El Cortijo - 'Record in Paradise'
"It is a simply fantastic place to take a project. The studio, the surroundings and the Mediterranean culture all contribute to making it one of the most enjoyable places I have ever worked in" - Markus Dravs (Producer)
El Cortijo Specification
CONTROL ROOM 7m x 5.5m (23' x 18')
STUDIO 8.8m x 6.7m (29' x 22')
CONSOLE
Trident Vector 432 40 Channel in-line console
MULTITRACKS / HARD DISK RECORDING
Protools HD3 Accel with 24 inputs & 24 outputs running on an Apple Mac G5 (check website for latest specification) / Studer A820 24 Track with Dolby SR and full remote
MONITORING
Boxer 5's / ATC SCM100A / Yamaha NS10 520 Studio Amplifiers
MASTERING
Tascam DA30 MKII DAT Recorder
DYNAMICS
Urei 1176 (x2) / DBX 160 VU Mono Compressor (x2) / Teletronix LA2A Mono Valve Compressor / Drawmer 1960 2 channel Compressor Drawmer DL221 2 Channel Compressor / Drawmer DS201 Gates (x3)
EQUALISATION
Massenburg (GML) 8200 / Focusrite ISA115HD 2 Channel Mic Amp & EQs
REVERBERATION & PROCESSORS
Lexicon PCM70 / Yamaha SPX990 / Roland SDE3000 / Bel BD80S / Bel BDE 1600S / Eventide H3000 SE / Yamaha Rev 7
SYNCHRONISATION
Timeline Lynx / Digidesign Sync I/O / Digidesign MIDI I/O
SEQUENCING
Protools 7.3
Logic Studio 8 (on request)
MICROPHONE LIST
AKG C414ULS (x2)
AKG 451EB (x4)
AKG D112 (x2)
AKG D12
Neumann KM84i
Neumann TLM170 (x2)
Neumann U47 FET
Neumann U87 (x2)
Sennheiser MD421 (x6)
Shure SM57 (x2)
Shure SM58 (x4)
El Cortijo Protools Specifications
Top of the range protools system based around an HD3 Accel system. Either protools or logic pro software can be used.
Hardware
Apple Dual 1.8ghz G5 with 2 gigabytes of memory
21" Display
1 Triple Glyph GT103 removable firewire chassis
Choice of removable hotswappable firewire drives 160 gigabytes each
2 x Digidesign 192 interfaces providing 24 inputs & 24 outputs
Digidesign MIDI I/O interface
Digidesign Sync I/O synchroniser
Backup
Usually done the following day - with a choice of:
CD-R
DVD-R
Software
OSX 10.4.9
Protools v7.3.1cs2
Logic Pro v7.2.3 (on request)
Retrospect v6.1
Roxio Toast 7.1.2
Plug-ins
Access Music Indigo v7.3
Amp farm v3.1
Aphex Bigbottom v7.3
Aphex Exciter v7.3
Autotune v5.0.5
BF Essentials v7.3
Bomb Factory 1176 v7.3
Bomb Factory BF-2A v7.3
Bomb Factory BF-3A v7.3
Bruno/reso v7.3
Cosmonaut Voice v7.3
Cranesong Phoenix v2.1.x3
Crystallizer v1.2.1
D-fi v7.3
Digirack Plugin v 7.3
Drawmer Dynamics v7.3
Echoboy v1.2.1
Echo Farm v2.3
Fairchild 660 v7.3
Fairchild 670 v7.3
Filterbank v4.1x8
FilterFreak v1.2.1
Focusrite D2 v7.3
Focusrite D3 v7.3
Funk Logic Masterizer v7.3
H949 Harmonizer v1.13
Joe Meek SC2 v7.3
Joe Meek VC2 v7.3
Massenburg Design EQ v1.4
Master X3 v3.9 build 2
Maxim v7.3
MC2000 v2.4 Multiband compressor
moogerfooger Lowpass filter v7.3
moogerfooger 12-stage phaser v7.3
moogerfooger Ring Modulator v7.3
moogerfooger Analog delay v7.3
PhaseMistress v1.2.1
Pitch v7.3
Pitchblender v1.5.7
PitchDoctor v2.9.7
Pultec EQH-2 v7.3
Pultec EQP-1A v7.3
Pultec MEQ-5 v7.3
PurePitch v2.9.7
Purple Audio MC77 v7.3
Reverb One v7.3
Sansamp PSA-1 v7.3
Slightly Rude Compressor v7.3
Smack! v7.3
Speed v1.5.6
Sony Oxford EQ v2.51
Sound Replacer v7.3
Tel-Ray Variable Delay v7.3
TimeBlender v1.5.7
Time Shift v7.3
Tremolator v1.2.1
URS A10 v2.0b7
URS N12 v2.0b7
Voc Align v2.9
Voce Spin v7.3
Voce Chorus/Vibrato v7.3
Waves Platinum v5.4.5
Xpand! v1.0.1.989UB
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