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STUDIO A
STUDIO B
MICROPHONES
COMPRESSORS/ PREAMPS
INSTRUMENTS

STUDIO A TRACKING ROOM

CONSOLE:  SSL (Solid State Logic) 9000J analog 56x48 with producers desk

AUTOMATION: SSL Ultimation moving fader

AUDIO RECORDERS:
Avid PRO TOOLS HD with LYNX AURORA convertors
OTARI RADAR II 24 track digital 
Sony PCM-R500 DAT
Alesis Masterlink 24bit digital two track
Marantz CDR-631 CD recorder
Tascam 202 mk3 cassette recorder             


​EFFECTS:
TC Electronic M-3000 reverb                                                                
TC Electronic M-One digital reverb

YAMAHA SPX-90 II digital effects
LEXICON ALEX digital effects
LEXICON MPX-500 digital effects
YAMAHA REV-500 digital effects
ROLAND SRV-330 dimensional space 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
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
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STUDIO B OVERDUB/MIX ROOM

CONTROL SURFACE:Digidesign C-24, total recall automation, 5.1 Surround Monitoring and DAW control in custom Argosy desk.

AUDIO RECORDERS and INTERFACES: Digidesign HD 192 IO 
Alesis Masterlink 24 bit digital two track
Sony PCM-R500 DAT
Marantz CDR-631 CD recorder


DAW SOFTWARE: Avid ProTools HD 10
 

COMPUTER: Apple Mac Pro 8 core with 4GB RAM and two 750GB internal drives, CD/ DVD superdrive, twin Apple Cinema 23" flat panel monitors.

DAW EFFECTS: Universal Audio UAD-2 card with UREI 1176, LA2A, Cambridge EQ, Pultec EQ, Fairchild 670, Plate 140, Dreamverb, RealVerb pro, multiband compressor, precision limiter
Digidesign plugs include Smack, EQ3, Dymanics3, Joe Meek EQ and Compressor
URS API 550B EQ, Neve 1084 EQ
Izotope Ozone 3 mastering processor
Antares Autotune 7 pitch corrector
Drumagog drum replacer   
Steven Slate Blackbird Drums                                                                 
Dolby Digital 5.1 encoding/decoding
This is just a small sample of available plugins…more are added consistently


ANALOG OUTBOARD GEAR:
 
DBX 160x Compressor/Limiter

MICROPHONES

ADK 51 Condenser
ADK Area 51 TUBE
​AKG C-414 TLII (2)
AKG C-451 (4)
AKG D-12E 

AKG C-3000 (2)
AUDIO TECHNICA 4060 TUBE
AUDIO TECHNICA 4033 (3)
Audix D6
Audix D2 D4                                                                                   

Badaxx Ribbon
EV RE-20
LAWSON TUBE MIC
MILLS "LITTLE MIC" (2) 
​MIKTEK CV4 TUBE MIC

MXL V69 TUBE MIC
Nady RSM-2 Studio Ribbon (2)
Nady SCM-900 (4)
NEUMANN KM-84 (3)
NEUMANN U-87
Octava MC012 (2)
RCA 77-DX Ribbon
SENNHEISER MD-421U
SHURE SM-5B (3)
SHURE SM-7B

SHURE SM-56 (3)
SHURE SM-57 (4)

SHURE SM 58
SHURE SM-98A (4)
SHURE SM-81 (2)
SHURE KSM-32 (2)
SHURE BETA-52 Kick Mic 

SHURE BETA-56AS
SONY ECM-22P (4)

SONY ECM-50 (2)
SOUNDELUX U-195
WARM AUDIO U87 (2)


COMPRESSORS/PREAMPS

Universal Audio 6176 tube mic pre and 1176 limiter
Avalon 737 tube mic pre/eq/compressor
TL Audio tube two channel mic pre
Tubetech CL-1B compressor

Avalon 737 SP tube mic pre, eq, compressor 
Focusrite ISA 428 four channel preamp
HHB four channel tube mic pre
DBX 160x Compressor/Limiter 
NEVE 1272 (BAE) discreet mic preamp

​Joe Meek VC-1 mic pre/compressor 
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TRACKING ROOM 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
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