KMH Recording Studio

  410-394-1752  

Professional Audio and Creative Media Production  

Owner/Engineer

Keith Harancher

At the forefront of todays modern recording, Keith Harancher, founder and owner of KMH Recording Studio, recognizes the ever demanding role that todays engineers play in creative music production. With one foot in old-school equipment, simplicity, and style and the other on the bleeding edge of digital technology, Keith has established himself as an expert.

 

Keith's passion for music and recording technology, 20+ years of advanced electronics training, and leadership experience are the key ingredients in the great success of the studio, and the force that continues to propel the studio to new heights. His attention to detail and creative input is highly evident through his extensive body of work that spans a wide range of musical styles.

Additionally he has spent time teaching high school Students Audio Engineering as part of the Community Mentorship Program for Southern Maryland.

The Studio

The studio began in 1987 as a personal project studio in Maine, moving to Sicily in 1990, Maryland in 1994, Sardinia in 1997, and officially established in 1999, here in Lusby Maryland's southern peninsula along the banks of the Chesapeake Bay & Patuxent River. Keith's dedication to quality, and customer service, resulted in the studio becoming a favorite in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Today the studio is equipped with a diverse blend of state-of-the art recording, and mastering equipment, as well as a nice selection of instruments, including some vintage guitars and amps. The studio specializes in providing a comfortable atmosphere, uncompromising quality, all at a price that makes the artist more at ease so they can really perform at their best. Our unique collection of outboard gear and sophisticated Digital Audio Workstation attracts the regions most renowned recording artists as well as many prominent new comers.

Equipment

CONSOLE: Mackie ONYX with 16 PRES, Mackie Control Universal. Mackie 48 Channel 8-Bus

COMPUTERS: DAW: Custom AMD Quad-Core Opteron, Custom Dual-core P3.4,NUENDO, Digidesign PO-Tools MAGMA expansion chassis featuring 4 UAD–1 Powered Plug-in Cards, 1 TC Electronics Powercore, 2 MOTU HD896, MOTU MIDI TIME Piece, M-Audio MIDI sport 8X8,  Sony VEGAS, Sound Forge 8, CD Architect, DVD Arcitect, Adobe Audition.

Mobile DAW: Toshiba laptop PC P-4 2.8G  NUENDO MOTU 896 (16 Channels)

Virtuual Workstation: Custom Dual-core P3.4G  E-Mu, Alesis QS 8.1 Steinberg Grand 2, Groove Agent, HALion Player, MOTU Symphonic Instrument, EASTWEST Bosendorfer 290, EMU-Emulator X Vintage Pro Volume 1, 2 & 3, Virtuoso.

PRES: Manley Langevin, Universal Audio 6176, ART MPA Gold, dbx 376, Focusrite Twintrak Pro, Mackie ONYX.

MONITORS: Mackie HR824s, JBL 4300 series, Alesis Monitor TWO’s, Carvin Studio Reference.

OUTBOARD: ART PRO VLA, TC Electronic M2000, M300, Yamaha REV 500, Presonus ACP-88, RNC, Line6 Echopro.

MICS: AKG C3000, C2000B, C418, D112, Audio Technica 33rs, ATM 25s, Audix D-6, D-4, Micro-Ds, Rode NTK, NT1s, NT1-As, NT2, NT1000s, Neuman KSM105, Sure SM7, SM57s, Beta 58, Sure Controlled Reluctance, KSM 32, SH55, Senheisser 421B, e602, Heil Classic.

PLUG-INS: Universal Audio Nearly EveryThing, WaveArts Power Suite, OZONE 3, Trash, Spectron, Drumagogg, Waves Diamond, Antares Auto-tune, Soundsoap Pro, DSP-FX, UltraFunk Suite. NI Guitar RIG, Drumcore, IK Multimedia AMPEG svx.

MISCELLANEOUS: Alesis HD 24, ART SGX-2000 Express, SANSAMP, POD PRO, PODxt, Bass POD, Chest full of pedals, Marshall JCM 2000 TSL60 AVT 150H, Carvin x-100 tube amp, MESA Dual Rectifier, Tech21 60 watt, GIBSON GA-30 (1948),  Supro (Circa 1960s), Peavey Wiggy Stack, TRAYNOR Custom Vintage, Pearl Export series with Zildian Cymbols,

NOTES: