RV Audio Lab

RV Audio Lab

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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-

Photos from RV Audio Lab's post 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
**kICE **ktrump #2016

Photos from RV Audio Lab's post 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 ✌️
**kice **ktrump

11/19/2025

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

Photos from RV Audio Lab's post 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 ✌️

Photos from RV Audio Lab's post 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
**ktrump

Photos from RV Audio Lab's post 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

Photos from RV Audio Lab's post 07/11/2024

another rad sesh w the Waunband fellas ❤️✌️
**ktrump

Photos from RV Audio Lab's post 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 💯

Photos from RV Audio Lab's post 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

Photos from RV Audio Lab's post 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

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Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm