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Neotek Elite 32 channel console w/4 stereo inputs
RADAR 24 digital recorder w/192 KHz super nyquis converters
SONY APR-24 - 2" 24 TRK tape machine
JBL studio monitors 4435
KRK Expose 8T studio monitors
Blue Sky near field monitors
Furman multi-track headphone system w/5 individual mix stations

2 UREI LA-4 compressor/limiter
2 Distressor EL8 compressor
dbx 160-S - stereo compressor
dbx 166 - stereo compressor
Drawmer dual comp DL241
AMS dmx15-80S: stereo digital delay
AMS rmx16: digital reverberation system
tc electronics: TC 2290 dynamic digital delay
tc electronics: M3000 reverb processor
Yamaha REV7-digital reverb
Yamaha SPX 90
Yamaha SPX 2000
Line 6 Mod Pro
Line 6 Echo Pro
Roland SDE-3000 digital delay
SPL Vitalizer
Antares ATR-1 auto-tune
BBE Sonic Maximizer 822A
APHEX aural exciter type C
APHEX Expander Gate 622
APHEX Expressor
APHEX 204 Aural Excite & Optical Big Bottom
APHEX 105 4 channel gate
MICMIX Audio Systems - Master Room XL-305
Valley 4 channel gate

SONY PCM-7030 DAT recorder
ALESIS Masterlink ML-9600


MICROPHONES
2 Neumann U89
1 Neumann M149
1 Royer ribbon 121
2 Royer ribbon 122
1 AKG gold tube
4 AKG 451
3 AKG 3000
2 AKG 4000
1 AKG D112
2 AKG 414
1 Sennheiser 602
4 Sennheiser 421
2 Shure SM-81
1 Shure SM-7A
1 Shure SM-91
7 Shure SM-57
2 Shure SM-58

INSTRUMENTS
Yamaha G2 grand piano
Hammond B3
Yamaha DX7


PRO-TOOLS Mix Plus
DIGIDESIGN/FOCUSRITE CONTROL 24 console
KRK-9000B studio monitors
Mackie HR8-24 monitors
Designed from the ground up as an integrated, powerful production solution, Pro Tools|24 MIX systems serve to nurture your creativity rather than compete against it. The renowned Pro Tools software interface presents you with a comprehensive visual perspective of your projects, while Pro Tools|24 MIX hardware manages your audio throughput, guaranteeing that the quality of your sound is preserved at all stages.

Pro Tools|24 MIX represents a cornerstone development in what has become a legacy of industry-standard innovations — evidenced by the fact that Digidesign® is the only computer-based audio workstation manufacturer that has been awarded the Grammy® for Technical Achievement. More professionals demand Pro Tools for their audio production tasks in music, film, broadcast, and new media applications than all other digital workstations combined.

MACINTOSH G4 DUAL PROCESSOR @ 1.25GHz

PRO TOOLS MIX 24 TDM SYSTEM:
24 MIX Core PCI card
24 MIX Farm PCI card
2 - Pro Tools|24 MIX audio interfaces — 888|24 I/O
Pro Tools|24 MIX Interfaces

Incorporating award-winning audio technology innovation, Digidesign's Pro Tools|24 MIX professional interfaces work in seamless tandem with our Core system to offer you a complete creative environment. Embodying world-class quality, they ensure that both audio signals and data are handled with the utmost care as they pass into and out of our system.

AUDIO DRIVES
Industry Standard SEAGATE @7200 Internal drives & Lacie External drives for up to 500Gb of storage. All Sessions backed up to DVD-R.

AUDIO
Pro Tools|24 MIX systems enable you to record and play back up to 64 simultaneous tracks of audio at sample rates of up to 48 kHz. As soon as your audio enters Pro Tools, it enjoys a 24-bit signal path until it leaves via your audio interface(s). Coming or going, the sound involved with your sessions also benefits from high-quality signal converters (A/D and D/A).

MIXING
The mixing architecture native to Pro Tools|24 MIX allows for large mixing configurations immune to even the slightest degradation in quality. As MIX hardware transparently makes this possible, you guide the mixing process via either the virtual console within the intuitive Pro Tools user interface or a Digidesign control surface or both. With Pro Tools 6.x software, on-the-fly TDM plug-in instantiation, extensive Import Session Data options, and DigiBase file management open new possibilities and increase productivity. However, our engineer's choose to operate, Pro Tools presents you with a variety of methods to control and automate your mix, all within a non-destructive, recovery-friendly environment geared toward rapid, superior results.

MIDI
Similar to its audio features and capabilities, Pro Tools|24 MIX's integrated MIDI environment gives you full control over the MIDI components of your projects. MIDI events and sequences can be manipulated as easily as audio, eliminating the need to learn yet another operational paradigm. Pro Tools|24 MIX supports the import, creation, and export of MIDI data, as well as extensive MIDI editing and manipulation capabilities. With Pro Tools 6.x software, full integration of Mac OS X's Core MIDI Services as well as MIDI Time Stamping, Groove Quantize, Restore Performance, and other enhancements offer increased flexibility and solid performance. Additionally, compatibility with popular MIDI-centric applications such as Emagic's Logic Audio allows you to work in a hybrid environment, if you wish.

EDITING
Pro Tools' editing capabilities are such that they have become the standard by which all competitors' efforts are judged. This phenomenon has everything to do with two factors: ease of use and magnitude of scope. Using a single screen — the Edit Window — within the Pro Tools interface, you are able to adjust literally every aspect of both audio and MIDI data at sample-level resolution. Trim waveforms, reprocess regions of audio, pitch-correct a compromised performance, replace drum sounds, rearrange song sections on a whim; Pro Tools' non-linear approach to editing enables you to act instantly on your decisions without having to commit to them. With powerful utilities like Beat Detective (multi-track rhythm analysis and repair software) included in the Pro Tools application, there's always a means available to improve or perfect performances.

CONSULE
FOCUSRITE CONTROL 24
The result of a Digidesign and Focusrite partnership, Control|24 shatters everything in its range in terms of quality and performance. With its ergonomic control surface, 16 Focusrite Class A mic pre-amps, surround capabilities, Ethernet connection, and compatibility with both Pro Tools TDM- and LE-based systems, Control|24 is a quality alternative for environments that don't need the additional features or extensibility of ProControl. Control|24 transforms even the most complex sequence of functions into a series of intuitive movements, substantially enhancing the speed of working with Pro Tools.

Features include:
  • 24 touch-sensitive, motorized faders with total recall and automation saved to each session
  • Hands-on access to and control of Pro Tools recording, routing, mixing, and editing parameters
  • 16 Focusrite Class A mic/line preamps
  • Comprehensive Control Room section capable of up to 5.1 surround monitoring
  • Illuminated switches for Mute, Solo, Record Arm, Channel Selects, and Automation Mode on every channel
  • Dedicated EQ and Dynamics switches on every channel
  • 26 scribble strips provided for system feedback
  • High-resolution LED display for transport location at a glance
  • Integrated submixer with 8 stereo inputs
  • Touch-Sensitive automation of plug-in parameters using faders via Plug-In Flip Mode
  • Surround Sound
Our Pro Tools|24 MIX systems include comprehensive surround mixing capabilities, eliminating the need to leave the Pro Tools application for many post and specialized music production projects. Pro Tools TDM software enables us to mix in every popular surround format — including LCRS, 5.1, 6.1, and 7.1 — as well as work in several surround formats simultaneously.

SOFTWARE
Plug-ins, add-on software-based tools that work in conjunction with Pro Tools, are paramount to the effectiveness of the platform. Plug-ins facilitate and embody everything from equalization, compression and dynamics to effects to sound creation, often improving upon the hardware counterparts and equivalents that many emulate. With some, your imagination is the limit and our system will help get you there.

Our Engineers have a wide assortment of software based plugs to choose from and combine with our hardware based gear. Great care was taken in our selection of these tools and the end result includes many of the industries top products. Our list includes plug-in designs from such companies as; WAVES, SONY, FOCUSRITE, BOMBFACTORY, LEXICON, McDSP, APHEX, DUY RESEARCH,TC ELECTRONIC, LINE6, MASSENBURG DESIGN WORKS, and of course DIGIDESIGN to name a few.

OUTBOARD
Monitors:
POWER AMPS
MACKIE HR824's BRYSTON 4B x 2
Yamaha NS-10's QSC 3000
Auraton's YAMAHA
KRK 9000b's avaliable upon request
Recorders:
OTARI 16trk 1inch Tape Machine
SONY 24trk 2 inch Tape MAchine avaliable upon request


  
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14522 118 Ave Nw Edmonton AB, T5L 2M8
Phone: 780-454-8434
Fax: 780-452-6829