STUDIO RECORDING

Your Music, Perfectly Captured.

Recording is the one stage where plugins can’t save you. If the signal isn’t right going in, no amount of mixing magic will truly fix it. That’s why the signal chain matters — the earlier your sound is shaped, the better it will come out.

Nested in Stúrovo, Rooster Sound has everything you need to get it right from the start: top-quality microphones, preamps, analog gear, and a fast, precise workflow. So instead of struggling for hours at home with a DAW you barely know, just bring your music — I’ll capture it clean, tight, and ready to go.

GEAR I WORK WITH

I use PureDrive preamps both live and in the studio to tame the aggressive transients that come with close-miking drums, vocals, and other punchy sources.

These ultra-fast transients—often beyond what the ear can perceive—can trip up compressors and choke your sound. PureDrive’s variable saturation smooths them out naturally, preserving the energy and character of the performance without flattening the dynamics.

From there, the rest of the studio’s gear and software is yours to shape the sound into the version you’ve been hearing in your head since day one.

  • Mic Pres:
    • 16× SSL PureDrive
    • 6× SSL VHD+
    • 4× SSL Six Channel
  • Compressors:
    • 2× DBX 560
    • 4× SSL 4kE Comp
    • 2× SSL 4kB Comp
    • 1× Black Lion Audio Bluey
  • EQ:
    • 4× SSL E-EQ
  • DAW:
    • Pro Tools
  • 2x Austrian Audio OC818 – large-diaphragm (for vocals, overheads, and ambiance)
  • 2x Austrian Audio CC8 – instrument microphone (for acoustic guitar, etc.)
  • 1x Austrian Audio OD5 – dynamic microphone (for toms, percussion, horns, etc.)
  • 1x sE Electronics Z5600a II – tube vocal microphone or room mic
  • 2x AKG Perception 120 – for ambient and room recordings
  • Shure BETA 91A – kick drum internal mic (Kick IN)
  • Shure BETA 52A – kick drum external mic (Kick OUT)
  • Shure SM57A – for snare (top and bottom), guitar amp, other instruments
  • 2x Shure KSM 137SL – for hi-hat, acoustic guitar, stereo pair use
  • Shure Beta 98AMP – for toms, octobans
  • Shure Beta 27 – floor tom
  • 2x Shure KSM 32SL – used as overhead microphones

Guitar & Bass Amps Sims

  • Plugin Alliance
    • Ampeg B15N
    • Ampeg SVT-VR Classic
    • Friedman BE-100
    • Diezel VH4
    • Gallien-Krueger 800RB
  • Waves
    • GTR3 Amps
    • GTR3 Stomps
    • GTR3 ToolRack
    • GTR3 Tuner

Virtual Instruments

  • Waves
    • Electric 88 Piano
    • Electric 200 Piano
    • Grand Rhapsody Piano
    • Element 2.0 Virtual Analog Synth
  • Plugin Alliance
    • Knifonium

Saturation, Colour & Analog Mojo

  • Soundtoys
    • Decapitator
    • Radiator
  • Waves
    • Abbey Road Saturator
    • Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter
    • LoFi Space
    • Cobalt Saphira
    • MetaFlanger
    • MondoMod
    • Morphoder
    • NLS Non-Linear Summer
    • OneKnob Driver
  • Plugin Alliance
    • Black Box Analog Design HG-2 / HG-2 MS
  • SSL
    • SSL Fusion Transformer
    • SSL Fusion Vintage Drive
    • SSL Fusion HF Compressor
    • SSL Fusion Stereo Image
    • SSL Fusion Equalizer

Mixing & Mastering Tools

  • Waves
    • SSL G-Channel
    • Scheps Omni Channel
    • CLA MixHub
    • F6 Floating-Band Dynamic EQ
    • PuigChild Compressor
    • dbx 160 Compressor / Limiter
    • CLA-76 / CLA-3A Compressors
    • AudioTrack
    • C1 Compressor
    • C4 Multiband Compressor
    • Center
    • DeEsser
    • eMo F2 Filter
    • eMo Q4 Equalizer
    • H-Comp Hybrid Compressor
    • L1 Ultramaximizer
    • L2 Ultramaximizer
    • L3 Multimaximizer
    • L3 Ultramaximizer
    • L3-LL Multimaximizer
    • L3-LL Ultramaximizer
    • Linear Phase EQ
    • Linear Phase Multiband Compressor
    • MaxxVolume
    • MV2
    • OneKnob Pumper
    • Q10 Equalizer
    • Q-Clone
    • Renaissance Axx
    • Renaissance Channel
    • Renaissance Compressor
    • Renaissance DeEsser
    • Renaissance Equalizer
    • Renaissance Vox
    • S1 Stereo Imager
    • SoundShifter
    • WLM Plus Loudness Meter
  • Plugin Alliance
    • Brainworx bx_digital V2 / V3
    • SPL PQ
    • Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor Class A
  • SSL
    • SSL Native Bus Compressor 2
    • SSL Native Channel Strip 2
    • SSL Native Vocalstrip 2
    • SSL Native X-EQ 2
    • SSL Native X-Comp
    • SSL Native DeEss
    • SSL Native G-Equalizer
    • SSL Native G-Channel
    • SSL Native Drumstrip
  • Harrison
    • AVA Bass Flow
    • AVA De-Esser
    • AVA LegacyQ
    • AVA Mastering EQ
    • AVA Multiband Compressor
    • AVA Vocal Flow

Reverbs & Spatial FX

  • Valhalla DSP
    • Valhalla VintageVerb
  • Waves
    • CLA Epic
    • CLA EchoSphere
    • H-Delay Hybrid Delay
    • IR-L Convolution Reverb
    • Renaissance Reverb
  • Soundtoys
    • EchoBoy
  • SSL
    • SSL Native FlexVerb
    • SSL Native PlateVerb

ENQUIRY

Got something in the works? Drop me a line about your project, and I’ll follow up with booking options and a custom quote.


    What brings you here? *

    Recording Price Estimate

    Prices include full studio setup. Instruments available on request.

    • Hourly Rate: €25
    • Half-Day Bundle: €75 (up to 4 hours)
    • Full-Day Bundle: €135 (up to 8 hours)
    • Extra Hour: €25/hr

    Keep Your Sound in One Place

    Extra 5% off Mixing from my regular rates

    If you record with me, you get exclusive discounts when you book mixing too:

    • Free light editing
    • Mastering at €16 (instead of €20)
    • 15% off for 5–9 songs (10% standard + 5% recording bonus)
    • 25% off for 10+ songs (20% standard + 5% recording bonus)

    Plus, every mix includes 2 free revisions as standard.

    More details about my Mixing/Mastering services at: csabag.com/mixing-mastering

    These offers are exclusive to recording clients only – not available when booking mixing or mastering separately.