Downbeat Studio

Downbeat Studio

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Freelance Recording Projects Downbeat Studio relocated to Chicago in the summer of 2006. It is currently owned and operated by Michael Govaere and James Beesley.

Photos from Downbeat Studio's post 02/26/2025

First time building a guitar amp. Put together this little Fender Champ and am really enjoying the sound. I’m falling for these Hammond enclosures and am debating building a preamp or DI into a similar one.

Got new transformers from Tubes and More. Tubes are NOS RCA from the stock pile.

Photos from Downbeat Studio's post 02/16/2025

For Sale: $1000 shipped in USA

We got another Gates SA-70 preamp with a slew features packed into a 2U enclosure. The faceplate is finished in a hammered grey with gold luminescent finish.

Across the front we have controls for switchable input pad (-40/-30/-20/0), variable gain control, stepped bass control and variable feedback control. DI input. Switchable input impedance and switchable VU meter.

We have a Soviet paper in oil cap on the output. Tubes are NOS 6X5 for power rectifier, RCA 6C5 and RCA 5693/6SJ7. UTC A-10 on the input and Triad A-65J on the output. Great sounding transformers.

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Downbeat Studio moved to Chicago in the summer of 2006. It is currently owned and operated by Michael Govaere and James Beesley III. We recently closed our physical location and are primarily available for freelance tracking (in other spaces/studios), mixing and mastering projects.

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Chicago, IL