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We have a progressive policy toward assessing/purchasing new equipment as and when it appears on the market. However, if specific equipment is required for a session it can be hired in at very **reasonable rates**

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mixing Desk

 
 

Console

  • Soundcraft GHOST expanded to 56 inputs (fed directly from the Live areas)
  • Full EQ on all inputs
  • 120 channels available on remix
  • Midi-mute on all channels
  • DVD ready 5.1 surround sound
  • Automation Optifile's Drax VCA automation software (using a dedicated PC) is installed across 32 channels

 

Monitoring

 
 
  • Main monitors:
    Genelec
    triamp 1037A
  • Nearfield:
    Genelec
    biamp 1031A
  • Yamaha NS10 powered by Alesis RA300 power amp
  • Midfield:
    Mission 760 s.e. Powered by a Yamaha A-320 amp (budget hi-fi system)

    Street monitors:
    Hitachi 3D30E (beatbox)
  • Beyerdynamic DT100 Headphones in Live areasB
  • Live Room Monitors:
  • Tannoy DC100's
  • Beyer Dynamic DT100 closed headphones (industry standard)
 

 

Recording

Mastering to Industry Standard with Avalon ,Prism Sound and Apogee

 

"The most crucial component in the digital recording environment is high-quality A/D conversion and the most trusted and desirable converters are made by Prism Sound and Apogee." We now use Prism Sound and Apogee Analogue/Digital A/D converters for monitoring all digital sound sources in the Studio. This includes monitoring during mixdown, re-mixing and mastering .

96 track digital recording.

Our 96 track digital recording system is run on a 'liquidcooled' Apple Mac G5 2.5 GHzDual Processor with 8GB ram and 750GB of HD memory! We use OS X (Tiger) 10.4.7

Our main recording/sequencing package is Digital Performer 5.1 and uses 2 lynx AES cards which plug directly into 24 channels of Prism Sound 'Dream ADA8' A/D and D/A converters.

Internal Signal processing and FX are handled by a powerful six card 'tcPowerCore' Platform.

Although this system is a lot more powerful than Protools, it is Protools compatible, so we are able to import your Protools files here and mix/remix them for you.It is also very easy to transfer files recorded here to any other recording  platform (this includes Protools,Logic,Cubase, Cakewalk...etc,etc).

We run a powerful 6 card tcPowerCore platform for all our internal FX and signal processing. Top End Plug-ins include the complete Sony (EQ/filters/inflator/ transient mod) bundle, Altiverb 5, iZotope(Ozone3,trash,Spectron,vinyl).We can retune your vocals (heaven forbid) with Antares 'autotune' or the award winning 'Melodyne' software.


24 track digital

using 3 Tascam DA 88's

16 track analogue
using a Soundcraft 760 series (1"tape recorder with) 16 channels of Bell N.R.

DVD RAM drive (Glyph writeable DVD) up to 9.4GB portable file backup.

Tascam DA45HR 24 bit processor .

Tascam DA30 MK II

HHB CDR 800 Professional (dedicated Audio CDR)

Denon DR-M14HX x 4 cassette recorders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outboard Effects

 
 

 

FX Processors , many of the effects we use are now within the computer and are called Plug-in's ,please refer to the computer specification.



 

Mics

 
 

 

List includes the following:

Calrec Soundfield SPS422 x1

Brauner Phantom C x1  

RODE K2 Class A variable pattern Dual 1”  tube Condenser Microphone x1  

Neumann TLM 193 x2      

AKG C414 EB x2

Beyerdynamic MC740N x1
Audio Technica: AT4033 x 2
Sennheiser: 427x2, 509x3 e609 x1 e604 x4
Shure: SM81x2, SM57x2, Beta56x1, Beta52x1, Beta91x1
AKG: D3600x1,C535EB x1
PZMx4

 

Computer Sequencing

 
 

Sequencing and Plug-ins

Within Digital Performer v5.1 there is a very powerful midi sequencing package.

We can therefore take your midi files (no matter what sequencing package they are from) and trigger sounds from any of our large selection of modules and samplers via a MOTU Midi Express interface.
It's a very stable system

  • Samplers/Soft Samplers and Soft Synths

  • Motu Mach 5 Soft Sampler with over 80gig of samples including Ochestral,drum, bass,synths etc
  • Access Virus Soft Synth
  • Spectronics (Stylus,Trilogy and Atmoshere)
  • Akai S3000 x2 (64 meg)
    Akai S1000 x1 ( 8 meg)
    CD Rom drives x2
    Zip drive x1
    Syquest drive x1
    Extensive Sample Library

    Midi Instruments

  • Zeta 5 string midi violin controller
    Casio MG510 midi guitar controller

    Keyboards/Module

  • Korg Wavestation
  • Roland JV1080 with expansion cards
  • Roland TD8 VDrum percussion sound module with V drum triggers
    Yamaha Clavinova PFP100,
    EMU Proteus 1, Proteus 2 Orchesteral
    Korg X5DR
    Roland 1080/D550/Sound Canvas
    Yamaha CS15D (analogue synth)





   
 

for information call 01926 888502
or email us now: info@gighouse.co.uk
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