Garate studios: technical specifications of main studio

• NEVE 5136 console (36 channels with compressor and gate in each one and 8 auxiliary sends).
• Analogue multitrack Studer 820 24 tracks.( internal Dolby A and SR).
• ProTools HD2,7.4 Mac G5 with Digidesign 96 and Apogee AD/DA-16 X interfaces.
• Fairlight 48 track DREAM STATION digital multitrack with powerful editing system, compatible import-export OMF with ProTools sessions, Nuendo etc.
• Conversion of the Neve mixer stereo bus to digital signal with the UNIVERSAL AUDIO 2192.
• Control room design made by Philip Newell with clear and transparent sound, 12 m wide, and 7 m long with natural light and open views to the country and the farm.

Recording rooms

• Main recording room of more than 100 m2 with window 5m. wide to the control room and 1m 60cm of separation between the recording and control rooms.
• Dead room, also designed by Philip Newell, especially good for voices, bass, etc.(2mx3m).
• Bright room made from wood and stone, especially good for percussion, guitars, etc, with open views, to the other recording rooms and to the control room also, with natural light .(6mx3m)

Live recordings

We have several recording systems in order to satisfy different requirements :

• Stereo recording in simultaneous mixdown to ProTools LE with Mac Pro computer.
• ALESIS ADAT HD24 digital recording system to hard-disk, 24 tracks.
• ProTools HD2 system. Up to 64 track recording with Apogee converters, Neve, Raindirk, RME preamps. Tall microphones stands for ambience and instruments.

Outboard

• 2 Distressor units, by Empirical labs.
• 1 Neve 1272 stereo preamp, made by Pablo Kahayan.
• 1 TLAudio C1 compressor and stereo preamp.
• 1 Joemeek SC2 stereo compressor.
• 1 Focusrite ISA220 Session Pack preamp.(compressor, eq, de-esser etc.)
• 1 G384 Logic FX stereo compressor (SSL console´s mix compressor).
• 2 Universal Audio 1176LN limiting amplifiers.
• 2 Focusrite Platinum series “Voice master” processors.
• 1 TLAudio 5051 (comp, eq…)
• 1 ART MT tube preamp.
• TC 6000 Reverb with mastering software.
• TC ELECTRONICS M-One, M-3000 reverb and fx processors.
• Roland 301 tape reverb and echo.
• Orban plate reverb.
• ZOOM studio reverb and multi-effect.
• ELECTRIX analogue stereo filter.
• MOOGERFOOGER multiband MOOG analogue filter.
• AD-DA Apogee Rosetta 800 8-channel converter (ADAT, AES, Soft limit, UV22HR).
• ALESIS MASTERLINK ML-9600 Stereo digital recorder.
• Stereo Compressor / EQ      AVALON 747
• ECHO VERB - 6 Head Tape Echo & Reverb

Microphones

• 1 Neumann U 67.
• 1 Brauner VM1 tube mic.
• 2 Neumann KM84.
• 1-AKG C12 Tube, 2-414 TLII, 1-451, 2-112.
• 2 Schoeps with variable polarity.
• 1 Audio Technica 4033, 1 AE 2500 with double capsule (dynamic/condenser)
• 2 Royer 121.
• 1 Yamaha Subkick.
• Various Shure SM57, SM58, 4-SM98, 1-KSM32, 1-91.
• 1 Audix D-3.

Monitoring systems

• Control room monitoring designed by Philip Newell. Reflexion Arts, 234 system, specially customized for the Garate control room.
• Quested H-108 and Yamaha NS10 near field monitors .
• Samson Spectral Real time analyzer.
• 31 band stereo KLARK TEKNIK equalizer.
• “Hear Technologies” headphone monitoring system based on 4 mixers with 8 auxiliary inputs, ideal for individual mixing.
• AKG 141, Sony MDR, Beyer DT100 and Extreme Isolation headphones.
• SMPTE-MTC sync with MOTU Micro express interface.

Instruments, pedals and amplifiers

• Gibson Les Paul Artisan, Special, Fender Telecaster, Strat, Guild guitars, etc.
• Amps: VoxAC30, FenderTwinReverb, Projunior, Marshall. JCM800, JTM45, Selmer, Peavy 5150…
• Keyboard:NORD ELECTRO 2 Seventy three.
• KONTAKT 3 Virtual instrument.

Long list of pedals RAT, Ibanez, BIGMUFF, Mini Q Tron, VOX, Morley, Cry baby etc.