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Studio A

Studio A offers a spacious 32’ x 45’ recording space with 20’ ceilings and three separate isolation booths (including our famous drum room and our new “fiddle room” pictured below). Our live room features a B-3 Organ with an isolated Leslie cabinet, a Yamaha C-7 grand piano, a Wurlitzer, and a Rhodes keyboard. The control room measures 20’ by 22’ and includes a 48 channel 2019 API Legacy AXS console with equipped with Final Touch automation. Studio A also hosts a unique live reverb chamber with 20’ foot high ceilings as well as an EMT reverb plate, with 16 input channels for personal outboard gear. Other amenities include a newly renovated private bathroom and a 13’ x 15’ lounge with a separate mini-refrigerator. We can do analog tape, in fact, we welcome tape sessions.

Gear List

Console

  • 2019 48 Channel API Legacy AXS equipped with Final Touch Automation

Microphones

  • ADK ELA M-251 Clone

  • AEA R88 Stereo Ribbon Microphone 

  • AKG C414 EB (3)

  • AKG D109

  • AKG D112

  • AKG D12VR

  • Audio Technica AE5100 (2)

  • Audio Technica AT4033 (2)

  • Audio Technica AT4051 (2)

  • Audio Technica AT4060 (2)

  • Audio Technica ATM25 (2)

  • Audio Technica ATM650

  • Beyerdynamic M88

  • Beyerdynamic M160 Double Ribbon (2)

  • Coles 4038 Ribbons (2) (matched)

  • Electro-Voice N/D 408B (3)

  • Electro-Voice RE20

  • Josephson e22s (2)

  • Neumann M49V

  • Neumann FET U47

  • Neumann Fred Cameron U87 (2)

Monitors

  • ATC SCM110a 3-way active mains

  • Yamaha NS-10

  • JBL JRX 2185 18″ Subwoofer with Bryston 7B Power Amplifier

  • ProAc Studio 100 Monitors

  • Mackie HR824

  • ATC SCM25a 3-way active monitors

Plug-ins

  • Waves Gold Bundle + Renaissance Maxx

  • Waves Studio Classics Collection (SSL & API)

  • AutoTune 8

  • Melodyne Editor

  • Source Connect Pro

  • iZotope RX9 Standard

Dimensions

  • Main room: 32' x 45'

  • ​Control room: 20' x 22'

Headphone Cues

  • Mytek Private Q 2-12 Channel Cue Boxes

Microphones cont'd

  • Neumann KM84 (2)

  • Neumann KM86 (2)

  • Neumann M49

  • Neumann M269C

  • Neumann U67

  • Neumann U87

  • Oktava MC102 (3)

  • RCA 44 (NEW)

  • RCA R77DX

  • RCA Varicoustic

  • Royer R121(2)

  • Sanken CU-41 (2)

  • Sennheiser MD-421 II (4)

  • Sennheiser MD-421 (2)

  • Sennheiser MD-441-U

  • Shure Beta 52

  • Shure Green Bullet 520dx

  • Shure SM57 (8)

  • Shure SM81 (2)

  • Shure Unidyne 545 III

  • Studer SKM5 (2)

  • Shure SM7B

  • Shure VP88

  • Sony ECM50P (2)

  • Telefunken M260 Small Diaphram Tube Condensor

  • Yamaha NS-10 subkick​

Dynamic Processors

  • Teletronix LA-2A (2)

  • Universal Audio 1176 LN Comp/Lim

  • DBX 165A Comp/Lim (2)

  • EL-8 Distressor (3)

  • Neve 33609 Stereo Comp/Lim

  • UREI 1176 Comp/Lim

  • UREI 1178 Stereo Comp/Lim

  • UREI LA3A (2)

  • Alan Smart C1 Stereo Bus Compressor

  • SPL Transient Designer 4 Modell 9842

  • Tube-Tech CL-1B Compressor

  • UBK Fatso

  • Standard Audio Stretch-500 Series Compressor

  • UTA Unfairchild Model 670M II

Other Outboard

  • Burl B1D Mic Preamp (2)

  • Boulder Mic Preamps (4)

  • Neve 1066 Mic Pre/Channel Strip (2)

  • Neve 1073LB Mic Pre (2)

  • Pultec EQP-1A Program EQ (2)

  • UTA MPDI-4 4-channel mic pre/DI

  • Standard Audio Level-Or mk ll

  • Avalon 737sm Channel Strip *available upon request*

Multi-track Machines

  • Apple Mac Pro (2022) Monterey 12.4 (3.5 GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon W)

  • Avid Pro Tools Ultimate 2021.12 – HDX – 64 in / 64 out

  • Studer A827 – 24 Track

2-track Machines

  • Studer A-80

  • Sony DVD/CD Player

  • Tascam CD-R W5000 (upon request)

Delays & Reverbs

  • Lexicon PCM 70

  • Lexicon 480L

  • EMT 140 Stereo Plate

  • Live Chamber

  • AMS RMX-16 Digital Reverb

  • Line 6 Echo Pro (2)

Instruments+

  • Late 19th Century Pump Organ

  • Yamaha C7 Grand Piano

  • Hammond B-3 w/Leslie 122

  • Wurlitzer 200 Electric Piano

  • Rhodes Electric Piano

  • Thomas Goggan & Brother Upright Piano

  • Jenco Celeste – 4 Octave

  • 2 Congas

  • Fender Twin Reverb*

  • Vintage 1950’s Gretsch Name Band Round Badge Drum Kit*

  • 22″ kick, 13″ and 16″ toms, 6.5 suprasonic snare

  • 15″ Meinl Pure Alloy traditional hi-hats

  • 19″ Paiste Formula 602 Modern Essentials crash

  • 19″ Zildgian K. Constantinople crash ride

  • 22″ Paiste Signature Traditional light ride

  • Vintage 26″ Slingerland Timpani

  • Vintage Tito Puente Timbales (pair)

  • *Available for rent, inquire with studio for rates.

Phone

615-383-1982

Studio A Setup Form

Email

juanita@soundemporiumstudios.com

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