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ABOUT
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Greg Smith
Greg Smith's Shorecliff Studio specializes in music production. Based in beautiful Laguna Beach California, my passion is helping musicians and songwriters achieve their artistic vision for their music projects.
Retiring early from a successful technology career, I now dedicate my personal time and studio resources to help bring creative music projects to life!
Passionate about everything audio, I've been involved in music and music technology most of my life. I embarked on my audio production path back in the era of reel-to-reel multitrack recording, when I wrote custom software for a commercial recording studio, recorded demos for local bands and produced TV/Radio jingles while completing my college degree.
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N-Tension is my ongoing studio project of original pop/rock/electronic music featuring an eclectic cast of contributing artists. I am a guitarist and performed live for two decades with Southern California 80's band Members Lonely.
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Shorecliff Studio
A laid-back beach vibe fosters artist creativity in the "tiny but mighty" Shorecliff Studio overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
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World-Class Gear
Shorecliff is a modern digital production studio with analog where it matters most - world-class analog mic preamps paired with top-of-line mics!
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Analog Preamps:
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Neve Shelford 5052 (pair) - same ones used in the large-format Neve 5088 console
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Neve 511 (pair)
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Neve 517
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Avedis MA5
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Burl B1
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Elysia Skulpter
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Maag PreQ4
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Shadow Hills GAMA Copper​
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Mics:
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LDC: Neumann U87Ai, U47 FET, TLM 49, Lauten FC-387, AKG C414, Miktek CV4, AT4033
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SDC: Neumann KM184 (pair), Miktek C5 (pair), AT4041 (pair), AT4021
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Ribbon: Coles 4038 (pair), Royer R-121
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Dynamic: SM7B, Beyerdynamic M201
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Other Gear:
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Universal Audio Apollo x8p recording interface
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Neumann KH 150 studio monitors
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Apple Logic DAW with 1000+ Plugins including Acon, Apple, Arturia, AudioThing, Boz Digital, Celemony, Eventide, FabFilter, iZotope, Kazrog, KIT, Line 6, LiquidSonics, McDSP, Moog, Native Instruments, NoiseAsh, oeksound, Overloud, Plugin Alliance, PositiveGrid, Pulsar, Purafied, Relab, Serato, Slate Digital, Softube, sonible, Sonnox, Soundtoys, Spitfire, SSL, Steven Slate, Tone Empire, Toontrack, Universal Audio, Valhalla, Waves, Wavesfactory
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Line 6 Helix guitar modeler with custom "mix-ready" tones
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Donner 88-Key weighted MIDI keyboard
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Arturia MIDI keyboard controller
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Acoustic Guitars - Taylor 612ce, Taylor 810
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Electric Guitars - Fender, Gibson, PRS
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Bass Guitars - Fender, Dingwall
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Acoustic treatments by Acoustics America