Studio 1

Großes Studio Panoramaansicht von 1996

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Rebuild 1996, 76 sqm, diffused and dry acoustic, 12 Meyer-loudspeakers UPL-1 with variable hanging mechanism 30 degrees (5.1, 6.1 & 7.1 surround-compatible)

Renewed 2011: MADI-based software controlled matrix-system with 256 in and outs

Hardware

• self-developed matrix system for routing, monitoring and metering:
  • MacPro with two MADI-PCIe-boards, 128 channel I/O each (SSL MadiXtreme 128) 
  • software written in SuperCollider3
  • motorized MIDI controller (Mackie-Control Pro + Mackie-Control Extension)
  • 8 channel digital microphone preamplifier (RME Micstasy)
  • 16 channel D/A converter (RME M16 DA)
  • 32 channel AD/DA converter (D.O.TEC Andiamo)
  • 64 channel MADI/ADAT converter (RME ADI 648)
  • wordclock generator mutes iD
  • headphones amplifier / distributor
  • Firewire interface for laptops (RME FireFace 800)
• 12 Meyer UPL-1 (30 degrees)
• 2 Klein&Hummel O300d
• Audioworkstations:
  • Mac Pro 1,1 PCIe -- Dual-Core Intel Xeon 2.66 GHz; Bus 1.33 GHz; RAM 7 GB;
    Four S-ATA-HDs: 466 GB + 3 times 233 GB
    USB-Extension ICRON USB-Ranger, 2 RGB-Monitors
    RME HDSP Madi; Midi-IF (Peripherals)
• analog Synthesizer SynLab with 15 Moduls
  4 VCA, 5 VCO, 4 ADSR, 2 VCF, 2 RM, 2 S&H, 2 noise G&F, 2 Env-Followers, 4 long DC-faders, 16 MIDI to 12-Bit-DACs
• Peripherals:
  Eventide DSP4000, CD-Player, DVD-Player with Surround-Out
  Projector (VGA, DVI, HDMI, S-Video) 
  Midi-Equipment: Controler MotorMix
• Ethernet-Connections

Studio 2

46 sqm, diffused and dry acoustic, 8 speakers with variable hanging mechanism, 45 Degrees

Renewed 2010: MADI-based software controlled matrix-system with 256 MADI I/O + 128 DANTE I/O

Hardware

• self-developed matrix system for routing, monitoring and metering:

  • MacPro with two MADI-PCIe-boards, 128 channel I/O each (SSL MadiXtreme 128) 
  • software written in SuperCollider3
  • motorized MIDI controller (iCon QCon)
  • 8 channel digital microphone preamplifier (RME Octamic)
  • 24 channel AD/DA, 24 channel AES/MADI converter (SSL XLogic Alpha-Link SX)
  • 24 channel AD/DA, 24 channel ADAT/MADI converter (SSL XLogic Alpha-Link AX)
  • wordclock generator mutes iD
  • headphones amplifier / distributor
  • Firewire interface for laptops (MOTU 828)

• 8 Meyer UPL-1
• small WFS system: 192 channels, 64 virtual sound sources, Dante based audio-over-IP distribution, OSC-controlled 
• Audioworkstation:
  MacPro, 2 RGB-Monitors
  RME HDSP Madi; 
• Peripherals & Effects:

  • CD-Player;
  • Publison IF 90 / 5.1 sec; 
  • projector (VGA, DVI, S-Video)

Software

Macintosh (OSX 10.6):

• ProTools HD 9.05, 8.0, 7.3 , Pro Tools 9 and partly LE: 6.4 / 6.9 /; digidesign DINR 7, Machine-Control 2.0
• WAVES-Plugin 7.0: Platinum-Bundle, IR-360, Restauration, Transform
• GRM-Tools 3 Classic, ST, Evolution
• FLUX Ircam Tool (Spat / Verb / Trax)
• Logic Pro 9
• Digital Performer 7
• Peak 4 & 5 & 6
• Cubase-VST;
• Live 8 Suite incl. Max for Live
• Csound
• Soundhack
• IRCAM-Software CAO/CAC, Sound Design/Real Time (AudioSculpt 2.8, Patchwork, SVP, Mosaic)
• MAX/MSP 5.0 / 4.6 & Jitter 1.5,
• Supercollider 3,
• Reaktor 5,
• Melodyne 3
• apb-tools THS and THS-Video-engine
• Final Cut Studio (Final Cut Pro 5, DVD Studio Pro 4 e.a.), Quicktime Pro 7
• DTS Pro Series Surround Encoder Software 96/24 and ES Encoder für Mac und PC
• others:
  Roxio Toast 8 & JAM 6, FileMaker Pro 8.5, Golive CS, Finale 2006, BBedit 8, MS Office X 10, the Virtual Orchetsra, CDFinder 5

Additional Hardware

• Speakers:

  • 4 d&b F1, with controler-amplifier; stands
  • 2 d&b B1 with controler-amplifier
  • 2 d&b E1 with controler-amplifier ; stands
  • 2 passiv and 5 active Altec-voice-of-the-theatre;
  • 3 K&H O86
  • 16 stands for Meyer UPL-1
  • various other Speakers, low and high qualities
  • 10 Fostex Personal Monitors

• Mixers:

  • Yamaha DM 1000 mk2 with AES- / ADAT-Cards (16 channels each)
  • Yamaha 02R with Cards: AES/EBU, ADAT, TDIF, AD/DA
  • analog Mixers: Soundcraft S8000 23 B 32/8/2;
  • Mackie CR-1604;
  • Hill Multimix

• Tape Recorders digital:

  • DA-88 with TC-Card
  • portable DAT Tascam DA-P1;
  • ADAT-XT
  • two PCM 701with Umatic or Beta PAL/Secam, SVHS HiFi

• Tape Recorders analog

  • quarter inch: 2 Telefunken M15A, 2 Studer R80
  • half inch 4-track Telefunken M15
  • one-inch 4- and 8-track Telefunken (M10, M15A)
  • Compander: 16 Dolby-A, 4 dBx, 24 Telcom

• Audio-Interfaces:

  • RME FireFace 800
  • two Motu 828
  • M-Audio ProFire Lightbridge
  • four Marian ADCON (adat to analog / analog to adat)
  • RME OctaMic (8-channel analog to AES/EBU)

• 2 Behringer Powerplay Pro (Headphone amp)
• Mikrophones:
  Neumann (SM 69, 2 M269c; RSM 190i, KU 81i, KM184),
  Sennheiser MKE 2 and 6 other dynamic Mics
  two Microtech Gefell M 930 (sponsored by Microtech)
  B&K 4503 with DeltaTron Power Supply WB 1372
• IRCAM AtoMIC Pro Midi-IF
• Gluion-OSC-Interface (Kartadinatar)
• Apple IPad
• PQ Labs G3 Mulitouch Overlay (sponsored by PQ Labs)
  
  
• other "older" Equipment:

  • MIDI: Akai S1000 (18 MB); Roland CP 40; MIDI-Projection-system MD12 (MIDI-controlled Kodak-Caroussel); 2 Yes-Audio MIDI-Faders;
  • Yamaha Keyboard SO3, 2 mt4 and 2 amt8
  • Synclavier II (16 voices, Sample to disk, VT 100_GB, 20 MB Disk)
  • old SCSI-HD (4-GB, 270 MB-Syquest, 44 MB Syquest)
  • Cooper CS10