The Square - 'Secluded, Stylish and Affordable'
"Its a very undervalued recording space that can yield a surprising range of sounds" - Dave Eringa (Producer)
The Square specifications
CONTROL ROOM: 8.2m x 4.6m (27' x 15')
LIVE ROOM: 9.4m x 4.3m (31' x 14')
BOOTH 2.1m x 2.1m (7' x 7')
CONSOLE
Amek B2520 52 channel In Line console
MULTITRACK / HARD DISK RECORDING
Protools HD3 with 24 inputs and 40 outputs running on an Apple Mac G5 (see below for up to date specifications) / 24 Track Otari MTR90 Mark II with full remote & Autolocate
MONITORING
ATC SCM200 (Quad Amped) / Genelec 1031A's / Yamaha NS10M Studios / Auratones Amplifiers: Carver / BGW / Quad / Turner
MASTERING
Otari MTR12 1/2" / Sony PCM-2700A DAT Player / Panasonic SV3800 / Audio & Design Compact Disc Recorder
DYNAMICS
Altec Valve Compressor / SSL Logic FXG384 / Urei 1176 / DBX 160 (x2) / DBX 162 / Empirical Labs Distressor / BSS DPR 402 / Drawmer DS201 (x4) / Valley People Dynamite Limiters & Gates (x2) / DBX 902 De-essers (x2) / DBX 903 (x2) / Joe Meek SC-2
EQUALISATION
Neve 1066 Parametric / EAR 822Q Valve EQ / API 530a 3 way / Summit EQP200B Stereo Valve EQ / Neve Prism Rack Inc 6 EQ & 3 Dynamic Modules / Klark Teknik DN27 Graphic Equaliser
REVERBERATION
AMS RMX16 / Lexicon PCM70 / Lexicon PCM60 / Lexicon 200 / Yamaha SPX90 (x2) Klark-Teknik DN780 Ursa Major Stargate / Yamaha REV 7
DELAYS / PROCESSORS
AMS 1580S / AMS 1580 / Eventide H3000 SE / Bel BD80 / Bel BD240 / Roland RE201 Space Echo / Roland 501 Chorus Echo / Roland Dimension D Eventide 910 Harmonizer / Delta Lab Effectron / DBX 120 XP / Aphex Exciter 'C'
SYNCHRONISATION
Digidesign Sync I/O / Digidesign MIDI I/O
SEQUENCING
Logic Pro v8.0.1 or Protools V7.4
KEYBOARDS / MODULES / SAMPLERS
Nord Lead / Akai S3200XL (32 meg) / Roland MKS50 / Roland JX8P + PG800 Oberheim Matrix 1000 / Yamaha KX88 / CS5 / Korg MS20 / Deep Bass 9
INSTRUMENTS
(check for availability)
Fender Rhodes 88 / Hammond M101 + Leslie 122 / Korg CX-3 / Marshall JCM900 4x12 / Selmer guitar amplifier / Wurlitzer / Linn Drum Machine / Ampeg Reverbarocket Amp / Musicman Amp
MISCELLANEOUS
Technics SL1200 Mkii Turntable with Vestax mixer / Sony CD Player / Theremin
Microphone List
AKG 414 EB (x3)
AKG C28 Valve (x2)
AKG 451
AKG D224 (x4)
AKG D140
AKG D190 (x3)
AKG D112
AKG D202 (x2)
B & K 4011
Beyer Dynamic M201
Electrovoice RE20
Lomo 19A19 Valve Mic
Milab LC25
Neumann U87 (x2)
Neumann KM84 (x2)
Neumann SRM64 Valve
Reslo Ribbon RBH
Sennheiser MD421 (x3)
Shure SM57 (x4)
Shure SM58 (x2)
STC 4033 Ribbons (x2)
(Currently being serviced) Telefunken Schoeps M221 Valve
Hoxton Square Protools Specifications
Digidesigns Latest Protools HD3 system consisting of a core card and 2 x HD farm cards.
Hardware
Apple G5 Dual 1.8 ghz with 2 gigabytes of RAM
17" Neovo Flat screen Monitor
1 Triple Glyph GT103 removable firewire chassis
Choice of removable hotswappable firewire drives 160 gigabytes each
2 x Digidesign 192 Interface with 8 inputs and 16 outputs
1 x Digidesign 888 Interface with 8 inputs and 8 outputs
Digidesign Sync I/O
Digidesign MIDI I/O
Backup
Usually done the following day - with a choice of:
CD-R
DVD-R
AIT2
DDS4
Software
Max OSX 10.4.9
Protools v7.4cs2
Apple Logic Pro v8.0.1
Retrospect v6.1
Roxio Toast v8.0.1
Plug-Ins
2016 Plate Reverb v2.04
Access Music Indigo v7.3
Amp Farm V3.1
Amplitube LE v1.x
Aphex Bigbottom v7.3
Aphex Exciter v7.3
Autotune v5.1.0
Avox Choir v1.1.2
Avox Punch v1.1.2
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
D-Fi v7.4
Digirack Plugins v7.4
DrawmerDynamics v7.3
Echo Farm v2.3
Fairchild 660 v7.3
Fairchild 670 v7.3
Filterbank v4.1x8
Focusrite D2 v7.3
Focusrite D3 v7.3
Funk Logic Masterizer v7.3
H949 Harmoniser v1.2.1
Joe Meek SC2 Compressor v7.3
Joe Meek VC5 Meequalizer v7.3
Machine Control
Master X3 v4.0.01
Maxim v7.4
MC2000 v2.4
MDW Massenburg EQ v1.4.0
Moogerfooger Low Pass Filter v7.3
Pitch v7.3
Pitchblender v1.5.5
Pultec EQH-2 v7.3
Pultec EQP-1A v7.3
Pultec MEQ-5 v7.3
Purple Audio MC77 v7.3
Reverb One v7.3
Sansamp PSA-1 v7.3
Slightly Rude Compressor v7.3
Smack! v7.3
Sony R3 Oxford EQ v2.52
Soundreplacer v7.3
Speed v1.5.5
Surroundscope v7.0
TL Space 7.4
Tel-Ray Variable Delay v7.3
Time Shift v7.4
Vocalign v2.9.2
Voce Chorus/Vibrato v7.3
Voce Spin v7.3
Waves Platinum v5.4.5
Xpand! v1.0.1.989UB
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