Jay Matheson

Jay Matheson, Producer/ Engineer, is the owner of The Jam Room Recording Studio (www.jamroomstudio.com ; e-mail info@jamroomstudio.com) whose production and engineering credits include: In/humanity, The Queers, Antischism, Danielle Howle and The Tantrums, Initial State, Stretch Armstrong, Damad, Guyana Punch Line, Baroness, Kylesa, The Working Title, Black Tusk, The Unpersons, Chronicle AD, Throttlerod, etc., etc..., etc For 16 years Jay has specialized in recording / producing guitar heavy music with raw sounds for aggressive bands. Jay has hardcore, punk and rock recording credits far too numerous to list. Jay is also the Chief Audio Instructor at the Midlands Audio Institute (www.midlandsaudioinstitute.com).

Contact Info

• Freelance

  Jay Matheson
  E Mail: info@jamroomstudio.com
  

The Most Recent stories by Jay Matheson

• AMS Neve 8801 Channel Strip  February 2008

  I’ve tried my fair share of mic pres over the years, amassing a veritable arsenal of vintage Neve strips (and more than a few clones) in the process. In my opinion, the clones have always lacked in delivering that unique Neve sonic ...

• Nady TRM-6  July 2007

  I was prepared to be underwhelmed, as most ribbons just end up collecting dust around here due to their low output and characteristic dark sound. Still, I had plenty of sources to track that need a mellowing out (horns, slide guitars, ...

• Karma Audio K6  June 2007

  When the first wave of inexpensive ribbon mics hit, I immediately dropped $150 for the express purpose of thickening up certain sources — especially thin-sounding guitars (and amp combinations), violins and, in certain cases, horns. ...

• LaChapell Audio 992EG  June 2007

  Depending on my most recent bank statement, getting handed a mic pre to evaluate (a debilitating addiction of mine) is either a dream, or a nightmare, come true: The best case scenario is that I’m going to find another to-die-for piece, ...

• The Mic Mini-Marathon  June 2007

  Last year we, well, actually me, Warren Dent from Front End Audio, approached Jay Matheson of the Jam Room Recording Studio with an idea about shooting out a bunch of mics in his studio, over 250 in all. Jay jumped all over ...

• Groove Tubes GT-30 + GT-60 Mics  June 2007

  [GT-30 $399,GT-60 $699, groovetubes.com]

• Daking 52 270H + Millennia HV3C + ADL600  June 2007

  The boys at The Jam Room mix, match, mix and match and match and mix and wonder if the ADL/Presonus unit is all it’s cracked up to be.