Private Ear Recording Studio has been in business in Key West, Florida since 1983, recording the rich and famous as well as the poor and infamous. The vast array of projects have included hundreds of indy albums for musicians, national and international TV and radio voice overs and ads, narration for books and movies, background music production for TV and movies, sound efx for countless theater productions, radio jingles and beer commercials, clearing up tapes for law enforcement agencies, puppet show soundtracks, video game efx and music, bagpipes, dulcimers, harps, dozens of drunk and crazed writers screaming TROPO!, poets, sermons, helicopters, jets, dogs, industrial tools, dolphins, literary and motivational seminars, you name it...
In front of the original studio on Truman Ave. in the early 80's. Photo by Sharon Wells.
All things must change, especially in the technology world. Last I counted, we've been through NINE generations of recording devices! This is also our 4th studio...
This is our current setup, a mix/ master room equipped with a Samplitude DAW, UAD and Focusrite LiquidMix plugins, an RME/ Presonus/ Manley front end and Adam A7 monitors. It sounds great!

Typically, we'll record live and bring it here to mix. Live can be 2 to 24+ tracks, and can also be part of a full concert sound package. We can even come to your home or rehearsal space! And don't be afraid to bring us your own production to mix/ master.

ARCHIVING AND RESTORATION

We are very good at digitizing and mastering material from analog sources such as cassettes and reel-to-reel. Please contact us for details.
Private Ear Recording Studio
6800 Maloney Ave. #35
Key West, FL 33040
305-296-4288
dan@tropicalwave.com
A partial live sound and recording client list

Owned and operated by Dan Simpson and Melody Cooper
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