Monitoring

Loudspeakers

• Available configurations : stereo, quad, 5.1, 7.1 and 8.0 in a "double-diamond" setup
• Paradigm Studio Monitor (3-way, 200W, custom calibrated)
• 8 Mackie HR-624 (2-way, HF 40W, LF 100W)
• Velodyne, F-1500-B (subwoofer 15", 250W, custom calibrated)
• Room EQ: ARC System + Adgil Design via SonicEQ
• AKG, K-260 (headphones)

Amplifiers

• Nikko Alpha-450 (balanced, bridged mono)
• B&W Model 150 (for headphones)

Digital Audio

Converters

• Sonic Studio Model 304 (Firewire interface, AES/EBU, 8 I/O @ 24/96)
• t.c. electronic, Finalizer 96k

Sources

• Mac Pro, 8-core "Nehalem" @ 2.26 GHz
• Ivory, virtual pianos; Miroslav Vitous String Ensembles; Kontakt collection, etc.
• Controler keyboard Keystation Pro 88
• Indexed Sound FX collection (Sound Ideas, BBC, Radio-France, etc.)

Software

• Sonic Studio : soundBlade / 8 channels option
• Steinberg : Nuendo 5.5
• t.c. electronic : PowerCore system / t.c. & Sonnox plugins
• plugins by Flux::, RNDigital, VirSyn, etc.

 

 

Analog

Microphones

• Neumann TLM 193
• audio-technica, AT-4033a (condenser) and AT-813 (dynamic)
• CAD, EQUITEK E-100 (condenser)
• AKG, C451E with CK5 capsule (condenser)
• Sony, ECM-969 (electret stereo)
• Sennheiser, DM-441 (dynamic)
• Beyer, M69 N (C) (dynamic)
• barcus-berry (contact microphones for percussion instruments)
• impulse ! (MIDI controller for barcus-berry mic)

Supporting equipment

• Lavry engineering LE 4496 LavryBlue, microphone preamp
• Adgil Design Diff-Diff
• Pioneer Elite, DV-47Ai, DVD-A / SACD player
• Systemdeck IIX, 33/45 turntable, with NAD 1020A preamp
• Otari DTR-7, DAT (balanced, AES/EBU)
• Studer B62, 1/4"analog tape (rebuilt electronics)
• Nakamichi RX-505, audio tape deck

Console and effects

• Adgil Designs, Director 9800 / 9840 (monitoring manager)
• TAC Bullet 10x4x2
• Klark Teknik DN3600, 31 band programmable graphic EQ
• EXR, Exciter
• Aphex, Aural Exciter type C2
• RSP, Saturator