Group Effort News and Happenings!

July 2006: Group Effort Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary by offering $45/hr block rates for a limited time

To commemorate our 30 years serving musicians in the Cincinnati area, we would like to say thank you to all of the people who have done projects with us over the years, and especially our repeat customers who keep coming back year after year!

To celebrate this milestone we are going to offer (for a limited time) $45 per hour rates available in 20 hour prepaid blocks

June 2006

We added 10 additional channels of high quality microphone preamps. A Focusrite TwinTrak Pro unit provides 2 channels of preamplification (strappable for stereo use if you like), with mid scoop EQ with an "air" function. There is also an onboard optical compressor circuit for classic compression characteristics. We also got a Mackie Onyx 800R 8-channel unit also with fibre optic connectivity.

Free High Speed Internet Access was added via a new Netgear "N" spec wireless router. You can use it on your laptop back in the studio or via ethernet cable in the office. Very handy for when you have to upload that vocal to--Italy!!!

Major update to our popular "Session Tutorial" area to reflect our switch to recording and mixing entirely in the computer using Digital Performer. It has screen shots and explanations of procedures as well some additional "Tech Notes" pages for the more technically inclined.

May 2006

We installed an experimental multi-channel headphone system. Each headphone station receives 8 channels of audio that you the musician control. You dial up your own personal headphone mix just the way you like it. Typically there would be a stereo mix for drums, a bass channel, a channel for each guitar, keyboards and vocals, all delivered to the headphone station in 24-bit digital clarity! Click here for a photo

January 2004

Major redesign of the web site with many new areas to explore coming on-line as time permits.

December 2003

We bought 2 new Macintosh Dual G5 1.8mHz computers and new audio hardware for Digital Performer. Making the switch to the Ultra Stable Mac OS X operating system. These new computers will make about 6-8 times more processing power available to audio plug-ins and disk operations.