The Pool - 'Extreme live Recording'
"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)
"You can get away without having a separate control room and record stuff perfectly well, and what you gain in communication and work-rate is amazing" - Ben Hillier (Producer)
The Pool Specifications
CONTROL ROOM & LIVE ROOM: 15.5m x 9.5m
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 Gold / 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
Altec 9062A Graphic EQ / Ashley SC-63 EQ / B & K Test 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) / 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 7.3.1cs3
KEYBOARDS / MODULES / SAMPLERS
Akai MPC2000 / Akai S3000i / Akai S900 / EMS VCSIII Mk2 Synth / Roland TR808 / Roland TR606 / Korg MS20 / Kurzweil K2500R / Nord Lead 2 / ARP Synth 2600/3260 / ARP 1613 Sequencer / Roland Juno 6 / Roland RS-09 / 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
1 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 / Little Labs PCP 3.0 / Mackie 1202 - Viz / Neve 20 - 8 Rack Mixer / Shure 101 Audio Console / VDC Mains Power Converter
The Protools Rig
Top of the range Protools rig based around an HD3 system running Protools 7.3 on an Intel 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 Synch
Backup
Usually done the following day with a choice of:
CD-R
DVD-R
AIT2 / AIT4
DDS4
Software
Mac OSX 10.4.9
Protools v7.3.1cs3
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
Auto-tune 3.27
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
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