Weird Signals has moved!

Weird Signals is the studio of engineer, musician, producer Kenneth M. Piekarski, who has been producing and recording in the Pacific Northwest since 2009 in basements, rehearsal spaces, studios, and weird places.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the studio moved from its Seattle location into The Unknown in Anacortes, Washington

Equipment

  • Apogee Symphony I/O 32x32
  • Focal Twin6 Be
  • Lynx Hilo DA/AD
  • Neotek Series I (16x8x2) Studio Console
  • Tascam MS-16 (16-track recorder)
  • UAD-2 Satellite Thunderbolt (8-core)
  • Yamaha NS-10M w/ Crown D3000A amplifier

Preamplifiers & EQ:

  • API 560 (x2)
  • API 512b (x2)
  • Avedis MA5 (x2)
  • Avedis E12G (x2)
  • Manley Stereo 'Pultec' EQ (early serial; limited edition)
  • Shure SR107
  • Telefunken v676 (x8)
  • Telefunken v672 (x2)

Dynamics:

  • Audio-Scape "opto compressor" LA-2A (Tape-Op review)
  • ADR Compex F760-RS (Q2 audio reissue)
  • Manley Variable Mu® Limiter Compressor (Mastering Version; original USA GE 6386 tubes)
  • Rupert Neve Designs 535 (x2)
  • Symetrix 501 (early edition)
  • TK Audio bc501
  • Urei LA4 (x2, upgraded)

Reverb & Effects:

  • Lexicon multi-fx
  • Master Room XL-121 spring reverb
  • Tapco 4400 spring reverb
  • Yamaha SPX900 multi-fx

Amplifiers:

  • Roland JC-120
  • Soft Science (custom) 12" tube amp
  • Sunn Solarus (1968) w/ Sunn Beta 15" cab

Synthesizers & Drum machines:

  • Alesis HR-16
  • D.S.I. Prophet Rev 2
  • Moog Sub 37
  • Oberheim DMX
  • Roland JV-1080
  • Roland TR-09
  • Yamaha RX5

Microphones:

Condenser:

  • Altec-Lansing M-20
  • Gefell MV692 + UM70 capsule (x2, one optional M70 capsule)
  • Samson CO2
  • Wunder Audio CM67 S
  • Wunder Audio CM7 FET S x2

Dynamic:

  • AKG D12
  • Beyerdynamic M88 (x2)
  • Electro-Voice 635A
  • Electro-Voice RE20
  • Sennheiser 421HL
  • Sennheiser 421-U-4 (x2)
  • Sennheiser 421-U-5
  • Sennheiser 421-2 (x2)
  • Sennheiser 441U3 (x2)
  • Sennheiser 441N (x1)
  • Shure Beta 57
  • Shure Beta 58
  • Shure SM57 (x2)
  • Shure SM58 (x2)

Ribbon:

  • AEA R84 (x2)
  • AEA R44 (x2)
  • Beyerdynamic M160 (silver, x2)

Misc:

  • Drum kit (kick, snare, hh, ride, rack tom, floor tom
  • LP Bongos
  • LP Matador congas
  • Hammond M3
  • Upright piano
  • Various fx pedals

Selected Works:

Contact:

Rates are affordable, email studio@weirdsignals.com for details.