Studio B is composed of a Control Room and an Isolation Room. This studio is principally used for mixing and mastering, but can also be used for voice-over work as well as vocal and instrumental overdubs. As you review the equipment listed under the technology section, you’ll see that the outboard gear in Studio B is essentially identical to that of Studio A, allowing for continuity should a tracking or mixing session move from studio to studio. The major difference in outboard gear is the additional mastering equipment that Studio B is supplemented with such as a Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor, Weiss Engineering Digital Compressors and a Weiss Engineering Digital Equalizer.
Studio C is a video production suite primarily used for editing an production of videos. The studio utilizes the industry-standard Final Cut Pro platform enhanced by a Euphonix Artist Series control board consisting of a Euphonix MC Control V2, MC Mix, MC Transport and MC Color modules.
INSTRUMENTS
Grand Piano: Wire Road Studios’ piano is a Brodmann 212, 7-foot Grand. This hand-picked instrument produces quality tonal characteristics with responsive action and features German design and scaling. Wire Road selected the Brodmann for its broad tonal range and responsive touch. The Brodmann produces a sweet, singing and full-bodied sustaining tone. The piano is available for use at no charge to our clients. Wire Road maintains the action, regulation and voicing through a maintenance program and has it tuned at regular intervals. The piano is maintained in a climate-controlled environment. Nevertheless, we suggest that clients personally inspect the piano’s state of tune no less than 24-hours prior to their session.
Drums: Our studio drum set is composed of a 6-piece Mapex Saturn Series drum kit with Zildjian K Customcymbals. The incredibly thin composite maple and walnut shell has made the Saturn Series a favorite among professional players. With its wide tuning range and its rich, powerful bottom end, the Saturn Series performs as well in the studio as it does in the concert hall. The Saturn kit is composed of a 22×18 bass drum, 10×8 tom, 12X9 tom, 14X14 floor tom, 16×16 floor tom and a 14X5.5 snare. The Zildjian K Customcymbal set includes a 20” Medium Ride, 18″ Crash, 16” Crash and 14” Hi-hats. Fresh drum heads are important to obtaining a quality drum sound and we highly-recommend that you have us purchase the heads of your choice and specification prior to your session for optimum studio quality during the recording. The daily rental fee for the drum set is $50 and the cost to re-head, if requested.
Ultrasound Pro-100 Acoustic Guitar Amplifier
Spider Valve MKII Amp Head and Celestion Vintage 30′s Cabinet
AMENITIES:
Kitchen & Indoor Lounge: To make your stay with Wire Road Studios comfortable, we have incorporated a modern lounge and kitchen into the facility. The kitchen provides easy access to coffee, soft drinks and bottled water while the lounge accommodates your relaxation time with comfortable seating and a 52” LCD TV, DVD player and a surround sound system. Want to listen to some music? Pop in a CD or plug in your iPod, both controlled by the in-room Russound music system. View a virtual tour of the Kitchen & Indoor lounge. Outdoor Lounge: When the weather is nice and you want to relax outside, we provide you with a 450 sq. ft. covered patio and private fenced yard. The Russound music system extends to the patio, allowing you enjoy your music selections while relaxing on the comfortable over-sized seating. This area also provides a grill and dining table, all inviting you to stay awhile.
Technology
The technology selection behind Wire Road Studios’ world-class recording facility was driven by two primary goals: the creation of high-end acoustically-pleasing recording rooms with flexible environments as well as the highest state of versatile and cross-platform technology available to allow clients to work seamlessly within the technology of their choice. Both Studio A and Studio B are equipped with a wide array of choices for staff, independent engineers and producers to embrace. Interfaces include a 112-input Euphonix DSP Fusion S5 console that offers a cross-platform environ via EUCON and MADI protocols in Studio A and an Avid C24 environ in Studio B. These flexibilies are complimented with outboard analog preamps, compressors and equalizers from Manley, Daking, Retro Instruments, DW Fearn, Universal Audio, Purple Audio, Solid State Logic, Brent Averill, Shadow Hills Industries and Weiss Engineering. The microphone cabinet includes some of the world’s finest names including AEA, AKG, Audix, Beyerdynamic, Blue, Bock, Brauner, Neumann, Lawson, Schoeps, Sennheiser and Shure. Monitors by Focal and ATC in both studios provide the ability to monitor the process with the utmost precision.
Microphones
Condenser / Large Diaphragm
AKG C414 B-XLII
ADK S-7
ADK S-7B
Audix SCX25A-PS Piano Kit
Chameleon Labs TS-2 (2)
Blue Bottle with all 8 capsules
Blue Bottle Mouse
Blue Bottle Dragonfly (2)
Bock 507
Brauner VMA
Lawson L251 FET
Lawson L251 Tube
Lawson L47 FET
Lawson L47 Tube
Neumann M149 (2)
Neumann U87 (2)
Neumann BCM 104
Rode K2
Condenser/Small Diaphragm
Beyerdynamic MC930 Stereo Set
Beyerdynamic Opus 67 (2)
Beyerdynamic Opus 88 (4)
Beyerdynamic Opus 53 (2)
Chameleon TS-1 (2)
Neumann KM184 (2)
Schoeps CMC641 Set – CMC 6 w/ MK1 & amp; MK4 capsules (2)
Dynamic/Moving Coil
Audio-Technica ATM-250DE
Beyerdynamic Opus 99
Electro Voice re20
Heil Sound Heritage
Sennheiser MD421 II (2)
Sennheiser e906
Sennheiser e902
Shure Beta 52A
Shure SM57 (2)
Granelli/Shure SM57 (2)
Ribbon
AEA R840
Blue Woodpecker
SE Electronic RNR1 Rupert Neve
Shure KSM 353 Serial #4
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