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Moonflower Sounds recording studio in Taos NM

  • Recording

  • Mixing

  • Mastering

  • Production

moonflowersounds@gmail.com

BIO

About the engineer: Peter Oviatt is a multi-instrumentalist specializing in the 5-string banjo. He also plays guitar, upright bass, and mandolin. He is an accomplished recording and mixing engineer, songwriter, arranger and accompanist. Peter grew up in northeast Kansas writing, playing, and singing in many groups in Manhattan and Lawrence. Now he lives in Taos, NM where Moonflower Sounds recording studio has taken seed.

Peter Oviatt’s melodic banjo playing is a welcome accompaniment to any act. Transcending genre and style, Peter brings his own unique sound to many well loved bands in the Taos area and beyond.
— Zephaniah Stringfield
Peter has the ability to find, bring out and accentuate the spiritual essence of the music he is recording - in addition to being, in the words of Mike West, the best banjo player in Kansas
— Mike Helvey

GEAR

Microphones

  • Mojave MA200

  • Blue Dragonfly

  • Neumann TLM 103

  • AKG C414 XLII (2)

  • Rode K2

  • Rode NT5 (2 matched pairs)

  • Shure SM58 (3)

  • Shure SM57 (4)

  • AKG D112

  • AT PRO 35

  • Neumann KM184 MT (2)

  • Blue Kiwi

  • Stager SR2N

  • Electro-Voice N/D468

 

Pre-amps and other equipment

  • True Systems Precision 8

  • Neve 5211 Mic Pre

  • Antelope Zen Studio

  • Apple Mac mini

  • Dynaudio BM5A studio monitor

  • FMR RNP

  • Ampeg SVT tube di

  • Fishman Pro-EQ Platinum di

  • LR Baggs Venue di

  • DBX 160A compressor/limiter (3)

  • Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO 250 ohm (3)

  • Sennheiser/HD 280 pro 64 ohms (3)

  • Yamaha MG166CX mixing console

  • PreSonus HP60 6-Ch Headphone Amplifier

  • Studio One 5.0

SOUNDS

 
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Jimmie Killingsworth - Apocalyptic Holiday (2019)

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Moonflower Sounds - Lullabies, A Taos Collection (2019)

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Zephaniah Stringfield - Ipse Dixit singles (2021)

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Trance Conductor & Krewe - (2020)

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Zephaniah Stringfield Ipse Dixit