Crackle&Pop!

01/12/2025

Congrats to the on their new 7" 4 song EP Nuisance!

Recorded & mixed by Mastered by

12/13/2024

A day without sessions means time for tech work. Installed a bias pot in the studios new Traynor Bass Mate. Thanks Jesse Quitslund for pointing me in the right direction and for the bias probe. Another happy amp sounding killer.

11/25/2024

Very excited to have the studio and Johnny Sangster featured in the latest . If you don't know already, TapeOp is the best recording magazine out there with the focus squarely on the humans involved and the creative process. Check it out - link in bio.

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween everybody!

10/23/2024

It's record making season!

09/29/2024

The Gibsons and Rickenbackers had a family reunion today. session

09/01/2024

A real treat to host Neko Case and her band for two days of rehearsals for tomorrow's show with at the Gorge, Wa.

08/16/2024

Crackle & Pop! is selling it's much loved and much babied Harrison console. Read on for the details.

Harrison MR-4 (Raven) Console

32 Input Channels + 2 Stereo Channels, 1 Stereo Cue send and 4 Aux Sends, 4 Aux returns.

This is an inline console with a mic path and a line path on each channel strip. EQ’s can be applied section by section to either path. The same applies for the sends and busses making for very flexible routing.

Originally purchased in 1986 for Ironwood studios, this console has been in service since. It received a full recap before it came to Crackle & Pop! some 13 years ago. We’ve mixed hundreds of records on it. It is currently installed and functioning and we are planning on packing it up mid September. 

Asking price - $2,500. Local pickup in Seattle only.

Includes 3 96 pt TT patch bays - for buss outs to multitrack ins, multitrack outs to line ins, insert points for all the channels, and control room connectivity. Originally these consoles had Tuchel connectors under the motherboards but they over time would fail. We’ve wired the mic inputs to Elco connectors and hardwired the line ins, buss outs, & insert points directly to the patchbay. Connectivity from the patch bay to the outside world is wired up with convenient DB25 connectors. 

We have one spare input channel and lots of spare parts including switches, vca’s, line drivers, resistor packs, op amps, lamps, and the power supply. Complete owners manual and schematic, both in print and digital versions.

Current known issues - the most common issue is switches and pots that need exercising and cleaning. The more it’s used the happier it is.

There is one broken switch on Channel 28. We have spares.

PFL (solo function) not currently functioning. We have a good idea of where the problem lives and have ordered parts. Hoping to have it working before the console is packed up

07/08/2024

Very excited to have a price of artwork on the wall here at the studio.

06/24/2024

Crackle & Pop! partner (and co-founder) Andy Smith at the studio adding some deep atmospheric textures to Brian Saunders new record. Many people know Johnny Sangster as the day to day "face" of the studio but Andy has been there from the start in 2007. With the help of many friends & family it continues to grow and evolve each year. Andy's ongoing sonic curiosity and recent exploration into modular synthesis has brought a new layer to many records the last few years.

06/17/2024

New friends at the studio! We are very excited to present the handsome & talented Chandler TG-1 Limiter. Makes your pianos sound like the Beatles & your drums sound like Jon Bonham. Plus a whole lot more.

05/28/2024

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04/03/2024

Check out this crazy mashup dreamt up by Mike Squires (Couch Riffs) & Jeff Fielder. Captured live with an all-star crew at Crackle&Pop!

Tomorrow, Wednesday April 3 at 9am pst we will be premiering our most excellent cover of Peace Sells But Who's Buying recorded live at Crackle&Pop! It's outlaw country and better than you can imagine it plus it features some super badasses: Jeff Fielder, Sera Cahoone, Corey McCormick, Micah Hulscher and Mike Squires.
PREMIER LINK HERE:
https://youtu.be/FGBk54QefY4?si=xxMalSUVxvmf1wxP

02/26/2024

Nick Riffbrokers - the Steel Beans of folk rock™.

02/05/2024

It's the return of The Purrs! Back at Crackle & Pop! to add 5 more gems to their upcoming full length album. Seattle psych at its finest!

12/31/2023

Congrats to all these 2023 releases and to the many artists, producers & engineers who spent time at Crackle & Pop! this last year. It was an honor and a pleasure!

The Rallies
Infinite .o
Red Dress
Minus 5
Mudhoney
The Demon Rind
Mansions
Wimps
Braly Sangster
Graveyard of the Pacific
Olivia Brownlee
Secret Caves
Zaida Larose
Stag
Honeycult
Star Anna
mcafferty
Chad Bault
Half Rushmore
Once For Kicks
Rachel Flotard
Ellen Hofmann
jon rauhouse & blaine long
Claire Tucker
SIL podcast
Nathan Wade & Texarkana Waltz
Country Dave Harmonson
Kat Bula
Lincoln Barr
Brian Saunders
Fairground
38 Coffin
Clean Lines
The Riffbrokers
The Waddlers
uw recording class
Mopsy

And the engineers:

Liam Clarke
Nick Droz
Kurt Bloch
Chris Rahm
Jason Devore
Jon Roberts
Ryan Laeva
Carmella Monterose-Ortiz
Matt Brown
Brandon Fitzsimmons
and Johnny Sangster

12/20/2023

Xmas came early - thanks We are very excited to explore the sonic possibilities of the Wellspring!