Studio 1 has a large live room perfect for ensembles, a dead room and stone room, offering an array of acoustic options.

At the heart of the Metalworks, Control Room 1 is a vintage 32x16x24 Neve 8048 console fitted with 12x 1081, 12x 1064, 8x 1093 and 4x 1073 pre-amp/eq modules giving a wonderful array of options to suit any recording engineer. Pro Tools HDX Ultimate with 32 in/out (expandable) Apogee Symphony MKII Special Edition Mastering grade converters and a UAD satellite loaded with plug-ins. All running on a new silicon Mac. The room is outfitted with a generous assortment of classic outboard gear including Pultecs, 1176 Blue Stripe and Blackface, Distressors, Neve 2254s and many more.

This truly unique classic Neve console, along with the 24 x 50 solid maple studio floor, combined with a high ceiling and wood and stone walls, provide an endless assortment of acoustic possibilities for any session. Studio 1 is perfect for all types of projects, from small indie tracking sessions to high-profile recording projects of any style or size. For the artist‚ comfort, adjacent to the Control Room is a large, private lounge.

Studio 1 is equipped with a 5 station private mix Dante headphone system which allows each member of a band to create a separate headphone mix to meet individual needs. 



Console

  • 32x8x24 Neve 8048 console fitted with 12x 1081, 12x 1064, 8x 1093 and 4x 1073 pre-amp/eq

Monitoring

  • Neumann KH310A Three-Way Active Loudspeaker
  • Yamaha HS8 Powered Speaker System with Subwoofer
  • Augspurger Mains with Subwoofer



Analog to Digital Convertors

  • Apogee Symphony MKII Special Edition Converters

Compressors/Limiters

  • Compex Vocal Stresser
  • DBX 162 Stereo Compressor/Limiter (x3)
  • DBX 160XT Compressor/Limiter (x2)
  • DBX 165 Compressor/Limiter
  • Empirical Labs EL8X Distressor (x2)
  • Manley Stereo Opto Tube
  • Neve 2254/A Compressor/Limiter (Custom Built) (x2)
  • Summit Audio 100A Tube Leveling Amplifier (x2)
  • Teletronix LA-2 Leveling Amplifier
  • Universal Audio 1176 (Blue Stripe)
  • Urei 1176LN (Black) Limiting Amplifier
  • Urei 1178 Stereo Peak Limiter Equalizers

EQ

  • Compex Vocal Stresser
  • Pultec EQP 1A Program Equalizer (x2)
  • Summit Audio 200B Dual Program Equalizer

Gates

  • Drawmer DS201 Dual Channel Noise Gate (x2)

Reverb/Effects

  • Lexicon 480
  • Lexicon PCM70 Digital Effects Processor
  • Roland SDE3000 Digital Delay Processor
  • Yamaha Rev7 Digital Reverberator
  • Yamaha SPX-90 ii Reverberation Rack

Recorders & Reproducers

  • Studer A800 MK III Multi-Channel 2″ Tape Recorder

Headphone System

  • Earmix 16M (private mixers) Dante headphone system. Sent direct from Pro Tools for low latency.



Included

  • KG C414 SIL
  • AK C422
  • AKG C451
  • AKG C451 (Black)
  • AKG C452 EB
  • AKG C460 B
  • AKG C535 EB
  • AKG D112
  • AKG D12
  • AKG D190
  • AKG D224E
  • AKG The Tube
  • AKG “Harry” The Head
  • Audio Technica 4060 Tube
  • Beyer M500
  • Crown PZM
  • Electro Voice RE10
  • Electro Voice RE15
  • Electro Voice RE16
  • Electro Voice N/D 308
  • Neumann KM 84
  • Neumann U89i (Vintage)
  • Neumann U89i (Black SE)
  • Neumann U87 (Vintage)
  • Neumann U47 FET
  • Pearl PML SP-84
  • Pearl PML FP-92k
  • Sennheiser MD421
  • Sennheiser MD441-U
  • Shure DY 30
  • Shure SM57
  • Shure SM7B

DI

  • Roland J48s
  • Roland JDIs
  • Roland JD7 Guitar Distro and DI
  • Dave Dickson Special Transformer (Passive)
  • SCV (Active)


Rental

  • Telefunken U47 Tube (Vintage) x2
  • Neumann U67 Tube (Vintage) x3
  • AKG C24 Stereo Tube (Vintage) 




IDAWs

  • ProTools Ultimate
  • Logic Pro X

Plugins

  • Antares Auto-Tune (Full bundle)
  • Celemony Melodyne Studio (Full)
  • Universal Audio UAD-2 Satellite Hardware and Native (Bundle)
  • Steven Slate Trigger 2
  • Waves Diamond Bundle+
  • More..