Retro City Studios

Retro City Studios Philadelphia recording, mixing and mastering. For booking inquiries or more information about the st For more information please visit www.retrocitystudios.com

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Thanks for grabbing the shot. We’re still in awe of our renovations - this live room has never sounded better.
08/29/2025

Thanks for grabbing the shot. We’re still in awe of our renovations - this live room has never sounded better.

Some random shots from of the first “Live to tape at Retro City” shoot yesterday with This series is a full analog p...
02/03/2025

Some random shots from of the first “Live to tape at Retro City” shoot yesterday with This series is a full analog production from tracking through mixing, all the way to the vinyl pressing. All natural, no computers used anywhere in the process. Tons of work but also really rewarding. Special thanks to Ruby and co for being an amazing band and good sports. Extra special thanks to and crew and Ronnie Tabor for truly coming through to help make this happen.

Tape delay appreciation post. We’ve had the Roland chorus echo sre-555 for some time now but over the summer we added th...
12/04/2024

Tape delay appreciation post. We’ve had the Roland chorus echo sre-555 for some time now but over the summer we added the classic re-201. In a modern world of amazing plugins, nothing beats the real thing.

Front & back.Thanks to we had come through and capture the current condition of the A control room. Sure does look dif...
09/02/2022

Front & back.
Thanks to we had come through and capture the current condition of the A control room. Sure does look different from a few years ago!

We’re loving the new Moog GrandMother synth. Especially next to it’s real Grandma, the Prodigy. But for real, the spring...
08/14/2022

We’re loving the new Moog GrandMother synth. Especially next to it’s real Grandma, the Prodigy. But for real, the spring reverb is just amazing.

Over the years I’ve found that there’s a lot of misinformation surrounding analog tape recording. I put this together to...
06/28/2022

Over the years I’ve found that there’s a lot of misinformation surrounding analog tape recording. I put this together to help explain the process, clear up any myths, and describe the different ways to utilize tape in recording, mixing and mastering. Give it a read through if you’re interested in analog recording. - Link in bio -

This is our main MCI JH110 1/4” 2 track mixdown machine. It’s one of three JH110s we own, the other two currently acting...
06/14/2022

This is our main MCI JH110 1/4” 2 track mixdown machine. It’s one of three JH110s we own, the other two currently acting more as service machines. It’s not only a classic mixdown recorder but also excels as a tape delay. This along with one other machine came from studios in Washington DC where it was regularly serviced and cared for. We like to think it recorded a lot of classic Terry Gross interviews. The other 110 (back left) we purchased from at and was used on multiple records of which Andy and I are big fans. We love getting gear with history, cool to see it live on and continue to be a part of good music over 40+ years later!

More soundtrack setups. Ludwig/Yamaha mid 70’s tom mashup, no resonant heads. Mostly era mics, all into the Neve then ...
03/24/2022

More soundtrack setups. Ludwig/Yamaha mid 70’s tom mashup, no resonant heads. Mostly era mics, all into the Neve then through the MCI.

Rarely seen angle of the live room during setup for a recent session that captured while doing some maintenance on a r...
02/14/2022

Rarely seen angle of the live room during setup for a recent session that captured while doing some maintenance on a really tall ladder.

Warm pic of the console area from .kit shot over this past summer. Since this was taken we’ve added the new racks, and d...
12/01/2021

Warm pic of the console area from .kit shot over this past summer. Since this was taken we’ve added the new racks, and done some additional tuning to the room and ATCs.

We recently remodeled our Iso 2. This space gets used pretty regularly these days for recording so we thought it was tim...
10/07/2021

We recently remodeled our Iso 2. This space gets used pretty regularly these days for recording so we thought it was time to pull down the old “temporary” acoustical treatments and re-tune with custom panels. Also, it’s a through-way to our control room so we thought it would be a nice change.

We added much more connectivity to the room during our last big overhaul while we were closed for Covid restrictions. Like the other Iso rooms in the studio, it’s easy to get signal to and from this room and connect it to any other area in the studio. This type of connectivity can come in really handy for big tracking sessions with lots of inputs.

live performance filmed and mixed here at Retro City airs this evening on
09/09/2021

live performance filmed and mixed here at Retro City airs this evening on

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