Metalworks Studios

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Metalworks Studios

Company type	Recording Studio
Founded	1978
Founder	Gil Moore
Headquarters	Mississauga, Ontario , Canada
Website	metalworksstudios.com

Metalworks Studios is a music recording studio in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1978 by Gil Moore of the Canadian rock group, Triumph.^[1] Since 1978, Metalworks Studios has expanded into a six studio facility offering in-house tracking, mixing and mastering, as well as video editing and DVD authoring.

In 2004, Metalworks Studios launched an adjacent educational facility; Metalworks Institute.

Metalworks Studios has won 17 'Studio of the Year' awards at Canadian Music Week from 1998 to 2015.^[2][3][4]

Metalworks has a total of six studios, including four with live rooms for in-house recording and mixing, a mastering suite, and a sixth facility dedicated to video editing.^[5]

The control room in Studio 1 features a vintage 32x8x32 Neve 8036 console that was re-engineered by Stuart Taylor and Dave Dickson. The tracking room features a 1,200-square-foot (110 m²) solid maple studio floor, combined with a high ceiling surrounded by wood and stone walls.^[6]

The control room in Studio 2 features an 80-input Solid State Logic 4080 G+ console with Ultimation and Total Recall. The adjacent 280-square-foot (26 m²) tracking room features an oak floor and high ceiling. Studio 2 also includes a private lounge.^[7]

The control room in Studio 3 features the Solid State Logic 4040 G/E console. The adjoining ISO-Booth is designed for instrumental overdubs as well as voice work, and the studio includes a modern lounge featuring a skylight.^[8]

Studio 4 is a video editing and DVD/Blu-ray authoring facility specializing in visual production, motion and still menu design, interactive features, post-production, audio/video encoding, and authoring.^[9]

Studio 5 is a mastering suite featuring: Steinberg WaveLab, Pro Tools Ultimate, Manley, Avalon, Apogee, Studer A820 1/2" Tape Machine, Weiss, TC System 6000, Waves, Mark Levinson, Duntech, and more.^[10] Online mastering services are also provided by this facility.^[11]

The control room in Studio 6 features an 80 input Solid State Logic 9080 J console with Ultimation, Total Recall & SL959 5.1 Surround Matrix. This large-scale mixing facility is capable of recording and mixing in 5.1 with a Pro Tools 10 HD3 accel system. A 9 ft film screen and Sony video monitors are available for DVD and Film/TV applications, and the room is Dolby authorized. The adjacent 550-square-foot (51 m²) tracking room features a stone fireplace and high ceiling, and is surrounded by an oak paneled private lounge and billiard area.^[12]

The recording studios at Metalworks provide tracking, mixing in stereo or Dolby Atmos, digital editing, audio post-production, and CD mastering capabilities. Video editing and DVD/Blu-ray authoring services are also made available by a dedicated video editing facility in Studio 4. Metalworks Production Group, a sister company of Metalworks Studios, also provides in-house event options within several of the studios allowing for video, lighting, and staging system services for live events and recordings.^[13]

• Catherine Zeta-Jones
• Renée Zellweger
• Steven Seagal
• Richard Gere
• Denise Richards

• 2014 Canadian Music Week Recording Studio of The Year
• 2013 SME Excellence Award – Ontario Business Achievement Awards (OBAA)^[14][15]
• 2013 Canadian Music Week Recording Studio of The Year
• 2012 Canadian Music Week Recording Studio of The Year
• 2011 Canadian Music Week Recording Studio of The Year
• 2009 Canadian Music Week Recording Studio of The Year
• 2008 Canadian Music Week Recording Studio of The Year
• 2007 Canadian Music Week Recording Studio of The Year
• 2006 Canadian Music Week Recording Studio of The Year
• 2005 Canadian Music Week Recording Studio of The Year
• 2004 Canadian Music Week Recording Studio of The Year
• 2003 Canadian Music Week Recording Studio of The Year
• 2002 Mississauga Board of Trade, Business and the Arts Award in recognition of ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Arts Community of Mississauga’^[16]
• 2002 Canadian Music Week Recording Studio of The Year
• 2001 Canadian Music Week Recording Studio of The Year
• 2000 Canadian Music Week Recording Studio of The Year
• 1999 Canadian Music Week Recording Studio of The Year
• 1998 Canadian Music Week Recording Studio of The Year

Metalworks Institute is a registered private career college and the sister company of Metalworks Studios and Metalworks Production Group. Metalworks Institute offers diploma programs in: Audio Production and Engineering, Entertainment Business Management, Show Production and Event Management and Music Performance and Technology (Drums & Percussion, Bass Guitar, Guitar, Keyboard and Vocals.

Metalworks Institute is an official Digidesign pro school.

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