studio specs
The studio is in its own air-conditioned building at the rear of a residential property and comprises a live room which can accommodate a five piece band, and a separate, acoustically isolated and treated control room. There is also a toilet and kitchenette area which we keep stocked with decent coffee and beverages! Acoustic screens and gobos are available, and a 'dry' vocal or instrument booth is easily created. The total area is 350 square feet, equipped with:
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WORKSTATION: Apple iMac 27 inch retina, 4 Ghz Intel Core i9 ten-core processor with Logic Pro X and DSP Quattro authoring software.
MONITORS: HEDD Type 20's, Creative small speakers, Rehearsal PA system, numerous headphones. MICROPHONES: Brauner Phantom Classic, Sontronics Mercury Vintage Edition (valve mic), GAP R1 mk 3 (ribbon mic), Neumann KM-184 x2, Rode NT5 x2, AKG C4000B, AKG D112, Sennheiser E604 x4, Shure SM57 x2, Shure SM58. PRE-AMPS AND ADC/DAC CONVERTERS: Universal Audio Apollo X6, UA Apollo Twin Mk 2 and UA Apollo (all with Unison Pre-amps that faithfully model Neve 1073, UA 610, SSL 4000E & Manley VoxBox etc), Audient ASP800, Mackie VLZ 1202 mixer, Headphone mixer. |
INSTRUMENTS & BACKLINE: Yamaha U1 upright piano, Nord Stage EX keyboard, Novation MiniNova synth, Roland JV-1080 sound module, Native Instruments S49 integrated control keyboard, Gretsch drum kit, Hartke 210c bass combo, Vox AC15C1 guitar amp, Line 6 guitar amp, Fender practice amp, various percussion etc.
OUTBOARD PROCESSING: SSL Fusion, Warm Audio Bus-Comp SOFTWARE INSTRUMENTS AND SAMPLE LIBRARIES: Garritan CFX Concert Grand, Spitfire Audio Mural Strings, Native Instruments Komplete 13 Ultimate Collectors edition - includes Kontakt, Reaktor, FM8, Massive X, Cremona Quartet, Battery, The Giant, Vintage Keys, Session Strings Pro 2, Rise & Hit, Vintage Organs etc, Addictive Keys, Addictive Drums, EZ Drummer 2, Stylus RMX, Cakewalk Z3TA ...and many more! SOFTWARE PROCESSORS: Plugins from Universal Audio (including meticulous models of 1176, LA-2A & Fairchild 670 compressors, Pultec, Manley and Neve EQ's etc), Slate Digital, Waves, Soundtoys, Fabfilter, Native Instruments, Eventide, PSP Audioware, Valhalla DSP, Oeksound ...and many more! REPAIR TOOLS: Melodyne pitch/time correction software, Izotope RX 9 audio restoration software |