Equipment List – Rick Dior

The studio uses the finest audio equipment available. We are especially proud of our microphone collection, which is the largest in the region. All of our equipment is always in the highest possible working order including our vintage tube and ribbon microphones, some of which are over 60 years old! If you don’t see a piece of equipment you need for your session we can rent it through our many sources.

Console

Yamaha DM2000 Digital Console/meter bridge

Digital Recorder

(2) IZ Radar 24 Track with S-Nyquist Converters (capable of 48 tracks of 24bit/48khz, 24 tracks of 24bit/96Khz, or 12 tracks of 24bit/192khz) DAW-Samplitude

Digital Converters

Apogee PSX-100
Apogee AD-16
Lucid AD 9624
Lucid DA 9624

Effects Processor

(2) Sony DRE-777PAC Sampling Reverbs with complete libraries and sampling software
(2) Lexicon PCM 90 Reverb unit
Eventide DSP4000 Ultra Harmonizer

(2) Emperical Labs EL8 Distressor
Emperical Labs EL7 Fatso Compressor
Audio Technologies StereoTube Comp.
Crane Song STC-8 Stereo Comp.
TL Audio Stereo Compressor/Preamp
TC Electronics Finalizer
TC Electronics Gold Channel

Equalizers

(2) Focusrite ISA 110 Preamps/EQs
Millennia NSEQ Tube EQ

Processors

Aphex Aural Exciter TypeIII model 250
BBE Sonic Maximizer 822A

Patchbays

4 ADC 144pt TT patchbays (wired with Mogami cable)
Z systems 32-channel digital patchbay with computer interface

Vocal Channel

Focusrite ISA 430 Producer Pack

Preamps

Manley Vox Box
D.W.Fearn Stereo Preamp
(2) Great River MP-2NV Stereo Preamps
(2) Millenia Media HV-3 Stereo Preamp
Audio Technologies StereoTube Pre.
NTI PreQ3 4-channel Preamp
ATI 8MX2 8-channel Preamp
(2) API 3124+ 4-channel Preamp
(2) ATI 16MX2 8-channel Preamp
(2) Avalon 737 SP Preamp
Grace Model 801 Mic Pre (8 Preamps)

TubeDirect Box

Manley Mono Tube DI
Demeter Mono Tube DI
Demeter VTBP-201 Tube Bass Preamp

Studio Monitors

(3) Quested VS2205 Active Monitors
Quested VS 12 Subwoofer
(2) Genelec 1030A Active Monitors
(2) Genelec 1029 Active Monitors
(2) Tannoy SP1200 Monitors
(2) Alesis Monitor 2 Monitors
(2) Alesis Monitor 1 Monitors
(2) Audix 1A Monitors

Studio Headphones

(15) Sony V600
(2) Stax Lamda Signature Electrostatic
(2) Sennheiser HD600
Sennheiser HD580
Grado RS-1
AKG K240
AKG K1000

Headphone Amplifiers

55″ Panasonic Plasma Video Monitor

Amplifier

Halfler 9505 Diablo Poweramp

Power System

Equitech Balanced Power System

Microphones

(4) AKG 460B Mics w/Ck61 capsule
(5) AKG 451 Mics
(2) Beyer MC740 Mics w/SM
(2) Microtech Gefell UM70S Mics w/SM
(2) Sennheiser MD421 Mics
ElectroVoice PL20 Mic w/SM
Shure Beta 52 Mic
AKG D12E Mic
(4) Sennheiser 409 U3 Mics
Shure Sm58 mic
(3)Shure Sm57 mics
Beyer M69N Mic
(2) Audio Technica 4033 mics w/SM
(2)Countryman EM101 Mics
Shure VP-88 Stereo Mic
Neumann U47 fet
Neumann SM69fet Stereo Mic w/SM
PML ST-8 Stereo Mic
(2) Neumann TLM193 Mics w/SM
(2) Neumann KM86i Mics
(2) Neumann KM184 Mics
(3) Neumann KM185 Mics
(2) Neumann KM140 Mics
(2) Neumann TLM170 Mics special jubilee edition
(2) Neumann U87ai Mics special gold edition
(2) B&K 4012 Mics
(2) B&K 4003 Mics
(2) B&K 4011 Mics
B&K 4007 Mic
(2) Earthworks QTC1 Omni Mics
(2) AKG 480B Mics with CK 62 Omni Caps
Soundelux Ifet7 Mic
(7) Sennheiser MKH40 Mic’s
(2) Sennheiser MKH20 Mic’s
(6)Sennheiser MKH80 Mic’s
(4) Scheops MK41/CMC6 Microphones

Ribbon Microphones

(4) Royer 121 Ribbon Mics-matched pairs
(3) AEA R44C Ribbon Mics
RCA DX77 Ribbon Mic
RCA 100001 KU-3A Ribbon Mic