Facilities and Equipment
Studio Layout
Due to the large main room, members of your group have plenty of space to stretch out while still maintaining eye contact and good mic-to-mic isolation. Additional isolation can be achieved by placing instrument amplifiers in the isolation rooms. Isolation Room #1 is also equipped with a double-pane sound-attenuating window looking into the main room and extensive acoustical dampening, making it ideal for vocalists.Equipment List
Console
The Mackie 8-Bus mixing console was chosen for its transparency and superior routing capabilities. It is an inline console that provides 48 main channels, 48 alternate "Mix-B" channels, 6 auxiliary sends with 6 stereo returns, for a total of up to 108 inputs available at mixdown. 32 main channels and the left-right main bus are equipped with the Mackie "Ultramix" automation system, which allows fader moves and other aspects of mixing to be programmed and recalled at all times.
Recorders
Analog: Tascam MS-16 1" 16-track with dbx type 1 noise reduction. This is an excellent machine, and is great for getting that "analog" sound.
Digital: Tascam DA-88 8-track digital multitrack, and 2 Tascam DA-38 8-track digital multitracks. All these machines use the superior DTRS digital format, and can be synchronized for a total of 24 digital tracks They can also by synchronized to the MS-16 for a total of 40 simultaneous tracks.
Mixdown: Panasonic SV-3800 2-track DAT.
CD Recording: Digital CD mastering using Sound Forge software.
Sony single- and double-well cassette decks.
Monitor Systems
In the control room, the main monitors are Mackie HR 824 Biamplified Studio Monitors. Auxiliary monitors are Tannoy PBM6.5II's powered by Tannoy Limpet monoblock amplifiers, plus an Infinty subwoofer. Radio Shack Optimus speakers are used to check how mixes sound on a "consumer" type system.The main room cue system consists of Audio-Technica and Sony headphones with up to 4 headphone mixes available at once, all powered by Carver and SAE amplifiers and run through 5 ProCo headphone distribution boxes.
The main room also has a playback monitor system powered by a JBL/UREI power amplifier.
Outboard
Compressors: TLAudio C1 tube compressor, dbx 166A, three FMR Audio RNC's, vintage dbx 162 (stereo version of the 160VU)Mic Pres: Peavey/AMR VMP-2 (all tube), TLAudio C1, dbx 760X, Symetrix SX202
Digital Delays/Reverbs: Two Lexicon LXP5's, Alesis Midiverb4, Alesis Microverb4, dbx 290
Signal Processing: T.C. Electronics Finalizer digital processor, dbx 296 Spectral Enhancer, Orban stereo synthesizer, dbx 363 Dual Gate (4), dbx 166A, Behringer Edison spatial processor, Aphex Aural Exciter
Microphones
Audio-Technica: AT-4050/CM5 (2)AKG: C1000S (2), D112, D12E, C408 (2)
Crown: PZM (2)
Electro-Voice: RE20, RE50, 635A
Sennheiser: MD421-II (2)
Shure: SM58 (2), SM57 (5), SM7, vintage 55SW
Tandy: Modified PZM (2), modified 33-3007 (4)
DI's: Countryman (2), Stewart (2)