Die Tonmeisterei

Oldenburg's skid row recording studio.
Solid analog and digital recording-, mixing- and mastering-technology fueled by green electricity.

fueled by naturwatt - green electricity

Thanks for stopping by at the recording studio of round about…. loads of possibilities. If you're into a rough, direct and fundamentally massive sound you're definitely in the right place!

Spread across 200m², equipped with finest technology and situated in Oldenburg's skid row, right next to the train station, we provide you with some fine analogue and digital sound-generators, that are hopefully highly addictive - and sumptuous!

The hard facts
  • excessive analogue tube saturation
  • up to 4 recording rooms
  • 4 unstoppable sound-engineers
  • a wide selection of classic microphonesn
  • several rare tube amps
  • shrewd mastering
  • value for money
  • and almost most importantly: sleeping accommodation and table soccer!

Starter à la carte: Recording

Starter à la carte: Recording

An absolute necessity or a fresh start into every recording is the entrée. No matter if you rather have salad or simply soup and a nice glass of wine: we lay special emphasis on every recording from the very beginning. This is the foundation of the genuine die Tonmeisterei's sound. If possible soundcheck is taking the most of time, because the choice of ingredients is crucial. And since of that our pantry is refreshed and broadened with only the finest examples and exotics. After a well prepared stock the mixing is almost already done.
"Garcon, menu please!" The selection of amplifiers and speakers creates an exquisite buffet, on which you are more than welcome to feast.

Costs: 400 € per day Recording / Mixing / Mastering...

Side order: Re-Amping

Side order: Re-Amping

You're committed hobby-chefs, but you're lacking some multiple saturated fatty acid to your wall of guitars? We've got several amplifiers an speakers ready to go and perfectly mic'd. Best is you name a reference-sound. All we need after that is a clean DI-guitar signal.

50 € per hour beats every amp modeling plug-in!

Main Course: Mix

Main Course: Mix

You've already bought the ingredients - best case is you went to that nice organic grocery-store right around the corner with first choice ingredients. But how to make a meal of them? We're happy to help you out with our finest selection of herbs and all of our cooking expertise.

Costs, dependent on the amount of effort: 80-200 € per song

Dessert: Mastering

Dessert: Mastering

For the final closing we serve the ultimate sugarbomb or the rich fruit-dessert, wrapping up the lovely prepared dinner. Preferably you don't exaggerate in the mix, so it's still hungry for the mastering-dessert.

50 € per song Needless to say we'll prepare a fine little appetizer…

Dish-Washing: Guerilla-Recordings

Abwasch: Guerilla-Recordings

You're searching for the ultimate thrill, or simply just a special location to capture recordings?

We're in, mate! No matter where - on the roof of a parking lot, in a holiday flat, or in an abandoned factory. Let's do it!

Role

Role

The head chef, "master", low frequency fundamentalist, sound tinkerer, head of the planning office, recorder, mixer, masterer.

 

- training as radio and television technician in Bremen ´87-´91
- training as audio engineer in Berlin ´92-´94
- freelance audio engineer since late ´94
- founded Die Tonmeisterei in early ´96 with Frank Kersten
- various further training procedures through uncontrolled voluntary self-experimentation

Henner

Henner

On board since 2006, Henner went through all of the Tonmeisterei-education: from sweeping recording rooms (really?), changing tapereels to continuously achieving titles like "superi-ohr" and "beat-detective" with his impressive understanding for music. Do you play fast music and need some extra dirt? Then there is no avoiding Henner, no matter if it be recording or mixing.

Falk

Falk

SAE-diploma, audiology-diploma, music studies, Falk has a liking for Hardcore and electronic music.

Robin

Robin

The courier of the czar. The prototypical modern producer / engineer. Does everything, wants everything, can do anything. Is also a prospective supermodel. Plays/played in various underground cult bands…: surfnazis must die, the now denial, dean dirg, do-nots...

Lars

Lars

The electronic spirit of the house. Technology nerd, computer geek, gifted live technician.

Alex

Alex

Audiology-diploma, Alex also runs the Holodeck-studios right in our neighborhood and helps us out every now and then with his expertise.

Recording Tools

Tascam MSR-24-Multitrack / Otari MX-70-Multitrack / Teac 80-8-Multitrack / RME-HD- System / Otari MX-5050 / Adobe Audition CS / Wavelab-7 / Cubase / Reaper / Universal Audio-, Fabfilter- / Waves-, Lindell-, Sonnox-, Elysia- , Flux-, voxengo-, Izotope Ozone- und Brainworx-Mastering-plugins , Ohmforce-ohmicide, NI the mouth, Slate Digital, etc.

Signal Gain

8x Neumann PMV-70 / 6 x Telefunken V672 / 2x Telefunken V-100 / Telefunken V676 / EMT-ABE V280B / Chandler Germanium / Chandler TG2 / 2x Universal Audio LA610 / Universal Audio 4-710 / Tegeler Audio TRC-1 / Altec-Vorstufe / Soundtracs-Studio-Konsole / Soundcraft M12 / 50er Jahre-Röhrenmischpult 7in1 / Custom-Voll- röhren-Mikrofonvorverstärker / Beth-Röhren-Mikrofonvorstufe / Geloso- Mikrofonvorstufe, etc.

Monitoring

Focal SM9 / Klein+Hummel O300D / Adam S3V / Mytek Mastering DA-Wandler / SPL Phonitor / Kopfhörer: Audeze LCD2, Sennheiser HD600, Beyer DT770M, Shure SRH1840, etc.

Outboard

2x Chandler tone-control / Chandler germanium-compressor / EL distressor / Looptrotter sa2rate / Looptrotter Satur-8 / Tegeler-Audio pultec-EQ / Tegeler Audio Vari-Tube / EMT-ABE V232 EQ / SPL transient designer / SPL Tube-Vitalizer / SPL Charisma / dbx ddp / Art pro-VLA / Studiomaster IDP / LA-Audio 4x4 / Sony F7 / Symetrix 544 / Behringer Combinator.

Mics

AEA R88 / 2x AEA R84 /2x Coles 4038 / 2x Neumann KM 184 / 2x Neumann KM 183 / Neumann TLM 103 / Neumann TLM 170R / Neumann BCM 104 + 705 / 2x AKG C414 B-XLS / AKG D12VR / 2x AKG D 112 / 2x AKG the tube / 2x Eartrumpet Edwina / Lauten Horizon / 3x Sennheiser MD441 / 4x Sennheiser MD421 / 4x Sennheiser MD21 / 3x Sennheiser MKH105 / 2x Sennheiser MKE202 / Sennheiser MD509 / Sennheiser MD609 / Sennheiser MD427 / 5x Audio Technica AE-3000 / Audio Technica AE-2500 / 2x Audio Technica AT4081 / Audio Technica AT4047 / 2x Shure SM 91 / 4x Shure beta56 / 3x Shure SM57 / Shure SM7-B / Shure SM59 / Beyer M-160 / Beyer MC840 / Warm Audio U47 / Warm Audio U47jr / 2x Crown PZM30 / Audix D6 / BPM CR-73 / Superlux S502 / etc.

Amplifiers

Sunn Model T / Sunn beta lead / Orange OR120 / Orange OR 80 overdrive / Orange 4Stroke / Orange #4 / VOX AC-30 top boost (silver bulldogs) / VOX lead 125 / Ampeg G-410 / VHT Deliverance / Fender Bassman 50 / Fender 140 (Basstopteil) / Fender Twin-Reverb / Fender Bassbreaker 007 / Laney VH100R / Laney AOR 50 / Soldano HotRod 50 / Brunetti XL-2 Revo / Marshall JCM 800 (2203) / Marshall Plexi Super-Lead / Marshall Plexi Super-Bass / Marshall LM6100 Anniversary / Mesa-Boogie DC-10 / Engl Savage 60 / sundown / GUN / Crate powerblock /Klemt Echolette / Behringer BX4500 / u.a.

Speakers

Ampeg 8x10 / Ampeg V9 (9x10) / Fender 2x15 / Electro-Voice 1x15 / Orange 70er J. 4x12 / Orange 70er J. 2x12 / Rola-Celestion 4x12 / Soundcity 4x12 / Custom 6x12/ Marshall 2x12 / Marshall 1960 / Selmer 4x12 / Custom 1x12 / tone-tubby 1x12

Strings

Eastwood Guitars Sidejack/ Gibson SG / Ibanez 70er-Rickenbacker-Basskopie / Hopf-Bass / Höfner President Halbakustik-Bass / Höfner Telecaster-Bass / Yamaha-PJ-Bass

Drums

70er Jahre-Ludwigset (24, 18, 14, 13) / Gretsch BD 20“ / Pearl Session-Series -Set / PDP-Set (24, 16, 13), Premier Olympic (22, 16, 14, 13) / diverse Snares: Ludwig, Pearl, Premier, Pommerenke, Hoshino, … / Tama Hardware, 2x Kesselpauken

Keys

Feurich upright piano / Pearl Vibraphone / Siel Kiwi / Crumar Performer / Moog subphatty / Korg Poly61 / Korg Minilogue / Korg monotribe / div. Korg Volca / Waldorf Streichfett / Waldorf Blofeld / Elektron Octatrack / Akai MPC / Novation Bassstation / Elgam Carousel / Wersi Matic CX-1 / Mannborg Harmonium / Philips Orgel / Eko Tiger

Special Effects

moogerfooger bassmurf + freqbox+ stage-phaser / moog MF-Delay / Strymon BigSky /Verellen Big Spider / HK tubefactor / okko diablo+ / okko twin sonic / okko basstard / okko black beast / okko dominator / fulltone bassdrive / sansamp bassdriver / Roger Mayer voodoobass / Erica-Synth Fusionbox /WMD Geiger-Counter / Stone Deaf Kliptonite / death by audio Apocalypse / death by audio reverberation machine / EH Germanium-Muff / EH Bass-Muff Deluxe / EH deluxe memory boy / EH Cathedral / Ground FX Koloss / Ground FX burning sunn/ Ground FX / Caroline Meteore / Jupiter FX Kalleidoscope / KMA-JupiterFX Fat Possum / KMA Wurm / KMA divider-tyler / DOD gunslinger / Vox satchurator / VHT V-Drive / ISP Decimator / Damage Control Demonizer / Damage Control Timeline / Acapulco Silver / Sunn-T-Bausatz / Alesis bitrman / knas ekdahl moisturizer / Roland Space Echo 501 / Lundaal tube-tape-echo / Teisco Soundrepeater (tape-echo) / 2x Vorg Echo-Orbit (tape-echos) / LEM copycat (tape-echo), Roland RE-20-space-echo, ElectroVoice EVT 4500 (spring-reverb) / solidstate mini-springreverb / TC 2240 2channel-EQ / Korg SDD1200 / Dynacord DRP 5 / Dynacord EC280 / Roland VT-3 Boss / VT-1 / Peavey-AnalogFilter / Korg ih vocoder / Grundig Röhrenoszillator / TC ditto x4 / Koma Elektronik RH301 / TC-tripple flashback-delay / TC vintage-bass-distortion / Boss turbodistortion / proco RAT / dunlop crybaby / e-bow, Waterphone, etc.

Appropriation

Basketballkorb / Tisch-Kicker / Sony PS2 / Siemens Kaffeemat1000 / Peloso Daumenquetsche 15/08.

Recording for:

Last Days Of Humanity
Last Days Of Humanity
weakties
weakties
scunks
scunks
Das Bildungsbürgertum
Das Bildungsbürgertum
dead years
dead years
malatesta
malatesta
corecass
corecass
phantoms
phantoms
Fiona Jane Pop
Fiona Jane Pop
idyll
idyll
colored moth
colored moth
Villages
Villages
goldzilla
goldzilla
Schwach
Schwach
MOOR
MOOR
HVRT
HVRT
The Infernal Sound of Light
The Infernal Sound of Light
Jungbluth
Jungbluth
Depravation
Depravation
Voodozer
Voodozer
Orbit the Earth
Orbit the Earth
Patsy O'Hara
Patsy O'Hara
Planner
Planner
Nightslug
Nightslug
Serpent Eater
Serpent Eater
rha
rha
shakhtyor
shakhtyor
svffer
svffer
daethlust
daethlust
sickmark
sickmark
never void
never void
marathonmann
marathonmann
Malm
Malm
no weather talks
no weather talks
red apollo
red apollo
sundowning
sundowning
entrails out
entrails out
modern saints
modern saints
bitternes exhumed
bitternes exhumed
drunk motorcycle boy
drunk motorcycle boy
Cobretti
Cobretti
in circles
in circles
souls for sale
souls for sale
MNMNTS
MNMNTS
Dampfmaschine
Dampfmaschine
choose your path
choose your path
perth express
perth express
The Tidal Sleep
The Tidal Sleep
Anteater
Anteater
men in search of the perfect weapon
men in search of the perfect weapon
Tephra
Tephra
Omega Massif
Omega Massif
Kodiak
Kodiak
Dead Flesh Fashion
Dead Flesh Fashion
Alpinist
Alpinist
Arktika
Arktika
Ritual
Ritual
Tackleberry
Tackleberry
Blckwvs
Blckwvs
ZED
ZED
Black Space Riders
Black Space Riders
Enojado
Enojado
Calamari Sidetrip
Calamari Sidetrip
Just Went Black
Just Went Black
Testsieger
Testsieger
Jvlith Krishvn
Jvlith Krishvn
Endnote
Endnote
Akela
Akela
Against Your Society
Against Your Society
Facing the Swarm Thought
Facing the Swarm Thought
tiger magic
tiger magic
Carambolage
Carambolage
Low Point Drains
Low Point Drains
Anomalys
Anomalys
Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Driftwood Fairytales
Driftwood Fairytales
hieroglyphs
hieroglyphs
Fewsel
Fewsel
soma nowaja
soma nowaja
Le Chat Électrique
Le Chat Électrique
Rotor
Rotor
Fitzcarraldo
Fitzcarraldo
I Not Dance
I Not Dance
The Gentle Art of Chokin
The Gentle Art of Chokin
Attack of the Mad Axeman
Attack of the Mad Axeman
Jesus Cröst
Jesus Cröst
Propaganda Network
Propaganda Network
The Now Denial
The Now Denial
Lasting Traces
Lasting Traces
KäferK
KäferK
grim goat
grim goat
At Daggers Drawn
At Daggers Drawn
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin
Amigo Del Sol
Amigo Del Sol
Boogie Chillers
Boogie Chillers
MC Gorethiefs
MC Gorethiefs
The244GL
The244GL
Black Box Massacre
Black Box Massacre
David und die Kernigen
David und die Kernigen
Tiny Ghosts
Tiny Ghosts
Caleya
Caleya
Long Distance Calling
Long Distance Calling
Zann
Zann
Escapado
Escapado
Dune Pilot
Dune Pilot
Wayste
Wayste
CMDR RIKR
CMDR RIKR
beehoover
beehoover
Affenmesser kampf
Affenmesser kampf
Düsenjäger
Düsenjäger
throwers
throwers
meraine
meraine
YC-CY
YC-CY
grim van doom
grim van doom
ratlord
ratlord
Brack
Brack
Dispo
Dispo
BunkerCity
BunkerCity
Nepomuk
Nepomuk
Cranial
Cranial
Phantom Winter
Phantom Winter
Wolfenstein
Wolfenstein
void obelisk
void obelisk
unru
unru
cataya
cataya
diva
diva
hey ruin
hey ruin
stumbling pins
stumbling pins
Exilent
Exilent
notions
notions
alouatta
alouatta
Pettersson
Pettersson
barrels
barrels
te:rs
te:rs
the great cold
the great cold
tides denied
tides denied
Alarmsignal
Alarmsignal
die Bullen
die Bullen
redscale
redscale
Supercobra
Supercobra
Kontrolle
Kontrolle
Erai
Erai
Ufuzzbarn
Ufuzzbarn
Mir zur Feier
Mir zur Feier
deafhex
deafhex
Yacoepsae
Yacoepsae
Eremit
Eremit
Hell and High Water
Hell and High Water
Auszenseiter
Auszenseiter
Organa
Organa
wire love
wire love
off limits
off limits
Känguin
Känguin
Saint Lilly
Saint Lilly
Minenfeld
Minenfeld
Panzer Squad
Panzer Squad
nuclear cult
nuclear cult
Xpose
Xpose

Mix und / oder Mastering für:

Adolar
Adolar
Feine Sahne Fischfilet
Feine Sahne Fischfilet
the Hirsch Effekt
the Hirsch Effekt
Planks
Planks
black shape of nexus
black shape of nexus
Jane Bondage
Jane Bondage
barren hope
barren hope
optimist
optimist
catacombe
catacombe
guts out
guts out
giant sleep
giant sleep
mona la phona
mona la phona
Deine Cousine
Deine Cousine
the tragedy we live in
the tragedy we live in
locktender
locktender
I am a curse
I am a curse
Düsenjäger
Düsenjäger
Cocktailbar Stammheim
Cocktailbar Stammheim
colour rain
colour rain
nervöus
nervöus
bogatzke
bogatzke
Hyne
Hyne
Bitume
Bitume
Black Vulpine
Black Vulpine
Kitt Wolkenflitzer
Kitt Wolkenflitzer
Disco Oslo
Disco Oslo
rise after defeat
rise after defeat
curse this ocean
curse this ocean
shutcombo
shutcombo
vyst
vyst
masakari
masakari
stoff
stoff
wall
wall
ruins
ruins
Karcher
Karcher
Vvlva
Vvlva
barque
barque
Hammerhead
Hammerhead
Hermelin
Hermelin
NVZ
NVZ
Heavy Harvest
Heavy Harvest
Pyrior
Pyrior
phiasco
phiasco
atomic peat
atomic peat
earwix
earwix
Codeia
Codeia
narcolaptic
narcolaptic
escapism
escapism
buddha sentenza
buddha sentenza
tempano
tempano
Samsara Blues Experiment
Samsara Blues Experiment
Yung Nat$
Yung Nat$
13Crowes
13Crowes
Avalanche
Avalanche
dead eyed sleeper
dead eyed sleeper
stumful
stumful
Raum Kingdom
Raum Kingdom
All We Expected
All We Expected
colored moth
colored moth
dirty wombs
dirty wombs
moribund scum
moribund scum
finisterre
finisterre
Dan Webb & the Spiders
Dan Webb & the Spiders
Ahab
Ahab
Mülheim Asozial
Mülheim Asozial
Freiburg
Freiburg
blacksmoker
blacksmoker
Dolch
Dolch
my own prison
my own prison
remek
remek
black haze
black haze
Barsch
Barsch
Villages
Villages
Antimob
Antimob
Bellrope
Bellrope
eaten by snakes
eaten by snakes
Havarist
Havarist
Dan Webb & the Spiders
Dan Webb & the Spiders
Synergieeffekt
Synergieeffekt
Stone From The Sky
Stone From The Sky
SixScore
SixScore
Fjaere
Fjaere
Crevasse
Crevasse
Kafka
Kafka
packsounds
packsounds
containerhead
containerhead