The Garden - 'Vintage Tracking Heaven'
"Such a great location - bands love the vibe... with the best drum sound in London" - Mike Crossey (Producer)
The Garden Specifications
CONTROL ROOM: 5.8m x 5.8m (19' x 19')
LIVE ROOM: 7.9m x 5.5m (26' x 18')
BOOTH: 3m x 2.4m (10' x 8')
CONSOLE
Vintage Neve 8026 40 channel console with 24 channel monitor section, loaded with 24 mic amps
and EQs, consisting of seventeen 1084 modules, six 1076 modules and one 1066 module.
MULTITRACK / HARD DISK RECORDING
Protools HD3 Accel with 32 inputs and 48 outputs running on an Apple
24 or 16 Track Studer A80 Mk IV with full remote & Autolocator
MONITORING
Boxer T2's
Genelec 1031A's
Yamaha NS10 Studios
Auratones
Amplifiers: Chevin / Bryston / Quad
5.1 MONITORING
A 5.1 system can be setup on demand (subject to availability)
5 x Dynaudio BM15a loudspeakers
Adam Sub 12
Audient ASP510 Surround Sound Controller
MASTERING
Otari MTR12 1/2"
Panasonic SV3800 DAT
Player / HHB CDR830
Sony PCM-2800 DAT Player
DYNAMICS
Culture Vulture
DBX 165 (x2)
DBX 263A De'essers (x2)
Drawmer DL221
Drawmer DS201 (x3)
Eclair LaLa model 62
Empirical Lab Distressors (x2)
Messenberg GML 2030 Mastering Compressor
SPL Transient Designer
SSL Logic FXG384
Thermionic Culture Phoenix
Urei 1176 (x4)
Urei LA4
Valley People Dynamite Expanders (x2)
EQUALISATION / MIC PRE
Calrec PQ1161 EQs (x4)
Calrec PQ1061 EQs (x2)
Focusrite tone factory
Helios channels x 2
John Hardy M1
Massenberg GML 8200
Massenberg GML 8304
Tubetech MEC 1A Recording Channel
Summit EQP200B Stereo Valve EQ
Telefunken V76 Valve Mic Amps (x3)
Telefunken V72 Valve Mic Amps (x2)
REVERBERATION
AMS RMX16
Lexicon PCM70
Lexicon 224
Lexicon 224XL
Lexicon LXP1
Roland R880
TC Electronics M3000
Ursa Major Space Station
Yamaha SPX90
DELAYS / PROCESSORS
AMS 1580S
AMS DM220 Phaser
Aphex Exciter 'B'
Audio & Design Panscan
Bel BD80
DBX 120
Ensoniq DP4+
Eventide H3000 (x2)
Ibanex AD202
Lexicon LXP5
Lexicon Super Prime Time
Mutron Bi-Phase
Roland SDE2000
Roland 501 Space echo
TC 1210 enhancer
Urei 565T Filter Set
SYNCHRONISATION
Digidesign Sync I/O
Digidesign MIDI I/O
SEQUENCING
Protools v7.4
Logic Pro v8 (on request)
KEYBOARDS / MODULES / SAMPLERS
Nord Lead
Korg M1R
Roland SH101
Roland MKS70
Proteus 1 & 2
XR
Akai S3200XL
INSTRUMENTS & MISCELLANEOUS
Yamaha Baby Grand Piano
Fender Twin
Marshall Super Lead 100w Mk2 & 1960AV 4x12 Cabinet
Ampeg SVTAVU Bass Head & Ampeg SVT810AV Cab
Roland Jazz Chorus-120 amp
SL1210 Turntable & Vestax PMC01A
Hammond & Leslie 145
Mesa Boogie Mk 1
Yamaha Squier 15
Yamaha Drum kit with 20" kick; 8", 10", 12", 13" and 14" toms; Noble & Cooley snare and Pearl Superhoop steel shell snare; and Zildjian Brilliant Cymbals: 14" custom hi-hats, 20" custom ride and 16" and 18" custom crashes
Eclair Evil Twin DI
(All instruments subject to availability - please check)
MICROPHONE LIST
AKG C12a (x2) (subject to availability)
AKG 414EB (x2)
AKG C28 Valve
AKG D202 (x3)
AKG 451 (x3)
AKG D112E
Audix Scx1
Beyer Dynamic M201
Beyer Dynamic M88
Bruel & Kjaer 4011 (x2)
Crown PZM-30GPG (x2)
Coles 4038 Ribbons (x2)
Coles 4033 Ribbon (x1)
Electrovoice RE20
Neumann KM56 Valve
Neumann KM84
Neumann U47 FET
Neuman UM57 (x2)
Neumann U47 Valve
Neumann U87 (x3)
Neumann U89 (x2)
Sennheiser MD421 (x4)
Sennheiser MD441
Sennheiser S09 (x2)
Shure SM57 (x4)
Shure SM58 (x2)
Telefunken Schoeps M221 Valve x 2
PROTOOLS RIG
Top of the range protools rig based around an HD3 Accel system running
either protools or logic pro.
HARDWARE
Apple Dual 2.5ghz G5 with 2 gigabytes of memory
Apple 23" HD Cinema Display
1 Triple Glyph GT103 removable firewire chassis
Choice of removable hotswappable firewire drives 160 gigabytes each
3 x Digidesign 192 interfaces providing 24 inputs / 48 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
AIT2
DDS4
SOFTWARE
OSX 10.4.8
Protools v7.4
Logic Pro v8 (on request)
Retrospect v6.1
Roxio Toast c7.1.2
Reason Adapted v2.5
Ableton Live v2.1
PLUG-INS
Access Music Indigo
Amp farm
Amplitube LE
Aphex Bigbottom
Aphex Exciter
Autotune
BF Essentials
Bomb Factory 1176
Bomb Factory BF-3A
Bruno/Reso
Cosmonaut Voice
D-fi
Digirack Plugins
Drawmer Dynamics
Echo Farm
Fairchild 660
Fairchild 670
Filterbank
Filterfreak
Focusrite D2
Focusrite D3
Funk Logic Masterizer
H910 Harmonizer
H949 Harmonizer
Impact
Instant Phaser
Instant Flanger
Joe Meek SC2 Compressor
Joe Meek VC5 Meequalizer
Massenburg Design EQ
Master X3 v3.9 build 2
Maxim
MC2000 v2.3.1 Multiband compressor
moogerfooger Lowpass filter
moogerfooger 12-stage phaser
moogerfooger Ring Modulator
moogerfooger Analog delay
Omnipressor
Pitch
Pitchblender
Pultec EQH-2
Pultec EQP-1A
Pultec MEQ-15
Purple Audio MC77
Reverb One
Sansamp PSA-1
Slightly Rude Compressor
Sony Oxford EQ
Sound Replacer
Speed
Surroundscope
T-Racks EQ
Tel-Ray Variable Delay
Time Shift
Tremolator
Voc Align
Voce Spin
Voce Chorus/Vibrato
Waves Platinum