Step One... Tracking, Editing, and Mixing.

Musicians: this place was built for you!!! Recording music has always been our main goal and passion at Transduction Productions. The studio was designed and built to record small and medium sized musical groups of almost any instrumentation. Our main tracking room is large enough to handle any size drum set or piano that you can throw at us (see Pictures). We offer a number of top quality instrument and vocal microphones including the Audix D-Series drum mics. See all of our gear on our Equipment page. Almost any specialty microphones and equipment you request can be obtained through local rental companies for an additional fee. Our two Pro Tools engineers have over 20 years combined experience in audio recording and music. Full tracking, editing, and mixing services are available.

We have been recording music in Albuquerque since 2001 and have worked with local bands such as; Devil Riding Shotgun, The Cherry Tempo, Mantis Fist, Los Brown Spots, The Slippry Weazel, Big Lips & the Skinny, Monkey Normal, Eve of an End, The Muddy River String Band, The Martini Tones, Open Choir Fire, Chicano Thug Records, and many more. Come see our studio, Listen to our music, check out our prices... You will be confident in your choice to record your album at Transduction Productions.

Step Two... Prepare your album for commercial duplication.

When you have finished tracking, editing and mixing your album you are ready for the Mastering process. In the days of analog, mastering meant transferring your session master (reel to reel tape, DAT tape, etc.) onto a commercially distributable media such as a record, cassette or CD. This process required a highly specialized and skilled engineer in order to ensure that the commercial media sounded as good as the original session master. Today the focus is not on achieving the original quality of the session master. The focus is on improving the sound as much as possible. No matter how good you think your recording sounds when it leaves the studio, the crew at The Sound Lab can make it sound better. Most recording today is done entirely in the digital domain from start to finish so there is no need to transfer your media to for distribution as it is most likely already on CD when it leaves the recording studio. The only step between studio and production is the creation of your commercial CD master (actual silver bottom, UPC code) from your session master CD-R. This is where the modern mastering process begins.

Mastering at the Sound Lab is the last step in the creative process of an album and the first step towards manufacturing. It is the link between the studio and the duplication house and a way to ensure satisfaction with your final product. The mastering engineer will listen to your album with a fresh unbiased pair of ears. They will unify your album by setting the overall program level (song to song volume), execute any fades that you specify,and set a uniform silence period between songs. They will use specialized compression and gain to ensure your album is at the highest possible CD volume levels and tweak the EQ to ensure that your album has a consistent sound no matter what stereo system it may be played on. You can read more about the mastering process and the Sound Lab at DiscMakers.com. You can also listen to before and after samples of their mastering handy work.

When you record at Transduction Productions you will be eligible for a discount on Sound Lab mastering services.

Step Three... Design your CDs, posters, T-shirts and loads of other promotional materials .

It's a proud moment when you finally have that finished production master in your hot little hands. It sounds great, it sounds better than great, its the greatest album ever!!!... It is now time to expose the world to your greatness... but how? We at Transduction Productions highly endorse self promotion in any way possible. Expose your music to as many ears as possible using every media outlet available. The music industry is constantly changing and new ways to distribute music digitally are becoming available all the time. However, most money in the music business is still made from good ole' fashioned CD sales. In order to successfully market your music you need tangible media to distribute and Disk Makers has got you covered in every way possible. Any size order from 300 to tens of thousands of CDs or DVDs and all the promotional goodies to go along with them. Choosing Disc Makers means you can sell your CDs on CD Baby, the largest online indie music distributor. Recording with Transduction Productions entitles you to automatic discounts on a wide variety of Disc Makers products. See all of their products and order a catalog at Discmakers..com.