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  1. That'd have been the ultimate in awesome, to be able to work with all the in-studio stuff. So what sort of hardware or software were you using - or pretty much was that all the software and hardware above you worked with?

    Do you play any instruments outside of study or courses?
  2. Originally posted by drewhiggins:That'd have been the ultimate in awesome, to be able to work with all the in-studio stuff. So what sort of hardware or software were you using - or pretty much was that all the software and hardware above you worked with?

    Do you play any instruments outside of study or courses?

    Well there are four recording studios and each one is different from the other. I'll just post up a list of all of the hardware/software that was contained within those:

    Studio A - Sony DMX R100 Desk. Protools

    Monitoring
    5 x Genelec 1030A
    1 x Genelec 7060A

    Dynamics
    DBX 166XL
    TLA 5021

    FX
    Yamaha SPX 990
    TC Electronics M One
    TC Electronics D Two
    Lexicon MPX 100

    Preamp
    Universal Audio 2-610

    Other
    Digidesign Command 8
    Emu Morpheus
    MOTU Midi Timepiece
    HHB CDR-850
    Tascam DA45
    Sony MDS-E12
    UAD 2 - Duo

    Studio B – Yamaha 02R 96. Protools

    Monitoring
    5 x Genelec 1029A
    2 x Dynaudio BM15A
    1 x Genelec 7050B

    Dynamics
    DBX 166XL
    LA Audio 4+4

    FX
    Yamaha SPX 990
    TC Electronics M One
    TC Electronics D Two

    Preamp
    Universal Audio 2-610

    Other
    Digidesign Command 8
    Emu Morpheus
    MOTU Midi Timepiece
    HHB CDR-800
    Tascam DA30
    Nord Lead 2X
    Native Instruments Kore 2
    UAD 2 - Duo

    Studio C - Mackie 8 Bus Desk. Protools

    Monitoring
    2 x Tannoy Little Golds
    2 x Genelec 1029A
    1 x Genelec 7050B

    Dynamics
    DBX 166XL
    TLA Ivory 2
    Drawmer DS201
    Behringer XR2000

    FX
    Yamaha SPX 990
    TC Electronics M One
    TC Electronics D Two

    Preamp
    TLA Ebony A3

    Other
    Digidesign Command 8
    Emu Morpheus
    MOTU Midi Express
    HHB CDR-800
    Tascam DA20
    Waldorf Blofeld
    UAD 2 - Duo

    Studio D - Digidesign C24 Control Surface. Protools HD

    Monitoring
    Blue Sky Sat 6.5 Mk ii System
    2 x Dynaudio BM15A

    Dynamics
    Tube Tech SMC 2B
    Crane Song STC-8
    SSL XL Logic G Series

    EQ
    Manley Passive EQ
    Prismsound Maselec MEA-2

    FX
    TC Electronics D Two
    Alesis Quadraverb 2
    Lexicon MPX 100

    Other
    Digidesign Command 8
    HHB CDR-800
    Tascam DA20
    Waldorf Blofeld
    UAD 2 - Quad
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    My favourite studio was Studio B, with the Yamaha desk, probably because I spent most of my time in there. But many preferred Studio A with the Sony. Studio D wasn't complete until midway through our second year and that was when we were split into four groups to complete a project so I never got to use it. We had an hour or so demonstration of some of it's more unique features compared to the other studios, but other than that, I didn't go in.

    As for software, we primarily used Pro Tools both in the studio and in the computer lab. Other than that, the only other primary software we used was Reason. We explored Audtion, Cubase etc to get a feel for other software, but all projects were completed in Pro Tools.

    In those computer labs, we had a keyboard and a Blofeld synth for input.
  3. Studio B would have been my choice because of all the keyboards, tech and synths contained within. What's amazing is in such a small area, you can do music creation in a studio. Even setting up a small home studio nowadays is so affordable and so possible - which in this day and age is incredible. But it's been like that, again, for a while now. Some of the best records of all time were produced in such small rooms or studios - like the Nine Inch Nails records, Trent's studio is not massive - it's about the size of three rooms, and he created full records in there.

    I've never used ProTools (just got Logic a couple of weeks ago), probably never had a real use for it - my music has never gotten that advanced, and what I want to do, I always do it in different ways. Whereas someone might play the sounds they want, live, I usually just loop them if I like the sound and can't really make it any better, or I might just change the key and keep layering it.

    Audition is a great app, I used to use it a lot. Probably my first exposure to music production and creation - I was amazed that I could load in a drum sample, loop it, add effects and then sing and put my own voice on to it; I could have a simple but workable song that I'd come up with myself, even if the drums aren't my own but why not.

    So you just had a regular computer keyboard - that'd have been for putting software inputs in, like hit a keyboard key and you can trigger a drum or a snare, or an orchestral stab (disappointed my synth doesn't have orchestral stabs - so cheesy but so much fun).

    Hey Olof. Doing alright, you?
  4. Wzup?
  5. Just got home from school.
  6. You seem to be discussing studio stuff?
  7. You might be right.
  8. I do feel like recording something today.
  10. You know I dont recall listening to the full recording of Beautiful Day on U22, do you think its any good, I basically remember the laughing and the end of it seemed nice, stares blankly? Was it really good? Do you think the extra songs they plan to put as gift for U2.com subs will be worth subscribing?
  11. I thought it was pretty good. It was from Zagreb wasn't it? With the Croatian verse at the end. As for subscribing next year, I'd wait until we know what it we are getting. From The Ground Up will be available in the shops anyway and the tracks will probably be shared across the internet.

    Drew: Don't be afraid to double post I've only just noticed you posted a link. I'll listen later
  12. I've always used edit and it's kind of a habit now lol.
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