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Microphone Preamplifiers:

    1-api 3124+ 4-channel microphone preamp / DI

    1-Avalon Design VT-737 SP mono class A vacuum tube discrete preamp-opto-compressor-equalizer

    1-Avalon Design AD2022 dual mono pure class A preamplifier

    1-dbx 586 Silver Series dual channel vacuum tube preamplifier

    1-Joe Meek Studio Channel VC1 mono preamp-opto-compressor-enhancer

    1-PreSonus M80 eight channel class A  mic / line preamp

    1-Universal Audio 2-610 two-channel vacuum tube preamplifier

    2-Vintech X73i class A all discrete, transformer balanced microphone preamplifiers with equalizer The X73i features a class A mic pre, based on the classic Neve 1073 with all of the same eq parameters, plus additional mid range frequencies, selectable input impedance, 1/4 inch D.I. on the front panel, transformer balanced mic and line inputs, phase reverse, phantom power switch, eq switch, 70db of gain, quality Grayhill rotary switches, custom machined aluminum knobs, plus many other features.

    1-Vintech 473 class A all discrete, transformer balanced microphone preamplifiers with equalizer The Vintech Audio 473 features four 1073 Neve style microphone preamplifiers with "essential eq" on every channel.  "Essential" because the eq's really help to enhance certain instruments and impart a certain magic to the sound like a vintage Neve 1073. Frequency choices are 3.2k and 12k for the highs and 60hz and 220hz on the low shelving. Each channel also offers an input sensitivity adjustment allowing up to 70db of gain, an input impedance switch, a mic-line switch, an instrument input and switches for phantom power, phase reverse and eq on or off.

Compressors & Gates:

    1-Boss NS-50 stereo noise suppressor

    2-Crane Song Trakker discrete class A compressor limiters. The TRAKKER functions either as a fully adjustable musically transparent compressor limiter or as a vintage compressor limiter with selectable hard or soft knee settings

    2-Drawmer DL-241 two channel auto compressors

    1-Drawmer DS-404 four channel frequency selective gate

    1-PreSonus ACP88 eight channel compressor / limiter / gate

    2-Summit Audio TLA-50 Tube leveling amplifiers

    2-Universal Audio 1176LN solid state limiting amplifiers (with 1176SA stereo adapter) Universal Audio's reissue of a classic piece of gear.

Other Outboard Gear:

    1-Antares ATR-1 Auto Tune pitch intonation processor (with ATR-1a EPROM upgrade)

    1-Aphex Type C Aural Exciter with Big Bottom

    1-BBE 882 Sonic Maximizer (balanced version)

    1-Crane Song HEDD192  (Harmonically Enhanced Digital Device) is a technological breakthrough in signal processing. The HEDD192 is engineered to be musically transparent while providing the capability of generating tube/analog sounds in the digital domain. It also features a pair of extremely high quality A/D D/A converters, with digital (AES and S/PDIF) & analog IO, word clock IO, and Dave Hill's proprietary dither algorithm.

    2-dbx 563X Silencers (single ended noise reduction)

    2-dbx 263X De-Essers

    1-Digitech RDS 1900 digital delay

    1-Ensoniq DP-4 four channel parallel digital effects processor

    1-Yamaha SPX-90 digital effects processor

Computer / Hard Disc Recording offers tremendous advantages over tape based recording media. To Name just a few:

Random access. Instantly pull up any song in your project,  any track in your song,  any position on that track,  right down to the sample level. This speeds the recording process and allows for a greatly enhanced workflow.

Virtually any level of editing you desire. From a simple fade to complex waveform editing, automation, signal processing, synchronization etc.

Total Recall. Open your session at any time and pick up exactly where you left off, with all fades, panning, alternate takes, processing... virtually everything exactly the way you left it.

NO tape costs! All recording is done direct to disc and your finished master recording will be provided to you on CD. (Since all primary and back up hard drives will be blanked and reformatted for the next client's project, we offer you the option of archiving your complete session tracks for future use. This can be done using inexpensive 20Gb uncompressed DDS-4 data back up tapes or even on external hard drives. Please Note: This optional service is provided at additional cost).

DAW (digital audio workstation) systems:

    1-Alesis AI-3  24bit, eight channel A/D D/A converter (95dB dynamic range)

    1-APC Back-UPS 700LS

    1-Apogee AD-16X  24bit, sixteen channel A/D converter (120dB dynamic range)

    1-Apogee AD-16  24bit, sixteen channel A/D converter (117dB dynamic range)

    1-Apogee BigBen master word clock w / Apogee Wide Eye cabling

1- Apple 'Mac Pro' (Mac OSX10.5.4 Leopard)

                - Dual 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon "Harpertown" Processors (8-cores total) w/12MB of L2 cache per processor (6MB shared per pair of cores),1600MHz dual independent frontside buses

                16- GB 800MHz DDR2 fully buffered ECC memory in eight FB-DIMM slots

                1- 320GB 7200-rpm Western Digital Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive

                2- Additional internal 500GB 7200-rpm Western Digital Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drives

                ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT w/256MB GDDR3 frame buffer, PCI Express 2.0 interface, and two dual-link DVI ports

1- Apple Power Mac G4 'Mirrored Door Drive' (Mac OS9.2.2, OSX10.4.11 Tiger or OSX10.5.4 Leopard)

                - Dual 1.25 GHz Processors w/2MB L3 cache per processor & 167 MHz system bus

                2- GB DR333 SDRAM (PC2700)

                1-80 GB internal Ultra ATA/100 hard drive

                1-Additional Maxtor 120GB internal Ultra ATA100 hard drive

                ATI Radeon 9000 Pro dual-display video card w/64MB DDR

1- Apple Power Mac G4 'Gigabit Ethernet Mystic' (Mac OS9.2.2)

                - Dual 500–MHz PowerPC G4 processors w/1MB L2 cache per processor

                896 PC100 & PC133 SDRAM

                DVD RAM optical drive

                1- 40 GB internal ATA hard drive

                1-Additional Maxtor 40 GB internal ATA hard drive

                ATI Rage 128 Pro video card

    2-Samsung SyncMaster 213T DVI digital 21.3" flat panel LCD monitors with Monster DVI cables

    1- Gefen 2X2 DVI DL Switcher allows quick and easy switching between our two primary DAWS (Digital Audio Workstations) while utilizing the same keyboard/mouse, dual displays and USB hub.

    1-ATTO Technology dual bus SCSI card

    1-Glyph "Trip" four bay external rack unit loaded with:

                1-Glyph (Seagate Cheetah) Removable Hot Swappable 18 gig 15,000 rpm SCSI hard drive

                1-Glyph (Seagate Cheetah) Removable Hot Swappable 36 gig 10,000 rpm SCSI hard drive

                1-Glyph (Plextor) Plexwriter 12/4/32 PX-W124TSI CDRW burner

                1-Glyph (SONY) SDT 11000 (20 gig uncompressed) DDS-4 HS DAT 150 back up tape  drive

    2-Glyph GT 050Q quad interface external hard drives (1- 250GB & 1- 500GB)

    3-Motu 2408 Mk III 24 bit PCI Core Hard Disc recording systems with 2- PCI 424 cards & 1- PCIe 424 card

     1-Motu 24io 24 bit PCI Expansion

Software:

Antares Auto Tune 4 pitch correction software

  EastWest Quantum Leap Pianos  After two years of recording, editing, and programming more than half a million dollars worth of pianos, EastWest proudly presents the most detailed collection of the world's finest grand pianos ever recorded in one of the 'temples of sound', EASTWEST STUDIOS (more RIAA certified platinum and gold records awarded than any other recording studios) with 3 mic positions for each piano by multi award-winning EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP producers DOUG ROGERS AND NICK PHOENIX (Symphonic Orchestra, Symphonic Choirs etc. etc.).

  Logic Studio 8

  Motu Digital Performer 6 is packed with features, like a new user interface for streamlined intuitive operation, track comping, new Masterworks Leveler and Proverb plug-ins to supplement DP's already impressive collection of included plugs,  expanded audio file support, and more.

    Motu Unisyn Editor Librarian

    roxio Toast 5 Titanium

     SyncroArts Vocalign  VocALign's unique ability to align two signals enables it to be used creatively to take guide or even "live" tracks and create performances with perfectly aligned overdubs. This outstanding software gives users perfectly aligned double-tracked vocals, tight backing vocals, easy re-grooving of recorded vocals for remixing and shorter overdub sessions. Users also have the ability to choose the best rhythm and pace for a specific vocal, or even lay down the required tempo pattern for the artist.

   Waves Diamond Plug-in Bundle  A comprehensive collection of audio processing tools, Diamond brings unparalleled signal processing power to the studio, for tracking, mixing, mastering, creative sound design, and audio restoration. Diamond now includes Q-Clone, Waves Tune LT, L3 Multimaximizer, L3-LL Multimaximizer, and IR-L Convolution Reverb, Maxx Volume as well as all the plug-ins found in Waves Platinum, Restoration, and Transform bundles. From dynamics, equalization, and reverb to pitch correction, spatial imaging, and beyond, Diamond is a must-have for every serious studio.

Brother Laser Printer:

    Yet another extremely useful feature in Digital Performer is the ability to print sheet music directly from the MIDI parts recorded on DP's sequencer (or imported into DP from an external hardware sequencer or another software program).  For musicians with composing chops, Sheet music can be generated for the other musicians to follow while recording in the studio. MIDI is the first step to proofing the composition, then the sheet music can be printed out via our laser printer and distributed to the session musicians for the recording date. Very handy!

 Keyboard Rig, Samplers and Sound Modules:

    1-Alesis DM Pro 20 bit drum module

    1- EMU PROTEUS 2500 Command Station

    1-Ensoniq VFX-SD keyboard / workstation

    1-Ensoniq TS-10 keyboard / workstation with 8Mb SIMMS & SCSI option

    1-Ensoniq EPS 16+ digital sampling workstation rack module with 1Mb Flashbank & SCSI options

    -Large collection of  Ensoniq sound libraries

    1-PS Systems "old school" 44Mb removable SCSI hard drive

    1-Kurzweil K2600XS sampling keyboard / workstation 

Fully loaded with the following features and options:

                Full 88-Key weighted action keyboard

                V.A.S.T. Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology

                Extensive array of assignable MIDI controllers

                Daughter Board for ROM blocks

                Orchestral ROM Block

                Contemporary ROM Block

                Stereo Dynamic Piano ROM Block

                Vintage Electric Piano ROM Block

                DADAT-26 8-channel 24 bit / 48 khz Digital I /O

                KDFX 5-stereo bus, 24 bit digital effects processing

                Internal 9 Gig hard drive

                Full 128 Meg of sample memory

                P-RAM battery backed RAM

                Sampling  option with analog and digital I/O

                SCSI connectors for external SCSI compatible drives

                Glyph 40x external SCSI CD ROM drive

    1-Roland CM-64 sound module

    1-Yamaha VL70m Virtual Acoustic Tone Generator

Mixer:

    1-Mackie 24 channel eight buss mixing console with meter bridge

    1-Mackie 24 channel eight buss expander with meter bridge

Monitors:

    1-Pr. Genelec S30-C three way tri-amplified active monitors    

    1-Pr. Tannoy System-8 dual concentric passive monitors powered by a Hafler Pro 2400 power amplifier

    1-Tannoy PS-110B powered sub woofer

    1-Pr. Radio Shack Optimus-7 Pro AV speakers (small speakers to check mix transportability)

Additional Recorders:

    4-Alesis ADAT MDM (Modular Digital Multi-track) blackface 16 bit recorders (32 tracks total) with Mogami / Elco snakes

    1-Alesis Masterlink ML9600 master CD recorder

    1-Denon 770R dual cassette recorder

    1-Fostex D-10 master DAT recorder

    1-Tascam 122 MkII master cassette recorder

Digital / Midi / SMPTE:

    1- Akai MPD16 USB/MIDI  pad controller w/ 16 touch sensitive pads that can be used with any sampler/sound module and/or sequencer to record and play drum and percussion patterns with the expression and feel that only pads can offer.

    1-Alesis BRC (Big Remote Control) with RMB (Remote Meter Bridge)

    1-Alesis AI-1 digital interface / format & sample rate converter

    1-JL Cooper MSB+ Rev2 midi patch bay

    1-JL Cooper PPS-100 SMPTE time code reader generator

    1-Motu MTP- AV USB Midi Time Piece 

    1-Roland CA-30 intelligent arranger

    1-Roland CF-10 digital fader

Headphones & Headphone Amp:

    1- Furman HDS-16 headphone distribution amplifier. Delivers up to 8-mono and 4 stereo sends to the individual HRM-16 remote mixing stations.

    6- Furman HRM-16 remote mixing stations. Providing each musician with their own personal mixer to adjust individual instrument volume levels and create their own custom headphone mix. With full musician-to-musician and musician-to-control room talkback facilities.

    1-Pr. AKG K240-DF headphones

    5-Pr. AKG K240 headphones

    2-Pr. AKG K270-S headphones

    2-Pr. Audio Technica AT H-D40 headphones

    2-Pr. beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO/80 headphones

    1-Pr. Sennheiser HD280 headphones

Miscellaneous:

    1-Earthworks  Kick Pad Inline kick drum Pad/EQ processor

    1-Radial engineering  JDI MK4 Duplex Stereo Passive direct box

    1-Radial engineering  SGI Studio Guitar Interface

    1-Peterson VS-1 virtual strobe tuner 

    1-Pro Co MS-42  four channel microphone splitter

    1-Whirlwind Multi Director four channel direct box

    3-Whirlwind IMP-2 direct boxes

    1-Whirlwind  Medusa 6 in 3 out breakout box

    1-Whirlwind  Medusa 12 in 4 out breakout box

    2-Shure A15AS 15, 20, or 25 dB Switchable In-Line Attenuators

Cabling:

    Custom designed, purpose built stainless steel audio panels & Switchcraft patchbays are hard wired with premium quality Mogami ultra low capacitance, OFC (Oxygen Free Copper) 2930 series cable and Neutrik gold plated connectors (as is all of the system interconnect wiring in the studio).  All inputs and outputs are terminated in a matrix of 8 patchbays (a total of 388 patch points) to allow complete flexibility in configuring the audio signal path.

Audio Power:

    Furman Symmetrical (balanced) power is distributed throughout the control room via high quality Tripplite power strips.

    In addition to dedicated balanced power supplying all of the equipment in the control room, great care has been taken to provide clean power throughout the entire studio complex. All audio power is direct wired a dedicated isolated electrical sub-panel. All Lighting circuits are separated from the audio system power panel and are controlled by custom designed and fabricated variable transformer dimmer panels (this eliminates contamination of the 60 cycle wave form).

    1-Furman IT-REFERENCE Discrete Symmetrical AC Power Source 

Sound Reinforcement:

A compact, lightweight, portable system well suited for smaller venues.

    2-Ashley GQ131 one third octave 31 band graphic equalizers

    2-Ashley MOS-FET 2000M power amplifiers

    2-BBE 422-A Sonic Maximizers

    1-BBE 822i Sonic Maximizer (balanced version)

    1-Crown MA-2400 power amplifier

    1-dbx 234 2-way / 3-way stereo, 4-way mono crossover

    1-DOD R-830B dual 15 band equalizer

    1-Furman PL-8 power and light source

    2-JBL SR4722 Professional SR2700 Series loudspeakers

    2-JBL MP418S MPRO 400 Series subwoofers

    1-Lexicon LXP-5 digital effects processor

    1-Mackie CR1604 eight channel mixer w/ XLR10 expander mounted in a SKB 19-B12 pop-up mixer case

    1-Neumark CDN25 dual CD player

    1-Rane RA 27 Real Time Analyzer

    1-Tripplite LCR-2400 power regulator and conditioner

    2-Yamaha S115-MT three way speakers

    1-Yamaha GC2020 two channel compressor / gate

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