RECORDING
ENGINEERING
PRODUCING
CREATIVE SONG PRODUCTION & SOUND DESIGN
PODCAST & AUDIO BOOK RECORDING
MUSIC CAREER COACHING & PIANO LESSONS
VOCALS FOR HIRE
REHEARSAL SPACE
AUDIO PRODUCTION COACHING
SERVICES
Located one hour outside NYC in picturesque Hunterdon County, New Jersey, discover a state of the art creative space designed to inspire, equipped with cutting-edge technology and equipment to bring your artistic vision to life. Built by legendary musician, Eric Troyer, we offer a wide range of services.
Recording, Engineering, & Producing
Professional recording services for musicians, singers, jazz bands, rock bands, "dad bands," kid bands, podcasters, and audio-book recording. We will mix and master your tracks, elevating your music to its full potential, ready for distribution and broadcast.
Creative Song Production & Sound Design
Creative input for songwriters and composers, advising and creating musical elements to build finished radio-ready recordings. Whatever your session may need, we access a huge talent pool of world-class guitar, keyboard players, vocalists, and speciality instrumentalists.
Podcast & Audio Book Recording
Our rooms and sound booths are built with extremely quiet sound proofing, perfect for recording audio books and podcasts.
Music Career Coaching & Piano Lessons
Coaching and mentoring for serious bands and talented future pop stars, as well as piano lessons for people of any age or experience (tradition, blues, and rock and roll piano).
Vocals for Hire
With a long career singing and vocal arranging on many multi-platinum recordings, Eric Troyer will record vocal arrangements to order for clients worldwide. You send the song, we send back multi-track vocal recordings.
Rehearsal Space
Our studio design is perfect for band or ensemble rehearsals. Each player has their own 16-channel mixer to control the levels of the other players.
Audio Production Coaching
Interesting in learning more about audio production? We offer Avid Pro Tools and Apple Logic sessions for music production and recording.
THE STUDIO
Ad Hoc Recording Studio is a 24-track state of the art studio large enough to record a seven piece band or a small choir.
We use Avid Carbon, Avid Pro Tools, and Apple Logic music creation technology.
The studio offers a wide variety of microphones—including a vintage Telefunken U47, a vintage AKG C12, and a Neumann M149, as well as many other Neumann, Sennheiser, Telefunken, and Shure microphones. We are also equipped with high-end outboard gear, a wide range of acoustic and electric guitars and amplifiers, a vintage upright piano, a Hammond organ and a Wurlitzer electric piano.
The studio has separate glass enclosed spaces/booths for clean multi-instrumental recording sessions suitable for jazz ensembles, rock bands, podcasters, audio-book recordings, and rehearsal space.
RECORDERS
MIXERS
MICROPHONES
OUTBOARD GEAR
MONITORING
INSTRUMENTS
Eric Troyer
Ad Hoc Recording Studio is owned by Eric Troyer. Through his work with some of the biggest names in music, including prolific mega-producers Jim Steinman and Phil Ramone, Eric built a stellar reputation as one the most in demand studio musicians in the industry. With over 100 album credits and many years of performing, writing, recording, and touring the world as a member of Electric Light Orchestra Part II, Eric has enjoyed a rare level of creative achievement and success.
Over the years, Eric hasn't just witnessed music history; he's been a part of it by playing and singing on some of the world’s most famous albums. He sang with John Lennon on "Woman,” from the last John Lennon/Yoko Ono album, Double Fantasy. He also sang on the Bonnie Tyler mega hits “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and "Holding Out for a Hero," and on Billy Joel's smash hit album An Innocent Man, including on ”Uptown Girl” and ”Tell Her About It.” He sang on three Celine Dion albums, including her Grammy-winning album Falling into You, for which he received a Grammy citation. You'll find him singing on Celine’s “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” and “A New Day Has Come.”
As a vocalist, Eric has over 100 major label recording credits—a literal who's who of the musical universe—having worked with Placido Domingo, Kiss, James Taylor, Aerosmith, Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon, Johnny Winter, Michael Bolton, Sheena Easton, Julian Lennon, Scritti Politti, Eddie Rabbit, Meat Loaf, Barry Manilow, Sisters of Mercy, just to name a few. He has also sang on many movie soundtracks, including Footloose, Starlight Express, Flashdance, Chicago, and Streets of Fire.
Rounding out his skills as a musician, Eric is also a sought-after recording engineer/producer, keyboardist, songwriter, coach, mentor, and instructor.
CONTACT
Ready to start your next recording project or have questions about our services? Contact us to schedule a consultation with one of our experienced sound engineers.
Bringing Your Vision to Life