Tape Vault Studio
This is my personal studio and workspace. This is all my own equipment, and I have 24-hour access to work any time. It's a two-room studio, with a soundproofed window. One side is the tracking room, where I keep a drum set mic'd up permanently, along with guitar amps and an iso booth.
On the other side is the control room with Pro Tools, Cubase and Wavelab DAWs. A singer/guitarist can set up in here for further isolation during band tracking.
Full production to overdubs, mixes, mastering. I have made entire albums in here with a 5-piece band. If we need more space, I'll schedule time in one of the larger rooms in the building.
On the other side is the control room with Pro Tools, Cubase and Wavelab DAWs. A singer/guitarist can set up in here for further isolation during band tracking.
Full production to overdubs, mixes, mastering. I have made entire albums in here with a 5-piece band. If we need more space, I'll schedule time in one of the larger rooms in the building.
Equipment list (partial)
Platform
2 PCs running Windows 10
Pro Tools 10, Cubase Pro 9.5, Wavelab Pro 9.5, Nuendo 4, Sound Forge 11
VST Connect software, enabling remote sessions via internet connection
32 channels of Universal Audio Apollo
32 channels of RME I/O
Apogee AD-500 2-ch a/d converter
Plug ins and virtual MIDI instruments, including an ever-growing collection of current legit Waves, Slate, Melda, UAD, etc.
Time code option for tape machine sync and VSO
Touch screen DAW for mixing
16-channel headphone mixers for each performer
Monitoring
Meyer HD-1 monitors, Klipsch Epic CF-4, NS-10M
McIntosh MC250, MC240 power amp
2 Polk PWS300 Subs
Headphones
3 Direct Sound EX-29 Isolating Headphones
5 AKG K240 Monitor Headphones
3 Behringer P16‑M 16 mixers
Tape Formats
1/4" 2-track, 4-track, 8-track, all speeds
1/2" 2-track, 4-track, 8-track, 16-track
1" 8-track, 16-track
2" 16-track, 24-track
Decoding noise reduction: Dolby type A, Dolby SR, dbx type I and II
ADAT 16 & 20-bit; DAT
Effects
Eventide H3500 D/SE
Lexicon PCM60 Reverb
Biamp Spring Reverb (2 for stereo)
Roland DEP-5
Mic Preamps
2 v72 mic pre
2 Audix mic pre, BBC-Neve style EQ
8 Grace 801 mic pre
RCA OP-6 mic pre
2 Ampex 351 mic pre
4 Warm Audio WA-412 (API 312 preamp clones)
4 Golden Age Pre-73 Jr w/Carnhill xfmr (Neve 1073 preamp clones)
Dynamics
Empirical Labs FATSO Jr
4 Urei LA-4 comp/limit
API 2500 bus compressor
Voce EVC-1 tube compressor
Aphex Dominator II Model 720
Valley People Dyna-mite compressor gates
Mics
AKG c12a, Neumann KM84s, Sanken C41s, Royer 121, RCA 74b,
many other useful mics by Oktava, Lomo, CAD, AKG, Shure, Sennheiser
Instruments
Yamaha drum set, variety of snare drums and cymbals
Kurzweil PC88 weighted keyboard
Fishman TriplePlay MIDI guitar controller
Guitars, basses, percussion instruments
Fender and Marshall amps, bass amp, stomp boxes, other music-making stuff.
Tape Vault control room. Analog hardware with a digital session for total recall DAW mixing with moving fader automation control. The 32 analog I/Os can be patched to hardware inserts and the summing mixer.
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Tape Vault tracking room with drums ready to record, amps in iso room, wired and available.
It really is a tape vault, as well. 2" tapes stacked on shelves from floor to ceiling.
