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Elements of the Studio

The Studio Rooms:

A - Control Room / Midi Room: Acoustically flat great for Mixing, Special Effects,& Mastering.
B - The Main Room-Acoustically setup for live ensemble recording & Vocal Overdubs.
C - The Drum & Percussion Room: Isolated 6 sided floating room with windows for Drums & Percussion.
D - The Ambient Stair Well- Variable Room effect (kcdp)

Equipment List

  Microphones: (A-Z) (More and different also available if needed for special consideration)
1- AKG-D112 - Bass, Kick, Jembe/Conga bottom mic.(Cody)
2- AKG-391b - Superior condenser we use on Hi Hat & Acoustic guitar.
2- AKG-3000 - Studio Condensers do it all (especially nice on Percussion)
6- Audio Technica 3035 - Large diaphram condensers (Vocals, drum overheads, acoustic instruments)
1- Audio Technica 3031- super clean & accurate condenser, A high frequency specialist.
5- Audio Technica Pro-37r - Small condensers (Cymbals, Acoustic instruments)
2- Audio Technica AT891R - Boundary Mic (Revolutionary technology at it's best)
3- Audix D2 - Tom mics (Cody)
1- Beyer M-88 - Horn/Bass/Vocal/Kick Mic.
2- Equitec E-100s a matched pair - (Great large diaphram condenser for Voice and acoustic instruments)        1- Electro Voice PL-9 – Omni directional Mic. (wonderful mic for capturing a live audience)
1- Neumann U87 - One of the most Natural & great sounding recording Mics ever made.(Acoustic & Vocals mm good)
2- Neumann U89i - Sooper smooth extremely flexible and responsive Vintage Mic (Powerful ooh lala)
4- Sennheiser-E604- Powerful Drum/Percussion and horn mics (Clarity with a bonus punch)
2- Shure BetaSM91 – Boundary condenser (Great for Acoustic Piano & Kick Drum)
5- SM57 - Dynamic Instrument/Vocal Mic (The Live expert).
8- SM58 - Dynamic Live Vocal Mic. (The Live expert)
2- Yamaha PZ101 - Great warm sounding dynamic Instrument Mics.
  Mixers/Preamps:
API/ATI Paragon 8MX2 Ultra Sweet 8 channel Mic Preamp/mixer with built in limiters.
Focusrite/Neve 428 4 channel super fidelity, sound versatility with Digital 192k option (the real deal pre)
4 channels of ATI M100 Ultimate Mic preamps (Old School True)(Cody)
16ch Soundcraft English Preamp (Cody)
2-Yamaha O2R V2 (40 input digital consoles loaded with 7-8channel ADAT direct digital cards)
Yamaha 8-channel keyboard line mixer with remote VCA control for midi key submix.
  Amplifiers:
Guitar:
1-Line 6 - Flextone II 100 watt stereo 2x12 modeling guitar amp. (Cody)
1-Line 6 - Flextone II XL 100 watt Stereo 2x12 with long board/tuner. (Denver)
Silvertone - 15 watt guitar amp.(Denver)
Bass:
Peavey Kilo with 15inch cab Monster powered 1,000watt Bass rig with Korg toneworks inline tuner.(Denver)
Behringer - BXL 3000 300watt 15" Tipback Bass Combo monitor with Comp/Limiter.(Cody)
Monitoring amps:
Phase linear 400 – 200watt/ch Reference amp. Used @ AirStream Mastering.(Denver)
Yamaha P2200 – Natural Sound monitor amp.(Denver)
Sony STR AV770 – Control room amp.
  Keyboards & Modules:
Yamaha -Motif 8 88key Piano/Production station.
Yamaha - S80 88 note weighted key Studio Piano.(Denver)
Yamaha - Motif 6 (it sounds like mmm good).
Ensoniq – ESQ-1 61 note Piano Controller & Work Station.(Control room keys)
Emulator - Proteus 2000 128 note sound production machine (a 1000 patch library of useable sounds).
Korg DW-6000 a programable digitally controlled analog synthesizer. (make your own sounds)
Korg X-5DR – Sampled sound module over 500 great useful sounds. 64 note polyphony.
LG-2000 – Custom made 2 octave midi mallet percussion instrument with real Musser action.
Roland D-110 –  vintage multi timbrel keyboard module.
  Drums / Percussion:
Drumsets
Yamaha Cherry Recording Custom 7 piece with Rims mounts (pinstripe heads & ). (sizes: 10t,12t,13t,14t,16t,22b)(old heads changed out on a regular basis)(Denver).
Yamaha Recording Custom 5 piece (sizes: 10t,12t,14t,22b)(old heads changed out on a regular basis)(Cody).
Snare Drums: Ayotte 14X5 (Very loud Stainless Steel)ProSeries, 13x3 Dixon (maple), 14x8 Ludwig (chrome over wood), 14x5 Ludwig (aluminum aculite), Tama 14X4.5 (maple superstar with diecast hoops), 14X6.5 Yamaha Recording snare(birch/cherry). 
Cymbals: Zildjian hats -(13"brilliant & 14"NewBeats), 14" K crash, 8" crash, Sabian- 10" china, 21" AA Dry Ride, Paiste 2002-20"ride, 18"crash, 16"crash. Chimes: solid rod single row.
Percussion: CP Congas 11" & 12", GonBop Bongos, Remo 14" Djembe & Stand, Remo Rototoms, Blue & Red block, 3 Cowbells, 2 Tamborines, Hawiian jungle sticks, 3 Rain sticks, Rosewood Claves, Paddle Castinets, Chinese reed instrument & more varieties of shakers than seems necessary.

  Recorders:
2*- ADAT XT & 20 Digital Multitrack machines. *(More Available if necessary)
2*- Tascam DA-88 Digital 8-Track Machines. *(More Available if necessary)
Sonar 7 Producer DAW software/ MOTU 2408 MKIII & MKII 48 Track 24 bit hard disk recording system.
Panasonic SV 3800 Dat machine.
2-MasterLink 24bit CD Mastering recorders.
2-DVD Multi-format 4g burner
2-TEAC CDR Recorders with Sonic Foundry’s Sound Forge & CD Architect Software.
1-Tascam 202 mkIII Hi-Pro dual well cassette recorder.
2- Technics dual well record cassette tape machines.
Atari/Sonus & Edit Track midi recording & score writing system.
Ensoniq ESQ-1 8-track Midi work station.
Sony Hi-Fi VCR (used for rehearsal recording)
  Speakers
2- Yamaha NS 10m Studio Monitors (the Industry Standard)
2- DCC Studio monitors with 8 inch woofers/1.5 inch tweeters (Similar to Meyers HD-1)
1- DCC 12 inch DVC Subwoofer for mixing that extra Punch.
2- Event TR8s Studio Monitors (Cody)
2- Yamaha 15-inch 400 watt 2-way stage monitors (Flown) to get that live stage feel in the main room.
1- 18-inch subwoofer for that big LIVE bass drum punch in main room.
  Compressors & Gates:
ATI-8mx2 - Audiophile quality 8ch limiter
TC Electronics - Triple C multiband compressor (for Mixdown)
DBX-160 – Vintage compressor /limiter.
DirectX - Software comps,gates,expanders,companders...all the ers.
Urei-7110 – Studio standard compressor/limiter. (used mainly for tracking phat Bass)
Yamaha-O2R - 32ch of onboard expanders/gates/compressor/etc.
  Effects:
ART Multiverb III – Multi effects great for Stereo imaging effects.
2-Lexicon LXP-15 – Great Reverbs!
1-TC Electronics D2 Stereo Delay.
2- TC Electronics M1s - Dual Stereo Multi effect proccessors, they do it all very well.
1- TC Electronics Helicon Quintet
1-Roland SDE-2500 – Digital Tap Delay with Chorus
4-Yamaha SPX 990s – built into O2R Console.
1-Yamaha SPX 90 – Multi effects processor good for drums, percussion and retro Vocals.
  Equalizers:
Yamaha 32channels of 4 band True Parametric.
Yamaha GQHR 1031 & 2031 – 31 band graphics.
  Guitars:
56 Fender Lap Steel (Stock)
Ibanez AW100 CE-NT Dreadnought Acoustic Electric Cutaway w/Fishman Sonicore setup. 
  Miscellaneous:
2- Countryman Active Direct boxes
4- ProCo DB1
1- Korg DTR-2 Chromatic instrument tuner
2- Korg CA30 Multi-instrument tuner
2- Sony CD players
2- 8 channel Midi Patchbays
32ch 1/4" Audio Patchbay

List Updated 4/23/07

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