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, 2x 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; SSL G383 (stereo), Chandler TG2 (stereo), Universal Audio 6176, Vintech X73i (2 of), API 3124 (4 channel), Amek Channel-In-A-Box (2 of), Vintech 1272 (stereo), Telefunken 672 (stereo). Summit EQP-200B Stereo EQ.

Compressor/ Limiters; SSL G384 stereo buss compressor, Tubetech CL1B, Empirical Labs Distressors (2 of w.Brit Mod) and FATSO (stereo), 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, 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 SPL Transient Designer (4 channel), Dolby SR and A units, Little Labs IBP phase aligners (3 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
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 – sounds HUGE.
Guitars : Gibson Les Paul and SG, Fender 1973 Tele Deluxe, Telecaster, Stratocaster and Jagstang
Basses : Fender Jazz and Precision, MusicMan Stingray, Rickenbacker 4001
Acoustics : Tanglewood 6 string and 12 string, Epiphone Jumbo
Amps : Diezel Einstein, Matamp GTL, 1978 Marshall JMP, 1973 Fender Bassman, Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier
Cabs : Orange 4x12, Engl 2x12, Marshall 1960 4x12, Fender Bassman 4x12
Combos : Ampeg VT-40, Trace Elliot C100, Fender Pro Junior
Bass Gear : Ampeg SVT Classic and Ashdown Mag300 Heads. SVT 8x10 Cab
Keyboards : Moog Prodigy, Moog Rogue, '73 Fender Rhodes mk2, Roland JP8000, Juno 106, Alesis QS8
Emu Proteus 2000, Novation Nova, Korg M3R, Yamaha TG55 + Roland D110 sound modules
Akai S5000 sampler with full upgrades
Roland SVC-350 vocoder
Guitar/Bass Effects : Electro Harmonix Big Muff, Metal Muff, Holy Grail and Small Stone,Zvex Fuzz Factory, Maxon OD820, Ibanez TS9, Proco RAT, Sansamp Bass Driver + Classic, MXR Dynacomp and Bass DI+, Digitech Whammy, Boss Bass Overdrive, T-Wah and Octaver, Tremelo, Vox and Dunlop Wahs, Splitters, DI boxes etc etc

Microphones:

A comprehensive selection of over 30 quality mics for all situations including:

Large Condensers : Peluso 2247 (u47), BLUE Mouse (2 of), Gefell UM70S, Neumann U87
Small Condensers : Josephson E22, Shure KSM141 (2 of)
Ribbon Mics : Royer R121 (2 of), Beyer M160 (3 of)
Dynamic Mics : Sennheiser 421(3 of) + 441 + e904, Shure SM7B + SM57(2 of) + 545 (2 of) + SM58, Electrovoice RE20 + PL10 + 635(2 of) + 664(2 of) + ND468, Audix i5 + d6, Altec 633A + 632C
Other ; Shure Beta91 + 520DX, Electrovoice 950 Cardax vintage crystal mic, PZM mic

And the rest:

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