Equipment

A carefully chosen setup built around sound, not specs. Every piece here is used because it delivers where it matters, at the source.

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Console & Front End

Amek Media 51
44-channel console with Rupert Neve Designs EQ and mic pre-amps - the heart of our studio - a gold-standard analogue desk.

Converters
Lynx Aurora 16 (x2)

Acoustic Design

A properly treated room means cleaner recordings, better clarity, and fewer problems in the final mix - so you’re not fixing the room later.

Recording & DAW

Industry-standard platforms for recording, editing, and mixing - fast, flexible, and session-ready.

Pro Tools Studio
Logic Pro
Studio One

Plug-ins

Used to enhance - not rescue the sound.

Waves (Horizon, SSL, Abbey Road, API)
Universal Audio (extensive suite)
Slate Digital (complete bundle)
Melodyne
Antares Auto-Tune

Monitoring

Accurate, uncoloured monitoring - so decisions made here translate outside the studio.

ATC SCM20 (pair)
PSI A17-M (pair)
Accurate, uncoloured monitoring—so decisions made here translate outside the studio.

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Headphones

Dependable cue mixes so everyone hears what they need - no guesswork during takes.

Hear Technologies Hearback Octo system
HB Mix 1 (x4)
AKG K271 (x4)
AKG K171 (x1)
Beyer Dynamic DT100 (x1)

Microphone Pre-Amps

A wide choice of classic and modern preamps - each bringing its own character to vocals, drums, and instruments.

Neve 1073 (2ch)
West Hills Pacifica (2ch)
EMI TG2 (2ch)
Chandler Germanium (1ch)
Great River MP2NV (2ch)
Focusrite Red 4/7 valve pre (1ch)

Condenser Mics

A versatile mic locker covering vocals, drums, amps, and acoustic instruments - matched to the source, not forced.

Condensers

Opulent Sine U47
Manley Reference C
Neumann U87Ai
Neumann KM184 (pair)
Neumann TLM102 (pair)
AKG C414 XLS (pair)
AKG C1000 (pair)
Shure Beta 91A
AKG SE300B + CK91 capsules (pair)
Audix ADX20i (clip-on)
Audio-Technica Pro35 (clip-on)

Dynamic Mics

BeyerDynamic M201 (x5)
Shure SM7B
Electro-Voice RE20
Sennheiser MD421 (pair)
Audix D4
AKG D112
Yamaha SubKick
Sennheiser e609 / e906
MikTek PM10 (x3)
Shure SM57 (pair)
Ribbon
BeyerDynamic M160
Cascade Fat Head II (pair)
sE Electronics VR1 (pair)
Valve / Tube
Telefunken AK47
Telefunken M16

Effects & Reverb

From subtle space to character effects - applied with intent, not excess.

Bricasti M7
Lexicon MPX100
Alesis Midiverb II
Digitech mono delay (x2)

Outboard & Processing

Used where it matters - on the way in, shaping tone and dynamics at the source.

Compression
SSL Bus Compressor (stereo)
SSL SR618 Dynamics (8ch)
KT76 Limiting Amplifier
AML EZ2254
DBX 160A / 160X
Tape & Saturation
Rupert Neve 542 tape saturators (stereo pair)
Tascam 38 – 8-track reel-to-reel (½” tape, 15ips)

Amplifiers

Clean, driven, or full-on. Captured properly, so your tone has weight and character right from the start.

Guitar Amps

Kemper Profiling Amp
Laney Ironheart (rack)
Fender Blues Junior III
Orange Tiny Terror / CR120
Marshall JCM800
Vox AC30

Bass Amps

Ampeg SVT 450
Laney Linebacker 100
Speaker Cabinets
Marshall 4x12
Fender Deluxe 1x12
Ampeg SVT 15E

Drum Kits & Percussion

A choice of kits and cymbals tuned and set up for recording - tight, punchy, and adapted to the track.

Kits
Yamaha Stage Custom (20” birch)
Pearl Vision (22” birch)

Snares
Yamaha Stage Custom (birch)
Hive Worker (aluminium)
Ludwig LM402 (steel)
Ludwig Universal (steel)

Cymbals
Zildjian Avedis / K / Z Custom
Sabian AAX
Meinl Dark series
And more...