Specializing in killer sax and keyboard tracks that elevate your sound.


About the Studio

Hi, I’m Alex McVittie, owner and operator of Antarctic Studios. I’ve been playing keys for over , sax for over , and I’ve been in more bands than I can count—everything from ska to prog rock. While I'm still in a few prog bands and have a solo synthwave project, I love helping artists take their tracks to the next level with recording, mixing, mastering, and session work.


I specialize in adding keys and sax to rock and electronic tracks, especially the synthwave-inspired stuff—but honestly, I love working across genres. If it grooves, I’m in.


The studio, located in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, is fully equipped for live drum tracking and real amp recording, and I’m always up for collaborating with people who care about getting the feel just right. If you’re looking for someone who can bring a musical ear and a bit of personality to your project, let’s talk.


Keep scrolling to hear some samples of my work, check out some client testimonials, and get in touch with my contact form if you're interested in working together.

Alexander McVittie

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Get in Touch

Every project is unique. Pricing is available upon request, and we’re happy to work with most budgets to make your vision happen.

@antarcticstudios

@antarcticstudios

alex@antarcticstudios.ca

(226) 279 2261


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Studio Inventory



Condensers

  • Apex 565 clip-on microphone
  • Audio Technica AT4033a
  • Dachman Audio DA47FET
  • Dachman Audio DA87SE
  • MXL V69 Mogami
  • Sonarworks Omni Mic
  • Warm Audio WA-251
  • Warm Audio WA-47jr
  • Warm Audio WA-84 (x2, matched pair)

  • Dynamics

  • AKG D112
  • ElectroVoice N/D 257A
  • ElectroVoice RE20
  • ElectroVoice RE320
  • Shure SM57 (x3) & SM58
  • Shure SM7b

  • Ribbon

  • MXL R144 (x2)

  • Specialty

  • Custom lofi handset phone microphone
  • Keyboards & Hardware Synths

  • ASM Hydrasynth
  • Behringer Model15 semi modular synth
  • Expressive E Osmose
  • Roland AX Edge keytar
  • Roland Fantom 07 76 key synth
  • Roland RD-2000 88 weighted key

  • Guitars & Ukuleles

  • Epiphone Les Paul Studio electric guitar
  • Jackson JS22-7 electric guitar
  • Alvarez acoustic guitar
  • Parlour-sized nylon string guitar
  • Epiphone Les Paul concert scale ukulele
  • Kala tenor scale ukulele

  • Other Instruments

  • Casio DG-10 digital guitar synthesizer
  • Golem Poseidon 4 Theremin
  • Kalimba thumb piano
  • Amplifiers & Cabinets

  • Hughes & Kettner Spirit of Rock 50W head
  • Marshall Origin 20W head
  • Orange Micro Dark 25W head
  • Peavey 6505+ 60W head
  • Line 6 Spider Valve 112 combo guitar amp
  • Peavey MAX 115 300W combo bass amp
  • Orange PPC212 guitar cabinet (Jim Root signature)
  • Suhr 100W Reactive Loadbox

  • Pedals & FX

  • Boss HM2 & MT2 overdrive pedals
  • Boss RC-20 Loop Pedal
  • Electro-Harmonix Big Muff fuzz pedal (Soviet era)
  • Fender Hello Kitty Fuzz
  • Joyo Tauren (Klon clone)

  • Accessories

  • Radial ProRMP Reamp box
  • RNDI Active DI
  • ART PD2 Passive DI (x2)
  • ART BT-DI Bluetooth DI box
  • Audio Interface & Converters

  • RME UFXIII 188ch audio interface
  • Behringer ADA8200 (x2, modded)

  • Monitoring

  • Yorkville YSM6 2-way monitors with SonarWorks
  • Technics 3-way HiFi speakers
  • Harman/Kardon HK3300 amplifier
  • Audio-Technica ATH-M50x headphones (x2)
  • Bose QC25 headphones
  • Sennheiser HD518 headphones

  • Preamps

  • Cranborne Camden (x2)
  • DIYRE CP5
  • LA Audio MLX20 dual preamp
  • N-SONIC N73 (Neve style)

  • Compressors & FX Units

  • ART Pro VLA II
  • AudioScape SSL Bus Compressor
  • Shure M267 mixer/limiter
  • Sony DPS-V55 stereo FX unit
  • SPL BiG stereo widener

  • MIDI controllers

  • Arturia Keystep 25
  • Maschine MK1 pad controller
  • PreSonus Faderport 16
  • DAWs

  • Cubase 14 Pro
  • Harrison MixBus Pro
  • PreSonus Studio One Artist 6
  • Reaper

  • Mixing/Mastering Plugins

  • FabFilter suite (Q3&4, C2, L2, MB, R, Saturn, Timeless)
  • Izotope (Ozone, Nectar, Neutron, RX)
  • Black Salt Audio Silencer
  • Oeksound (Soothe2, Spiff)
  • SSL Native Bus Compressor & Channel Strip
  • SubMission Audio (Flatline 2, PreFire)
  • URM (ChannelMate, LimiTilt, MiniClip, TrimPan)
  • SonarWorks SoundID

  • Soft Synths & Instruments

  • Absynth 5
  • Battery
  • Equator2
  • FM8
  • Kontakt (Full)
  • Mercury 6
  • Massive & Massive X
  • SWAM Solo Strings 3

  • Guitar/Bass Virtual Amps

  • Neural DSP (Plini, Petrucci, Rabea)
  • Bogren Digital (Bassknob STD, 5169 Ampknob)
  • Brainworx Ampeg SVT-VR
  • Native Instruments Guitar Rig 5
  • Scuffham Amps S-Gear 3
  • Softube Marshall Plexi
  • Two Notes Genome & Wall Of Sound
  • Waves Gtr

  • Drum Production

  • Bogren Digital Krimh Drums
  • Samples From Mars complete collection
  • Steven Slate Trigger 2
  • ToonTrack Superior Drummer 3

  • Vocal Tools

  • Synchro Arts VocAlign 6
  • Universal Audio plugins (1176, LA2A, etc)
  • iZotope VocalSynth
  • And more!