Thermal Studios is a state of the art facility located in a private residence just 15 minutes from Philadelphia, and 90 minutes from New York City.

Thermal Studios features top of the line preamps, compressors, eq and effects from Neve, API, Maag, Shadow Hills, Helios, Avalon, Focusrite, Joe Meek, Urei/UA, SPL, Tube Tech, TC Electronics etc. All of the latest TDM plugins, sample libraries and virtual instruments are loaded into a Mac Pro and two PCs. Microphones from Nuemann, Sennheiser, AKG, Rode, Audix and Shure complement the Splawn, Egnater, Marshall, Trademark 60, SWR and Line 6 amps. A great sounding Tama Star Classic drum kit is always setup, miked and ready to go. Monitoring in all rooms is through the Aviom system with individual mixers for each musician. But most importantly, there is a fantastic recording area - four isolated rooms plus control room and lounge. This is musician owned and operated so you will feel relaxed and understood in this cool atmosphere. Recording is handled by an Avid Pro Tools HD 3 system with a Focusrite-Digidesign console/control surface. SERVICES GEAR

Stephen McKnight is a Philadelphia area based singer/songwriter/producer who owns Thermal Productions, a state-of-the-art recording studio and production facility.

Stephen has made his living performing, recording and songwriting for many years, both in the USA and in Tokyo, Japan where he spent over seven years recording and performing. He recorded and or produced over 200 television commercials and eight CD releases while in Tokyo. Highlights include having two songs chart on the hot 100, singing the original "Zoom-Zoom" commercial for Mazda, (which got plenty of airplay in the US) and singing the US National Anthem in front of 65,000 people live and millions on ESPN internationally. Prior to going to Japan, Stephen had several albums released with Now, Kissing Nixon as well as under his own name.

Since building Thermal Studios in 2006, Stephen has recorded and produced numerous full length original albums with various artists. (Check out the audio samples tab!) He has also recorded commercials for Comcast/Xfinity, Versace, Toyota, Rent A Center, Charter Communications, AT&T, Nike and many others. Stephen also has a presence in original songs for various Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 games. Konami is a long time client, as well as Sony Games and most recently Capcom. The newest Resident Evil game (available March 2012) includes Stephen's original song "The Spaces In Between". Stephen has built a fantastic recording studio which has all the amenities of a commercial studio, but located within a private residence. Producing, mixing, and or recording your project is his passion- no project too big or small.