The Toyshop - 'batteries, atmosphere and gadgets included'
"If you need to do a hundred and one little things to an album worth of tunes it's an ideal space." - Plan B
The Toyshop Specification
CONTROL ROOM 8.2m x 3.6m (27' x 12')
BOOTH 1.8m x 1.8m (6' x 6')
CONSOLE
DDA QMR 48 channels (96 inputs) console
MULTITRACK / HARD DISK RECORDING
Protools HD2 Accel with 24 inputs and outputs running on an Apple Mac G5 (see below for full up to date specification) / Otari Radar
MONITORING
Genelec 1031A monitors / Yamaha NS10 Studios
Amplifiers: Yamaha
MASTERING
Sony PCM2800 & 2600 DAT / Denon DRS-810 cassette / Marantz PMD321 CD player
DYNAMICS / EQUALISATION
API 7600 Mic Amp, EQ & Compressor / SSL Logic FXG384 / Joe Meek SC-2 stereo compressor / TC Finaliser / Alesis 3630 / Ashley SC50 Compressors (x2) / Drawmer DS201 (x2) / LA Audio gates / Valley People gates
REVERBERATION / DELAYS / PROCESSORS
Lexicon PCM70 / Roland SRV330 / Roland RE201 Space Echo / TC M2000 / Roland Dep5 / Yamaha SPX900 / Roland SDE330 / Sherman Filter Bank / Mutron Bi-Phase / Rocktron Prorax EX1 / Sansamp PSA1 guitar processor / Alesis Quadraverb
SYNCHRONISATION
Digidesign Sync I/O / MOTU MTP-AV
SEQUENCING
Logic Pro v7.2.2 / Protools v7.1
KEYBOARDS / MODULES
Mini Moog with Kenton Pro Solo / Nord Rack / Korg MS20 / Matrix 1000 / Roland JX-8P / Roland JD-990 / Roland D550 / Roland R8M / Roland SH-09 / Roland SH-101 / Roland MPU-101 Midi-CV interface / Alesis D4 / Korg M1 keyboard / Korg Monopoly / Novation Bass Station / Proteus 2 / Yamaha CS5 / Linn Drum
SAMPLERS
Akai S6000 (256 Mb RAM) / Akai S3200XL (32 Mb RAM) CD-ROM drive with sample library & Zip Drive
MISCELLANEOUS
Technics SL1210 MkII & Vestax PMC-03A
MICROPHONE LIST
A selection of these microphones can be made available depending who is in the Neve room. If a specific microphone is required in advance please book.
AKG 414EB (x2)
AKG C28 Valve
AKG 412
AKG 451 (x2)
AKG D12 (x2)
Bruel & Kjaer 4011 (x2)
Calrec Soundfield Mk4
Crown PZM-30RB (x2)
Electrovoice DS35
Groove Tube GT44 Valve (x2)
Neumann KM54
Neumann M149 Valve
Neumann U87 (x2)
Sanken CU41
Shure SM57 (x4)
Shure SM58 Beta
Sony C48
Toyshop - Protools Specification
A Protools HD2 Accel rig. The rig comes with a core and accel card and is loaded with the majority of plug-ins.
Hardware
Apple G5 Dual Processor 2ghz with 2 gig of RAM
Apple 23" Cinema Display
1 x Glyph GT103 Chassis
Choice of Removable hotswappable firewire Drives from 160 gig to 250 gig
1 x Digidesign 96 I/O interface (8 inputs / 8 outputs)
1 x Creamware interface with 16 inputs and 16 outputs)
Digidesign Sync I/O Synchroniser
MOTU Midi Time Piece AV MIDI interface
Backup
Usually done the following day with a choice of:
CD-R
DVD-R
AIT2
DDS4
Software
Mac OSX 10.4.8
Protools V7.3.1cs2
Logic v7.2.3
Retrospect v 6
Toast v 7.1.2
Reason Adapted 3.0.5
Ableton Lite 4
Melodyne Uno 1.5.2
BFD Lite 1.5.0.45
Sampletank 2.x.SE
Amplitube LE 1.x
T-Racks 1.xEQ
Plug-Ins
Access Music Indigo v7.3
Amp Farm v2.4
Autotune v5.0.5
BF Essentials v7.3
Bombfactory BF-3A v7.3
Bombfactory BF76 v7.3
Channel G v1.1.1
Cosmonaut Voice v7.3
D-fi v7.3
Digirack Plugins v7.3
EMI TG12413 v7.1
Eventide H3000 v1.1.1
Fairchild 660 v7.3
Fairchild 670 v7.3
Focusrite D2v7.3
Focusrite D3 v7.3
Hybrid v1.0.1.1590
Funk Logic Masterer v7.3
Joe Meek SC2 Compressor v7.3
Joe Meek VC5 Meequalizer v7.3
Master X v3.9 Build 2
Maxim v7.3
MC2000 v2.5.1
MDW EQ3B v2.0.1.9
MDW EQ5B v2.0.1.9
Moogerfooger Low Pass Filter v 7.3
Pultec EQP-1A v7.3
Pultec EQH-2 v7.3
Pultec MEQ-5 v7.3
Revibe v7.3
Sansamp PSA-1 v7.3
Smack v7.0
Signal Tools v7.3
Sony Oxford EQ v2.52
Speed v1.5.5
SST-282 v2.04
Tel-Ray variable delay v7.3
TL Space v7.2.1
Time Shift v7.3
Voce Chorus / Spin v7.3
Waves Platinum v5.2.1
Waves L3 v5.2.1
Waves Tune LT v1.1
Waves Doubler v5.0.4
Waves IR v5.2.1
Xpand! v1.0.1.989
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