About Us
Rich Zei - Lead Engineer/Mixer
Rich Zei - Lead Engineer/Mixer
Rich Zei - Lead Engineer/Mixer
Born and raised on the NW Side of Chicago, Rich has many early memories of music and records (remember those?).His parents had a fairly eclectic collection of the 60’s and 70’s classics; The Beatles, Stones, Bread, The Tommy Soundtrack. But the spring of 1977 changed EVERYTHING: The kid that lived across the street from him gave him his f
Born and raised on the NW Side of Chicago, Rich has many early memories of music and records (remember those?).His parents had a fairly eclectic collection of the 60’s and 70’s classics; The Beatles, Stones, Bread, The Tommy Soundtrack. But the spring of 1977 changed EVERYTHING: The kid that lived across the street from him gave him his first KISS record (KISS Alive) and, according to Rich, "my mind was BLOWN." Not long after that musical religious experience, Rich became facinated with records and music and devoured the liner notes. He claims to know who Eddie Kramer, Bob Erin, Corky Stasiak and Jay Messina were as well or better than he knew Big Bird and Mr. Rogers.
Rich continues, "Seeing KISS in September of ’79 at the old International Amphitheatre sealed it. I KNEW I had to make this thing my life. As I got older I received records as gifts from my older Uncles and became fascinated by the soundscapes that albums like 2112, Dog and Butterfly and The Wall had to offer along with the driving rock aggression of Destroyer, Rocks and Billion Dollar Babies. The fascination with music and how it was made and performed was an addiction I could not shake."
Equipment/Elctronics
Rich Zei - Lead Engineer/Mixer
Rich Zei - Lead Engineer/Mixer
Interface: Audient EVO16 w/SP8 expansion
Microphones: Sure, Audix, SE Electronics AudioTechnica
Plugins by Black Rooster, Waves, Univesal Audio, Softube and many others.
Outboard Gear
Rich Zei - Lead Engineer/Mixer
Outboard Gear
Outboard gear from ART, Yamaha
Instruments from Ibanez, Charvel, Schecter
Amplifyers: Carvin, Mesa Boogie, Peavey