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Cedar Falls, Iowa · Since 1975

Iowa's premiere music studio.

Catamount is a state-of-the-art professional recording studio located in Cedar Falls, Iowa. We specialize in album production with over 500 releases to date.

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500+Album releases
GoldRIAA · Billboard 200 #47
2×Grammy-nominated tracks
56Channels · SSL 4048E/G+
  • Roadrunner
  • Warner Bros.
  • Columbia
  • Wind Up
  • SubPop
  • Grass/BMG
  • Shrapnel/Relativity
  • Word
  • Link/Hollywood
  • Time/Warner
  • Simon & Schuster
  • Many others
What we do

From the first take to the final master

Bring a full band, a stack of demos or finished mixes. Catamount handles every stage of making a record.

Album Production

Album production is our specialty, with over 500 releases to date for clients including Roadrunner, Warner Bros. and Columbia.

Tracking

The 2000 sq. ft. Studio A, with 16 foot sloped ceilings and oak walls, a 7'6" Yamaha C7 grand, a Hammond B3 and Yamaha Recording Custom drums.

Mixing

A refurbished 56 channel SSL 4048E/G+ with Total Recall, and a rack of classic processors by Neve, Pultec, API, UREI, Chandler and Manley.

Mastering

Studio B doubles as a very accurate mastering room, for albums made here and for projects tracked and mixed elsewhere.

The rooms

Built from the ground up

Each room was built on its own concrete slab to prevent room-to-room bass leakage, with oak covered walls, solid oak floors and bass traps over the entire studio.

Studio A control room and SSL console
Studio A

The live room

Studio A's 16 foot sloped ceilings and reflective oak walls contribute to a sonic quality that is both spacious and vibrant.

Size2000 sq. ft.
Console56 channel SSL 4048E/G+ with Total Recall
RecordersAvid Pro Tools HDX · Otari 2″ analog 24 track
InstrumentsYamaha C7 grand · Hammond B3 · Yamaha Recording Custom drums
Studio B
Studio B

The mastering room

A more intimate recording environment that also serves as a high quality, very accurate mastering room.

UseRecording, mixing and mastering
AcousticsConstruction and treatment similar to Studio A
SharedVintage tube mics, amps and guitars
Gold record on the studio wall
Design inspiration

Designed by Carl Yanchar

Catamount Studios was designed by Carl Yanchar of Wave~Space, Los Angeles. Carl's clients include many legendary recording studios such as The Plant, Mad Hatter, Capitol Recording Studios, CBS Studios, and Lionshare.

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The collection

Gear worth the drive

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Microphones

  • Telefunken/Neumann U-47
  • (2) Neumann M-49C
  • Chandler REDD
  • Neumann U-67
  • (2)Neumann U87
  • (2) Neumann KM84i
  • Neumann UM-57
  • Wunder CM7
  • AKG C-12
  • (2) AKG C-414EB-P48
Microphones
Selected discography

Records made here

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  • STONE SOUR

    Stone Sour · Roadrunner

    RIAA Gold Record, Billboard 200 #47

  • STONE SOUR

    Get Inside · Roadrunner

    Grammy Nominated – Best Metal Performance

  • AVEY GROUWS BAND

    The Devil May Care · Self Released

    Billboard Blues Album Chart #10

  • KIRAN AHLUWALIA

    Kiran Ahluwalia · Trikola

    Billboard World Album Chart #15

  • THE STARKWEATHERS

    Do You Like To Be Lied To? · Subpop

Stone Sour's debut album, produced by Tom Tatman at Catamount Recording Studio, yielded three hit singles, two Grammy nominations and a Gold Record.

Client testimonials

Artists & press

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  • “Phenomenal is the word that comes to mind when I think of the sound quality of this album. Produced by Tom Tatman, the album shows the band has found a very solid partner.”
    Mark Lush, MidwestBands.com, on East Eighteen's “In The Event That You're Right”
  • “The main thing I learned from this studio experience was that Tom Tatman was great at recording – how he captures the sounds. We all learned a lot from him, definitely.”
    Joel Ekman, Stone Sour, in East Coast Romper
  • “The very clear production is a tribute to Travis Huisman who oversaw the recordings in Cedar Falls, IA.”
    Blues Blast Magazine, on the Avey Grouws Band album “The Devil May Care”
  • “The way Tom engineers and produces makes it fun to be in the studio – and it's a great studio. The sound is incredible.”
    Jim Root, Slipknot, in the Waterloo Courier, on the Stone Sour project
  • “The kind of work that Tom does makes you feel like this is the most important work you're going to do in your creative life.”
    Annie Savage, ArtScene Magazine, on The Mayflies CD
  • “The first thing one notices about the group's most recent album, Memento, is how remarkably bright and clear the recording is. This is how a big band should sound.”
    Jack Bowers, All About Jazz, on University of Northern Iowa Jazz Band One “Memento”
Our team

Meet your engineer

Travis Huisman
At Catamount since 2004

Travis Huisman

Producer · Engineer · Mastering

Travis is a highly skilled producer/engineer with a degree in the recording arts from McNally-Smith School Of Music. He has produced, engineered, and mastered hundreds of albums, as well as projects that were tracked and mixed elsewhere.

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Good to know

Questions

Can we use the studio's instruments?

Yes. Instruments available in Studio A include a 7'6" Yamaha C7 grand piano, Hammond B3 organ and Yamaha Recording Custom drums. Catamount's collection of vintage tube mics, amps and guitars is available in both studios.

Do you master projects recorded somewhere else?

Yes. Travis Huisman has mastered hundreds of albums, including projects that were tracked and mixed elsewhere.

Can we record live as a band?

Yes. Catamount is known for its live, everyone-in-the-room approach to making records, and Studio A's 2000 sq. ft. live room is built for it.

How long has Catamount been around?

Since 1975. It began on College Hill as a private studio for the Midwestern rock band Headstone, opened to the public in 1980, and moved into its current multi-room facility in the Cedar Falls Industrial Park in 2002.

Where are you?

5737 Westminster Drive, Cedar Falls, IA 50613. Centrally located in the heart of the Midwest, in a scenic little college town that many touring acts have stopped in to lay down tracks.

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Let's make your record.

319-268-1011 thuisman@catamountrecording.com 5737 Westminster Drive, Cedar Falls, IA 50613
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