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Good*God studio was a home-based Christian recording studio that began operating in Adelaide South Australia in 1977. Its formation was the realisation of a vision and it came about through the dedication of Adelaide musician, Rod Boucher. Rod was a christian who sought to encourage creativity and participation in local worship. He encouraged expression through music, and dreamed of ways people could share the resources of their God given talent beyond the weekly meetings. As a muso Rod was fascinated by the recording process, but multi-track recording was an expensive proposition back in the 70s, and mostly beyond the reach of the occasional musician.

Rod and Vivi moved to Sydney in 1982 and the studio relocated to Beulah Park until 1984 when it was put into storage. The studio then moved into a refurbished water tank in North Adelaide for a short period and relocated several months later to 202 Hindley Street in Adelaide; the former premises of the famous 202 Studio, possibly the first commercial recording studio ever built in Adelaide.

The first tentative recordings at Good*God began in 1977 in Malvern South Australia,in the home of Rod and Vivi Boucher. The equipment was very basic and consisted of a Tandy battery powered 4 channel mixer and several SHURE microphones. Rod teamed up with musician Vello Nou from his band “Buffalo Drive” to get the first lot of sessions underway. Chris Adams arrived a few months later to discover sound engineering, and embarked on his own personal journey through the Good*God phenomena.

If I told you that our first monitors were housed in cardboard boxes you would probably find that hard to believe, but its actually true! I dont know where they came from, and even though we learned to be grateful for every gift, I was glad when they disappeared. The monitoriing equipment was little more than an low powered hi fi stereo amplifier and some very dodgy headphones. A few months later, we upgraded to a live mixing desk that was loaned to us between band gigs, and that gave us a lot more flexibility. Things really got serious when we were given a TEAC four track reel to reel tape recorder by a man I have never met called Ken. He had brought the recorder for his own use, and thought that we would be able to use it to greater advantage. Thank You Ken.

In the short time Good*God existed in its original form, hundreds of artists accessed the studio facilities. Rod used to manage the daytime sessions and Chris used to engineer every weekend. It was a learning experience for everyone and being a part of it changed many peoples lives. Rod believed in Gods providence and the studio operated successfully for 5 years without charging fees or having a business structure. Many people donated and a few businesses chipped in along the way to help make the dream a reality.

This was a TEAC A-3340S like the one we used for many years. The only thing we ever replaced were the heads.

A great machine. Donated by Ken from Horsham in Victoria, who heard what we were doing and wanted to support our work.

Backing tracks were mixed live onto two tracks first and vocal overdubs were recorded on the remaining two tracks.

Our TASCAM 80-8 half-inch 8 track recorder, (and DBX unit) was donated by Ray Shepherd around 1980. Ray played drums in Retreads and became our session drummer. He helped out on scores of other peoples recordings. Thanks Ray! The Tascam came complete with a Soundcraft mixing desk which was a 16x8x8 configured desk.

We used predominantly SHURE microphones. The bands Salty and Strike A Light owned several SM57 and SM58 microphones between them and were more than happy to allow us to use them. Thanks Guys! Great microphones for any application.

Sound files will play automatically as the pages download ........ You are listening to Rob Timbs from the album “Lost For Words”

Following the purchase of the 8 track TASCAM unit, we were given a Revox 2 track recorder by Bernard and Debbie Hull. Previously we had relied on the generosity of Rex Stacy from Sonorex who allowed us to mix in his home.