Hilltop Recording Studios

The STUDIO A control room is an acoustically designed room that incorporates a 56 channel NEVE 8128 analog recording console with NEVE Flying Faders automation and a large assortment of outboard gear and microphones. This tracking room makes a perfect combination with our Studio B ProTools overdub/mixing studio. There is nothing better sounding than tracking on a NEVE analog console to retain the warmth and then mixing in ProTools for total recall automated mixes.

Our larger STUDIO A is used for tracking live musicians and contains a beautiful 7'6" YAMAHA C7 grand piano with Disklavier and MIDI which is maintained by a professional technician on a weekly basis.

To provide a quieter control room environment, our tape machines and power supplies are located in an adjacent equipment room. A unique blend of gray tones, cherry wood, and adjustable incandescent lighting create a very relaxed atmosphere. There is great visibility between the control room and the studio. The isolation booths also include closed circuit monitors.

STUDIO A has its own separate lounge complete with reclining couches, snack areas, television, and rest rooms.

STUDIO A EQUIPMENT LIST
DIMENSIONS:	Control Room 20 x 18 with separate machine room, Studio 35 x 18 Isolation Booths (4), Two speaker cabinet rooms for amps
CONSOLE:	NEVE 8128 analog 56x48 with producers desk
AUTOMATION:	NEVE Flying Faders 56 channel with additional 8 group faders
AUDIO RECORDERS:	SONY APR-24 twenty four track analog 2” tape Digidesign PRO TOOLS HD and CUBASE 4 with LYNX AURORA convertors Sony PCM-R500 DAT Alesis Masterlink 24bit digital two track Marantz CDR-631 CD recorder Tascam 202 mk3 cassette recorder
EFFECTS:	TC Electronic M-One digital reverb SONY R-7 digital reverb YAMAHA SPX-90 II digital effects LEXICON ALEX digital effects LEXICON MPX-500 (2) digital effects YAMAHA REV-500 (2) digital effects YAMAHA SPX-1000 ditital reverb ROLAND SRV-330 dimensional space reverb EMT/Lawson vintage analog stereo plate reverb SONY MUR-201 digital reverb
OTHER OUTBOARD GEAR:	DBX 160 VU compressor/limiters (2) UREI 1176LN peak limiters (2) UREI LA-4 compressor/limiters (2) ART Pro VLA tube compressor (2) Joe Meek VC-1 mic pre/compressor Universal Audio 6176 tube mic pre and 1176 limiter Avalon 737 tube mic pre/eq/compressor TL Audio tube two channel mic pre Antares ATR-1A intonation processor (2) Mackie Control Universal DAW Controller UREI 545 Parametric EQ (2) Valley People Kepex II noise gates (4) Focusrite Mixmaster 24 bit mix processor
MICROPHONES:	Audix D6 Audix SCX-25 condensers (2) MXL V69 TUBE Shure SM 58 AUDIO TECHNICA 4060 TUBE AUDIO TECHNICA 4033 (3) SONY ECM-50 (2) NEUMANN KM-84 (3) SONY ECM-22P (4) Nady SCM-900 (4) NEUMANN U-87 Octava MC012 (2) SHURE BETA-56A SENNHEISER MD-421U SHURE SM-56 (3) RCA 77-DX Ribbon SHURE SM-5B (3) EV RE-20 SHURE SM-57 (4) MILLS "LITTLE MIC" (2) SHURE SM-98A (4) SHURE SM-81 (2) SHURE KSM-32 (2) SHURE BETA-52 Kick Mic SOUNDELUX U-195 AKG C-451 (4) ADK 51 Condenser ADK Area 51 TUBE AKG D-12E AKG C-408 AKG C-3000 (2) AKG C414 TLII (2) Nady RSM-2 Studio Ribbon (2) DIRECT BOXES by Radial, Countryman, BSS, ProCo, Joe Mills, Whirlwind, etc. Demeter tube direct
MONITOR AMPLIFIERS:	Yamaha P-2150 Yamaha PC-2002 (mains)
MONITOR SPEAKERS:	Yamaha NS-10 Mackie HR-824 active monitors Mackie HRS-120 Subwoofer UREI 809-A (mains)
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS:	Yamaha 7'6" C7 Concert Grand Piano with Disklavier and MIDI Hammond CV Organ (B3) with Leslie 122 cabinet Yamaha Motif Rack synthesizer Drum Workshop (DW) 6-piece studio Drum Set with Zildjian Cymbals Peavey bass combo amp
STUDIO DESIGN:	Large Drum Booth with great visibility 6 x 12 Isolation Booth 5 x 7 Isolation Booth 5X5 Isolation Booth off control room two additional small isolated rooms designed for guitar speaker cabinets 8 channel active Hear Back cue system
RENTAL:	While this list represents what is "in house", it certainly is not all that is offered. We are fortunate that Nashville offers many good rental companies that provide anything you may desire from vintage microphones to world class outboard gear.

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