Vintage AKG C24 Mic
One of the only 800 AKG C24's ever made. The C24 is essentially two C12's in one body!
JML Studios Control Room
Featuring 16 tie-line channels of audio to the live room, Amphion Monitors with mint NS-10's, API, Neve, Chandler, UA X series , 1/2" Tape Mastering, Chandler, and a very inspiring mic locker
Heated In-Ground Pool
JML Studios is your own private oasis 15 min from Port Authority, Manhattan. The brand new 10 foot 30K gallon in-ground mountain lake pool is an incredible way to get out of your head and into your work. Patio available for record release BBQ's.
70's Ludwig Maple Classic
9-peice kit with half dozen snares , percussion and toys to experiment with.
RIAA Certified
Joshua Lutz has multiple gold and platinum credits and has worked with artists such as Lil Wayne, Al Green, Maroon 5 and more.
Desk Rack (Left Side)
500 series racks (left side) filled with top tier equipment. Handy 3 row Patch bay (which has tile room re-amp and EMS plate in attic) makes creativity effortless.
Desk Rack (Right Side)
We just upgraded to the new UA Apollo X16 with 10 DSP chips!
Synth Station
Juno-106, Moog Voyager, Juno DS, JML-20, Oberheim Matrix1000, Roland Vintage Synth module, outboard and more! We also have a ton of softsynth if need be.
Handmade Synthesizers
The JML-20 is a handmade synth I built based on the MS-20 with built in analog delay and envelope filters. The Lutz Oscillation box is a drone breadboard box build that sounds killer on a track.
Pultec and Tubetech
A Stereo Mastering Suite made in heaven that rivals the very best in the world, right here at JML Studios
60's Vox Continental
Channel the Doors & Ray Manzarek with this refurbished classic tethered to a vintage rotary Leslie Cabinet with tons of cool analog organ effects modules to play with.
Secret Garden
Next to the heated pool is a manicured hidden secret garden where you can meditate and refocus during a session.
FILM SCORING
With a collection of over 150 standard and eclectic musical instruments, JML Studios can do what the biggest scoring house can do... and more.
Technics 1200MKII Turntables
"What's better than 1200's for scratching and sampling? Uhhh... nothing." - Every DJ Ever
JML Studios Tablas
Handmade and purchased from a boutique shop on the streets of Deli in India. We have hundreds of instruments from around the world.
Custom Sidecar
We recently purchased a custom built 1950's 16-channel analog sidecar console available for even further tonal landscapes available upon request.
Private Lounge
Includes an eight foot 5.1 surround sound projector screen for listening to references and an arcade.
Brass and Woodwinds
How's your sax life these days? Come get you some at JML Studios.
Slide and Dobro Guitars
We have over 3 dozen chordal and stringed instruments in the studio, tuned up and ready to track at all times.
Neumann U67
Straight out of the 1960's, one of the greatest microphones ever made... in flawless ORIGINAL condition.
Roland Space Echo
Send your music through space and time with this classic effects box, or any one of our 6 tape delays including Binson Echorec 2T7E
Neve 33609C
Our vintage Neve 33609C compressor is rivaled only by our Tubetech buss comp. We have every tool a creative pro needs.
Otari MX-5050 MKII
1/4" tape mastering tape from Otari. Works great as a slapback too. Stops on a dime and is well tuned just for you.
1977 Ludwig Maple Classic 9 Peice
All A or K Custom crashes and a pair of killer 14" Zildjian K dark Highhats, this drumkit is one of the best all around utility studio kits ever made (w/ over a dozen snares).
The "Other" Lounge!
In addition to the theater room with arcade machines, we also have a smaller lounge in the back of the control room with a CCTV live feed monitor from the live room at the producers desk with wiring all built in behind the walls.
Guitar Heaven
JML Studios has some of the nicest guitar amps money ca buy including an ultra-rare 1960's refurbished Fender Linear Reverb Twin, a 70's BF Twin, Orange & Jensen combo, Harmony and even an original 60's Ampeg B15 Fliptop
Mic Locker
JML Studios has vintage U67's, Manley Reference, Blue Kiwi, Geffels, Reslos, Lomos, Beyers and more. Whatever sound you're looking for, we have it.
2-Leaf Construction
Our build features 4 rooms with tie-lines throughout and a GreenGlue 2-Leaf CMS system and floating isolation channels. Designed by Joshua and Mark Lutz.
Diffusion and Absorption
JML Studios was painstakingly designed and tuned to provide optimal tracking and mixing for any type of audio recording.
SUPERIOR D.A.C.'s
In the control room is the new flagship X series UA Converters that rival Prism and Burhl all day. 16 channels plus tie lines of another 12.
Arcade Lounge
JML Studios Features a custom arcade with over 7,700 classic arcade games to chill and unwind with... after the poolside BBQ of course.
Classical Instruments
We have cellos, violins, Merlins, harpsichords, an Ehru and much more.
Stereo Shell Microphones
Water, sound and light are all scientifically proven to change on a cellular level when spun through the golden ratios of conch shells. Come hear the difference for yourself.
Stereo Collins
Over 90db of gain per side, this stereo configuration of microphone preamps surpasses pecs of RCA OP-6 and others.
Guitar Pedals
We love using our pedal collection on synth, vocals, drums, bass, just about everything! Inspiration is in abundance at JML Studios.
Equipment from CBS
Ampex 440 1/4" reel to reel vintage tape machine pulled from 30th Street Manhattan's CBS Studios
Joe Stanfa
Easter Egg Shoutout: Thanks a ton to Joe Stanfa for designing the JML Studios Logo and this dope little mobile mockup! xx
Neumann u47
A perfect (cardiod only) clone of the world's most legendary microphone ever built.
Fender Twin Reverb
We have both a vintage silver and black faced Fender Twin in our live room!
Obscurity At Its finest!
Beag is one of our best kept secrets. Some of the coolest stuff to ever come out of communism were these incredible eq's!
Ampeg B15
The Fliptop B15 has long since been the holy grail of bass amps and ours is freshly restored and further isolated to perform better than any others around.
RCA 44BX and Altec Birdcage
What's cooler than an Altec Birdcage, a pair of RCA 44BX's and a U47? Not much!
Neumann KM84 Mics
We have over 100 microphones in house such as these killer vintage KM84's!
My Son Runs Things
my tween-ager son Josh Jr is one of the best drummers I know... and can skate like a boss! I should know, I just broke my wrist at the skatepark with him this week 😉 Love you kid...
Stereo Compressors, Oh my!
We have this CBS stereo compressor in adition to an SSL buss comp, Neve 33609C, Tubetech, API, a UA 6176, Distressors, Urei and more!
Shane E. Young
Vintage broadcast consoles make for some of the best modified sidecars money can buy. Just ask Gates, Colling, RCA and Shane!
JML Studios Hoodies
All shirts and hoodies are available in 4 sizes. Hoodies: $48 Shirts $20
JML-Studios-Tshirts
All shirts and hoodies are available in 4 sizes. Hoodies: $48 Shirts $20
ABOUT JML STUDIOS
Private Entrance, Private Bathroom, Private Studios and a Private Heated Pool where you can work at your own pace. We’re just 15 minutes from Port Authority, Manhattan NY!
Take a quiet comfortable NJT charter bus to our door and relax by our 30,000 gallon heated in-ground pool and unwind in our theater room with 5.1 surround sound and classic arcade machines featuring over 7,300 games.
We have over 3 dozen stringed instruments, a vast collection of microphones & outboard gear and have recently upgraded to the latest UA Apollo X series interfaces featuring ten UA DSP processors in total. We have 32 inputs, each with its’ own dedicated outboard preamp, EQ and dynamics section.
We have everything you’d expect from a top tier recording studio such as API, Neve, Chandler, Moog, SSL, Gates, Ampex, Otari, Roland, Yamaha, Gefell, Neumann, AKG and more. Our ITB system features over 250 licensed plugins and our monster iMac has 64GB of ram and a raid of external Glyph drives!
OUR GEAR LIST
Last updated Jun 14th 2023
I competed many of the following certifications at The Conservatory Of Recording Arts and Sciences in AZ, 2004-2006
Pro Tools Certification
Reason Certification
Melodyne Certification
Auto-Tune Certification
Smaart Certification
T.C. Electronic M3000 Certification
T.C. Electronic S6000 Certification
Waves Certification
L-Acoustics Kudo Certification
L-Acoustics Sound Vision Certification
Venue D Show Certification
Studer Vista Certification
Roland V-Mixer
SSL E and G+ Certification
1970 AKG C24 (Iconic Stereo C12 Tube Mic)
Pair of AKG C451EB’s
Elam 251 Multi-pattern Tube Mic
Neumann U47 Cardiod Only Clone
Pair of vintage Neumann KM84’s
Neumann U87
Lomo KMKE9 Tube Mic with AEG mod and original CKBK capsule
AEA 44 Long Ribbon Mic
Beyerdynamic M160
Beyerdynamic M130
Beyerdynamic M201
Sony C-38B Multi-pattern FET
BAEG MD210
EAG D12 Pair
Wetzel Liepzig 08 (Early Nuemann UM57 Tube Mic)
Reslo RBT Ribbon Mics x4
Altec 654A Dynamic Mics x6
Electrovoice ND408B x2
Sennheiser MD-441 Supercardiod
Pair of Shure SM81 Small Diagram Mics
Shure SM7B
Shure Beta87
Ear Trumpet Labs Edwina Pair
Rode NT1A (World’s Quietest Mic Ever Built)
Octava MK-012 Michael Joly modified (x2)
Octava MA78 x2
Audio Technica AT4045
Audio Technica 4047MP
Electrovoice 630
Modified MXL 900(x2) 991(x2) 663 (x1)
Sm57s & 58s (and other assorted dynamics)
Assorted Drum mics
1989 Neve 33609C Buss Compressor
Teletronics UA LA-2A
Stereo Grinder Pultec Eq
Stereo Tube-Tech CL2A Compressor
Pair of Modified CBS Audimax & Stereo Volumax Compressors
Racked Channel Strips from Studer, Quad Eight, Neumann, Telefunken Neve, Otari, BAEG, Lomo and more. This rack is called the “Crayon Box.”
Pair of UA Blue Stripe 1176’s
Dozens of racked synth modules such as Prophet 12, Prophet, Oberheim, Waldorf, etc
Two 500 series lunchboxes with Moog ladderfilter, API 512C’s, Neve 1073 preamp and EQ pairs, SSL pre pair, etc
Pair of RS124 Modified Altec 436C’s strapped to the 2-buss
Pair of Modified Altec 5891A’s
Upgraded Universal Audio 6176
Universal Audio Apollo x16
Neaumann Summing Mixer
Restored and Modified Gates Dynamote Mic Pre (x2: 1950 and 1957)
Dolby 361a Vocalstressor
Pultec EQP5 Passive EQ’s (x2) – 500 series
Eventide DSP4000
Oberheim Matrix1000
Empirical Labs EL8-X Distressor (x2)
SSL 4000 Buss Compressor
UREI LA-22 Buss Compressor
Roland Tape Space Echo RE-301
Vintage Binson Echorec 2T7E
Maestro Echoplex EP-3
Ampex 601 Mic Pre (modified w/phantom power) x4
Lexicon PCM80
Eventide DSP4000
Eventide H9 Max
Ensoniq DP/4
Modified and Restored Vintage Collins Field Mixer
Gates MO-3777 modified with phantom power
DBX 162 Compressor
Dangerous Music Bax EQ
Urei 546 Stereo EQ
Chandler EMI TG1
RSE VMU-1 Mastering Compressor
Opamp Labs Mono Tilt Limiter EQ
Oberheim GM1000
Otari MX-5050MKII 1/4″ R2R Tape Machine
1972 Aims tube guitar cabinet (16 tube head 100 watt RMS) 4×10’s
1975 Silverpanel Fender Twin
1979 Fender Twin Blackpanel
Ampeg BA-112 bass cab
1968 Ampeg B15 Fliptop
Vintage Magnatone (Stereo Version!)
Harmony H303 with upgraded 8″ Jensen Vintage speaker
Vintage Roland Re-301 Space Echo
2 Full PA rehearsal PA systems
Assorted rehearsal amps
Over 100 boutique guitar and bass pedals including Mutrons, all the Strymons and Eventides, vintage EHX big bodies, a Klon, Ambelec 2B, etc (too many to list…)
I am also a pedal builder and have a line of pedals I make and sell on Reverb.com HERE.
UAD EMT Plates
WAVS Manny Marroquin & Chris Lord-Alge Signature Series
WAVS Gold Bundle
WAVS S1 Stereo Imager
1176LN and SE Legacy Classic Limiting Amplifiers
Ampex® ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder
Fairchild Plug-In Bundle for UAD-2
Precision Enhancer Hz and Precision Mix Rack Collection
Pultec EQP-1A Legacy and Pultec Pro EQ Legacy
RealVerb Pro Custom Room Modeler Reverb
Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor
Softube Amp Room Half-Stack Plug-In for UAD-2
Softube Bass Amp Room 8×10 Plug-In for UAD-2
Teletronix® LA-2A Legacy Classic Leveling Amplifier
Teletronix® LA-2A Leveler Collection
UA 610-B Tube Preamp and EQ Plug-In for UAD-2
GUITARS:
1967 MARTIN D-18
Gibson Black Beauty Les Paul
Klira Jazzmaster
Gibson ES335 Cherry
Hofner Bass
1890 HC Barnes OO Parlor Guitar
2010 Modified White American Stratocaster Deluxe
1956 Danelectro U2 Electric Guitar
Custom Blonde Fender American Telecaster
Gretsch G5422TG White Falcon
Gretsch 5022CWFE WH Whitecrest Acoustic with Fishman
1959 Patrician F-Hole hollow body
Regal Resonator Guitar
1963 Fender Reissue Natural Blonde Precision Bass
Yamaha CG100A Classical Guitar
OTHER STRINGED INSTRUMENTS:
1921 Gibson A1 Mandolin
R.W. Jameson Banjo
10 String Lyre (King Davids Harp)
Vintage Slide Guitar (lapsteel)
MU-70 Mitchell Ukulele
Seagull Mahogany SG Merlin
DunHuang SMPH Chinese Ehru
OTHER:
Gilanti full size accordian, Massive collection of percussion / instruments such as Kalimbas, Ehru, Accordions, Zithers, Bongos, Guerros etc.
MOOG VOYAGER PLAYERS EDITION
ROLAND JUNO 106
NOVATION PEAK
ASM HYDRASYNTH
DAVE SMITH PROPHET 12
NORD RACK 1
OBERHEIM MATRIX 1000
ROLAND VMS-1 VINTAGE SYNTH MODULE
MODOR NF-1
STUDIO ELECTRONICS SE-1
Yamaha TX7 (The desktop DX7)
KORG EX-800
JML-20 (My Hand Built MS-20)
SOLTON TS4K and MS40 Expander
YAMAHA SK20
COLLECTION OF OBSCURE SMALL NOISE MAKER MODULES
1973 Fender Rhodes with Vintage Vibe stereo Preamp
1960’s restored Vox Continental Organ
Vintage Wurlitzer 200 with Retro Linear Preamp
Roland DS61 61 key piano
Leslie rotary cabinet
PUBLISHING AND MARKETING
Need to get your music out there? In addition to branding, marketing and web design, we also offer publishing and distribution services too. We can help you get your music published and have a partnership with Paradise Music Distribution, iTunes and Spotify.
RATES
Our rates couldn’t be simpler, or more affordable.
Rates: $100 per hour which includes an engineer.
ABOUT JML
Studio owner Joshua Lutz plays over 75 musical instruments, holds a conservatory degree and has platinum RIAA credits. He has worked with artists such as DMX, Maroon 5, Joss Stone, D’Angelo, Guns N’ Roses, Roc Marcy, Lil Wayne, Chamillionaire, Al Green, The Roots and more. He has produced over 1000 songs and knows his way in and around a studio. No matter how big or small the project, each artist is treated as if their art is the most important work we’ve ever done… because it is. This is our guarantee to our community and to you.
JML Studios is a subsidiary of Lutz Multimedia and BMI MUSIC
Other creative services include top tier web and graphic design, marketing, videography / photography and more!
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