Studio A is the largest of the two tracking rooms at Metropolis. The 60m2 control room houses an SSL 9072 ‘J’ series console with Genelec1035A main monitors, an ideal room for tracking or mixing.
The studio area comprises three rooms with differing acoustic properties: a main area (90m2), a stone room (15m2) and a ‘dead’ room (15m2), each with ceilings close to 6m high and excellent lines of sight for musicians and engineer.
All of these areas have the added advantage of natural daylight and can handle demanding tracking and orchestral sessions of up to 20 players.
Studio A boasts a self-contained private lounge (with tie lines, kitchen and toilet) overlooking the live areas.
Equipment:
SSL 9072 J series console
Genelec 1035A main monitoring
Yamaha NS10, PMC or Auratone near fieldmonitoring
Quad 520F amps
Three separate recording areas, largest suitable for up to 20 piece string section
Private reception area, lounge, kitchen and toilet
Custom 8-way foldback system
House sync
Protool HD 3 or Otari MTR 100(with dolby A or SR)
Timeline Lynx syncronisation
Ampex ATR 100 1/2″ or 1/4″ with dolby A or SR
Panasonic 3700/3800 DAT machines. HHB CDR / Denon CD
DVD/SACD Player
Superb sounding Fazioli 7’6″ grand piano
Large surface areas for extra ancillary equipment
Outboard:
Lexicon : 480L, PCM 70
AMS : DMX delay
Manley variable MU stereo valve compressor
Maselec Prism : EQH-2 eq, MLA-2 compressor
DBX : 2x 160, 2x 165
Roland : DimD , SDE3000x2(with analogue trigger)
Eventide H3000 D/SE
Pultec : 2x EQP1A valve eq
GML 8200 stereo EQ
Urie 2x UA 1176
Neve 2x 2254 compressors with stereo link
Ensoniq DP4+ multi fx
Drawmer : 3x DS 201 gates
SSL rackmount stereo compressor
Panscan panner
BSS DPR 402 de-esser
Yamaha Rev7, SPX1000, SPX90
Bel Flanger BF-2
