(Zachary) Rippy is a Grammy-nominated mixer, engineer, and producer known for delivering powerful, polished results for heavy music.
He runs Sound Signal Audio Visual and has built a reputation as a go-to creative partner for hardcore, punk, metal, and other guitar-driven bands. He brings more than a decade of experience shaping records and live sound for some of the most respected names in underground and independent heavy and experimental music. His work is defined by a deep understanding of aggressive, high-energy music and a commitment to making every record and show hit with clarity, power, and impact.
Clients include:
Converge, Power Trip, Poison The Well, Cave In, Fleshwater, Full of Hell, Vein.fm, Touché Amoré, Deafheaven, Harms Way, Sheer Mag, Code Orange, Ghostemane, Defeater, Wristmeetrazor, Primitive Man, Genocide Pact, Mammoth Grinder, Soft Kill, Gatekeeper, Modern Color…
NPR (The Moth), Metal Blade Records, Nuclear Blast Records, Epitaph Records, UMG, Southern Lord Records, Closed Casket Activities, 20 Buck Spin, Iodine Records, Deathwish Inc, Carbonized Records, Prosthetic Records, Decibel Magazine, Blood & Ink..
The Studio
I have a comfortable, private, <Multi-room recording studio in Mesa, AZ.
Custom Argosy Desk with SSL Nucleus Controller running a
40 in / 42 out Pro Tools system with Universal Audio I/O and conversion.
A large analog front end featuring loads of classic analog studio gear from Solid Stage Logic, Rupert Neve Designs, API, Chandler Limited, Empirical Labs, DBX, Neumann, Blue Microphones, Shure, Sennheiser.
I proudly endorse and use gear from Fender, Ernie Ball, God City Instruments, Ampeg, Line-6, Yamaha Music group, and SE Electronics and Lewitt Microphones.
I have built a setup around using classic recording studio gear and techniques. I rely on using microphones to capture real performances, and much less on computers and programming or emulation.
I also do remote/location recording.
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