Equipment List & Booking Information

Tracking Room
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Tracking Room

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Control Room

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Piano Iso-Room

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Argosy Desk

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Argosy Close-Up

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Keyboard Rack

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Dimensions:

  • studio: 18 x 16 x 13H irregular shape w/ vaulted ceiling
  • control room: 13 x 14 X 11H irregular shape
  • iso room: 13 x 8 irregular shape with splayed wall

Audio Recorders and interfaces:

  • Avid Pro Tools HD|3 Accel
  • Avid 196 I/0 audio interface w/ AD I/O card
  • Avid MBox 2
  • Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 i/o Firewire interface
  • Panasonic SV-3800 DAT recorder
  • Yamaha KX-930 cassette recorder
  • HHB CDR830 CD recorder
  • Zoom H4 portable recorder
  • Primera Bravo SE CD/DVD duplicator

Computers and peripherals:

  • Apple PowerMac PPC G5 dual 2.0 ghz, 4.5 GB RAM (Master for Pro Tools HD)
  • Apple Mac Pro Intel Xeon dual 2.8 ghz, 8 core, 18GB RAM (Servant for VI's and additional processing)
  • Macbook Pro 2.2ghz Intel Core i7 17" laptop, 4 GB RAM, Hi Res, 750GB drive
  • (2) Samsung 19" Syncmaster 912N LCD monitors
  • (1) Acer 23" LCD monitor
  • (2) Storcase removable Firewire 800/400 w/ (4) 120 GB drives, 8MB cache (audio recording)
  • Seagate FW800 120GB external drive (remote recording)
  • Alesis AI-3 analog optical interface
  • Isobox acoustical enclosure for Mac G5 and Firewire drives

Software, plug-ins, VI and MIDI peripherals:

  • Avid Pro Tools TDM v. 8.0.1cs2 (Master computer)
  • Vienna Ensemble Pro (host for VI's and processing on Servant computer)
  • Avid Pro Tools 9.0.6 (laptop/MBox2/Focusrite Saffire Pro 40)
  • Avid Command|8 control surface
  • Pro Tools plug-ins include:
    • Digidesign HD Pack 6.0 bundle (includes Reverb One, Bombfactory LA-2, 1176, Impact compressor, Joe Meek EQ/comp, Focusrite d2/d3, Sound Replacer, Fairchild 660/670 and many others)
    • Digidesign Revibe reverb
    • Digidesign Smack! compressor
    • Waves Platinum bundle v7
    • Waves Vocal Rider
    • Antares Auto-Tune 4
    • Melodyne Editor
    • Bombfactory Pultec EQ bundle
    • Waves LT Tune pitch correction
    • Waves IR-L convolution reverb
    • Sony Oxford "Big Three" bundle (Inflator, Reverb, Transient Modulator)
    • Izotope RX Restoration Suite
  • Roxio Toast/Jam
  • Avid MIDI I/O interface
  • Spectrasonics Trilian
  • Spectrasonics Omnisphere
  • Spectrasonics Stylus RMX 1.5 w/ S.A.G.E expanders (Liquid Grooves, Retrofunk, Backbeat)
  • Synthogy Ivory II virtual piano
  • Miroslav Philharmonik CE orchestral library
  • Korg Legacy (Wavestation and M1 emulation)
  • Vienna Ensemble Pro w/ Epic Orchestra pack
  • A.I.R. Strike virtual drums
  • A.I.R. Xpand2! VI synthesizer
  • A.I.R. Velvet electric piano
  • A.I.R. Hybrid 1.5 synthesizer
  • Indigo Virus analog modeling synthesizer
  • AAS String Studio VI (guitar emulation)

Outboard gear:

  • Avalon VT-737SP mic pre/eq/comp
  • Presonus MP20 dual mic pre
  • (2) Focusrite Octopre 8 ch. mic pre
  • Beringher Ultrafex II
  • Alesis Quadraverb
  • Mackie 3204 LM (submix for keyboards and monitoring)
  • Presonus Control Station w/ remote

Microphones and DI:

  • (2) AKG 414B-ULS
  • AKG D-112
  • AKG 452 EB cardioid
  • EV RE-20
  • Audio Technica ATM25
  • (2) Shure SM57
  • Neumann KM 184
  • Neumann TLM 103
  • (3) Sennheiser MD-421
  • Avalon U5 DI
  • Countryman FET DI
  • Whirlwind Director DI

Monitors:

  • Genelec 1031A
  • Yamaha NS-10M
  • Electro Voice Sentry 100A
  • Hear Technologies Hear Back 4 pak user mixable cue system
  • Brainstorm wireless talkback system
  • Fostex T-20 headphones

Amplifiers:

  • QSC MX-700
  • Peavey CS-400
  • Carver PM-100

Musical Instruments

  • Petrof II 7’9" grand piano
  • Korg Z1
  • Korg Wavestation EX
  • Korg M1r
  • Korg O3R/W
  • Roland XV-5080 w/ SRX-01 dynamic drums expansion board and SR-JV80 "Vocal Collection", "Asia", and "Orchestral II" expansion boards
  • Roland D-50
  • Roland U-220
  • Roland VK-8 organ
  • Roland A90EX digital piano/MIDI controller
  • Oberheim mini-grand piano module
  • Yamaha TX7
  • Takamine LTD-99 acoustic guitar



Booking Information

Balsam Pillow Studio is primarily a private studio but welcomes outside production for clients. Rates are very reasonable and flexible, either hourly or by flat fee. Short run CD duplication services are available.  Please call Ray @ 828.734.7569 or email for more information.