The days of studios looking like the control room in a nuclear power station are fast disappearing, thanks to the ubiquitous chip. We’re not complaining, though. The hi-tech way we like to work means we are not up to our necks in synthesisers, samplers, outboard gear and racks of flashing lights. Here’s a list of the kit we have now but read it fast because by the time you’ve got excited about the spec, (if that’s the kind of person you are), we’ll have invested in something even better.

Computers:
Pentium 4, 2 Ghz PC DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)
Pentium 4 1.6 Ghz PC DAW - 2nd dedicated PC for hard disk sampling playback

Software:

Emagic Logic Audio Platinum for Sequencing, scoring and all other aspects of composition.

Steinberg’s Nuendo for dubbing

Sonic Foundry’s Soundforge 6 for 2 track editing

Soundcards:

Mark of the Unicorn 2408 Mk 2
Echo Audio Layla

Mixing:
Behringer MX8000 Eurodesk for simple mixing and monitoring.

Sampling:
Emagic’s EXS24 (works natively with Logic Audio)
Nemesys Gigastudio 160

Selected Sample CDs:
Emagic’s EXS24 (works natively with Logic Audio)
Nemesys Gigastudio 160
Selected Sample CDs:
Garritan Orchestral Strings
London Orchestral Percussion
Voices of the Apocalypse
Symphony of Voices
Peter Siedlaczek’s Advanced Orchestra
Giga Harp
Distorted Reality 2
Bizarre Guitar
Seismic Frequencies
Funky Ass Loops
Loup Soup
The Funky Element
On the Jazz Tip
Bass Legends
Hearts of Asia
Zero G Ethnic volumes 1 and 2
+loads of others too boring to list.

Synthesisers:
ES1, EVP88 & Absynth for Software Synthesis
Korg Triton Rack
E-mu Proteus 2000
Roland JV-2080

Microphones:
Neumann TLM 170

Outboard:
Lexicon PCM 91 reverb
Line 6 Pod (v2)
Logic Audio Platinum comes with almost 50 built in plug-ins such as delays, reverbs, filters, compressors & EQ’s, most of which negate the need for external hardware.

Monitoring:
Genelec 1031s

video:
For video integration, we use ATI cards with external breakout boxes allowing us to capture in and compress real-time Mpeg / Mpeg 2 video from a variety of sources which we can sync directly with Logic.

Recording:
We can facilitate basic live recordings in-house – from a soloist to a small brass section, but for anything more ambitious, we always hire in external studios - a far more cost effective solution to both us and the client.

SFX Facility

Computers:
AMD Athlon 1 Ghz PC DAW

SFX Libraries:
Sound Ideas 6000 series Extension 1
Sound Ideas 6000 series Extension 3
Hollywood Edge Premiere Edition Volume 1
Hollywood Edge Premiere Edition Volume 2
Hollywood Edge Premiere Edition Volume 3
Hollywood Edge Premiere Edition Volume 4
Martial Arts and Human Impacts
Patricio Libenson’s Explosions
Busted FX and Most Wanted
Hollywood Edge 3D SFX
Wild World of Animals
Hollywood Edge - Charles Mayne Signature Series

Location Recording:
Sony ECM 957 Stereo microphone
Sony MZR-55 Portable Minidisk recorder

Software:
Sonic Foundry’s Sound Forge 6
Steinberg’s Nuendo for layering and soundtrack synching
a variety of audio manipulation plug-ins