Studio Equipment
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Studio Microphones | Mic Preamps | Audio & MIDI Interfaces
The studio features a comprehensive collection of high‑resolution condenser microphones for solo, ensemble, and orchestral recording (DPA 4006, Brauner Phantom, Neumann KM184, Cascade FatHead II, AKG C460B and C414 B‑XLS, 18× RØDE NT1000, etc.), complemented by a dedicated set of dynamic and condenser microphones optimized for drum and percussion applications (Shure Beta 91A, SM57, Sennheiser e604, Audio Technica AT3035, etc.).
Primary conversion and monitoring are handled by the RME Fireface UFX, linked via ADAT to two Audient ASP880 mic preamp units, providing a total of up to 28 simultaneous recording channels.
Studio Microphones
- 2 x DPA 4600 with Brüel & Kjaer omnidirectional condenser capsules - matched pair
- Jecklin Disk for OSS recording (Optimal Stereo Signal)
- 2 x Brauner Phantom C high-end, large membrane, high resolution, low noise condenser microphones
- 2 x Neumann KM 184, matched pair, optimized for NOS, ORTF and X-Y stereo recording
- 2 x Cascade Fathead II, matched pair, optmized for Blumlein stereo recording
- 2 x AKG C414 B-XLS
- 18 x RODE NT1000 large membrane, high resolution, low noise condenser microphones
- 2 x AKG C460B with CK61-ULS cardioid capsule
- Shure SM57 (snare), Shure Beta 91A (bass drum), 4 x Sennheiser e604 (tom toms), 2 x AT3035 (overheads)
Mic Preamps
- 2 x Audient ASP880 8-channel high quality, variable impedance microphone preamp with integrated 24-bit AD converters and ADAT interface
- Focusrite OctoPre 8-channel high quality microphone preamp with integrated 24-bit AD converters and ADAT interface
- Mobile Recording Studio with up to 28-channel mic preamps (RME Fireface UFX + 2 x Audient ASP880 + Focusrite Octopre)
Audio & MIDI Interfaces
- RME Fireface UFX audio interface (10x 24-bit 192 kHz analogue I/O, 2 x ADAT I/O, 1 x AES/EBU, WordClock, 4 mic preamps, internal DSP effects incl. EQ, dynamics, delay and reverb)
- Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 audio interface (8x 24-bit 192 kHz analogue I/O, 1 x ADAT I/O, WordClock, 8 mic preamps)
- MOTU MidiExpress 128 8x8 MIDI Interface
Outboard | DSP | Mixing Control Surfaces | Monitoring
The studio integrates state‑of‑the‑art digital audio processing (including an extensive collection of high‑quality audio plugins) with selected high‑end analogue mastering outboard from Manley, Vertigo, KuSh, Elysia, SPL, JDK, and others.
Mixing and editing workflows benefit from Steinberg Nuendo’s advanced editing tools, parameter automation, and total recall features, enhanced by three Mackie Control units offering precise tactile control through 25 touch‑sensitive motorfaders, 24 V‑Pots, a jog wheel, transport controls, and multiple displays.
Monitoring is provided by high‑resolution Quested VS2108 and S6R active systems, complemented by a Presonus Eris Pro Sub 10 and Beyerdynamic DT 770 headphones for detailed critical listening.
Outboard EQ | Dynamics | Reverbs
- EQs and Dynamic processors for high-end analogue mastering:
- KuSh Audio Clariphonic Parallel Equalizer
- JDK Audio Dual Channel R22 Compressor
- Elysia Xpressor Discrete Class-A Stereo Compressor
- SPL Vitalizer mk II - Also available through our mastering partner MbNM:
- Manley Massive Passive EQ
- Manley Vari-Mu Limiter
- Vertigo VSC-2 Compressor - Additional outboard:
- Lexicon LXP 15 digital reverb
- Behringer Ultrafex II EX 3100 bass/treble/stereo enhancer
- Behringer Composer MDX 2100 compressor/limiter/expander/gate
- Digitech Talker analogue vocoder
DSP Audio Expansions
- Universal Audio UAD-2 Quad
Mixing Control Surfaces
- 1 x Mackie Control Universal Main Unit
- 2 x Mackie Control Universal Extender Units
- Features: 25 touch-sensitive Penny & Giles motorfaders and 24 V-Pots, Jog Wheel, large transport buttons, 3 LCD displays and 1 SMPTE/bar-beat LED display, Support for Cubase, Nuendo, Pro Tools, Logic, Vegas
Monitoring
- 2 x Quested VS2108 high resolution self-powered midfield/nearfield monitors (frequency response 55 Hz - 19 kHz +/- 2 dB, 110 + 100 Watt RMS per channel)
- 2 x Quested S6R high resolution self-powered midfield/nearfield monitors
- Presonus Eris Pro Sub 10 (subwoofer / LFE)
- 4 x ADAM A5 portable nearfield monitors with precision ribbon tweeters
- 2 x Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (250 ohm version) ultra-high resolution headphones (5 Hz - 35 kHz)
- 6 x Superlux HD 660 standard monitoring headphones
Mastering DAT Recorder
- Tascam DA-45HR 24 bit 44.1/48 kHz high resolution DAT recorder
Cabling
- All studio equipment connected using exclusively the studio reference Studio Pro 1000 or Performer 500 Microphone and Instrument Cables or Monster StudioLink© Performer 500 Snakes
- Microphone Cables by Monster, Cordial, or the sssnake, all featuring golden Neutrik XLR connectors.
Digital Audio Workstations
The main workstation is a Lenovo Legion Pro 7 high‑performance laptop equipped with a Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU (24 cores), 64 GB DDR5 RAM, and 8 TB of ultra‑fast M.2 SSD internal storage, supplemented by an additional 8 TB of Thunderbolt‑4 external SSD storage.
This configuration provides ample processing power for demanding audio production tasks and world‑class plugin processing, while external Audient ASP880 microphone preamps and the RME Fireface UFX audio interface ensure pristine recording and playback quality.
Additional storage and backup capacity is provided by RAID‑1 hard‑drive arrays running on a dedicated custom desktop PC.
DNS Legion | Main Audio/Video Workstation
- Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX 24Core CPU (@ up to 5.4 GHz per core)
- 64 GB DDR5 RAM
- Nvidia RTX 5080 graphics
- 4 + 4 TB internal Crucial T710 M.2 SSD (system + programs + sound libraries + project files) with up to 13 GB/s transfer rate
- 4 + 4 TB external Crucial T710 M.2 SSD with up to 3.8 GB/s transfer rate
- 48 TB RAID 1 Western Digital HDD Gold series external backup, running on a dedicated desktop PC
- Built-in 16" OLED display (2560 x 1600 @ 240 Hz)
- External 55" LG OLED Display (4K resolution @ 120 Hz)
- Windows 11 Pro OS
- Thunderbolt 4 connectivity
DNS G750JX | Mobile Audio Workstation
- Intel Quad Core i7 4700 HQ (4 x 2.4 GHz, turbo boost up to 3.2 GHz)
- 24 GB DDR3-1600 RAM
- 256 GB SSD (system + programs)
- 4 TB SSD (audio libraries + project data)
- Built-in 17.3" full HD LCD display (1920 x 1080)
- HDMI, USB3, Thunderbolt
- Windows 10 Pro OS
Audio Formats | System Latency
- Direct-to-disk 24-bit 44.1/48/88.2/96/192 kHz recording, editing and mastering
- Stereo - 5.1 Surround - 7.1 Surround - 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos
- Exchange Project Formats: Nuendo, Cubase, AES-31, Pro Tools
- Zero-Latency monitoring supported by the RME Fireface on all audio workstations
Audio & MIDI | Video & Graphics
The studio’s main hard‑disk recording and MIDI sequencing environment is Steinberg Nuendo 14, complemented by iZotope RX10 Advanced for spectral editing and audio restoration, and Presonus Studio One 7 for CD and DDP mastering tasks.
4K video post‑production (including editing, color correction, compositing, and authoring) is handled using DaVinci Resolve together with the Adobe Creative Cloud suite.
Audio HDR & MIDI Sequencing
- Steinberg Nuendo 14 hard-disk recording / MIDI sequencer (24-bit 192 kHz - Stereo, Surround, Dolby Atmos) / professional score editor (Dorico engine)
- AVID Pro Tools hard-disk recording / MIDI sequencer (24-bit 192 kHz)
- iZotope Studio RX10 Advanced audio restoration suite (denoising, declicking, declipping, spectral editing, formant correction, etc.)
- Presonus Studio One 7 hard-disk recording / CD and DDP mastering suite
- HOFA CD-Burn & DDP mastering
Video Post-Production & Graphics
- DaVinci Resolve non-linear audio/video editing with advanced compositing, animation, video-overlay and transition effects
- Adobe CC (Premiere, AfterEffects, Photoshop, Illustrator)
Virtual Analogue Audio Processing
The studio’s collection of virtual‑analogue audio processors combines meticulous circuit modelling with advanced digital control, providing a refined palette for shaping and enhancing audio material.
High‑quality sound processing is available through leading hardware emulations from Universal Audio (Neve, API, Lexicon, EMT, AKG, Ampex, Pultec, Fairchild, SPL, Manley, Empirical Labs, Moog, Roland, etc.), Plugin Alliance (SPL, AMEK, Neve, SSL, Focusrite, Lindell, Vertigo), Solid State Logic, Slate Digital, Arturia, SoundToys, Native Instruments, Nomad Factory, PSP Audio, and Waves.
Universal Audio (UAD)
- Dynamics: Manley Variable Mu, UA 1176 Collection (Rev A, AE, Rev E), Teletronix LA-2A Collection (LA-2, LA-2A Silver and Grey), Fairchild 670 Tube Limiter Collection, 1176LN/SE, LA-2A, LA-3A, SPL Transient Designer, Empirical Labs "Fatso", Neve 33609, Precision Limiter, Precision Multiband, Precision De-Esser
- Filters & EQs: Manley Massive Passive, API 500 Collection (API 550A, API 560), Pultec Passive EQ Collection (EQP-1A, MEQ-5. HLF-3C), Trident A-Range EQ, Neve 1073 EQ, Neve 1081 EQ, Cambridge EQ, Precision EQ, Moog Filter
- Modulation: Roland Dimension D, Roland RE-201, Boss CE-1
- Tape Simulation: UAD Ampex ATR-102
- Tube and FET Saturation: Vertigo VSM-3
- Channel Strips: API Vision Channel Strip, Neve 88RS Channel Strip Collection, CS1 Plug-In Suite
- Speaker Simulation: Nigel Plug-In Suite (UAD-1 only)
- Reverb and Delay: Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb, EMT 250 Digital Reverb, EMT 140 Plate Reverb, AKG BX20 Spring Reverb, EP-34 Tape Echo, DreamVerb, RealVerb Pro
- Tools: Little Labs Phase Alignment Tool, Little Labs VOG
Plugin Alliance
- SPL IRON Mastering Compressor, SPL PQ Mastering EQ, SPL Passeq Passive Mastering EQ,
- SPL: Vitalizer MK2, Transient Designer Plus, DrumChanger
- AMEK: 200 Mastering EQ, Mastering Compressor,
- Consoles: AMEK 9099 (modeled after the AMEK 9098i designed by Rupert Neve), AMEK 200, Focusrite SC, Lindell 80 (vintage NEVE style), Console N (NEVE style), SSL 9000, SSL 4000
- Neold V76U73 (vintage Telefunken V76 preamp)
- MC77 (FET style stereo compressor)
- LISA Multiband Dynamic EQ
- Lindell: 354E (NEVE Multiband Limiter), 254E (NEVE Limiter), 80 Series (NEVE Channel Strip), 902 (De-Esser), MU-66 (Variable Mu Compressor), 6x500 (Preamp / EQ)
- Millennia NSEQ-2 Class A/Tube Mastering EQ, Millennia TLC-2 Mastering Compressor
- Klive Audio: Tape Face (Analog Tape Simulation)
- mäag Audio: EQ2
- Guitar and Bass: Savage 120, B-15N, bx_bassdude, bx_megadual, bx_rockrack V3, bx_shredspread, bx_tuner
- Vertigo: VSM-3 (dual channel M/S Tube and FET Saturation), VSC-2 (VCA bus compressor)
Solid State Logic
- Console Channel Strips: Channel Strip 2 (9000 K series), 4K G (4000 G series), 4K E (4000 E series)
- Compression: Bus Compressor 2, G3 MultiBus Comp, X-ValveComp, LMC+, Fusion HF Compressor (from the Duality console), Blitzer
- Gate: X-Gate
- Limiter: X-Llimit
- EQ: Fusion Violet EQ (from the Duality console), X-DynEQ
- Saturation: X-Saturator, Fusion Transformer, Fusion Vintage Drive (from the Duality console)
- Stereo: Fusion Stereo Image (from the duality console)
- Subharmonic Exciter: SubGen
- Channel Strips: Vocalstip 2, Drumstrip, Guitarstrip
- Reverbs: FlexVerb, PlateVerb, GateVerb
- Delays: X-Echo
Slate Digital
- Mastering Tape Recorder: Virtual Tape Machines (the most faithful recreation of a mastering tape recorder available today)
- Console: Virtual Console Collection (Neve, SSL 4K, Trident, TubeTech, etc.)
- Virtual Mix Rack including:
- Compressors: FG-116 (vintage and modern 1176 compressors), FG-Stress (Empirical Labs Distressor), FG-401 (VCA Compressor), Custom Opto (LA-2A style), SD 3A (LA-3A style)
- Gate: Gate Classic/Drums
- Transient designer: Transient Shaper
- Virtual Buss Compressors including: FG-Grey (SSL 4000 Style), FG-Red (Focusrite style), FG-Mu (FA670/Vari-Mu style)
- EQs: Revival (vintage EQ), FG-S (SSL-style EQ), FG-N (Neve-style EQ), FG-A (Api style), SD-PE1 (Pultec style), AirEQ
- Preamps: FG-73 (Neve style), FG-76 (Telefunken V76 style), Hollywood, London, New York
- Modulation: Custom D Chorus, SD-D Chorus,
- Delays: Repeater (BBD, Tape, Digital Delay), Stellar Echo SD-201 (Tape Delay)
- Reverbs: Verbsuite Classics (with faithful emulations of Bricast M7, Lexicon 480, Lexicon 224, Quantec Room Simulator, EMT 250, Roland SRV-2000 etc.), Lustrous Plates (versatile plate reverb)
SoundToys
- Saturator: Decapitator
- Analog Tracking Filter: FilterFreak
- Delay/Space Echo: EchoBoy, PrimalTap
- Pitch Shifter Crystalizer
- Reverbs: SpaceBlender, SuperPlate, LittlePlate
- Drum Compressor Devil-Loc
- Vocal Widening: MicroShift
- Autopanning: PanMan
- Phaser/Flanger: PhaseMistress
- Tremolo: Tremolator
Arturia FX Collection
- Filters and EQs: Filter MINI, Filter MS-20, Filter M12, Filter SEM, EQ SITRAL-295
- Dynamics: Comp FET-76, Comp TUBE-STA, Comp DIODE-609, Comp VCA-65
- Modulation: Chorus DIMENSION-D, Chorus JUN-6, Rotary CLS-222, Flanger BL-20, Phaser BI-TRON
- Delays: Delay BRIGADE, Delay ETERNITY, Delay TAPE-201
- Reverbs: Rev LX-24, Rev PLATE-140, Rev INTENSITY, Rev SPRING-636
- Distortion: Dist COLDFIRE, Dist OPAMP-21, Dist TUBE-CULTURE
- Bus Processing: Bus EXCITER-104, Bus FORCE, Bus PEAK
- Preamps: Pre V76, Pre 1973, Pre TridA
- EFX: Efx FRAGMENTS, Efx MOTIONS, Efx REFRACT
Other Packages
- Native Instruments: Komplete 15 Collector Edition: Guitar Rig 7 Pro, Molekular, Supercharger GT, RC-24 and RC-48 Reverbs, Passive EQ, Vari Comp, Enhanced EQ, Driver, Solid Dynamics, Solid Bus Comp, Solid EQ, VC-76, VC-2A, VC-160, Transient Master, Reflektor, Rammfire, etc.
- Nomad Factory: Integral Pack plugin collection, including: Blue Tubes Collection V3 (equalizers, compressors, limiters, modulation, delay, etc.), British MCL-2269, British NEQ-1972, EQ 9063B AllTech, AMT Amp Leveling, AMT Mac Warm, AMT Multi-Max, Liquid Collection, Magnetic, Echoes, Cosmos Limiter, PulseTec EQ, Program EQP-4, Studio Channel SC-226, Rock Amp Legends
- PSP Audio, including: Vintage Warmer, Lexicon PSP42, PSP84/85 Delay, PSP MasterQ, PSP Mix Pack
- Waves Abbey Road: REDD.17 and REDD.37-51 channel strips (modeled after the legendary Abbey Road consoles)
Digital Audio Processing
For tasks requiring surgical precision or immersive multichannel support (up to 7.1.4), state‑of‑the‑art digital processing is provided by FabFilter, Valhalla DSP, iZotope, Antares, GRM Tools, and TDR Labs.
FabFilter
- Pro-Q4 dynamic EQ (Dolby Atmos compatible)
- ProMB multiband dynamic processor
- Pro-C compressor
- Pro-L2 true-peak limiter (Dolby Atmos compatible)
- Pro-R stereo reverb
- Pro-R2 7.1.4 reverb (Dolby Atmos compatible)
Valhalla DSP
- Valhalla Room high end reverb
- SuperMassive SpaceEcho
iZotope
- RX 10 Advanced audio restoration suite
- Vinyl lo-fi/vinyl simulation
- Stutter Edit glitching effects
- Ozone mastering suite
- Neutron mixing engine
- Nectar vocal processing
- Neoverb reverb
- VocalSynth 2 vocal synthesizer
- Insight 2 analyzer
Brainworx
- bx_Aura reverb
- bx_XL V3 limiter
- bx_clipper, bx_meter, bx_stereomaker, bx_solo
Other Packages
- Tokyo Dawn Records Labs: TDR Limiter 6 GE, Kotelnikov Compressor, Sleek EQ, Nova Dynamic EQ
- Antares Tech: AutoTune Pro X
- Waves Silver Pack V12, including: IR-L Convolution Reverb, L1 Ultramaximizer, C1 Compressor, Q10 EQ, S1 Stereo Imager, Doubler, Enigma, SuperTap, TrueVerb, MaxxBass, MondoMod, Renasiiance Compressor, Renaissance EQ, S1 Stereo Imager
- GRM Tools Classic Bundle: BandPass, Comb Filters, Delays, Doppler, Freeze, Pitch Accum, Shuffling, Reson
- Destroy FX plugins: Transverb, BufferOverride, Geometer, Scrubby, RezSynth, Skidder, Polarizer