Mixing, recording studio and creative residency
Mixing, recording and creative residency
The studio
Le Pond recording studio is located 1 hour east of Montreal in the Drummondville countryside. A mix of analog & cutting edge gear will please everyone who comes here to create!
The team
The studio is led by producer and multi-instrumentalist Davy Hay Gallant since 1996.
Artists from France, UK and across Canada come to work with him. You will find competent staff on site and have access to the best musicians around to assist you in your project no matter how big or small it may be.
Services
- Mixing & mastering
- Recording in a friendly and inspiring place, ideal for complete album production, soundtrack or multimedia projects
- Rental of the studio (with your team)
- Rental of the house as a creative residency
Extras
- Professionnal photo shoot
- Turnkey packages possible: transportation, accommodation, food, musicians for hire, sound design, production, arrangements, mixing, mastering, making of and livestream videos
- 4 season forest, the orchard, the vineyard and... the pond in itself!
They recorded at the Pond
Marie-Élaine Thibert, Cirque Éloize, Bose Corporation, Kaïn, Chic Gamine, Les Tireux d’Roche, Garou, Jessica Vigneault, Lennie Gallant, Henri Godon, Bobby Parent, Hart Rouge, Compania Finzi Pasca, Montréal AVUDO, Toronto Ripley's Aquarium, Connie Kaldor, Annette Campagne, Anique Granger, Sirène et Matelot, Steve Veilleux, Nini Marcelle, Mélanie Brulée, Bernard Riche, Steve Normandin, Luck Merville, La Montagne Secrète, Carmen Campagne, Bodh'aktan, Bet.e, Geneviève Bilodeau, Mathieu Lippé, Thomas Hellman, Émilie Clepper, Florence K, Daniel Lavoie, Harry Manx
Collaborations outside the studio
Gilles Vigneault, Marie-Michèle Desrosiers, Alex Désilets, Catherine Major, Dumas, Francis Cabrel, Diane Dufresne, Robert Charlebois, Michel Faubert, Richard Desjardins, George Moustaki, Bon Débarras, Luc de Larochellière, Andréa Lindsay, Enzo Enzo, Paul Kunigis, Bïa, Gaëlle, Jorane, Pascale Bussière, Fred Pellerin, Clémence Desrochers, Pierre Flynn, Claude Gauthier, H’Sao, Marco Calliari, Linda Thalie, James Hyndman, Pierre Lapointe, Martin Léon, Térez Montcalm, Ariane Moffat, Sylvain Cossette, Catherine Durand, Dobacaracol, Mara Tremblay, Mes Aïeux, Michel Rivard, Alain Lamontagne, Ginette, Yves Lambert, Luce Dufault, Guy Davis, The Wailin’Jennys, Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka, Lynn Miles, Yann Perreau, Jeanne Cherhal, Marie-Jo Thério, Sylva Balassanian, Liu Fang, Carlos Placeres, Nancy Dumais, Arnaud Méthivier, Linda Lemay, Macha Grenon, David Francis, Martha Wainwright, David Usher, Lorne Elliot Michael Burgess, Tchad Blake
For any album production with Le Pond’s team, you are assisted by our engineer Davy Hay Gallant.
With over 30 years' experience, Davy is a creative and inspired producer with Juno-, Canadian Folk Award- and ADISQ-nominated productions to his credit.
He knows how to create rich arrangements, has an instinctual sense of what is needed in a song plus the technical knowledge to turn in all into sound.
With over 30 years' experience, Davy Hay Gallant is a creative and inspired producer with Juno-, Canadian Folk Award-, ECMA and ADISQ-nominated productions to his credit.
He has an instinctual sense of what is needed in a song plus the technical knowledge to turn in all into sound.
“Working with Davy has always been a very happy mix of pleasure and efficiency, thanks to his great competence and his exceptional talent, not to mention his many human qualities: courtesy, generosity, patience, honesty, commitment. I recommend Le Pond with great enthusiasm and without the slightest reservation! »
Jessica Vigneault
"When music meets talent and inspiration, magic occurs... Add to that a human touch, sensibility and a dream environement... Then music flies!
And that's what happens in this studio where soul comes first.
Thanks Davy, always a pleasure to work with you at Le Pond."
Benoit Clément
Chef d'orchestre for Garou and Cirque du Solei
Autonomous packages (with your engineer) or semi-autonomous
(with technician provided by Le Pond)
Possibility of full accommodation with food provided
(not to mention Davy's famous cocktails…)
A house in the countryside, 4 rooms available at all times (5 rooms on request), a pond with spring water to cool off in summer, snowy paths to inspire you in the winter, an abundance of musical instruments and a fully equipped studio; this is the perfect place to come and create. See our Creative residency & Rental page.
" An environment
Where creativity grows in gardens
A gardener
Who collects ideas and inspiration
We enjoyed ourselves musically... and philosophically.
Thank you Davy for this beautiful human experience!
Les Tireux d'Roches
Available on site
Need to renew your casting photos or band photos ? We offer the service on site!
Equipment
Nuendo 11 Wavelab 9 Reason 7 Universal Audio (Complete bundle/collection complète) Audioease Alitverb 7 & Speakerphone 2 Soundtoys 5 (Complete bundle/collection complète)
