Topic: Mastering for $$

[balou2]

pm me your addy.  i have an extra or two.

...and Heath, if you ANOTHER one, or know where to get them, I'd LOVE one...so would my Aiwa reels.

[RebelRebel]

ah thats nothing, check out this ALL TUBE console (everything is tube, even the power supply)This belongs to 16 ton recording studio. Was a one off deal, completely unique.

At the heart of Sixteen Ton's control room is a visually stunning, custom-built console, inspired by the Art Deco era. Sitting in front of the board almost feels like being in the cockpit of some classic WW II — era B-52. “We even went to the point of finding new old-stock Bakelite knobs from the late 1940s for the controls,” enthuses White, adding, “The curved mahogany legs are also very 1940s and the perfect complement to the control surface.”

The guts of the console, which took three years to design and build, feature pure Class-A discrete tubes on the input side, and the monitor section is Class-A discrete transistor, based around the John Hall — designed (Langevin, Altec, etc.) SPA 690 amp block. There are more than 130 of these blocks in the console! The inputs employ 6072A tubes on the input and output stages, balanced by custom-wound transformers by Tom Reichenbach of Cinemag Inc. (Los Angeles). The design and electronic topology was done by Ian Gardiner of Boutique Audio and Design and Steve Firlotte of Inward Connections, also in L.A. The console is driven by a tube power supply designed by Steve Barker in L.A. “The design philosophy was minimalistic: straight-ahead hi-fi tube/transistor hybrid with minimal signal path, all hand-wired to boot,” says White.







and for engineers on the go

[heath]

i see an A827 in that first pic

[Brian]

that corvette is rediculous

what a nice console.  looks a lot like the old Neve designs to me.  at least the knobs and such.

[balou2]

ah thats nothing, check out this ALL TUBE console (everything is tube, even the power supply)This belongs to 16 ton recording studio. Was a one off deal, completely unique.

At the heart of Sixteen Ton's control room is a visually stunning, custom-built console, inspired by the Art Deco era. Sitting in front of the board almost feels like being in the cockpit of some classic WW II — era B-52. “We even went to the point of finding new old-stock Bakelite knobs from the late 1940s for the controls,” enthuses White, adding, “The curved mahogany legs are also very 1940s and the perfect complement to the control surface.”

The guts of the console, which took three years to design and build, feature pure Class-A discrete tubes on the input side, and the monitor section is Class-A discrete transistor, based around the John Hall — designed (Langevin, Altec, etc.) SPA 690 amp block. There are more than 130 of these blocks in the console! The inputs employ 6072A tubes on the input and output stages, balanced by custom-wound transformers by Tom Reichenbach of Cinemag Inc. (Los Angeles). The design and electronic topology was done by Ian Gardiner of Boutique Audio and Design and Steve Firlotte of Inward Connections, also in L.A. The console is driven by a tube power supply designed by Steve Barker in L.A. “The design philosophy was minimalistic: straight-ahead hi-fi tube/transistor hybrid with minimal signal path, all hand-wired to boot,” says White.

OMG...that's sick...just sick.  Does St. Peter open the door to the studio?

[Brian]

seriously though.....i want to know which mastering engineer puts a Manley Massive Passive, Cranesong STC-8, and a patchbay into their car audio system?  those are $4000 mastering limiters/compressors

[cleantone]

seriously though.....i want to know which mastering engineer puts a Manley Massive Passive, Cranesong STC-8, and a patchbay into their car audio system?  those are $4000 mastering limiters/compressors

Ones with Photoshop do. Either that or they are mini shrunk versions.

[bluegrass_brad]

definitely a photoshop job, you can tell around the edges and that the resolution is different between the gear and teh car

[RebelRebel]

Brian, I know you have to be kidding....I hope so anyway.  Definitely photoshop.

however, here is a rack that isnt photoshopped. (in case you didnt see it earlier)

[Brian]

 

the manley massive passive is also an eq

i've seen that other photo before. that's just unreal

[heath]

Brian, I know you have to be kidding....I hope so anyway.  Definitely photoshop.

however, here is a rack that isnt photoshopped. (in case you didnt see it earlier)

who took a picture of my basement and posted without my permission? 

[RebelRebel]

Compressors, limiters, preamps, Eq modules, distressors..

The owner's  name is Armando Avila , and he is one of the top latin producers in the world. Works with Shakira, among others,...(no comment on shakira )

He has two MCI JH/24s but he only uses Digital Performer . Hes looking for a 1/2 ATR to mixdown to, but I think he has to wait till he can afford it.

http://www.cosmosproducciones.com/

[cleantone]

what happens when you need to change a patch?

It's all wired to that patchbay on the right. just pop in a cable and your all set.

[heath]

what happens when you need to change a patch?

patchbay.  they usually look like this by the end of a session:

[jacallery]

But do they use the worlds greatest speakers for monitoring?



(sorry for the shameless Egglestonworks plug)