Welcome to the Lab
The San Diego Live Audio Lab has one mission: to provide local bands with the opportunity to preserve their performances live and on location throughout San Diego.

The Lab can be at your next gig and capture up to 26 channels of unadulterated live audio. Afterwards, we'll mix the tracks down to re-create the best possible representation of your performance. Additionally, we're able to capture your performance visually with stunning digital photos.

The Lab has tracked some great bands, including: Brehon Law with Matt Hensley of Flogging Molly, Cape May, the Clay Colton Band, Sean & Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek, the San Diego Mandolin Orchestra, the Wayne Johnson Trio and others. The Lab has been to many great venues, including: Belly Up Tavern, Canes, Winston's Beach Club, the Beauty Bar, Tom Giblin's Irish Pub in Carlsbad, R. O'Sullivan's Irish Pub of Escondido, J.J. Lander's Irish Pub in Fallbrook and the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, California.

Interested in recording, mixing and releasing your next live gig? Contact the Lab!

 
Featured Albums
Here are the latest albums that feature live music recorded by the Lab:

Shoestring Strap - Mudgrass

Check out what these boys did with some of the stuff that we recorded live at Winston's.

Chi Club - Welcome to the Club

The Chi Club's newest CD features a live jam "New B" that was recorded at Winston's by the Live Audio Lab!

 
Off the Shelf: S.M.A.R.T. Guides
I'm on my second of Bill Gibson's S.M.A.R.T. guides and I find that, as the more I read through them, the more I appreciate how the information is organized: straightforward, logical and digestible (without being watered-down).

The first guide I picked up, "Mixing and Mastering," helped clarify my own approach to mixing and defined a lot of unknown elements I hadn't considered before. The same is ringing true with the newest book I purchased, "Mixers, Signal Processors, Microphones, and More." So far, it's reinforced a lot of what I already knew about the subject matter and expanded my knowledge without a lot of interfering fluff to filter out.

 

Record it

Save your show for posterity or for practice. The Lab can come out to your band's next gig and multi-track record up to 26 channels of audio.

Mix it

Once recorded, we'll mix your show to re-create the best possible representation of your performance. We'll also give you all the individual tracks so you can mix it yourself or with your favorite studio engineer.

Release it

We'll also provide you with MP3s of your performance, photos of the show, and can help you get it out to your fans via CD Baby, iTunes and MySpace or directly from The Lab (ask us how!)

Site Redesign

imageWe're cleaning up our space here at The Lab. Please pardon the mess.