This is a repository of many questions our clients have asked over the years about the various services we offer.
We work with multiple music genres. In the past 10 years, we worked with almost all top 40 music types and more niches types. But to answer this question simply we are music lovers, and we don't have a music style preference. But we can say that our expertise is more toward commercial music style (Rock, hip-hop, R&B, alternative, dance) and world music. It just happened that this is the type of work we most offend encountered at the studio.
Yes, we can use Source-Connect™ Now to remotely record your session with your client. Or record locally and then send them the raw wav files.
Not to brag. We're pretty darn good. In fact, if you take a look at our google reviews and facebook reviews you'll find what artists and professionals alike are saying about our services. We're among the top recording studios in Montreal. And we're trying to get on the world's top recording studio list also... yeah, we're deep like that. We'll make you sound good and clear like a diamond.
Good question, to be ready for a recording session we suggest a good night of sleep, being well hydrated and knowing your lyrics by heart. Did you know that reading can take up to 30% of your brain processing power? That means you won't fully perform if you read lyrics out of a sheet. Try to remember your song and only concentrate on performing with emotion and confidence. This is how you create hits!
We send you a copy in WAV format, which is uncompressed (30 to 90MB). And a high-quality MP3 version, which is light in size from 3 to 9MB. The WAV can be used to send to music distribution services such as Tunecore, Amuse, CD Baby, Level or Distrokid.
We work with some very talent beatmaker and producers. If you need custom made music production, we'll refer you to them.
Of course, with our extensive experience in the studio, we'll be able to coach you throughout the session and make sure you perform your best.
This is a tricky question, gears change often. We don't settle for specific equipment. We have the UAD Apollo ecosystem and plug-ins for digital plug-ins, and we also have hardware gear such as Focusrite, Chandler. We have Lewitt microphones, Audio-Technica, Blue, and Shure. Also, we're next to the most prominent equipment rental house in Montreal, Studio Economik, which has a vast library of contemporary and vintage microphones for any project.
Yes, we can mix your voice using auto-tune after the recording session. We also have access to other pitch corrector platforms such as Melodyne and Waves Tunes.
We've been into music since 2003 as artists our selves. We than forked into audio engineering and video production since 2009. We always had a passion for audio and visual, they go hand in hand. This is why today we have 2 departments, video production and marketing, and audio production.
You either pay 50% to start the project or monthly installments.
A multi-track is a fully separated version of your project. Each sound is on its own layer. The kick, Bass, Snare, Hi-Hat, and Piano would be on 5 different layers for instance. A 2-track simply means a regular stereo track, one layer that has both Left and Right audio.
Yes, we can provide you with a multi-track version of your track on demand.
Yes, you can bring multi-track from another studio, and we'll gladly mix it for you.
Of course, you can bring your own producer or sound engineer a the studio, we'll still charge you our regular hourly rate because our technician still needs to be at the studio during the studio. Each studio has a different setup and requires assistance.
Our soundproofed booth is about 10 x 11 feet. Thus a small band can easily fit. We're talking 4 to 6 people. More than that, like a full choir for instance, is too big and fit comfortably inside. We can split it into smaller groups, not ideal but feasible. We can record up to 8 tracks at once.
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Well, podcasts cut through the marketing noise. It builds trust and authority in your niche. They allow you to speak directly into your customer's ear, building a level of trust and authority that's hard to achieve with other content. It’s an intimate way to share your expertise, tell your brand’s story, and create a loyal community of followers who feel like they truly know you.
Downloads are just the start! True success is about more than numbers. Look at your audience growth over time and listen to their feedback in reviews and messages. Most importantly, measure success against your original goals. Is your podcast building your brand's authority, generating leads for your business, or creating a vibrant community? That's your real report card. Did it improve your life? If you're patient ans consistent (at least 12-18 months) you'll be in a better position to assess the situation.
Start with your own network and LinkedIn to find industry leaders. Look for authors of interesting business books or speakers from industry conferences. A great trick is to see who is guesting on other podcasts in your niche—they're already open to it! When you reach out, make your pitch about the value they'll get from reaching your audience. Book launch are always an easy way to get to SMEs, they need to tour, so they're more open to try new audiences or smaller podcasts.
Treat your podcast as a central pillar of your content. Don't just publish an episode and forget it. Repurpose each episode into smaller pieces of content like social media video clips, quote graphics, blog posts, and newsletter highlights. Use your show to drive listeners to your website or landing pages with a clear call-to-action in every episode, turning listeners into potential customers. Remember, Ai love to feed to podcast content, this is a great opportunity to improve your search engine positioning for you and your brand.
Our team can serve multiple industries. Over the past years, we worked in the manufacturing, medical, and technology fields mostly. Mostly SMB's and some enterprise level business in the B2B and B2C. We're able to help you achieve business results with videos in any vertical you're in. All business sector can greatly benefit from video marketing. Give us a call and see how we can partner.
Tricky question about video length! We live in a fascinating era. It is the "Netflix" economy, where people binge-watch huge and long content series they like. For hours per day! This contradicts the concept of shorter is better. At the same time, Youtube allows for 6 seconds of bumper video ads now. The truth is that it depends on the strategy, your audience, and the complexity of your services. Can you truly explain your solution in only 60 seconds? Really? People don't have lower attention span than before, this a modern myth. Series wouldn't exist if that was the case. They have a "selective" attention span. And that is key. Selective means, they have a choice and interest. Provide them the right video content, at the right time, and you win their attention, no matter the length. It all depends on the customer decision journey. Videos are processed by the brain 60 000x faster than reading, thus making it the most powerful communication media. It allows you to share the maximum of information in the minimum amount of time. That minimum is dependant on your product or service. If your selling a screwdriver, that's pretty simple, you might be able to convey your solution in less than 15 seconds. If you sell an immensely complex enterprise-level SAAS, you might need a series of multiple 7 minutes videos for your audience to grasp its benefits. The point is, video length is not the important factor. The key takeaway is to make sure the content is relevant to your audience at the moment they need it. Grab their attention at the right time, and they'll watch it all.
Yes and no. Let us explain. It really depends on the intent of the video and where it sits in the sales funnel. Generally speaking, for awareness type videos, branding, and top of funnel stuff, yes "quality" as per production value is great to have. You won't have a second chance to look good. For information and training based content, production value is "less" important. Not that it should be poor and fastly done. But there is no real ROI on spending big bucks on extra high-end videos for delivering value content, educational and simple message. At the end of the day, content is king. Yes, packaging matters, but the message is what matters most in marketing strategies. Speak to the right audience, and the message will find its way. Of course, when budget allows, everything should be high quality and high end, but when limited, it's better to put quality on branding material.
Video marketing is a forward-facing marketing strategy that uses videos into your campaign. Videos are used throughout your website, sales funnel, inbound and outbound strategy to accelerate your conversion rate. Videos are the most powerful and fastest ways to deliver a message to your leads. For video marketing to be successful it needs to be used in parallel with analytics tools. That will allow you to extract valuable information on performance and proper action to take next. The answers are in the analytics. Data should drive good business decisions. MarTech (Marketing Technology) tools stacks are used to fully beneficiate from it. At it's simplest form, it's a connection between your video players, CRM and Analytics. At its most complex form, it uses a combination of multiple martech tools and advanced strategies to track your customer behaviour on the internet (cookies, remarketing and retargeting) and provides them with the best value at the right time on your owned platforms (websites and social media).
Yes, we can help with both video production and video marketing campaign. Depending on your team size, we can offer strategy consulting only or full campaign management if required.
You could indeed produce your own videos internally. To bring them to the same production level as a dedicated crew you'll need to invest at least 25 000$ or more in equipment and make sure you have the staff do handle it. Hiring and training is expensive and time-consuming. You'll need to acquire equipment, write scripts, shoot videos, find space, edit videos and then deploy and track them. This whole process takes from 2 to 10 people depending on the size of your video campaign. Outsourcing video production allows you to concentrate on what you do best while video experts create content for you.
Do not worry, we'll help you or team feel at ease in front of the camera. After a few minutes, you'll forget about the camera, and we'll be able to have a great conversation. We'll coach you on how to be comfortable and as natural as possible.
We believe all business needs at least 3 videos, an explainer video, a product video and a customer testimonial. But we can do one or as much as needed. We have clients with Youtube channel that require multiple videos per week. And startups that can only afford 1 effective video. The more videos you have, the better you can address specific questions your customer may have.
This is really industry-specific. A retail store might prefer Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest, while a B2B business might prefer LinkedIn and Youtube. To answer this question we should ask our selves, where do my potential customers spend their time online? They're all human, and all go somewhere on the internet to either learn or entertain themselves. Some B2B had great success on facebook.
A simple camera crew on set can have as low as 2 members, even 1. On a more complex shoot, we can be up to 8. The average crew is 3 members, a Field Producer, DOP (Cameraman) and Mixer (Sound guy).
We love stories. We always take time to fully understand who you are and what your business does. How did you get started? What makes you different and relevant to your audience? Let's grab some coffee and discuss how we can help you achieve more with your business. Videos will bring valuable information to your audience and make an impact on people's lives.
We do work outside of Montreal. We had fantastic shoots across Canada, United-States, France, Bolivia and event Morocco. There is no limit to where we can bring our crew. If we need a particular capture, we'll go get it for you. We can interviews people internationally. As video producers, we always make sure to optimize the budget accordingly. On some projects, it's smarter for us to get a local crew to send us the footage to edit according to plans.
You can contact us here or fill our online form for a free proposal as soon as possible.