Our control rooms are filled with a wide selection of classic and state of the art equipment.

 

Control room one, which serves the live/rehearsal room directly, is based around the famous hit maker Mackie 'd8b' digital console with full patchbay, the studio offers fully automated recording and mixdown. The d8b has been expanded with additional UFX and MFX processor cards.

 

Further to this, the control room also houses an industry standard ProTools™ audio production system, no ordinary Pro Tools system either, We've installed Pro Tools HD3 running on a dual processor power Mac complete with three 96 I/O's and countless professional plug-ins including the SSL 4000 series TDM set. This has been seamlessly integrated with the Mackie to provide a massive 214 track capability at mix down!

 

Added to that, we're equipped with the best Mic pre-amps in the world from Calrec & Rupert Neve.

 

Professional multi-track recording, mixing, production & mastering is our specialty. The option to record or master to analogue tape is available (on request).

 

Monitoring is as good as it gets, with Genelec 8030a's, Active Truths, Kef 104's, dB Technology, Gale & Auratone monitors.

 

Control room two houses a fully automated midi-based recording facility, ideal for dance music production, jingle production, voice over work, keyboard work, song arrangement and more. This room can be used to support control room one and all audio can be transferred seamlessly, without degradation in quality, between rooms via a high speed network!

 

We provide a variety of mastering medium, DAT, CD & Tape.

 

Piano

We are now proud to offer our clients the ability to record using our huge array of virtual Grand Pianos. With breathtakingly rich and realistic sounds, their tonal precision and outstanding dynamic qualities rival those of real, quality acoustic concert grand pianos.

 

Piano's include the German Steinway D 9' Concert Grand, Bosendorfer 290 Imperial Grand, and Yamaha C7 Grand. In addition to these we have baby grands, uprights, electric piano's, classic Fender Rhodes, Hammond's, Wurly EPs as well as FM pianos, Clav D6 and more.

 

When used in conjunction with our 6 Octave Roland A-33 Master Keyboard the results are truly stunning.

 

Technology

 

Piano

Rehearsals

Our rehearsal / practise room is fully equipped with a quality in-house PA system, bass & guitar amps, drum booth complete with a full drum kit, microphones & leads. So, whether rehearsing or recording, you just need to turn up, plug in and begin your sessions! We can record your rehearsal if required (see our rates page)

 

Equipment List

Recording 
56 input / 72 Channel Mackie Digital 8 Bus console, with full patchbay, mix automation & recall.
Digidesign Command 8 Control Surface
Pro Tools HD3 with numerous quality plug-ins.
Digidesign 96 I/O * 3
Dual Processor PowerMac G4 1.25 Ghz running ProTools 7.2 and numerous audio processing tools.
2 Mackie MFX Expansion boards allowing multiple plug-in capability
1 Mackie EFX Expansion boards allowing multiple efx plug-in capability
24 Track Mackie HDR24/96 multitrack recording, full on screen tracking/edit control
32 Channel Spirit Digital 328 Console, with full automation & recall.
Sony Professional DAT
HBB Professional CD-R
Marantz Twin Tape Deck, Dolby B & C.
3*8 track Alesis XT20 ADAT™ (on request)
Analogue tape based systems available (on request)
Dual Processor Pentium 4 3.06 GHz PC running numerous sequencing and audio processing tools.
Outboard & Mastering Tools
HarBal Pro Equalisation & Mastering System
Sony CD-Architect & Nero Red Book CD Burning
TLA Ivory MkII Valve Pre-amps & Processing
Focusrite Platinum OctoPre Amp
Focusrite ISA 428 Pre-amps
Aphex 104 Aural Exciter
SPL Vitaliser
TC Triple C Multiband Compressor
TC MOne Dual Effects Processor
TC M300 Reverb
TC M3000 Reverb
Lexicon MPX200 Processor
Behringer Tube Ultragain Pre-Amps
Behringer Ultra Mastering Processor
Line 6 Studio Filter Modeller Pro
Line 6 Studio Echo Modeller Pro
Alesis 3630 Comp/lim/gate
Alesis Microverb 3
Alesis Midiverb 4
dbx 266 XL Comp/lim/gate
Drawmer DS201B Dual Noise Gate
ART Multiverb II
Yamaha SPX90 efx
Behringer Composer Pro-XL
Zoom Studio 1204 efx & vocoder
Synths, MIDI & Sampling, Software, Sequencing
SSL 4000 Series TDM plug-ins
Emu - Morpheus synth module
Emu - Proteus synth module
Emu - ESI 4000 Hardware sampler
Novation SuperNova
Access Virus
DX-7 Vintage Synth
Casio RZ-1 Vintage Drum Machine

Kawai K5000 Workstation

Roland RS-5 Synth
Roland U220
Boss DR550 MkII
MC303 + Phat Boy controller
Roland A33 Master Keyboard
Multiple soft synths
Akai S2000 sampler * 2 + MESA II
Cubase VST 32 Sequencing, Sonic Foundry Soundforge editing and more.
Technics SL1210MkII * 2
Citronic DJ MSX-1 Mixstation
Sampletank 2 XL Software sampler
Sonik Synth 2, Synth workstation Plug-in.
Propellerheads 'Reason'
Ableton Live
Pro Tools V7.2 with many plug-ins.
M-Audio's Melotron (M-Tron)

In-house PA
Peavey Series II complete drum kit:
12 inch x 10 inch Tom with 12 lugs
13 inch x 11 inch Tom with 12 lugs
16 inch x 16 inch Floor Tom with 12 lugs
22 inch x 14 inch Bass Drum with 16 lugs
14 inch x 6.5 inch Metal Snare Drum with 6 lugs (chrome finish)
1 Cymbal Stand (double-braced)
1 Hi-Hat Stand (double-braced)
1 Snare Stand (double-braced)
1 Drum Throne (single-braced)
1 Bass Drum Pedal
1 Pair of 14 inch Hi-Hat Cymbals
1*18 inch Crash Ride Cymbal, 1*16inch Crash cymbal, 1 Boom stand (double braced)
Roland Cube 30 Amplifier - Includes 8 COSM guitar amp models: JC Clean, Acoustic, Black Panel, Brit Combo, Tweed, Classic Stack, Metal Stack, R-fier Stack
Zoom Fire 30 amp modelling guitar combo
Marshall AS50R acoustic guitar combo
Carlsbro PM10 powered Speakers
Behringer UB1622FX-Pro Sub-mixer
6 Way Headphone amplifier
Headphones
Mics
Neumann TLM 103
Rode NT2's Large Diaphragm
Rode K2 Valve Condenser
Electrovoice RE-20
Audio Technica 4033 ASM Large Diaphragm
Samson C02's
Shure SM57's
Shure SM58's
AKG C4000B
AKG D3700's
Calrec CB20C + CC03 Capsule
Beyer Opus 69's
AKG 418's
AKG D112
AKG C1000S's
Monitoring
Genelec 8030a Active Nearfield Monitors
Behringer Active Truths Monitors
Gale Studio Monitors
Kef 104 Studio Reference Monitors
db Technologies - Opera 110 Active Monitors
Auratone C5 - Classic Nearfield
 
 

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Calder Recordings, Unit 9D, Top Land Country Business Park, Cragg Road, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, HX7 5RU

TEL: 01422 881815 GSM: 07817 986 527 or 07821 382498

 

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