Located under High Park, Toronto.

TECHNICAL OVERVIEW

Marc Koecher’s custom-built, subterranean studio serves as the home base for Division 11. As the studio’s owner and operator, producer/engineer Marc Koecher designed and constructed the space to foster a seamless blend of creativity and high-fidelity production. The control room features a balanced, non-environment design, ensuring a clear, accurate, and detailed critical listening experience.

The studio houses many custom pieces of equipment built to his particular sonic preferences. From all-tube EQs and Limiters, spanning a variety of preamp topologies, to discrete solid-state dynamics and tonal shaping processors. The recording chain begins with a variety of dynamic, ribbon, and condenser microphones, including many custom units with hand-built ribbon motors and condenser capsules.

Recording mediums include high-resolution digital capture as well as analog multitrack and master tape machines. The control room supports a large tracking space that houses a collection of his instruments and amplifiers. From pianos (baby grand and treated upright), a Hammond organ and Leslie, analog synthesizers, various reed organs, and many others (Wurlitzer, Fender, Gioson, Farfisa, Hohner, etc.)