RV Audio Lab
Recording / mixing / mastering.
Vibey little studio in the heart of Ferndale, with loads of vintage analog gear & instruments, top-shelf mics, and a career musician at the helm. RV Audio Lab: Ferndale's finest backyard studio, and the workspace of producer / composer Zach Shipps (Electric Six, Brendan Benson, others). Comfortable and well-equipped with a huge selection of analog outboard and digital gear (including 8-track reel-
01/28/2026
Doing this 2016 thing… was a busy year. Projects for George Morris, Siamese, Idiot Kids, Handgrenades, Child Bite, Racehorses Are Resources, White S**g, Arc Pelt, Billy Davis, Inn, Dooley Wilson, Electric Six, ROVR, 6 and the 7’s, Outerscape, Passalacqua, FAWNN, Savage Seven, Todd Wicks, Science Fair, Odd City, Greater Alexander, Tart, Duane (The Jet Black Eel), and a couple others that I’m forgetting
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01/21/2026
rad couple days with … new project of Nick Cicchetti (millions of brazilians, racehorses are resources) featuring the talents of , .violet , , ... super cool songs, great energy, awesome dudes xo ✌️
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stoked this record is coming out soon on ... Mixed + mastered here for digital & vinyl, plus some overdubs. Main tracking at by J Robbins 🏆... It freakin slaps, great songs, dark themes and high-level musicianship 🔥👀🔪
“Familiars From Another Life” 11/21/25
11/10/2025
excellent sesh a couple weeks back w WAUNBAND boys… always a pleasure. Photos by the illustrious Kenny Karpov .film ... Wrapping up a couple years of sporadic recording into a forthcoming LP / cassette etc ✌️
08/28/2025
stoked this is finally out… LP2,
a wide-ranging and brutal collection of post-apocalyptic hardcore from (child bite) and (dillinger escape plan) with on drums (pig destroyer, misery index) now available thru Phil Anselmo’s on vinyl, cassette, streaming etc. Mixed, mastered and vocalized here word up
live pics from recent tour w Pantera
02/21/2025
stoked to get this mic back into action after excellent repair by in TN!! This is a mid / late 60’s AKG D12e, one of the all-time classi # # # for kick, bass and is actually a pretty great vocal mic also
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07/18/2024
stoked to get this Ampex 351, early 60’s vintage… purchased from the estate of Dr. Ed Wolfrum, who passed in 2021.
Ed was hired as a tech by Motown Studios in 1965 when he was 18 (!!!) and is widely credited as the inventor of the DI box (“Wolfbox”), the design of which quickly became standard gear in every studio on earth. By all accounts, a super talented and generous dude… who also went on to work at United Sound and engineered amazing records for Funkadelic, Isaac Hayes, Marvin Gaye among many others.
ANYWAY the 351’s were originally sold as big mono (or stereo) reel-to-reel decks, and this is the tube preamp section. They’re well-loved as beefy mic pre’s by many, not the least of whom was Steve Albini; his Electrical Audio studio still contains at least a half dozen that are in daily use.
It’s not unreasonable to think that this 351 was used at Motown or United, as they had many such units over the years (see pix). This one gonna need a full overhaul and some mods to make it into a useful piece of gear as most of the components are 60+ years old. Will (hopefully) document that process soon 🫠⚡️👀🙏
peace
07/11/2024
another rad sesh w the Waunband fellas ❤️✌️
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06/20/2024
rad couple days w Detroit legend / one-man-band John Speck (hoarse, the f**s, paybacks, hifi handgrenades, skeemin nogoods, etc)…. dude is a fountain of great tunes, stories & knowledge 💯
02/07/2024
excellent couple of sessions w (silent lions / ROVR / sights) feat. (bear vs shark, bars of gold, caveman & bambam) on the skinz
01/26/2024
the tonez of today
01/11/2024
super talented group of young dudes doing full-on prog rock… drummer Nick also plays in with his uncle ⚡️⚡️
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Ferndale, MI
Opening Hours
| Monday | 10am - 5pm |
| Tuesday | 10am - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 10am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 10am - 5pm |
| Friday | 10am - 5pm |