The Pool - 'To Be or Not To Be ?'
"It has an exceptional collection of vintage and modern esoteric equipment, and I feel lucky to have used the space as it is like a musical playroom - full of great instruments, effects, toys and percussion too" - Paul Epworth (Producer)
The Pool Specifications
Control Room: approx 17ft x 20ft (340ft sq) / 5m x 6m (30m sq)
Live Room: approx 40ft x 28ft (1120ft sq) / 12m x 8.5m (102m sq)
Drum Booth: approx 10ft x 9ft (90ft sq) / 3m x 2.7m (8.1m sq)
CONSOLES
EMT A100; 30 Channel 8 Bus Console
MULTITRACK / HARD DISK RECORDING
Protools HD3 (ring to check specifications)
24 Track Otari MTR 90 2"
MONITORING
Genelec 1031s
Yamaha NS10 Studios
Auratone 5c Super Soundcube
Tannoy Little Golds
Hearback Headphone System
Amplifiers: Quad 520 / Quad 405 / Yamaha P2150
MASTERING
Studer A80 RC 1/2"
Sony DTC77ES DAT Machine
DYNAMICS
Chandler TG-1 Limiter
EAR 660 Limiters (x2)
PYE Compressor (Stereo)
Tubetech LCA2B
Cranesong stc 8 Class A Compressor
Yamaha 2020 Compressor
Drawmer DF320 Noise Filter
Tweed Rack Compressors (x3)
Gates Level Devil (Nasa) Compressor
ADL CL1500 Stereo Compressor
Fairchild SS Compressor
DBX 163A Compressor
BBC AM6 Stereo Limiter (x2)
SSL Stero Bus Compressor
Empirical Labs Fatso
MIC AMPS / EQUALISATION
A-Designs P-1 Mic Pre
Altec 9062A Graphic EQ
API 512c Mic Pre's (x2)
Ashley SC-63 EQ
B & K Test Mic Pre
Buzz Audio Elixir Mic Pre
Chandler Germanium Mic-Pre's (x2)
Chandler LTD-1 (x2)
Curtis Technology OPRE 2
Dual Lomo Mic-Pre's
DAV Broadhurst Gardens BG1 (Stereo)
EAR 824M (Stereo)
Great River MP-500NV Mic Pre
La Chapell 583 Valve Mic Pre
Little Labs LMNOPre Mic Pre
Purple Audio Biz Mic Pre
Shadow Hills Gamma Mic Pre
Telefunken V76 (x6)
Telefunken V72 (x8)
K&H UE400 Parametric EQs
EAR 822 EQ (x2)
Neve 542 8 Channel desk
Studer 089 Mixer
REVERBERATION
AKG BX20 Spring Reverb
EMT 262 Plate (Mono)
Furman Sound RV-1
Yamaha Rev 7
DELAYS / PROCESSORS
Roland RE301 Chorus Echo
Sherman Filter Bank
Transient Designer
Zoom 1210 Multi-Effects
Thermionic Culture Vulture
Pan Scan
CRL Audio Preparation Processor APP-400
Echopet EP-100 Delay
Korg DVP-1 Vocoder
Eletro Harmonix Bi-Filter
Electro Harmonix Instant Replay
External Trigger
Electro Harmonix Clockworks
Zoom Studio 1204
SYNCHRONISATION
Digidesign Sync I/O
Digidesign MIDI I/O
Rosendahl Nano Sync
Kenton Pro 2000
SEQUENCING
Protools HD 7.4
KEYBOARDS / MODULES / SAMPLERS
Akai MPC2000
Akai S3000i
Akai S900
ARP Synth 2600/3260
ARP 1613 Sequencer
EMS VCSIII Mk2 Synth
Roland TR808
Roland TR606
Korg MS20
Kurzweil K2500R
Nord Lead 2
Roland Juno 6
Roland RS-09
Roland SH09
Korg SQ-10 Sequencer
Yamaha CS30
Korg 800PS Synth
S.C.I. Pro-One Synth
Suzuki QC-1 Q-Chord
Casio Rapman
Casio Casiotone 403
Casio SK5
Casio SA8
BACKLINE
Fender Mini Twin Amp
Fender Mini Deluxe Amp
VoxAC1 Mini Amp
Fender Telecaster
Fender Bronco
Fender P-Bass (Fretless)
Fender P-Bass
Hofner Congress Acoustic Guitar
Lapsteel Guitar
Banjo
Herrburger Brooks Upright Piano
Slingerland Drum Kit
Farfisa Compact Organ
Lorenzo Electric Organ
Wurlitzer Keyboard
Moog Theremin
Fender Musicmaster Bass Amp
Selmer 15ss
Vortexian Bass Head and Cabinet
WEM GX40 (Head and Cab)
PEDALS
Boss FZ-2 Guitar Pedal
Boss CS-3 Guitar Pedal
Boss PC-2
Boss Syb 3 Bass Pedal
Crowther Audio Prunes And Custard Pedal
Electro Harmonix 16 Second Delay
Electro Harmonix Attack Equaliser
Electro Harmonix Bass Balls
Electro Harmonix Black Finger
Electro Harmonix Delux Memory Man
Electro Harmonix Delux Electric Mistress
Electro Harmonix Golden Throat 2
Electro Harmonix Microsynth
Electro Harmonix POG
Electro Harmonix Screaming Tree
Electro Harmonix The Worm
Electro Harmonix Wriggler
Frantone PeachFuzz Pedal
Frantone Autolooper Pedal
Lovetone Meatball
Lovetone Wobulator
Lovetone Ringstinger
Lovetone Big Cheese
Lovetone Brown Sauce
Lovetone Doppelganger
Lovetone Flange
Maestro Parametric Filter Pedal
MXR Phase 100 Guitar Pedal
MXR Dynacomp Guitar Pedal
MXR Microamp
Mutron III+
Napalm 69
Sansamp GT2
Soundtank Cyberdrive
Sovtek Big Muff Guitar Pedal
Sovtek Small Stone Guitar Pedal
Z-Vex FuzzProbe
Z-Vex OohWah
Z-Vex Ringtone
MICROPHONE LIST
1 x AEA R88
1 x AKG Harry D99c
4 x AKG C451
1 x AKG D12
1 x AKG D112
1 x AKG D14s
1 x AKG D25
3 x Altec 639b
1 x Beyer Dynamic M119
2 x Coles 4038
4 x C-Ducer CP Microphones
2 x Earthworks SR30
2 x Earthworks TC20MP
1 x Lomo 19A1
2 x Lomo 19A19
1 x Lomo 19A4
2 x Lomo 19A18
1 x Neumann/Gefell CMV 563
3 x Neumann U87
1 x Neumann U47 Valve Microphone
1 x Neumann U47 FET
1 x Melodium 75a
1 x Oktavia ML11M
1 x Oktavia ML16
1 x Oktavia ML17
1 x Oktavia ML47
2 x Oktavia ML19
1 x Optimus PZM
1 x RCA 10001
2 x RCA 6203 Varicoustic
1 x Reslo CRH
2 x Reslo RBT
1 x Royer R121
2 x RTT MKL 101
2 x Sennheiser MD421 N
1 x Sennheiser MD441 N
1 x Shure Beta 91
1 x Shure 520D Bullet Mic
6 x Shure SM57
2 x Shure SM58
1 x Shure SM7
2 x Sony ECM-970
1 x Soundman Binaural Microphone
1 x STC 4105
1 x STC 4021
1 x STC 4037
1 x Tbone BD200
1 x Tbone CD56
1 x Telefunken M411
Other microphones may be available on request.
MISCELLANEOUS
Alan Smart DI
Behringer Powerplay Pro HA440 Headphone Amp
Behringer Eurodesk MX 2442
Binson PA602 Pre Mixer Echo
Brennel Gold Valve Tape Machine
Chandler 16 Channel Line Mixer
Gates 2 Channel Summing Mixer
Little Labs Red Eye DI x 2
Little Labs IBP (x3)
Little Labs PCP 3.0
Mackie 1202 - Viz
Neve 20 - 8 Rack Mixer
Shure 101 Audio Console
VDC Mains Power Converter
PROTOOLS RIG
Top of the range Protools rig based around an HD3 system running
Protools 7.4 on an Intel 8 core Mac Pro
HARDWARE
Apple Intel Mac Pro. Dual Quad Core 3Ghz, 4 Gb RAM
Apple 23" Cinema Display
2 x Digidesign 192 interfaces providing 16 inputs / 32 Outputs
1 x Lynx Aurura providing an additional 16 inputs
Digidesign MIDI I/O interface
Digidesign Sync I/O synchroniser
Digidesign 002 Rack
1 x Rosendahl Nano Sync
BACKUP
Usually done the following day with a choice of:
CD-R
DVD-R
AIT2 / AIT4
DDS4
SOFTWARE
Mac OSX 10.4.9
Protools v7.4
Toast 8.01
Retrospect 6.1
PLUG-INS
Access Music Indigo v3.1
Altiverb 6.06
Amp Farm v3.1
Amplitude v1.xLE
Analog Factory 1.2
Aphex Bigbottom v7.3
Aphex Exciter v7.3
BF Essentials v7.3
BFD Lite v1.0xo
Bomb Factory BF76 v7.3
Bomb Factory BF-3A v7.3
Broadband Noise Reduction v7.3
Bruno v7.3
Cosmonaut Voice v7.3
D-Fi v7.3
Digirack Plugins v7.3
Drawmer Dynamics v7.3
Echo Farm v2.30
Fairchild 660 v7.3
Fairchild 670 v7.3
Filterbank v4.1x
Focusrite D2 v7.3
Focusrite D3 v7.3
Funk Logic Masterizer v7.3
Joe Meek SC2 Compressor v7.3
Joe Meek VC5 Meequalizer v7.3
MDW EQ2 2.02
Melodyne Plug In 1.02
Maxim v7.3
moogerfooger Lowpass filter v7.3
moogerfooger 12-stage phaser v7.3
moogerfooger Ring Modulator v7.3
moogerfooger Analog delay v7.3
Ozone 3.1.1
Pitch v7.3
Pitchblender v3.0
Puple Audio MC77 v7.3
Reso v7.2
Reverb One 7.3
Sansamp PSA-1 v7.3
Smack LE! v7.3
Sony Oxford EQ v2.6
Soundblender v3.0
Soundreplacer v7.3
Spectron v1.1.0
Speed v3.0
Synchronic v7.3
Tel-Ray Variable Delay v7.3
Timeblender v3.0
T-Racks EQ v1.2.1
TL Everyphase v7.2.1
TL In Tune v7.2.1
TL MasterMeter v7.2.1
TL Metro v7.2.1
Trash v1.1.0
Vinyl v1.7.3
Voce Spin v7.3
Voce Chorus/Vibrato v7.3
Waves Gold v5.9.1