitz at Bass Hit Recording, NYC, co-produced by Steve Berkowitz, Richard Siedel, and Michael Cuscuna, and mastered exquisitely by Mark Wilder at Sony Battery Mastering. The band is absolutely burning and Miles is levitating! Record Store Day, June 18th, 2022.

RECORD STORE DAY ALERT! So this year Record Store Day will have events in both April + June and there will be an amazing Miles release as part of the June 18 drop. What It Is: Montreal 7/7/83 is a never-before-released live double LP gem that features Miles joined by a stellar lineup of John Scofield, Bill Evans, Daryl Jones, Al Foster and Mino Cinelu captured during the Montreal Jazz Festival. You can only get it in person that day. Find more info and a participating store near you at https://MilesDavis.lnk.to/montrealFA
#RSD2022

12/08/2020

We'll Be Together Again

We'll Be Together Again

A special holiday greeting from Unlimited Myles and all our artists. We WILL be together again! Featuring (in order of appearance) Matthew Whitaker, Ulysses...

11/25/2020

Blue Note Records

Congrats to Ambrose Akinmusire who earned his first-ever GRAMMY Award nomination today!

Best Jazz Instrumental Album: "on the tender spot of every calloused moment"

Find the album here: https://ambroseakinmusire.lnk.to/onthetenderspot

10/11/2020

DJ Gomi

Gospel choir recording session for Aaron K Gray - Artist Page J David Bratton project at #bassh*trecordingstudio with legend Dave Darlington today.
Sounds amazing.
We are blessed.
🙏🙏🙏

10/06/2020

Philosomatik Records

House classic🏠from the days 1991♫😘🥰
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" by St. Etienne
Big love & respect to Saint Etienne Official, Neil Young - Reprise Records, Little Louie Vega & Kenny Dope for Masters At Work and Dave Darlington
https://youtu.be/cYkb2nKnZWE

09/23/2020

Brighter Day

Brighter Day

Brighter Day

09/19/2020

Alan Kwan

Just got these babies from 金曲 GMA ! Trophies for nominees!
Thank y’all again! Fabian Almazan Linda May Han Oh Johnathan Blake Dayna Stephens Dave Darlington Mike Marciano 麥丁文化 Maidin Cultural
#happyqurantine
#taiwan #gma #金曲獎 #petrichor #alankwanquartet #alankwanmusic #alankwan

08/25/2020

Daniel Nosewicz

Daniel Nosewicz

Nieczęsto zdarza się nagranie płyty z orkiestrą symfoniczną. Chyba jeszcze rzadziej przytrafia się, że wybitny realizator dźwięku, mixer, zdobywca trzech nagród Grammy, wypowiada się w ten sposób o twoich kompozycjach, muzykach i orkiestrze którą dyrygowałeś. 🙏🙏🙏

07/15/2020

Alan Kwan

『Petrichor』專輯入圍第31屆金曲獎演奏類三項獎項！

■ 演奏類最佳專輯獎
Petrichor／麥丁文化事業有限公司（演奏者：關家傑、Fabian Almaza、Linda May Oh、Johnathan Blake）

■ 演奏類最佳專輯製作人獎
關家傑／Petrichor／麥丁文化事業有限公司（演奏者：關家傑、Fabian Almaza、Linda May Oh、Johnathan Blake）

■ 演奏類最佳作曲人獎
關家傑／When Will I See You Again?《Petrichor》／麥丁文化事業有限公司（演奏者：關家傑）

Got 3 nominations for the 31st Golden Melody Awards!
- Best Album
- Best Album Producer
- Best Composition

Thank y’all for all the messages! I will see you in Taiwan on the 3rd of Oct!

Download / Listen to the new album ‘Petrichor’: https://lnk.to/AlanKwanQuartet_Petrichor

Fabian Almazan Linda May Han Oh Johnathan Blake Dayna Stephens Dave Darlington Mike Marciano

#goldenmelodyawards #taiwan #bestalbum #bestalbumproducer #bestcomposition #petrichor #alankwan #alankwanquartet #hongkong

07/15/2020

Florian Hoefner

I am excited to have received the East Coast Music Awards for Instrumental Album of the Year and Jazz Album of the Year. Congratulations to all of the other nominees and winners. Thank you to everyone involved, especially Andrew Downing and Nick Fraser without whom this music would have never come alive, Nick Bonin and Dave Darlington for their magic in tracking and mixing, Alex Thomson and Steinway Piano Gallery Toronto for providing such a beautiful instrument, and Peter Cardinali and everyone at Alma Records for their trust in this album from the very beginning. Thank you also for the support from Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council, and MusicNL.

06/06/2020

Waves Audio

Waves Audio

⏰ Upcoming Webinar ⏰ - Join GRAMMY-winning mix engineer Dave Darlington (Sting, Avicii) streaming live, for an in-depth look at the new Waves StudioRack plugin chainer. The session will be open for Q&A to answer all your questions about this exciting new product.

✍️ Sign up now: waves.com/dd

Monday, June 8, 2020
11 am LA | 2 pm NYC | 7 pm UK

06/03/2020

Eventide Audio

Join us today at 4PM ET for Mixing In The Box, Live on #Quarantide as we chat with veteran Multi-Platinum analog mixers William Wittman, Brad Divens, Dave Darlington, and J.J. Blair.

Combined, our guests' credits include Cyndi Lauper, Joan Osborne, Johnny Cash, Rod Stewart, Sting, Miles Davis, Enrique Iglesias, and Linkin Park, to name a few.

04/20/2020

Carolina Calvache

Carolina Calvache

Here is the full video of my song "Te conoci de Nuevo" feat Rubén Blades. It is an honor to have him in my album and I will always be thankful for this. Big thanks to all the musicians that were part of this recording Samuel Torres Jonathan Blake Peter Slavov.

Pre-order the album:
https://bit.ly/2Vkm1NM
https://bit.ly/2RRe9RN
Follow Youtube:https://tinyurl.com/yb3bmfla

Listen to the song on:
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2VBeJ7j
Apple https://apple.co/2XIlG9q

Produced by Achilles Liarmakopoulos
Engineers: Ruben Blades recorded by Daniel G. Sanint at Flux Studios NYC
Carolina Calvache, Johnathan Blake, Samuel Torres, & Peter Slavov were recorded by David Stoller at The Samurai Hotel Recording Studio

Mixed and mastered by David Darlington

Video assistant: Jhonathan Nelson Schwolsky
Video made by Stella K
www.carolinacalvache.com
www.sunnysiderecords.com Sunnyside Records Lydia LiebmanLydia Liebman Promotions Carolina Calvache Achilles Liarmakopoulos David Darlington
Bass Hit Studios David Stoller

03/28/2020

Max Plattner Trio

mpt studio diary #5
Dave Darlington 🎤👂

When it came to mastering the album, a dear friend of Max' gave him the great advice "Check out who mastered your favorite jazz albums!" So we did, and we found a delightfully smiling man, called Dave.

Dave is a real master of his craft.
The GRAMMY-winning recording, mixing and mastering engineer worked with some of our favorite artists, such as Ambrose Akinmusire, Sting, Esperanza Spalding, or the Austrian drummer Peter Kronreif. (the list of people he worked with is long, and at one point it says "Wayne Shorter"...)

We reached out to him, and he was happy to work with us on the album.
4 days after we sent the files to Bass Hit Studios, they already came back and what we heard made us so happy.
We hope all of you check out our album "II", and hear Dave's incredible work.
Hope it will make you happy as is made us happy!
Thanks Dave 🖤🖤🖤

#mptII #studiodiary #meetDave

01/28/2020

Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Killer Band! Spanish Harlem Orchestra in the house!

In studio with Oscar Hernandez, Doug Beavers and Dave Darlington. Final mixes for our new album, #TheLatinJazzProject!

01/28/2020

Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Killer Band! Spanish Harlem Orchestra in the house!

In studio with Oscar Hernandez, Doug Beavers and Dave Darlington. Final mixes for our new album, #TheLatinJazzProject!

01/26/2020

Congratulations to my dear friend Brian Lynch! Mixed and mastered at Bass Hit!

12/08/2019

Peter Kronreif

Mixing my new Wayfarers album - it’s get’n real 👊🙌✌️ band sounds killer, such a treat working with a genius like David Darlington!
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#wayfarers #mixing #albummixing #jazzrecord #jazz #nyc #jazznyc #davedarlington #production #studio #drums #drummer #jazzdrums #aeronautics

10/11/2019

Mr Bongo

Back in the day....MAW!

During the compilation of our 30 year memories Dave Bongo unearthed a dusty VHS tape and discovered something very special… unseen footage of the Masters At Work at their NYC studio in the 90s!

In 1996 we had the privilege of commissioning remixes for Amtosfear’s anthemic ‘Dancin’ In Outer Space’. We called upon the legendary MAW and Dave was lucky enough to drop in on some of the sessions at Dungeon Tape (Brooklyn), and the Battery Studios NYC.

He captured some of the studio vibes during the making of what would become a classic in its own right.

03/19/2019

Sound Radix

"I gotta tell you, especially for rock, those drums just sat up straight in the chair; it’s unbelievable. They have this great feature that once they’re aligned then you can stagger, like you can take your room mics and move them one series of waves back, which gives you that kind of pre-delay thing which is awesome. So I’m completely addicted to that, like before I even listen to the drums I put it on."

- Legendary engineer Dave Darlington on Auto-Align

Read the full interview at https://www.soundradix.com/radical-feed/2019/03/06/dave-darlington/

03/07/2019

Thanks Sound Radix!

In his prolific career, Dave Darlington has mixed everyone from Chaka Khan to Sting to the Sonic The Hedgehog soundtrack - we got the lowdown on his experience and approach, plus his thoughts on Sound Radix plugins.

Check out the interview: https://www.soundradix.com/radical-feed/2019/03/06/dave-darlington/

11/26/2018

Etienne Charles

Etienne Charles

memories of the late great Lord Superior. this extempo session shot in 2010 at water music studios in New Jersey after we wrapped up recording Supie on my album Kaiso. 📽 Sasha Popov. #kaiso #calypso #extempo

11/03/2018

Waves Audio

Waves Audio

FROM DEMO TO MASTER - Take Your Music to The Next Level
Free mixing & production course with Grammy®
winning producer/mixer Dave Darlington
SIGN UP: waves.com/courses/demo-to-master

10/21/2018

Waves Audio

We would like to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who contributed their sonic creativity to create distinct and user-friendly presets for our new plugin, Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain.

Presets can be a perfect way to not just find a sound easily but to also learn more about the capabilities of the plugin too. They can also give you an insight into the sound of the person who made them too. So we urge you to experiment and explore the sounds created by everyone listed below for Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain. We will be adding even more presets for the next update too!

Learn more: waves.com/plugins/abbey-road-tg-mastering-chain

Abbey Road Studios
Adair Daufembach
Aran Lavi
Chad Olech
Dave Darlington
Dave Pensado
Drew Lavyne
Emre Ramazanoglu
Eran Ben Zur
Greg Woodford-Wells
Jim Ebdon
Jimmy Bralower
Joe Barresi
Lamps Lampadinha
Lu Diaz
Maor Appelbaum
Mark 'Spike' Stent
Mike Sapone (Official)
Piper Payne
Ken Pooch Van Druten
Stanley Soares
Yoad Nevo

06/30/2018

許郁瑛 yuying hsu

許郁瑛 yuying hsu's "HAPPENED, HAPPENING" won three 2018 Golden Melody Awards for──

■Best Instrumental Album Producer
■Best Instrumental Album
■Best Instrumental Recording Album

"HAPPENED, HAPPENING" 榮獲 2018 金曲獎演奏類三大獎項──

■最佳專輯製作人獎
■最佳專輯獎
■最佳演奏錄音專輯獎
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SONY MUSIC

https://SMET.lnk.to/happenedhappening
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All music composed by YuYing Hsu
Produced by YuYing Hsu

許郁瑛 yuying hsu／piano, rhodes
Alex Sipiagin／trumpet, flugelhorn
Donny McCaslin／tenor saxophone
Boris Kozlov／bass
Donald Edwards／drums

Recorded by Mike Marciano at Systems Two Recording Studio, Brooklyn, NY
[#10] Recorded by Hao Wen Tay at Yamaha Artist Service Center, Taipei
Mixed and Mastered by Dave Darlington at Bass Hit Studios, New York City

Release Date／October, 2017
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Cover Artist／Mel Hsieh [https://www.melhsieh.com/]
Graphic Designer／Jay Guan-Jie Peng [Project On Museum]

Photography by／Dennis Fei [IM-IJ]
Photography by／Mengling Hsieh Photography 謝孟伶
Styling／W Jenn Lee [JENN LEE]
Make Up／Sunny Hsu
Hair／Dennis Fei [IM-IJ Studio]

Visual Coordinator／Yi-An She
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picture by Taiwan Beats

03/30/2018

Heavy hitter in the lineup at Bass Hit today! Wynton blew us all away!!

03/01/2018

Noah Preminger-Frank Carlberg: Whispers And Cries

They almost never mention the technical side in reviews....thanks for the shout-out Dan Bilawsky!

Noah Preminger-Frank Carlberg: Whispers And Cries jazz review by Dan Bilawsky, published on March 1, 2018. Find thousands reviews at All About Jazz!

11/30/2017

Congratulations to my friends who came through Bass Hit on their way to the Grammys!

Category 44. Best Tropical Latin Album-Doug Beavers-"The Art of the Arrangement"
Master trombonist Doug Beavers assembled a cast of outstanding arrangers, players, soloists and vocalists for this set. Mixed and mastered at Bass Hit. Hey Doug, more congas?

Category 62. Best Instrumental Composition-The Le Boeuf Brothers and Jack Quartet-"Alkaline" from the album "Imaginist"
This is one of Pascal Le Boeuf's contributions to the album created with his brother Remy Le Boeuf, mixed and mastered at Bass Hit. It really is an incredible composition!

Category 71. Best Remix Recording-Loleatta Holloway-"Can't Let You Go" Louie Vega Remix.
This nomination is for Louie Vega and his remix which is really slammin'!
The original was done at Bass Hit produced by Yvonne Turner with amazing tracks by Alan Friedman. Yvonne, aren't you glad we were able to get that vocal off the 2" tape before it disintegrated? Loleatta never sounded better!

Good luck you all!

10/19/2017

Public speaking is not really my thing, but the folks at Waves are so supportive and the crowd was great at AES, NY. I actually found I was enjoying myself!

10/15/2017

Waves at AES 2017 | Waves

Calling all engineer nerds! Come ask me some softball questions at AES this week....(I know, it's early, sorry!)

Come meet the industry's top sound engineers as they present their mixing tips in person at the Waves booth: Eddie Kramer, Michael Brauer, Tony Maserati, Ryan West & more.

09/20/2017

It's not every day that a legend comes in to Bass Hit, but today was really a high-water mark. Hangin' with the most recorded jazz bassist in history, who I'm now proud to call my friend, the maestro, Ron Carter!

01/08/2017

Waves Audio

Waves Audio

Get your headphones ready — Mixing engineer Dave Darlington (Avicii, Sting) dives deep into the Abbey Road Studios Vinyl plugin. Watch Dave critically explain and demonstrate how to use the plugin and why it is so vital if you’re making music within the digital realm.

11/01/2016

The one and only Tom Harrell killing it at Bass Hit today!

09/14/2016

Waves Audio

Waves Audio

Legendary recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder (Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Blue Note) recently passed away. Dave Darlington (Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter) fondly remembers his impact on jazz and beyond.

05/01/2016

Studio love from the Brazilians! What a group of world class musicians...Romero Lubambo, Felipe Salles, moi, and Chico Pinheiro......for those who know...'nuf said!