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Lab A | Lab B

Facilities Slideshow

Lab A | Lab B

Studio B

Studio B is primarily designed for music production. It consists of a large main recording space, a large drum room, an isolation booth, a piano alcove, the control room, an observation/critical listening lab and a machine room. Interconnect panels are located around the perimeter of the room to allow connection of mic, line, headphones, speakers and MIDI tie lines to the control room.

Control room B is physically and acoustically identical to Control Room A. It features an Otari Series 54 mixing console with moving fader automation, a MIDI station, a variety of outboard signal processing units and has Costal Acoustics, Boxer main monitors. Tape machines include a Studer digital 24 track, a Studer analog 24-track, and a Tascam DTRS. Master recorders include 2 track analog with Dolby SR, Otari and Tascam DAT recorders, and a Tascam CD-R.

Analog Mixing System - Otari Series 54, 36 I/Os, Digital Creations Diskmix III Moving Fader Automation.

Monitor Systems - Discrete Research Boxer IV Main Monitors, Yamaha NS 10M Studio Monitors, Urei 809 A Studio Monitors, Minimus 7, Bryston 4B Power Amps, Hafler P500 Power Amps, Dorrough 40 Meters.

Digital Recorders -Studer D-827 DASH 24 track recorder  with sound memory card, Tascam DA-98/DA-78, DTRS machines, Tascam DA-45 HR, & Otari DTR-8S DATs, Tascam CD-RW5000 CDR.

Analog Recorders - Studer 827 A 24 Tracks, Otari MTR 12, Dolby 363 SR N/R.

Sync Systems - Time Line Lynx Time Code Modules.

DAW/MIDI System - Macintosh G4/500 hosting Pro Tools LE and Digital Performer. Plug-ins include: Antares Autotune, SynchroArts Vocalign, Focusrite D2 Red EQ, Lexicon Lexiverb, Line 6 Amp Farm.
Hardware: Digidesign AudioMedia III card, MOTU MIDI Time Piece AV & II, Yamaha W5, AKAI S1000, Kurzweil K2500RS, Roland JV-1080,  Alesis D4.

Outboard Processing - Millenia HV-3D, Millenia Origin, Calrec mic module (2), John Hardy mic pre (4), Lexicon 480L w/ LARC, Eventide H3000 SE, Yamaha REV 7, Ensoniq DP/4+, Yamaha Pro R3, Yamaha SPX 90II, Ursa Major SST 282, Orban spring reverb, Echo Plate II, Empirical Labs Distressor (2), Aphex Dominator, Aphex Compellor, DBX 165 (2), Drawmer Noise Gates(4) Drawmer De-esser, Vally People Gain Brain (2), Keypex (6), Commander (2) and Dyna Mite 410, Klark Teknik DN410 EQ, Antares Auto-tuner.

Musical Instruments - Yamaha C5 Grand Piano, Pearl Master Series Drum kit w/ Zildjian Cymbals, Fender Deluxe Twin Guitar Amplifer.

Microphones - Neumann TLM 170, TLM103, & KM140; Sennheiser MKH 40, MD421, and E604; Schoeps CMC 5/6; Audio Technica AT4033; AKG 460 CK61, C414BULS, D12E, D112, & Solidtube; Electro-Voice RE 20; Yamaha MZ 204; Countryman Isomax Uni, Shure SM57, SM58, SM81, & VP88; Countryman and Stewart DI Boxes.

 



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