About me

Recording and Music Production near Sarnia Ontario between Brights Grove and Camlachie in a cozy setting next to Lake Huron. As a Music Producer, Mixing and Mastering engineer Mike McKyes does his best to create a comfortable and professional creative music, audio recording and editing environment with artists and businesses locally and internationally, making sure quality and communication are priorities. Mike believes this is crucial to cultivating the best possible music and audio production recordings for audiences and industries to identify with. He is able to accommodate the needs of artists and clients utilizing over twenty years of professional experience, up to date technology and recording gear, 24 channel I/O and up to 256 tracks for overdubs/editing/mixing.  

GUIDANCE

Mike McKyes can help with recording, record production, planning and marketing, social media presence, digital distribution and physical manufacturing of CDs and vinyl, registering your music to collect royalties, guitar service, guitar session playing specializing in rock, country, folk and blues styles. Mike, a graduate of the Music Industry Arts program at Fanshawe College in London Ontario, recipient of a Gold Record from Music Canada has been involved in the music and audio industry for over twenty years as a recording and touring artist, record producer, session guitarist, mixing and mastering engineer, and artist development coordinator.

INTERFACES & AMPS

• Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GB w/ Pro Tools Ultimate HD Native
• Avid HD i/o and Digi 192 with HD Native PCIe 24 i/o
• Heritage Audio Monitoring System 2000
• API 500v chassis with 2xOSA MP-1A, 2xCapi VP26, 2xBAE 312A, 1xBLA Auteur, API565 equalizer, 2xLindell Audio PEX-500 
• BR312 API Quad Preamps
• Black Lion Audio B12A Quad Preamp
• Neve style BR1290 Dual Preamps
• Universal Audio Solo 610 Tube Preamp
•  Focusrite ISA220 Channel Strip
• Teletronix LA-2A Tube Leveling Amplifier
• SSL Style Stereo Bus Compressor
• Folcrom Passive Summing Box
• Kemper Amp Profiler with 10 000 Profiles
• Orban 622B Stereo EQ
• Dolby 361A with CAT22 Mod
• SSL 2 Channel Portable Interface
• 16 channel Avid Artist Mix Control Surface
• Yamaha NS10 Monitors
• Avantone Mixcube Monitors
• Yamaha HS8 Monitors
• Universal Audio powered plugins
• Lots of leading industry plugins and virtual instruments!

MICROPHONES

• Neumann TLM 103
• Peluso R14 Ribbon
• Electro-Voice RE20
• Rode NTK Tube
• Shure SM7B
• 2 x Little Blondie Omni Directional
• 3 x Sennheiser MD421
• 1 x AKG 414XLS
• 2 x AKG 214
• 2 x Shure SM 57
• Sontronics STC-1 
• Sennheiser E609
• Shure Beta 52A
• AKG C3000
• AKG D440
• 60's Midland Dynamic
• Sub Mic
• Vanguard V44S Stereo