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Check out our Live Sound/Light Rig! ...full details and photos are at the bottom of this page.

 

Here are some photos of life in and around Ogeriff Studio, and the people that make it all enjoyable.


Control room
from left-rear corner

Control room
from right-rear corner

Control room
from right-front corner

Control room
from left-front corner

Keyboards & rack

The Rack

Looking into Tracking room

Tracking room
from control room door

Tracking room
towards control room

Electric guitars

Acoustic guitars

The BIG screen

ML19 ribbon mic...
... smoooooth.

'58 and sounds great.
McCurdy PE1000...
...now THAT'S a preamp!
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good old analog...  the reel thing
is more fun than simulation 
(pun intended)
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Justin Ryan...
assistant engineer &
all around great guy
(so he says)
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control room shot when
the rack was still in the middle

WBS console
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Wain-Man Fung (with glasses)
& his assistant Tony,
of Polygon Console...
Customizing the Ward Beck
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Tony looks like he's
having a little TOO
much fun with those
sidecutters! (oh, it's OK...
they're only wire strippers)
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Wai-Man knows Ward-Beck
consoles inside out...
 in fact he maintained this 
particular console the
whole time it was at
the Ontario Place Forum
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After the custom mods,
Wai-Man & Tony completely
recalibrated the console
to factory specs
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Just like new again!
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WBS module 1
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Patrick Holder...
 keeping things running
smoothly

Tracking room
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Beeson from "the awesome team"
... crazy energy!
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  Steve Patterson
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Mark Bradford...
in a blur of creativity
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Justin performing
routine maintenance
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Bob Chalifoux, session
drummer extraordinaire
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Bob's ALWAYS smiling.
 

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...see what I mean?

 

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Wayne O'Connor, guitar wizard
at Hank to Hendrix in
Peterborough ON
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jammin' by the barn
on a sunny day
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Mother of Hundreds

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Jason Gateman...
 
airbrush artist supreme

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Wicked job! Thanks, man!
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The finished product.
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"Kevin Carley & the Hansome Liars"
of Peterborough... layin' down
some great blues!
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Kevin doin'
some pondering
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Wayne starts to
ponder along too...
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Dave does some
counter-pondering, 
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...  and Brian ponders as to
what the hell all the
pondering is about!
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Wayne tells Dave a
bedtime story
(he's almost asleep, Wayne!)
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Wayne takes a
well deserved break
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Whenever Brian
wasn't at his drums,
he'd grab the ES125
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"Kevin Carley & The Hansome Liars"
put out some great vibes.
You can almost sense it
in this control room shot!
 

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Camping in Temagami 
(20 minutes away)

 

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Sammyyy!
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Jammin' Jo
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Great sounding
Ward Beck console
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Where's the bass?...
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Justin's favorite job...
writing down console
& equipment settings
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Dude with hair
and beautiful guitar
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Jay gets a taste
of "snowsurfin'"
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...and a taste of snow!
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Now Jay gives
Marc a ride
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...  one heck of a ride!
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the picture says it all
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Carissa concentrating
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Jeff's TRYING
to concentrate
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Donny doesn't HAVE
to concentrate!
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Now THAT'S a fire pit!
(another of the simple
joys of country life!)
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music, friends and fun...
relaxing by the fire
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Mark L. up a tree
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another cool shot
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Chantal ...  what a voice!
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Les in the editing suite
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Justin at work
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A very cozy place to work!

mmmmm... tubes....
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nice legs, Jeff!

Newest stringed addition:  Framus "Star-Bass"

Maybe not for everything...
...but oh, what character!

Mic cluster

check...1...2... are these on?

cool studio!

Northern Electric mixer

McCurdy PE1000 mixer
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bug off!...

Nevetrap!
   
* * *  NEWSFLASH!!!  * * *

In order to support and encourage local musical/cultural community based events, in May 2007 Ebert Welding Ltd purchased a complete, “mid-sized”, high quality sound and lighting system from DBSL for large indoor or medium outdoor events.  Ogeriff Studio is in charge of running and maintaining this system.  Rental rates are very reasonable, and in certain "charitable" circumstances may even be free of charge.  Contact us for further details.  Below is a brief description of the system, and photos of the equipment and various shows we've done.

 

 

·         32 channel Allen&Heath GL2400 console

·         Main Power amps:  1x QSC RMX5050HD (for subs), 3x QSC “PLX3002 (for mid/hi tops), with Ashley XR2001 3-way crossover

·         3-way main speaker system consisting of:  6x DIAC 2122FL mid/hi tops (two 12-inch drivers + 2" horn in each box) and  4x DBSL B218NAC subs (two 18-inch sub woofers in each box)

·         Four separate monitor mixes:  total of 6 DIAC 112FRM passive wedges (one 12-inch driver + horn in each box) powered by 2x QSC PLX3002 power amps

·         "secondary" system consisting of 2x passive DIAC tops (two 12-inch drivers + 2" horn in each box) powered by 1x QSC PLX3002 and 2x single 18" DIAC subs powered by 1x QSC RMX4050HD, with Ashley crossover.  This secondary system can function as delay-fills, in-fills, side-fills, or an additional two monitor mixes

·         1x dbx1231 dual 31-band EQ for stereo mains

·         2x dbx1231 dual 31-band EQs - one for each monitor mix

·         1x dbx1231 dual 31-band EQ for "secondary" system

·         150 foot snake (including AC power) for “Front Of House” (FOH)

·         32 channel snake splitter

·         TC Electronics M-One reverb multi effect unit

·         Lexicon MX200 multi effect unit

·         DeltaLab Effectron digital delay unit

·         2x dbx1046 Quad Comp compressors (8 compressors)

·         1x dbx1066 Dual Compressor/Gate

·         1x Rane G4 Digital Quad gate

·         1x Drawmer DS201 Dual gate

·         8x Rapco DB100 DI boxes, & 1x Whirlwind DI box

·         1x Sennheiser MD421 microphone with boom stand

·         1x Sennheiser MD441 microphone with boom stand

·         1x Shure D112 microphone with stand

·         6x Shure SM58 microphones with boom stands

·         7x Shure SM57 microphones with boom stands

·         1x Shure PG series drum mic kit (1x Kik, 3x toms, 2x Overheads) with boom stands

·         Triple quad box stage backline AC supply

·         16x PAR64 500watt light fixtures

·         16x PAR56 300watt light fixtures

·         4x Ellipsoidal Source-4 Junior Zoom 575 watt light fixtures

·         Elation Scene Setter dimming console & 9x 4-channel dimmer packs

·         All cabling for above

·         box truss and crank-stand system + additional crank stands

·         LeMaitre Radiance water-based hazer

·         24ft x 15ft Black backdrop (Fire treated)

 

NOTE:  Backline is available as well... contact us for details.

 


The "Ebert Welding" sound and lighting system
 



The full rig
(2008 Biker's Reunion)


(left photo) one of the two speaker "stacks"
(center photo) power amp racks for speakers
(right photo) Diac monitor speakers

        
a few "mood" concert lighting shots

(left photo) "Front Of House" console and rack
(right photo) closeup of FOH rack

Justin setting up a lighting truss

REALLY BIG tent used
for the Biker's Reunion in
New Liskeard

25-foot video "screen" (canvas)
ready to show the day's events
at the Biker's Reunion

the Legends Of London (Pink Floyd)
at the 2008 Biker's Reunion

the Southern Legends (CCR)
at the 2008 Biker's Reunion

Lazo & the Radikals
at the 2008 Biker's Reunion

Justin Ryan doing sound
at the Biker's Reunion

Chucky Danger Band
at the Cobalt Classic Theater

Kipawa Country Fest 2008

Otis & the Groove setup
New Liskeard Community Hall

Searson
at the Kipawa Country Fest 2008

The "Cancer Relay Walk" in Elk Lake Ont.

Sloan
at the Classic Theater in Cobalt, 2008

Sloan
at the Classic Theater in Cobalt, 2008

Sloan
at the Classic Theater in Cobalt, 2008

Sloan
at the Classic Theater in Cobalt, 2008
   

MORE PHOTOS COMING!!!

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