Halabi Studios

Equipment

The rooms we work out of, and the gear we reach for.

Digital-forward, on purpose

We run a clean in-the-box chain — a small kit of considered microphones into Apollo conversion, then all-digital on Pro Tools, Logic, and Ableton. Fewer boxes, more hours on the song.

Rooms

  • Production Room

    Writing room

    Production Room

    The writing and beatmaking room.

    A focused writing room built around a Mac Mini M4 and a pair of ADAM A7X monitors. Ideal for beats, demos, programming, and early ideas before they graduate to tracking. Quiet, comfortable, and always free for sketching.

    Best for

    • Beatmaking
    • Demos
    • Programming
    • Songwriting
  • Control Room

    Mixing room

    Control Room

    Where the mixes get finished.

    Our mixing seat — a 2020 iMac with 128 GB of RAM driving Pro Tools, Logic, and Ableton through Apollo conversion, monitored on a pair of Neumann KH reference monitors. Sightline into the live room, so tracking never needs a talkback scramble.

    Best for

    • Mixing
    • Mastering
    • Overdubs
    • Editing
  • Live Room

    Tracking room

    Live Room

    Tracking room with a window onto Khalid Lake.

    An acoustically treated tracking room, bright and open, looking out onto the lake. Comfortable for a 4–6 piece band, vocal tracking, and performance video. Doubles as a second production space when we drop in a laptop.

    Best for

    • Live sessions
    • Band tracking
    • Vocals
    • Performance video

Gear

  • Interface & DAWs

    • Universal Audio Apollo x8p — 8 mic pres, real-time UAD processing
    • Pro Tools — tracking and mixing
    • Logic Pro — production
    • Ableton Live — beatmaking and live work

  • Microphones

    • Neumann U87 Ai — the lead vocal chair
    • 2× AKG C414 XLII — stereo pair for rooms, overheads, acoustic
    • 2× Neumann KM 184 — small-diaphragm pencils for acoustic and percussion
    • Audio-Technica AT2050 — multi-pattern workhorse
    • 7× Shure SM57 — drum kit, guitar cabs, utility
    • 2× Shure SM58 — live vocal and backup

  • Monitoring

    • Neumann KH reference monitors — control room
    • ADAM Audio A7X — production room
    • 8× Audio-Technica ATH-M50x — tracking cans
    • Sennheiser HD 560S — reference open-backs
    • Neumann NDH — closed-back reference

  • Computers

    • Mac Mini M4 — production room
    • iMac (2020, i9, 128 GB RAM) — control room