Studio – Studio109

Tracking & Mixing

Presonus StudioLive 32.4.2AI
This is a fantastic digital mixer with EQ, Compression and Gating on all channels and allows us to run 32 channel simultaneous recording - not that we ever need that much in one session!

Monitoring

Focul Alpha 80s
Very detailed, especially good for bass. The vital heart of the studio.
Alesis Monitor Ones Mk2
A reputation hard won as typical project studio monitors - a little harsh but revealing.
Kurzweil KS40A Studio Monitors
Small but perfectly formed & highly rated as representative of bookshelf speakers.

Outboard

A range of compressors, gates, expanders, noise reduction, effects units, valve preamps, and guitar processors. The Presonus desk now has much of this gear per channel, plus the Digital Audio Software has them in abundance but these items still look pretty when all lit up. They get used as there is something tactile about analogue gear that digital lacks ...

Mics / Pre-amps

Neumann TLM102
For vocals.
Rode NT1 & NT1a
For vocals & acoustic instruments.
DBX 286s mic pre-amp / voice channel
Dedicated to vocals.

Amps / Instruments

Blackstar ID Core 100
Stereo guitar amp - DI'd and Mic'd.
Line 6 LowDown LD15
Bass amp DI'd and Mic'd.
Gibson SG Tribute
Walnut - nice!
Yahama Pacifica guitar
Seriously easy to play, great tone, a wee classic work horse.
Rickenbacker 4003
A classic for that unique sound.
Dean bass guitar
Also a solid work horse.
Washburn Bass Guitar
Classic 80's bass.
Violin
No idea what brand but it's there to play!
Master Keyboard
Connected to every instrument imaginable - see software section.

Hardware Synths

Novation Rack
A classic 4-part multitimbral analogue physical modeling synth.
Waldorf Blofeld
16 part desktop multitimbral analogue physical modeling synth.
Roland SampleCell
A small box full of enough instruments to keep you happy.
Alesis Q49
5 octave control keyboard.

Computing, Recording & DAWs

Dell PCs
Dell quad core primary PC & Dell dual core secondary PC.
Presonus StudioLive 32.4.2AI 32-channel audio interface
All our recordings are done through this.
Sonar X3 DAW
For composition, recording, editing and mixing.
Tascam DP-24
Portable hard disc recorder.
Fostex MR-8
Portable 8 track field recorder.

Software

iZotope Ozone 9 & 8
Mastering software with full range of EQ and dynamic processors including Tonal Control 2 and Master ReBalance.
iZotope Nectar 3 & 2
Vocal processing suite.
iZotope RX10 Elements
A range of audio repair processors including de-verb and de-click.
Sound Forge Pro 16 Suite with Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 10
For audio editing, noise reduction, de-clipping, de-clicking, de-verbing, surgical artifact removal, and unmixing to stems.
Native Instruments Kontakt 5, 4 & 3
With additional instruments including Scarabee Rickenbacker Bass (awesome!), strummed acoustic guitar & picked guitar.
Native Instruments Battery 4
Drums synth.
XLN Audio Addictive Drums 2 with add-on packs
One of the best natural studio drum sounds & patterns on the market.
Dimension Pro synth
+ add on packs - a stunning collection of sounds for most genres.
Cherry Audio DCO-106 (Juno106) Virtual Synth
Having used the original hardware version this is the real-deal.
XLN Audio Addictive Drums 2
With add-on kits and patterns. The heart of our productions - the realism can't be overstated.
Celemony Melodyne 5 polyphonic auto-tune
Stunning, just stunning even on chords! Saves a lot of time trying to nail pitch issues & great for saving old recordings.
Waves
De-essers, EQs, delays, reverbs, compressors, bass & guitar plugins, AI noise removal & Abbey Road vintage tape emulators.
+ Multiple DAW software effects processors & channel strips.
Vegas Pro 16 Suite
Video editing & FX software.
Adobe Software
Full range of software including latest Premiere, After Effects & Media Encoder.

Misc

Denon cassette deck
Digitise your old cassette recordings for cleaning up.
Marantz DCC (Digital Compact Cassette) recorder
Who remembers those?
Headphone distributions amplifiers.

TECH STUFF