Axis Productions - Axis Recording Studios

Studio Equipment

Axis recording studio is a purpose-built, state-of-the art 2000 square foot facility offering the best combination of digital and analogue recording. The studio features an acoustically designed control room with air conditioning, spacious live room, custom designed vocal booth as well as recreational areas to relax and re-charge.

Following is a summary of the main equipment available in the studio.

Recording:

Pro Tools Mix Cubed system - Mac G4 dual processor, multiple drives, loads of plug-ins, 4 x Apogee AD8000 a/d & d/a convertors…..and most importantly ROCK SOLID running all day every day

Desk:

Amek 'big' - 56 inputs with 'supatrue' automation & total recall

Note: All computers and fan-assisted power supplies are situated in a machine room resulting in near total silence in the control room. Anyone who uses computers regularly will appreciate this!

Outboard:

Apart from over 75 software plug-ins (including Amp farm, Bomb Factory, SoundReplacer, Joe Meek, Pultec, Auto tune, Focusrite, Waves Bundle, Lexiverb, EchoFarm, D-fi, Soundblender, Pitchdoctor, Channelstrip, MoogerFooger, Realverb, Access Virus, TC, Aphex, BrunoReso, Pitch n Time, FilterBank, CompressorBank, and many others), the studio offers a large selection of hardware outboard including:

Mic Preamps; Vintech X73i (6 of), Vintech X81, API 3124 (4 channel), Aurora GTQ2 (4 channels), Universal Audio 6176, Telefunken 672 (6 channels). Summit EQP-200B Stereo EQ.

Compressor/ Limiters; SSL G384 stereo buss compressor, Tubetech CL1B,Purple MC77, UA 6176, 2 x Empirical Labs Distressors (w.Brit Mod), 2 x stereo UBK FATSO, Audio and Design Compex 2, Urei BL40 and 1176, Shure Level Loc, dbx 160x, Valley People Dynamite.

Reverbs/Delays; Eventide H3000 multi fx, Lexicon PCM70 reverb and PCM42 delay, Roland Space Echo, Fender 63 Valve Reverb, Roland Dimension-D chorus, Maestro EP3 Echoplex tape echo, Sony R7 reverb, AMS DM2.20 phaser, TC 1210 chorus/flanger, Yamaha SPX90 mk2, Bel BD80 Delay.

There are many other useful bits & bobs including 2 x SPL Transient Designers (4 channel), Dolby SR and A units, Little Labs IBP phase aligners and MultiZ DIs (4 of), Furman and DBX Sub-Bass Enhancers, Drawmer gates, filters etc.

Monitoring / Mastering:

2 large Quad amps feeding NS10M's and large 15" Tannoy Golds in acoustically designed enclosures. Also AKG Auratone style mini monitors
Cd-r mastering via Toast / Jam or Pioneer stand alone CD Recorder
2 Panasonic 3800 dat machines + Technics SL1200 turntable, Sony Minidisk, Denon CD player

Backline / Instruments / Keyboards / Sampling:

Axis has a great selection of instruments & amps available at no extra charge

Drums : Tama Starclassic 4 piece Drum kit with 24” Kick, 18” Floor Tom, 13” Rack Tom and selection of amazing snare drums ( Ludwig Black Beauty, Ludwig Acrolyte (2 of), Pearl Free Floating, Slingerland, Worldmax) – sounds HUGE.
Guitars : Gibson Les Paul, Gibson SG and SG Jr, Gibson 335, Gibson ES125 Hollow body, Fender 1973 Tele Deluxe, Fender Telecaster, Fender USA 50th Anniversary Stratocaster, Fender Ltd Ed Jaguar, Fender Jazzmaster, Burny SG Custom, Italia Rimini 12 string electric.
Basses : Fender Jazz and Precision, Gibson Thunderbird, MusicMan Stingray, Cort EVL-Z6B
Acoustics : Tanglewood 6 string and 12 string, Epiphone Jumbo, Fender Gemini
Amp Heads : 1968 Marshall Plexi, Peavey 6505, Framus Cobra, Marshall 50W JMP (with Fortin mod), Marshall 100W JMP (with Fortin mod), Hiwatt DR103
Cabs : Bogner Uberkab 4x12, Mesa Oversized 4x12, Orange PPC4x12, Engl 2x12, Marshall AHW 4x12, Marshall 2x12 open back (2 of), Framus Dragon 4x12, Fender Bassman vintage 4x12
Combos : Ampeg VT-40, Ampeg VT-22, 70's Fender Champ, Fender Tweed Deluxe
Bass Gear : Hiwatt Head, Ashdown Mag300 Head. Ampeg SVT 8x10 Cab. Trace Elliot 715 Combo.
Keyboards : Moog Prodigy, Moog Rogue, '73 Fender Rhodes mk2, Nord Electro 2, Juno 106, Alesis QS8, Korg Microkorg. Emu Proteus 2000, Novation Nova, Korg M3R, Yamaha TG55 + Kurzweil Micro Piano sound modules. Akai S5000 sampler with full upgrades
Guitar/Bass Effects : Electro Harmonix Big Muff(2 of), Deluxe Memory Man(2 of), Holy Grail, Graphic Fuzz and Small Stone, Fulltone OCD, D*A*M Sonic Titan, Zvex Fuzz Factory clone, Klon Centaur clone, Treble Boosters, Maxon OD820, Proco RAT, Sansamp Bass Driver, Sansamp Classic(2 of), MXR Dynacomp, Boost and Bass DI+, Digitech Whammy, Vox Tonelab LE, Korg AX100G Multi FX, Boss Bass Overdrive, T-Wah, DD3 Delay and Octaver, Tremelo, Vox and Dunlop Wahs, Dunlop Bass Wah, EBS Bass IQ, Splitters, DI boxes etc etc

Microphones:

A comprehensive selection of over 50 quality mics for all situations including:

Large Condensers : Neumann U67, Peluso 2247 (u47), BLUE Mouse (2 of), Gefell UM70S (2 of), Shure KSM44 (2 of)
Small Condensers : Neumann KM84 (2 of), Shure KSM141 (3 of), AKG 451EB (2 of) Oktava MK219(modded) (2 of)
Ribbon Mics : Royer R121 (3 of), Beyer M160 (3 of), AEA R84
Dynamic Mics :Sennheiser 421(4 of) + 441 + e604(4 of) + e904, Shure SM7B(2 of) + SM57(4 of) + 545 (7 of) + SM58, Electrovoice RE20 + 635(2 of) + 664(2 of), Heil PR20(2 of), Telefunken M80, Audix i5 + d6, Audio Technica ATM25, AKG D112, Altec 633A + 632C
Other : NS10 Sub Mic, Shure SM91, SM90 + 520DX, Electrovoice 950 Cardax vintage crystal mic, PZM mics

And the rest:

Kitchen, TV, DVD and Wifi facilities plus (for those quiet moments) a free pool table!