Equipment

Monitors

Genelec 8351B

Genelec 7360APM

JBL L96

JBL LSR4328P

JBL LSR4312SP

Behringer P16-M (4x)

Outboard Equipment

API 3124+

Aphex Aural Exciter Type C2 Big Bottom

Ashly SC-50 (2x)

Audient ASP880

Chameleon Labs 7622

Chandler Limited TG2

DBX 566

Focusrite ISA 428 (2x)

Great Rivers MP-2NV

Golden Age Pre77 MKII

Hairball Audio 1176 Blue Stripe (2x)

Radial JDI Passive Direct Box

Radial JDI Passive Stereo

Radial Reamp X-Amp

Trident S20 (2x)

Warm Audio Pultec Tube EQ (2x)

Yamaha E1005 Analog Delay

Microphones

AKG C414 B-ULS (2x)

AKG D112

AKG D8000S

Audio Technica ATM63 (2x)

Audix D2 (2x)

Audix D4

Audix D6 (2x)

Audix i5 (3x)

Audix OM2

BeyerDynamic M 160

BeyerDynamic M 201 TG

Cascade Knucklehead (2x)

Crown PZM-30 GPB (2x)

Earthworks TC30K (2x)

Heil PR30

M-Audio Sputnik

Michael Joly U87

MXL R40 EDCOR Transformer

Neumann KM184 (2x)

Neumann M147

Rode NT5 (4x)

Rode NT5 Omni Caps (2x)

Royer R121

Sennheiser E609

Sennheiser E904

Sennheiser K3-U (2x)

Sennheiser MD421 II (2x)

Sennheiser MD421-U-5

Shure Beta 91A

Shure SM57 (4x)

Shure SM58

Shure SM7b

Yamaha Subkick

Amps

Acoustic 140

Ampeg B25B

Ampeg V-4B

Ampeg VT-22

Budda SuperDrive 30 Series II

Darkglass Microtubes 900

Fender Bantam Bass (Combo)

Fender Bassman Silverface 50

Fender Bassman 1968 Drip Edge

Fender Super-Sonic 60w

KJL Dirty 30

Laney Pro Tube Lead AOR 50 Modded

Mark Bass Little Mark II

Marshall 9000 MGP 9004

Marshall JCM 800 4211 2×12 (Combo)

Marshall JCM 800 2204 Modded

Marshall MKII Super Lead Plexi

Mesa Dual Rectifier Trem-O-Verb

Orange OR120 1974

Panama Shaman

Peavey 5150 2×12 (Combo)

Peavey Butcher

Peavey Classic 50 2×12 (Combo) 

Peavey PA Standard 260

Peavey Ultra 120

Peavey VTM 120

Solid Tone Solid Ace-8

Sovtek MIG 100-U

Univox U65G (Combo)

Cabs

Ampeg SVT-810E 8×10 

Emperor 2×12 Eminence Wizard, Eminence Governor

Emperor 610 1000w Bass

Gilco 2×4 Personal Spot

Marshall JCM 800 1960 Lead 4×12 Celestion V30 (2x), Weber Gray Wolf (2x) 

Marshall JCM 800 1960 Lead 4×12 G12T-75

Mesa 4×12 OS Celestion V30

Panama 2×12 Dark British Ceramic

Peavey 2×12 Swamp Thangs

Randall 4×12 Swamp Thangs (2x), Texas Heats (2x) 

Tech 21 2×12 Eminence Legends 

Traynor 4×14 Texas Heat (2x), Man O’ War (2x) 

Vox 4×12 OS

Guitars

Alvarez AF30 Acoustic

Alvarez RD8SB Acoustic

Ampeg Dan Armstrong

Epiphone Wildkat

Fender Geddy Lee Bass

Fender P Bass with 1/4 Pounders

Fender Starcaster

Fender Stratocaster

Fender Telecaster Hot Rails

Fender Telecaster Thinline

Gibson Marauder

Gibson SG

Gretsch Rad Rod

Harmony 1960s

Ibanez 5 String Bass

Peavey Foundation Bass

Peavey T40

Peavey T60

Paul Reed Smith Mira

Rogue Mandolin

Silvertone HSS

Squier Jazzmaster

Sterling Sub Bass

Pedals

Barber Direct Drive

Barber Tone Press

Behringer CC300

Behringer DR600

Behringer EQ700

Behringer HM300

Behringer Octave Divider

Behringer SF300

Behringer VD400

Big Ruff Fuzz

Boss AW-2

Boss BF-3

Boss CE-2w

Boss DD-3

Boss DS-1

Boss HF-2

Boss LMB-3

Boss NS-2

Boss ODB-3

Boss OS-2

Boss PH-3

Boss PS-3

Boss RC-20

Boss TU-2 (3x)

Cadine 10 Band EQ

DanElectro FAB Flange

DanElectro FAB Metal

Digitech Death Metal

Digitech Grunge

Digitech Whammy

DOD FX102 Mystic Blues OD

DOD FX91 Bass OD

DOD OD Preamp 250

Dunlop Crybaby GCB-95

Dunlop Volume XL

EarthQuaker Bit Commander

Electro-Harmonix Bass Big Muff

Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Wicker

Electro-Harmonix Freeze

Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano

Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy Deluxe

Electro-Harmonix Micro POG

Electro-Harmonix Soul Food

General Assembly SLO 12AX7 Preamp

General Assembly Brassmaster

General Assembly Comp 4316

General Assembly Eschaton

General Assembly Harmonic Tremolo

General Assembly Klon Clone with Mid Bump

General Assembly Liberation Frequnecy OCD

General Assembly RAT

General Assembly SHO 

General Assembly Subharmonic Synthesizer

General Assembly Very Tight Overdrive TS

General Assembly Voyager Hyper Fuzz

Ibanez TS10

Jet City Boost Overdrive

Jet City High gain Boost

Jet City OD

Jet City The Flood Analog Delay

JOYO Tremolo

JOYO Ultimate Drive

Line 6 DL4 (3x)

MOOG Ring Modulator MF-102

Morley ABC

Montreal Assembly Count to 5

MXR Bass DI+

MXR Phase 90

Stage Right SIC1 Fuzz

Strymon Timeline

TC Electronic Ditto

TC Electronic Eyemaster

Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde

Way Huge Fat Sandwich

Way Huge Swollen Pickle

ZVEX Fuzz Factory Clone

Drum Kits

DW Collectors Series Maple 10/14/20”

DW Collectors Series Maple 12/16/22”

C&C Player Date 2 13/16/22”

1969 Slingerland 13/16/20”

Snares

DW Collectors Concrete 6.5×14

DW Collectors Maple 5.5×14

Dixon Maple Piccolo 3.5×13

First Act  MD700 4×13

Ludwig Supraphonic 5×14

Mapex Sledgehammer 6.5×14

Pearl Joey Jordison 6.5×13

Pork Pie Big Black 6.5×14

Slingerland Buddy Rich 5×14

Cymbals

Anatolian Diamond Splash 8″

Anatolian Double Thin Crash 22”

Istanbul Black Bell Crash 19″

Istanbul Erik Smith Hi Hats 15″

Paiste 2002 Sound Edge Hi Hats 14”

Pergamon Eon ride 22″

Pergamon Turkurz Hi Hats 12”

Pergamon Windstorm Medium Ride 21”

Sabian AAX Stage Ride 21”

Sabian AAX X-Plosion Crash 19”

Sabian AAX X-Plosion Fast Crash 17”

Sabian APX Ozone Vented Crash 18″ 

Sabian HHX Evolution Hi Hats 14”

Zildjian Vintage Ride Cymbal 20”

Other Equipment

Arturia Minilab MKII

AutoHarp Oscar Schmidt (2x)

Franklin New York 1920’s Baby Grand

Hammond C3 Organ

Hammond Leslie Speaker 122RV

Rhodes MK II Stage Piano W/ Retro Flyer Avion Studios Pre

Yamaha CVP-3

Yamaha P60

Monitors

Genelec 8351B

Genelec 7360APM

JBL L96

JBL LSR4328P

JBL LSR4312SP

Behringer P16-M (4x)

Outboard Equipment

API 3124+

API 550A EQ (2x)

Aphex Aural Exciter Type C2 Big Bottom

Audioscape Tube EQP-A (2x)

Audioscape V3A Compressor (2x)

BAE 1073MPF

Chameleon Labs 7622

Chandler Limited TG2

Chandler Limited TG12345 (2x)

DBX 566

Focusrite ISA 428 (2x)

Great Rivers MP-2NV

Golden Age Pre77 MKII

Hairball Audio 1176 Blue Stripe (2x)

Neve 511

Radial JDI Passive Direct Box

Radial JDI Passive Stereo

Radial Reamp X-Amp

SSL SiX Ch

Yamaha E1005 Analog Delay

Microphones

AKG C414 B-ULS (2x)

AKG D112

AKG D8000S

Audio Technica ATM63 (2x)

Audix D2 (2x)

Audix D4

Audix D6 (2x)

Audix i5 (3x)

Audix OM2

BeyerDynamic M 160

BeyerDynamic M 201 TG

Cascade Knucklehead (2x)

Coles 4038 (2x)

Crown PZM-30 GPB (2x)

Earthworks TC30K (2x)

Heil PR30

M-Audio Sputnik

Michael Joly U87

MXL R40 EDCOR Transformer

Neumann KM184 (2x)

Neumann M147

Neumann U67

Rode NT5 (4x)

Rode NT5 Omni Caps (2x)

Royer R121

Sennheiser E609

Sennheiser E904

Sennheiser K3-U (2x)

Sennheiser MD421 II (2x)

Sennheiser MD421-U-5

Shure Beta 91A

Shure SM57 (4x)

Shure SM58

Shure SM7b

Yamaha Subkick

Amps

Acoustic 140

Ampeg B25B

Ampeg V-4B

Ampeg VT-22

Budda SuperDrive 30 Series II

Darkglass Microtubes 900

Fender Bantam Bass (Combo)

Fender Bassman Silverface 50

Fender Bassman 1968 Drip Edge

Fender Super-Sonic 60w

KJL Dirty 30

Laney Pro Tube Lead AOR 50 Modded

Mark Bass Little Mark II

Marshall 9000 MGP 9004

Marshall JCM 800 4211 2×12 (Combo)

Marshall JCM 800 2204 Modded

Marshall MKII Super Lead Plexi

Mesa Dual Rectifier Trem-O-Verb

Orange OR120 1974

Panama Shaman

Peavey 5150 2×12 (Combo)

Peavey Butcher

Peavey Classic 50 2×12 (Combo) 

Peavey PA Standard 260

Peavey Ultra 120

Peavey VTM 120

Solid Tone Solid Ace-8

Sovtek MIG 100-U

Univox U65G (Combo)

Cabs

Ampeg SVT-810E 8×10 

Emperor 2×12 Eminence Wizard, Eminence Governor

Emperor 610 1000w Bass

Gilco 2×4 Personal Spot

Marshall JCM 800 1960 Lead 4×12 Celestion V30 (2x), Weber Gray Wolf (2x) 

Marshall JCM 800 1960 Lead 4×12 G12T-75

Mesa 4×12 OS Celestion V30

Panama 2×12 Dark British Ceramic

Peavey 2×12 Swamp Thangs

Randall 4×12 Swamp Thangs (2x), Texas Heats (2x) 

Tech 21 2×12 Eminence Legends 

Traynor 4×14 Texas Heat (2x), Man O’ War (2x) 

Vox 4×12 OS 

Guitars

Alvarez AF30 Acoustic

Alvarez RD8SB Acoustic

Ampeg Dan Armstrong

Epiphone Wildkat

Fender Geddy Lee Bass

Fender P Bass with 1/4 Pounders

Fender Starcaster

Fender Stratocaster

Fender Telecaster Hot Rails

Fender Telecaster Thinline

Gibson Marauder

Gibson SG

Gretsch Rad Rod

Harmony 1960s

Ibanez 5 String Bass

Peavey Foundation Bass

Peavey T40

Peavey T60

Paul Reed Smith Mira

Rogue Mandolin

Silvertone HSS

Squier Jazzmaster

Sterling Sub Bass

Pedals

Barber Direct Drive

Barber Tone Press

Behringer CC300

Behringer DR600

Behringer EQ700

Behringer HM300

Behringer Octave Divider

Behringer SF300

Behringer VD400

Big Ruff Fuzz

Boss AW-2

Boss BF-3

Boss CE-2w

Boss DD-3

Boss DS-1

Boss HF-2

Boss LMB-3

Boss NS-2

Boss ODB-3

Boss OS-2

Boss PH-3

Boss PS-3

Boss RC-20

Boss TU-2 (3x)

Cadine 10 Band EQ

DanElectro FAB Flange

DanElectro FAB Metal

Digitech Death Metal

Digitech Grunge

Digitech Whammy

DOD FX102 Mystic Blues OD

DOD FX91 Bass OD

DOD OD Preamp 250

Dunlop Crybaby GCB-95

Dunlop Volume XL

EarthQuaker Bit Commander

Electro-Harmonix Bass Big Muff

Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Wicker

Electro-Harmonix Freeze

Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano

Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy Deluxe

Electro-Harmonix Micro POG

Electro-Harmonix Soul Food

General Assembly SLO 12AX7 Preamp

General Assembly Brassmaster

General Assembly Comp 4316

General Assembly Eschaton

General Assembly Harmonic Tremolo

General Assembly Klon Clone with Mid Bump

General Assembly Liberation Frequnecy OCD

General Assembly RAT

General Assembly SHO 

General Assembly Subharmonic Synthesizer

General Assembly Very Tight Overdrive TS

General Assembly Voyager Hyper Fuzz

Ibanez TS10

Jet City Boost Overdrive

Jet City High gain Boost

Jet City OD

Jet City The Flood Analog Delay

JOYO Tremolo

JOYO Ultimate Drive

Line 6 DL4 (3x)

MOOG Ring Modulator MF-102

Morley ABC

Montreal Assembly Count to 5

MXR Bass DI+

MXR Phase 90

Stage Right SIC1 Fuzz

Strymon Timeline

TC Electronic Ditto

TC Electronic Eyemaster

Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde

Way Huge Fat Sandwich

Way Huge Swollen Pickle

ZVEX Fuzz Factory Clone

Drum Kits

DW Collectors Series Maple 10/14/20”

DW Collectors Series Maple 12/16/22”

C&C Player Date 2 13/16/22”

1969 Slingerland 13/16/20”

Snares

DW Collectors Concrete 6.5×14

DW Collectors Maple 5.5×14

Dixon Maple Piccolo 3.5×13

First Act  MD700 4×13

Ludwig Supraphonic 5×14

Mapex Sledgehammer 6.5×14

Pearl Joey Jordison 6.5×13

Pork Pie Big Black 6.5×14

Slingerland Buddy Rich 5×14

Cymbals

Anatolian Diamond Splash 8”

Anatolian Double Thin Crash 22”

Istanbul Black Bell Crash 19”

Istanbul Erik Smith Hi Hats 15”

Paiste 2002 Sound Edge Hi Hats 14”

Pergamon Eon ride 22”

Pergamon Turkurz Hi Hats 12”

Pergamon Windstorm Medium Ride 21”

Sabian AAX Stage Ride 21”

Sabian AAX X-Plosion Crash 19”

Sabian AAX X-Plosion Fast Crash 17”

Sabian APX Ozone Vented Crash 18”

Sabian HHX Evolution Hi Hats 14”

Zildjian Vintage Ride Cymbal 20”

Other Equipment

Arturia Minilab MKII

AutoHarp Oscar Schmidt (2x)

Franklin New York 1920’s Baby Grand

Hammond C3 Organ

Hammond Leslie Speaker 122RV

Rhodes MK II Stage Piano W/ Retro Flyer Avion Studios Pre

Yamaha CVP-3

Yamaha P60

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I was totally blown away with the attention that Matt gave our project. We hired him to mix a record we tracked ourselves, and he took it to a place beyond what I expected the material we gave him to be capable of achieving. Nicest dude ever and a true professional. Totally made us feel like the stuff our tiny band made was important, worked within the scope of our prejudice, and delivered to us an output that made a bunch of tracks sound like songs. Highly recommend.
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This place is incredible. Matt is a master in audio production. His attention to detail, professionalism, knowledge, and passion for music make him unmatched to other studios in the area. Just a really down to earth and nice guy to work with who will push you to be your best in a constructive way. He takes the time to understand what makes you music great and brings out the best in every genre. The setting itself is relaxed and creative in nature. Very clean, and well built to suite audio production. Nice big live room, vocal booth, and recording booth. All deliberately constructed to be as sonically sound as possible. Matt has an amazing selection of new and vintage amplifiers and cabinets for guitar and bass to really dial in the sound you’re looking for. A large selection of snares and percussive instruments. Endless microphones. A great pedal selection, and even a baby grand for your pianist. Overall our experience here was amazing. Professional quality audio, a very affordable price, and the knowledge and company of an awesome guy! I highly recommend!
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Matt at Very Tight is absolutely the right choice if you're looking for amazing sound quality that won't drive your band into debt. Super knowledgeable and fun to work with, you won't regret it
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January 23, 2022.
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My band recently recorded here and we were thoroughly impressed. The gear selection he has at his disposal is amazing and suitable for any genre of music, all at an affordable rate. I highly recommend going through him for any recording you need to do!
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I've been working with Matt for the better part of 2 years now, and have had nothing but positive experiences. Very Tight is hands down the best studio in Pittsburgh. He makes every instrument shine, including mine (drums). I cannot recommend his services highly enough.
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This was our first time working with Matt. Our band, Negative 13, felt right at home with him as he enabled us to feel comfortable not only recording, but also talking to him. He was gracious with our questions and concerns and very assiduous with our music, even suggesting a few ideas that carried our recording to level that exceeded our expectations. We are looking forward to working with him again!
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Matt is a very experienced and personable engineer. His mixing and mastering skills are top notch! I highly recommend him if you are seeking any recording, editing, mixing, and mastering services.
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Matt Very is an engineer who has full mastery of the studio he designed and constructed himself. The gear in his studio is high quality, but the man behind the soundboard is really top notch.
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Dedicated, knowledgeable, and professional. Matt is the best and I would highly recommend working with him.
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Having worked with Matt in the past, I knew taking our new project to him for Mixing/Mastering would be a professional and objectively positive experience. Matt has a keen ear to make an artist’s imagination reality for their sound. In conjunction with years of experience, Matt brings professional-grade equipment with a professional-grade attitude; understanding artists’ wants and needs no matter their style/genre. The quality matched with professionalism and cooperation with artists makes Very Tight Recordings an obvious choice for Mix/Master services, as well as recording and other production. 5 stars, we highly recommend you consider Very Tight for your next project! -Elijah/Jake Lifeguard

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