STUDIO 1

A control room built around a 40 channel / 80 input Amek Rembrandt desk, and a godly live room to suit any need.

DIMENSIONS

Control Room
6m x 7m

Live Room 1
10m x 9m

Live Room 2
2.5m x 6m

Studio 1 is our larger studio with loads of space in both live room and control room. The two-story high live room, smaller dry room, and control room are all lit with natural light from the large original church windows.

In Detail

The Control Room

The control room is based around a 40 channel / 80 input Amek Rembrandt desk w/Supertrue automation. This desk features VCA compressors and gates on every channel, with eq on both large and small faders. The automation and control of this desk are of particular note, being easier to use than other large-format console automation systems. The Supertrue system allows automation of faders, mutes, auxes, and also the ability to share any parameter between the small and large faders, making it incredibly flexible in a tracking or mixing situation.

Recording is based around a Pro Tools HD Native system (Apogee converters 32 in / 48 out), loaded with many plug-ins, and a 24-track Studer A827 2" tape machine with Dolby A. This machine has become one of the most sought-after multi tracks for music recording. Obviously, everybody has their favourite sounding tape machine, with the Studers being up there for most people.

The Rembrandt has 40 beautiful mic pres, however, the control room has many other options if you're looking for different flavours. In addition to our mic preamps collection, we have a great mix of vintage & modern outboards, with many different examples of classic compressors, reverbs, delays, and multi-effects. These include various tape echoes (of which we are big fans), an EMT 140 reverb plate, classic AMS and Eventide effects, Pultec EQ's, LA-2A, and Chandler compressors to name a few.

The Live Room

Our main 90 sq metre two-story live room is an extremely versatile recording space. This is a great room for bands that wish to record live with good visibility, separation, and plenty of space for each musician to set up anything they would want. We have large acoustic screens and vocal booth so we can configure the room in whichever way is necessary.

We specifically designed the live room and control room so that there would be plenty of space. As well as being good for large live sessions, the abundance of space in these rooms is fantastic for album-tracking sessions as it allows various or elaborate recording chains left that are set up throughout sessions. We often set up lots of different recording areas and create a palette of available sounds that people can easily move between. That ability combined with our huge instrument and amplifier collection is a massively powerful creative tool for any session.

The live room obviously has a big sound, which is great for capturing different room ambiances. However, we find the acoustic is quite mellow and very usable. The windows all have heavy curtains which can be drawn to change the acoustics if required. Between the curtains and the screens, dry sounds are easy to achieve. There is also a separate vocal booth and a small live room which can be used as an isolation booth or another very dry space. The layout of the rooms allows for great eye contact between engineers and musicians, ensuring good communication between everybody at all times.

Technical Specification

Below find a technical specification of the Studio 1 Control Room. Gear including instruments, effects pedals and microphones can be easily moved between studios. For the full list of equipment follow the link to our Equipment List page.

– Amek Rembrandt 40 Channel/80 Input w/Supertrue Automation
– Dolby SR24 Noise Reduction System
– Studer A827 Tape Recorder (x2)
– Apple Mac Pro 3.1 Quad-Core Intel Xeon
– Avid Pro Tools HD Native w/ 32 in & 48 outs
– Avid Pro Tools Ultimate
– Apple Logic Pro 9
– Apogee AD-16X AD Converter (x2)
– Apogee DA-16X DA Converter (x3)
– Apogee Big Ben Master Clock
– eMagic Unitor 8 MIDI Interface
– Genelec 1037B Studio Monitors
– PMC TwoTwo.6 Active Nearfield Studio Monitors
– Yamaha NS10M Monitors
– Audio Technica ATH-M50 Professional Studio Monitor Headphones
– Beyerdynamic DT770 Studio Headphones
– Hear Technologies Hear Back Personal Monitor Mixer System
– Siemens W295 EQ (x2) (currently unavailable)
– API 550A Discrete 3 Band EQ
– API 560 Graphic EQ (x2)
– Pultec EQH-2 EQ
– Amek CIB Channel Strip
– API 512C Mic Preamp (x2)
– AML 5003D "Carnhill" Mic Preamp (x2)
– Chandler Limited Germanium Mic Preamp/DI
– Telefunken V76 Mic Preamp
– Siemens V276 Mic Preamp (x4)
– ADR F769X-R Dual Compressor / Limiter
– DBX 160A Compressor/Limiter (x2)
– Empirical Labs EL8-X Distressor Compressor/Limiter (x2)
– Teletronix LA2A Leveling Amplifier
– Neve 33609/C Stereo Compressor/Limiter
– API 525 Discrete Compressor (x2)
– Alan Smart C2M Stereo Compressor
– Chandler Limited TG1 Stereo Compressor Abbey Road Special Edition
– Universal Audio Teletronix LA2A Compressor
– DBX 165A Mono Compressor/Limiter (x2)
– Universal Audio 1176LN Compressor
– DBX 520 De-esser
– EMT 140 Plate Reverb
– AMS RMX16 Digital Reverb
– AMS DMX 15-80S Digital Delay
– Lexicon PCM60 Digital Effects Processor
– Lexicon PCM 41 Digital Delay Processor
– Roland RE-301 Chorus Echo
– Eventide H3000 D/SE Ultra-Harmonizer
– Eventide H910 Harmonizer
– AMS DM2-20 Tape Phase Simulator
– Roland DC-50 Chorus/Echo
– Roland SVC-350 Vocoder
– Thermionic Culture Vulture Mastering Plus Valve Distortion
– Zoom 1201 Multi Effects Processor
– AKG D 112 Dynamic
– AKG D12 E
– AKG C 1000 S
– AKG C 3000 (x2)
– AKG C 414 EB
– AKG D 112
– AKG D 12 E
– Audio Technica ATM450
– Audio-Technica AE3000
– Audio-Technica AT4081
– Beyerdynamic M 201 (x2)
– Beyerdynamic M 88
– Coles 4038
– Electrovoice RE 20
– Mojave MA-301 FET
– Neumann TLM 103
– Neumann U 47 FET
– Neumann U 87 Ai (x2)
– Placid Audio Copperphone
– Rode NT-2A
– Rode NT-4
– Royer R 121 (x2)
– Royer R 122 Active Ribbon
– Sennheiser 421 (x2)
– Sennheiser 441
– Sennheiser E 602
– Shure Beta 57A
– Shure Beta 58A
– Shure SM57
– Shure SM58
– Shure SM7B
– Yamaha Subkick
– Little Labs Red Eye 3D Phantom DI/Re-amp Box
– A-Designs REDDI Tube DI Box
– Behringer Ultra-DI DI100 Active DI Box
– Broadcast Pro Audio Passive Link Reamp Box
– Countryman Type 85 DI Box
– Radial J48 Phantom Powered Active DI Box
– Radial X-Amp Active Re-amp Box
– Abbey Road Brilliance Pack
– Antares Auto-Tune 4
– Avid Tel-Ray Variable Delay
– Eventide Omnipressor
– Flux Epure
– IK Multimedia Sample Tank
– IK Multimedia AmpliTube 3
– IK Multimedia T-RackS
– Line 6 Amp Farm
– Native Instruments Absynth 5
– Native Instruments Battery 3
– Native Instruments FM8
– Native Instruments Guitar Rig 4
– Native Instruments Komplete 4
– Native Instruments Massive
– Native Instruments Reaktor 5
– Slate Digital Trigger
– SPL Transient Designer Plugins
– Softube Acoustic Feedback Deluxe
– Softube FET Compressor
– Softube Vintage Amp Room
– Softube Tonelux Tilt
– Softube Trident A-Range
– Softube Tube-Tech PE 1C
– Soundtoys Devil-Loc Deluxe
– SoundToys TDM Effects Bundle:
– Soundtoys Crystallizer
– Soundtoys EchoBoy
– Soundtoys PhaseMistress
– Soundtoys PitchDoctor
– Soundtoys PurePitch
– Soundtoys Speed
– Soundtoys SoundBlender
– Soundtoys Tremolator
– URS Vintage Cinema 6 Band EQ
– URS MotorCity 7 Band EQ
– Various Waves Plugins
– Various Universal Audio Plugins

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