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Technical

 

Studio A - 1269sqft Tracking room (27x47x18) adjacent 600sft control room features a Steinway B grand piano, and Masters of Maple drum kit. The 64 channel room is acoustically versatile and equipped with broadband gobos and broadband diffusion lending itself well to virtually any production style. Featuring 64 i/o Pro Tools Ultimate (previously known as HDX), PMC IB2S-A Monitors, and both large Augsburger and Tannoy Main Speakers. Recording and mixing with both API and Neve recording Equipment.

Control Room (16x18x12 )

64 ch Control Room:

Mobile Cart DAW with Grace m905 Monitor control

Pro Tools Current

Melodyne

UAD and more

Extensive Mic Pre's, EQ's and Dynamic hardware 

Augsburger Left and Right 18" subs

Tannoy DMT 215II Mains

PMC IB1s-AIII Midfield Speakers

Genelec 1030a Nearfiled

Mobile cart Stacked Keyboard Cart with Juno 88 and Moog bass

 

30ch Recording Studio

(18x42x18)

 

Steinway B

DAW Mult from Control Room

Hearback System

broadband gobos / broadband diffusion

room partitioning via gobo

 

Technical:

Small Computer room through hallway

Current model Mac Pro 6 core 32GB Ram

Guest Boot-disk Welcome!

Production Loft (17x14):

The included loft features a small refrigerator, an adjacent bathroom, UAD Apollo twin Duo for both headphones and speaker control.

Latest model iMac 4.2 w/40GB Ram, Pro Tools Current,  Native Instruments s61 or s88 Keyboard

(2) PMC IB1s-AIII

(1)Sony C800

(2) Neve 1073

(1)Great River ME1-NV

(1)DBX 160a

 

Source Connect, Phone Patch, Pro Tools and Logic also available.

Backline

NO BACKLINE INCLUDED
RENTALS BY REQUEST

Instruments

 

Fender Guitars:

‘62 Tele, '64 American P-Bass 8.4 lbs, ’73 American P-Bass A Neck 8.3 lbs, '63 Jazzmaster

Gibson Guitars:

Custom Shop r8, '01 Standard, Billie Joe Jr, Gibson Advanced Jumbo, '73 Gibson j45, Custom Shop D200 

Gibson:

2001 Standard, Billie Joe Jr., '01 Standard

 

Martin:

’63 D28, ’82 HD-28 (c#-D Standard)

Vintage Amps:

'64 Deluxe ReverbBlackface,

’72 Twin Deluxe Reverb, ’72 Bassman 100 w/ 2×12 cab,

Marshall JCM 800,

’69 Ampeg B-15n,

Ampeg B4 Pro,

Ampeg vintage Tube SVT, ’84 USA Ampeg 8×10

Pianos:

1936 Steinway B Concert Grand, 1954 Steinway L

**Piano Tech available on request**$225 to Tune or Voice - Drop Adjustment +$300

Synth:

• Moog Sub Phatty

• Roland Juno 88

• Novation Ultra Nova

• Roland V-Synth

Drums:

Masters Of Maple 24x18, 16x18, 14x16, 12x14, 10x10

Mapex Orion drums 24x20, 16x16, 14x14, 12x12, 10x10

19 and 20 Vintage

 

Zildjian A crash ride, K 17 Crash and 24 Ride, A Custom 14, 16, 19, 19, 20, 20 Crash, Zidjian Z Ride, Zildjain Ping Ride, Zindjain sweet Ride and more..

Snares:

Ludwig Superphonic hammered 6.5x14 bronze, Ludwig Black Beauty 5.5x14, Ludwig Black Beauty 3x13, Mapex Maple Orion 5.5x14, DW Custom Shop 6.5x12 and 7.5x10 Soprano

**Drum Tech Available on request**<$750 depending on who's available in town

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Microphones

80 Microphones

(1) Telefunken ELAM 251e

(2) Telefunken C12's (pair)

(2) Telefunken ELAM 260's (pair)

(1) Telefunken u47

(1) BOCK U47 

(1) Bock 47 ifet7

(1) Neumann U47 Fet

(1) Neumann m149

(4) Neumann U87′s VINTAGE

(4) Neumann UM-57’s VINTAGE

(1) Neumann TLM-170r

(4) Neumann km-184

(1) Sony c800

(1) Sennheiser 416

(1) AEA R-84 (Mono Ribbon)

(1) AEA R-88 (Stereo Ribbon)

(1) Royer R-121

(5) Earthworks DM20

(2) Earthworks QTC50's

(3) Earthworks QTC25's

(2) Earthworks PM40's

(2) Earthworks DP30/C's

(6) AKG 451 with CK1 (-10,-15, -20 pads)

(2) AKG 414 buls

(16) Sennheiser 421's

(8) SM57's

(1) Beta 52

(1) Beta 91

(4) Beta 56’s

(6) SM7B's

(1) D112

(1) Telefunken m82

(2) Telefunken m80 / m81 capsule swap

(1) Yamaha NS10 (Kickdrum-mic)

(1) Shure Beta 58 Wireless

(1) Beyerdynamic mc 201

(2) Contact microphones (req 48v)

(1) Copperphone

(1) Copperphone Lofi

Speakers

109 dB Distortion Free Reproduction (40Hz-24kHz)

 

Talent Monitoring:

(16) Hearback Pro Channels 

 

Mains:

Tannoy DMT 215 Dual Concentric 15's with Dual 15" Subs - Bryston Amplifier

Dual 18” Augsburger Subs (1200 Watts per side) and 96k 32 Bit DSP

Mid fields:

PMC IB1S-AIII (25hz-25kHz)

 

Near fields:

Chris Pelonis Model 42’s with single 42LF sub (79 dB Max Distortion Free Reproduction)

Monitor Controller:

Grace m905

NOTE:

The Control Room is treated, Bass Traps all around the floor, Dead Trap -->LiveDesign (front to Back) 

 

Also available on site:

NS-10's

Genelec 1029a's

Chris Pelonis  4288's with (2) Subs

Chris Pelonis model 42 w/sub

Computer Stuff

 

2019 Mac Pro 10 core, 256GB Ram, OS 12.6.1, Pro Tools Ultimate Current, Melodyne, Waves Horizon, Antares Suite, Izotope, Sound Toys, Eventide Anthology XI, Lexicon Total, Arouser, SSL, Relab Suite. 

(2) DAW workstations in Control room / mirrored in studio**

 

AD/DA:

• (2) Lynx Aurora (n) 32’s = 64 i/o

• (2) Lynx Hilo Mastering converters with Thunderbolt or USB (example...ideal for running your personal laptop / Logic rig into the system) = +4 i/o

 

Microphone Pre Amps

52 Channels

(2

2

(2) DW Fearn VT2 VINTAGE

(2) Neve 1084’s VINTAGE

(2) BAE 1023

(2) BAE 1084

(2) BAE 1073 MPF

(8) Shadow Hills Gamma 8 

(4) Neve Shelfords (1073 eq & 2264 comp)

(2) Vintech x73's

(8) API 512’s

(2) Daking pre/Eq/compressor chains

(2) Great River ME-1NV's

(2) Peavey/Urie VMP2

(4) Ampex MX-10 *DanAlaxander VINTAGE

(2) x

(2) AEA Ribbon Mic Pre's

(2) Daking Pre 500

 

Compressors, EQ & FX

Mastering:

Maselec MLA-2 Limiter and MEA-2 EQ

Compressors:

(4) Neve 2264's

(2) API 525's

(2) Allen Smart c2

(2) Maselec MLA-2

(2) Urie 1176 REV F (vintage and pristine)

(4) Emperical Labs Distressors

(2) Manley Vari-Mu with MS Mod

(2) Chandler Zener

(1) Tube-Tech CL1B

(1) DBX 160a

(2) Emperical Labs Derressers

(2) Daking Comp 500

EQ’s:

(2) Masselec MEA-2 EQ

(2) Neve 1084’s

(2) BAE 1084’s

(2) BAE 1028's

(2) BAE 1073 MPF

(4) Neve Shelfords (1073 eq & 2264 comp)

(2) Vintech x73

(2) API 550a

(6) API 550b

(8) Melcor GME 20 EQ's

(2) Daking pre/Eq/compressor chains

(3) Tube-Tech PE 1C

(2) Daking EQ 500

(2) Pultec  EQP-500-X (Stepped)

Outboard FX:

Lexicon PCM 81

Lexicon PCM 91

Yamaha SPX90

 

Costa Mesa Recording Studios

711 W. 17th Street Suite D10 Costa Mesa, CA 92627

 

Office: 949-515-9942 

Source Connect: CostaMesaStudios

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