About Us: Staff and Information

Services

We do Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Arranging, Scoring, Production, Sound Design, Voice Overs, Jingles, Notation, Midi, Orchestral Arranging, Beat syncing audio segments, Put Vinyl and Tape on CD, mobile recording, sound reinforcement, karaoke music and voice recording, Wedding and event DJ services, Hip Hop Beats, and more.
Aliehn specializes in modern digital recording techniques. We have the ability to scale the desired budget and degree of professionalism to each clients needs. If a band wants to do a quick live recording, or wants to create a world class album, we can deliver either. Aliehn studios is uniquely equipped to handle many different types of music. We deliver audio to Pro Tools via an expanded 192 IO which can input sixteen simultaneous tracks at once. We can then go back and overdub up to 128 tracks. Because of our Pro Tools HD, and Glyph drives, this is a very reliable system. Most computer recording programs claim unlimited tracks, but this is most usually an advertising trick, because there are many factors involved in reliable track counts. This is the difference in paying 2000 dollars for a computer and recording software, versus buying a Pro Tools TDM system which costs roughly ten times that price. All Pro Tools TDM systems combine hardware AND software to ensure reliability. Many people talk about Pro Tools and don't know the difference between Pro Tools Le, and a TDM system like Pro Tools HD. Though the two are compatible, professional studios use a TDM system for obvious reasons. Pro Tools HD when combined with high quality plugins, such as Waves and Antares, enables artists to have an almost unlimited scope of creative freedom, with unmatched editing power. This is the very same system that is creating the most professional level of sound recordings that is currently available in ANY market. At the end of the day the system saves the mix so that it will be exactly the same when you open it up again. This is a huge advantage.

Why go to a studio when digital recording is so cheap?
After all is said and done, going out to a music store, getting a digital recorder, or computer and a cheap mic and recording your own music is expensive, To get real world results, you need a top quality mic or two, several more mics for drums and instruments, some top shelf boutique preamps, tube limiters and compressors, a computer full of plugins, a high resolution A/D converter, some good monitors and an acoustically engineered space. Not to mention that you still have to learn how to engineer, and then actually do it yourself. Thinking about all of this, it is easy to see why going to a real recording studio is the cheaper, better alternative. Do the math, and you will see.

Pre Production, and Tours

We cannot stress enough the importance of pre production work. As a first time client, or a returning veteran discussing the recording process is THE most important step towards getting a great recording. There are steps an artist can take to both speed up the recording process and ensure the highest quality. Consulting is free, and will definitely help clients get to know what is possible, what to expect, and most importantly, what they can do to prepare for a session. We discuss with them various ways to record. Recording with or without a click track is often a concern. There are various advantages to either using a click or not, and we can help steer artists in the right direction. Editing techniques, processing, pitch correction, and tracking methods are also of importance. Likewise we will give a rough quote as to the length of time required to get the desired results. We then suggest methods of practicing for a recording, because this helps immensely. Our philosophy is simple. If our clients sound great, then we sound great. We want you to succeed, because then we succeed. After all we are all trying to create great music right? Our very competitive prices give artists more time to spend on getting the music to sound right. This makes more hours of possible recording time possible, because no matter what equipment you have and what engineer or producer is behind the board, great music takes time to make.

Staff

Scott Genereau: Executive Producer and Engineer

Scott Genereau has over 10 years of experience in the music industry, and has been actively recording for eight of those ten years. Scott began recording with analog four tracks, then eight tracks and reel to reel units, then to portable Roland Digital studios, to synthesizers, Cubase, then finally graduating to Pro Tools HD. He is a graduate of the Hartt School of Music with a Bachelors Degree in Music Composition with emphasis on electronic composition. While at Hartt, Scott wrote and scored a symphony and various chamber and orchestral music, ranging in styles from high classical to contemporary, to minimalist, and experimental electronic. He also writes pop, ambient, rock, and techno, and currently plays with a group for fun. He has taken numerous audio engineering classes at Trod Nossel Studios under head engineer Greg Di Crosta, and was in the first cutting edge Pro Tools class taught there. Scott has attended mastering workshops by Bob Ludwig in New York City, and has also done work with the city of Bristol parks department as a volunteer organizing local concerts there. Because of his Hartt background, Scott is very well adapted to not only enginnering, but also producing and arranging.

Matthew Sikorski: Engineer, Sound Designer

Matt Sikorski graduated from Villanova University with a Bachelors Degree in Math and Science, with a minor in acoustics. Matt is a proficient guitarist and sound designer, specializing in advanced modern modular forms of audio synthesis. Matt has also attended mastering workshops in NYC with Scott and George. He has been recording with Scott since they met over twelve years ago.

A quote from Lisa Lawrence's Website:
"I am very happy and a little sad that I have finished my new recording. It is going to be released in Jan. 2007. I am happy because I love how it came out. Going into the studio I knew that I didn't want it to be just me and my guitar. Scott Genereau at Aliehn Productions is a genius sound engineer but also a brilliant musician. It was so exciting to hear him fill my songs out with amazing guitar solos, bass guitar and his friend Craig Malone from the band "i", kindly came in the studio to play drums! I feel very fortunate to be supported by Sling Slang Records and to have the opportunity to make the record I have always wanted.
I am also a little sad! I had so much fun. I know people say that making a new record is a lot of work, and don't get me wrong, we all worked very hard. I just had so much fun. I didn't really want it to end. Scott and George are great guys and there was a very comfortable atmosphere which helped me relax and record well. They also stretched me beyond my comfort zone which is awesome! There are some surprises on this new CD, so watch out! I even played some electric guitar. I just can't thank Scott and George enough!! So THANK YOU Scott at Aliehn Productions and THANK YOU George at Sling Slang Records!"