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Equipment & Facilities

Our studio has acoustically treated rooms so that we can capture your performance with the highest possible warmth & quality. There are 16 channels of simultaneous inputs, allowing a multitude of tracking combinations when working with ensembles. Your possibilities are endless: from recording a live band in one take, capturing a string quartet playing together or recording each element of your project separately to a click track. The comfortable live area is 3m x 3m and has been fitted with professional acoustic treatment making it ideal for a wide range of styles.

Digital Audio Workstation:

  • Logic Audio Pro v8
  • MOTU 896 HD interface
  • RME Octamic D - Analogue to Digital conversion
  • Apple Powermac G5 Dual 2.0 gHz 2GB RAM
  • Lots of Hard Drive space for large projects.

Plugins:

  • Waves Gold package - top sonic quality for mixes
  • Waves SSL - recreation of the classic 'big desk sound'
  • Native Instruments Guitar Rig
  • Convolution Reverbs: Space Designer & Waves IR-L
  • Celemony Melodyne: vocal / instrument tuning software

Monitoring:

  • KRK V6 Main active monitors
  • Yamaha NS10m with Alesis poweramp
  • Sennheiser HD-25 professional headphones
  • 2 x Sennheiser HD-280 pro headphones

Microphones:

  • A collection of Audio Technica, SE Electronic, Shure, Sennheiser options.

Mixing Desk / Rack processors

  • Empirical Labs Distressor (with british modification)
  • Avalon VT 737sp Mic Pre / EQ / Compressor
  • Cranesong HEDD 192 Tape saturation emulator / Hi-end AD/DA converter

Instruments:

  • Marshall JCM 2000 head with Orange 2 x 12" cab
  • Yamaha upright piano.
  • Upright Acoustic Double Bass
  • Pearl Masters Custom Drum Kit
  • Pearl Reference Drum Kit
  • Zildjian Cymbals
  • Ampeg 8x10 Bass Cab with Hartke head
  • Fender De Ville Combo guitar amp

PA System:

  • Mackie SRM-450 active speakers
  • Yamaha O1V digital mixer
  • Mackie 16-4-2 Analogue mixing desk.

Facilities:

  • Wireless Internet with a fast connection
  • Kitchen Facilities including fridge and kettle
  • Comfortable Seating
  • XBOX 360
  • Air Conditioning
  • Toilets are available too!

Have a listen to some examples >>