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The Recording Equipment
Well, we COULD get ourselves one of those massive analogue mixing consoles
that you see in some of the fancy studios - I mean it really does look
good. But guess who would have to pay for it... YOU, of course! The truth
is that most studios today run PC / Mac based systems that do not need all
that fancy designer stuff - just really good equipment that's really
reliable.
At One Big Room we love to keep things simple and in working order. That's
why we prefer a Yamaha O1V96 (Version 2) 40-channel
Digital Mixer and Presonus Pre Amps, allowing us 26 tracks of pristine recording at any one
time. The mixer has been upgraded to include the sought-after VCM Add-on
Vintage Compressors, EQ and Rev-X Reverbs - stunning!
A Focusrite VoiceMaster Pro dedicated analogue channel is the main signal chain for the ultimate
in modern and vintage vocal sound.
All audio goes straight into the award-winning Sonar 8 Producer Edition at 24bit,
32bit or 64bit,
44.1 kHz – 96kHz, better than CD quality. Sonar 8 runs at 64 bit
internally and is also compatible with ProTools
and Cubase projects via OMF or Wav / AIFF transfer.
The
O1V96 mixer has fully motorized faders and 4 built-in Yamaha stereo
effects processors. Every input has
full dynamic processing (compression, phase, time delay, etc),
separate gating and a 4-band fully parametric EQ, and there is zero latency.
Mobile / Location Recording of live concerts: We use either our original classic Yamaha AW4416, 16-track
Hard-disk recorder, and our Dual Yamaha i88X 32-track recording system  for
recording live concerts and albums in remote venues.
Extra
processing power comes from a UK designed Carillon Music Production PC,
providing more plug-ins and storage.
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Software:
The software of choice is SONAR 8 Producer Edition with Plug-ins by
Lexicon, TC
Electronics,
SonitusFX etc adding virtually unlimited audio tracks, loop and
sample construction.
All computer-based audio is
via an RME HDSP9652 card.
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 *Drum
programming:
Should you prefer to program your
drums, we like FXpansion, Cakewalk Session Drummer 2,
Cakewalk Studio Instruments, MyDrumsRock and
Roland GrooveSynth etc.
*Sampling:
Rapture, Dimension Pro, Beatscape, Halion, Dropzone, VSampler,
Cyclone, RXP, and Making Waves sample sequencers.
*Software Synthesis:
Z3TA+, RaptureLE, Dimension Pro, Cakewalk Studio Instruments,
Dreamstation2 DXi, Triangle2 DXi, Pentagon 1,
PSYN 2, Cakewalk TTS-1, Roland, Edirol
VSC,
Steinberg Virtual Guitarist and tonnes of Virtual World
Instruments etc.
*Thousands of
drum, bass, keyboard, string and world-music
samples are loaded on the system, ready to
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Drum Kitt:
TAMA
Rockstar 6 piece (four toms) with floating-tom system.
DW5000 single pedal.
Original TAMA heavy-duty hardware.
Evans EQ3 bassdrum skins.
Remo Pinstripes.
Evans and Attack snare velums.
Snares:
-original TAMA wood snare
-Yamaha “Anton Fig” custom
maple snare
with wooden hoops.
-Pearl "Chad Smith" signature snare.
-Mapex Chromium 7".
Rides:
Zildjian K-Series 20"
Zildjian Custom 20"
Planet Z 20"
Crashes:
Zildjian 18" Avedis A Custom
Zildjian 18" Dark Thin Crash
Zildjian 16" Avedis A Custom Crash
Wuhan 16" Rock Crash
Zildjian 15" Dark Thin Crash
Zildjian 14" K Crash
Splashes:
Sabian 12"
Zildjian 10" Avedis
Zildjian 8" K (x2)
Hi-Hats:
Zildjian 14" K Hats
Paiste 14" Alpha Hats
Sabian 14" Hats
Percussion:
2 x Bongos, 2 x Tambourines, Cabassa,
African Rrainstick, several
small African / World
instruments such as Marimbas, Mbira, Shakers, Bells
etc.
Roland SPD-8 Drum Trigger Pad System
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Modern Microphones:
* Rode K2 Valve Microphone (Condensor)
* Rode NT1-A (Condensor)
* Rode NT1 (Condensor)
* Rode S1 x 2 (Condensor)
* AKG C1000 x 2 (Condensor)
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AKG C418 x 4 (clip-on Condensor)
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AKG D112 kickdrum mic
* Yamaha NS10 "Sub-kick"
* Shure SM93 Micro-Condensor
Classic and Vintage Microphones:
* AKG D12
* AKG C451 (Condensor)
* AKG D190
* AKG D1200
* AKG D202
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Beyer Dynamic Ribbon M160
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Beyer Dynamic Ribbon M260
Other very useful Microphones:
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SAMSON C01 (Condensor)
* Sennheiser 845
* Shure SM58 x 2
* AKG D770
* Beyer TX40
* Behringer ECM8000 (Condensor)
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Many other classic mics can be
obtained at nominal rental fees from various of the
studio’s affiliates.
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Line 6 GuitarPort (with the new Gearbox Software) linked with an ART X-15 foot
controller for Wah, volume etc. -
Monster realtime guitar and bass tones!
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Preamps and Effects (hardware):
* Focusrite VoiceMaster Pro Mono Vocal Strip
* ART PRO MPA Stereo Valve Preamp
* ART SGX Nightbass Studio Edition
(with tube pre-amp)
* PreSonus Digimax LT 8-Channel Preamp
* Behringer Ultragain Stereo Valve Preamp
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Digitech RP10 Guitar processor
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Boss pedals - Eq, Compressors, Distortion, Stereo Chorus etc
* 2 x 24bit Roland VM-3100 Pro (with mic-simulators) is also used
for external effects
when needed
* Marshall DRP-1 Preamp
* dbx 166XL Analogue Stereo Compressor/Gate
* Yamaha i88X 18 Channel I/O Units (x 2)
MIDI:
* MIDI programming is done using an Evolution midi keyboard.
* Sound sources are a Roland SC-8820 and Roland SC-88 VL Sound Canvas as
well as
an Edirol Virtual Sound Canvas.
* An RME HDSP9652 sound card and a MOTU Fastlane USB hub give
a total (and ridiculous) 192 MIDI
channels!.
Monitoring:
* QUAD 12L mains. Award winning sound.
* S-D5 linear 3-way speakers (BIG ones).
* Yamaha NS10 M Studio Monitors
* Alesis Monitor One
* Kenwood Mini-HiFi Speakers
* Amplification by RS Electronics, Pioneer and Yamaha.
* AKG, Fostex and Sennheiser Headphones x 10.
 Other handy toys:
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Trace-Elliot 4x10 300 Watt bass cabinet with Hartke 500W
tube/solidstate head
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Marshall Valvestate 80V Guitar amp
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Steinmann 100 year-old upright piano
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Various Boss, Ibanez, Dunlop etc bass and guitar effects pedals (Eq,
Chorus, Compressor,
Wah, Overdrive, etc)
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ART X-15 Ultrafoot MIDI controller
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OzAudio Q-Mix 6x6 Headphone matrix amp
* Samson S-Amp
* Behringer 3-way Stereo Crossover
Things with strings:
Basses:
* Ibanez Blazer 4-string bass with DiMarzio pickups, HipShot D-Tuner and
Maple neck, Ash body.
* Fender Squire Standard PJ Bass. Alder body, HipShot D-Tuner.
* Custom 4-string Fretless Bass with Polyester resin fretboard, HipShot
D-Tuner
* Ibanez circa-1976 shortscale "SG" bass. Lots of fun!
Guitars:
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Ibanez Les Paul Custom
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SX Acoustic Steel (made by Fender)
* Fender Stratocaster
* Morris Mandolin
Oddbits:
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Yamaha and Tascam Tapedecks
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Nagra III Mono Reel-to-reel decks (2 of)
**Braun 10 cup percolator loaded with titanium-reinforced 1x4 filters - no extra charge.
Mastering:
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Mastering is done using Sonar 7, Sony SoundForge 9, Izotope, Wavelab 5.0 with LP-64, Waves,
TC Electronics, Apogee
and Lexicon plug-ins.
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