Shards
Shards is a creative recording space in the heart of the South Side Bethlehem Arts District owned and operated by Matt Molchany.
Msg [email protected] for info and rates! RECORDING / MIXING / RE-AMPING / REHEARSAL
MICS
AKG D112 (2)
AKG D58
AKG C414
AKG C2000(2)
AUDIX D4
AUDIX OM2(2)
SHURE SM81 (with omni and cardioid capsules)
SHURE SM57 (5)
SHURE UNIDYNE 545
SHURE BETA52
AUDIO TECHNICA 4033A (2)
MXL 603 (mod pending but decent stock)
MXL 9000 (upgraded tube)
NADY RSM-5 Passive Ribbon w / Lundahl transformer
EV RE3
05/14/2026
Wake up gang, opening day for Shardsball is here! Sat May 30th 10am at Westside Park, 11th ave and Spring st
Lots of gloves and gear available, zero pressure baseball fun for all! Hit me or up with any questions and such, see ya there!
Chasing a dirty flaming lips ish drum sound, mic'ing the booth with its window open to create a chamber sound,
it has zero parallel surfaces by design so despite its size, it can sound like a much larger space
I almost always have my franken-414 tube condenser in there grabbing the verb!
Plate verb is up and dripping! It's made its way into a bunch of mixes already, nothing like it! It really opens up with send/return eq combos but for this video it's just raw
06/27/2025
Shardsball is back!! Sat July 5th at 11am Westside Park Bethlehem PA- Absolutely all people are welcome in any capacity and variety. You wanna try and crank a dinger like a boss? Go for it! You never played before and need a couple extra swings? Do it! Slow pitch and wood bats, helmets available. Any questions, will *field* them in the comments. Let's f'ing RIP!
04/11/2025
📣 SUPPLY DRIVE DURING THE FLEA ⛑️
We'll be collecting items for 's The Synergy Project Street Outreach Program during the Punk Rock Flea Market.
The Synergy Project helps runaway, homeless, nomadic, and street youth — including individuals on or around the outskirts of Sand Island in Bethlehem.
Attendees are encouraged to bring items to donate, including: socks, bug spray, sunblock, flashlights with batteries, shelf-stable food, headphones/earbuds, Dove body wash, shampoo/conditioner, toothbrushes, deodorant, period products, makeup, and other similiar items.
Donations can be dropped off at Valley Youth House's table in the Ice House lobby during vendor sales, 10 AM - 4 PM.
03/26/2025
Been enjoying the sweet sounds of analog tape as of late (tracking and mixing), I threw a piece of string cheese and it landed on Atticus's nose, Punk rock flea market is coming 4/19!
09/21/2024
One more stache / one more Baseball game
Tomo at 9am Westside Park Bethlehem
Hit myself or up for details
See you at the ShardsBall Fall Classic!
09/13/2024
If you see this, you're invited to the ShardsBall Fall Classic!
Sunday September 22nd, Same location (Westside Park) earlier time (9am)! ⚾🥎🧢
The invitational in July was an overwhelming success and and I kept getting asked about the next one, so we squeezed one in while the weather is still nice!
Remember, all skill levels welcome, this is just an excuse for us music/art folks get up a little early and have baseball fun at a city park.
Message to be added to the email / text thread!
See ya there!
06/29/2024
This year in faders: completely covering my bases for tracking and mixing in and out of the box, as well as to tape!
Thanks to the Softube console one, I use like 5 plugins and am grabbing k***s and faders to mix, which comes together real fast. The SSL just sounds great summing big rock tunes, driving the channels close to the red. The mod'd vintage Soundcraft preamps handily hang with my API/Neve-y stuff, but with their own thing. It totally shredded a recent shootout, oftentimes being the top pick!
Once the console is in it's PLATE VERB TIME!!
06/17/2024
Sunday July 7@jberkjj and I are hosting the first annual ShardsBall Invitational! A scrappy, low key baseball game for the rest of us! This is directed at any/everyone, especially my music+art+creative friends feeling the unrewarding slog of social media and increasing wack-ness of Spotify.
Let's hang and escape!
For more info email Josh [email protected]
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East Graham Place
Bethlehem, PA
18015