The beginnings of Alchemy Sound Studios started in the years following 2003 in a small bedroom studio where Cory Johnson (founder, producer and engineer) first started recording local Tallahassee bands. Working with talented bands like

Defining Moment (later morphing into Mayday Parade,) King Cotton Blues Band and Seeking Sui, Cory honed his skills while completing his Commercial Music degree from Florida State University in 2006.

 

The first big step came in 2009, when the demand became

great enough to warrant building a custom facility

dedicated to recording. From 2009 until 2020,

Alchemy Sound Studios operated out of a single 450 sq ft room,

tracking and mixing for dozens of local Tallahassee artists.

The studio’s reputation as “one of the best for drum and guitar sounds”

grew and began pulling in artists from other surrounding cities

including Oklahoma Stackhouse out of Orlando, FL.,

A Big Goodbye out of Valdosta GA, and The Naked Animals

from Huntsville, AL.

 

In order to afford the huge financial endeavor of building the “dream studio,” the stepping stone facility was sold along with the property in 2020. In the Spring of 2024 (after 18 months of gruelingly difficult 80-hour weeks) the

new 2,000 sq ft multi-room facility was finally finished.

Alchemy Sound Studios is now the home of an enormous live room for tracking, an incredibly spacious control room

that is also set up and treated for recording, and an isolation room with enough space for an entire drum kit and mics.

All three spaces were built to specific dimensions by a professional acoustician’s design as well as being outfitted with custom acoustic treatments for each of their independent sizes. The end result is an acoustic environment, without large peaks or dips in frequency response, that is perfect for capturing a balanced and even sound all across the acoustic spectrum.

 

All of our cabling here at Alchemy is Mogami Gold, the standard for professional grade facilities. We have a wide array

of preamp selection for different applications, world class outboard gear for dynamic control, and 24 channels of the cleanest, most transparent Digital Audio converter that money can buy, the Lynx Aruora.

 

While there will be much more gear on our list to acquire over the next few years, even 15 years ago when we had

merely a fraction of the facility and gear that we have now, we were producing fantastic results with so many of our artists.

Our goal here at Alchemy Sound is to keep the tradition alive, making music for our clients at the highest level of

sound quality and professionalism in an environment that inspires musical expression and creativity.

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New images of our 2024 facilty