Rivervale, Western Australia

Specialising in recordings for original musicians and bands, Bergerk! Studios has one simple goal, and that’s creating quality recordings for any budget, whether it’s an album, a demo, or pre-production recording.
Bergerk! is owned and operated by multi WAM nominated (Western Australian Rock Music Industry Association) engineer, Alan ‘Dr Alien’ Smith, who for 15 years has worked as a recording engineer on countless projects.
The studio features a large control room, two spacious recording rooms, a kitchen and two chill-out areas.
The gear assemblage includes a Sountracs FMP 24-channel desk running into an M-Audio Profire 2626 interface for 26 ins and outs via PC, running Samplitude ProV10.21 software with unlimited tracks. Monitoring is via Adam A7’s and Avantone Mixcubes. Microphones include the Beeznees Jade, M-Audio Sputnik, Shure SM7b, SM81 x2, SM57 x4, Granelli G5790 (the bent SM57), Beta57, Audix D6 and I5, Kel Audio HM2D x2, Placid Audio Copperphone, Beyer M201, Heil PR-40, CAD M179 x2, Audio Technica ATM25, ElectroVoice N/D468 x2, 635A, Rode NT5 x2, MXL V67G, Alctron Modded Ribbon mics x4, Egg-Static harp mic, along with various old pzms, CB and speaker mics.
The outboard racks include preamps from Sytek, Golden Age, and T&C, with compressors from Sebatron, FMR, Symetrix, Ashly, ART, FMR, MXR and McMartin. Plugins are from Waves, Sonalksis, PSP, Universal Audio, Drumagog and Sampletank. Amps and instruments include a ‘70s Eminar 150W valve PA head for guitar and bass, quad-box with ‘70s Celestion Blackbacks, an ‘80s Eminar  bass amp combo, VOX 15w practice amp, Fender Squire Jazz bass, Monterey acoustic steel string, Flying V ‘noise machine’, and a Stylophone!

Bergerk! Studios: (08) 93626200 or check out the website.