LILY PAD
☼ ON-SITE MOBILE RECORDING ☼
With the LILY PAD mobile unit, artists can play wherever they feel inspired, outside the confines of a traditional studio.
LILY PAD offers studio services for alternative environments where there’s no infrastructure to record - in a raw live performance or during dedicated tracking time. It’s a solution for artists who want more than a voice memo or digital board feed to document a rare moment.
☼ the unit can function anywhere - indoors or outdoors ☼
Turn any space into a studio with ease & efficiency. Track in a place you love: in a bar or basement, in your rehearsal space or a venue, in a yard or a cave, by a waterfall or in the woods.
If you want to have recording services on the road, the LILY PAD can link up to festivals or join you on tours.
Booking
It’s easy to get set up! After an initial conversation, we ask you to fill out a sheet with your location, instrumentation, gear, set-up specifications, etc. We take care of everything and customize the rig.
Who is Lily Wen?
Lily Wen is a New York-based producer, engineer, mixer and host of WFMU radio show BUZZSAW. She started the independent record label Figure & Ground in 2015, producing the debut albums by Combo Chimbita, STEFA* and Bulla en el Barrio. Lily is a house engineer at Figure 8 Recording in Brooklyn. She has worked with artists such as Meshell Ndegeocello, Moses Sumney, Will Butler, Denzel Curry, Geese, Laraaji, Eartheater, Marshall Allen, Irreversible Entanglements, Kimbra, Marc Ribot, Esperanza Spalding, Mei Semones, Allegra Krieger, Bill Frisell and Kelsey Lu. Lily has live experience running FOH and monitors - most recently for Ichiko Aoba and Owen Pallett on their 2025 US tour. See full discography.
She now presents her on-site mobile recording service:
☼☼☼ the LILY PAD ☼☼☼
She now presents her on-site mobile recording service:
☼☼☼ the LILY PAD ☼☼☼
☼☼☼ LILY PAD is available/anywhere ☼☼☼
Features of the LILY PAD
☼ 16+ channels of studio-quality recording ☼
☼ Available in the US and around the world ☼
☼ Cue playback and monitoring available ☼
☼ Solar power available ☼
☼ Coordinated live show set up with venues/spaces ☼
☼ Up to 10 hours of operation at $550/day ☼
☼☼☼ the unit is modular and can be expanded or pared down as needed ☼☼☼
When the band sounds great where you are...
When you’re playing shows in strange places...
When you’re recording in esoteric environments...
When you play a rare live set together...
When you can’t fit in a traditional studio...
When there’s no studio there...
... the LILY PAD can come to you
Mic Locker
1. Gefell M94 pair
2. Blue Mouse
3. EV635A
4. Beyerdynamic M88
5. Beyerdynamic M160
6. Sennheiser 421
7. Sennheiser 441
8. Heil PR40
9. Shure SM57/58s
2. Blue Mouse
3. EV635A
4. Beyerdynamic M88
5. Beyerdynamic M160
6. Sennheiser 421
7. Sennheiser 441
8. Heil PR40
9. Shure SM57/58s
Primary Gear
4 x Sphere channels
4 x API channels
1 mac mini (Pro Tools via ethernet) + 1 macbook (Reaper backup via USB)
Boss SP-303
Akai MPC1000
Motu UltraLite mk4
ART S8 Splitter
Soundcraft EFX12 Mixer
Radial JDIs / Reamp
MXR Bass DI
Symetrix Headphone Amp
Biamp Spring Reverb
Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail
Death By Audio Echo Dream 2
EarthQuaker Hoof
EarthQuaker Bit Commander
EarthQuaker Grand Orbiter
EarthQuaker Rainbow Machine
EarthQuaker Aqueduct
Available Instruments / Amps
☼ ‘60s Gretsch Round Badge Kit
☼ Carl Thompson Fretless Bass
☼ Squier Bullet Electric Guitar
☼ Talman Acoustic Guitar
☼ 88-key Casio MIDI keyboard
☼ Mark Bass Amp
☼ Carl Thompson Fretless Bass
☼ Squier Bullet Electric Guitar
☼ Talman Acoustic Guitar
☼ 88-key Casio MIDI keyboard
☼ Mark Bass Amp
Credits
Illustration: 青葉市子
Photography & design:
Loly Bonilla
Lighting assistant:
Carolina Morales
📸 Sun Ra House, 2020
Contact
lilyhwen@proton.me
@dj_lil_stranger
+1 646 592 1696
Additional Information
☼ LILY PAD is available for full-day and multi-day bookings only
☼ We can advance and manage any additional gear rentals
☼ $550/day rate includes engineering up to 10 hours
☼ Additional FOH/MON ranges from $50-$150/day depending on scale
☼ PA rental/set up is an additional $50 flat fee
☼ Transportation within NYC included
☼ Travel costs outside the city by negotiated agreement