Studio A
Welcome to our flagship studio... Studio AIf you're at all familiar with Sweetwater's history, you know that the recording operations actually predated our retail business. The level of quality, flexibility, and technology incorporated into the studio facilities is stunning. Studio A - along with the other two studios - can be configured to work with practically any combination of recording rooms in the complex, as well as tie into the Performance Theatre - effectively using it as a soundstage.
Studio A's integrated control room features an Avid System 5-MC console, plus a slew of the best outboard preamps and processors. The control room offers an incredible view of the performers thanks to the ceiling-to-floor window, properly angled to be perfect acoustically, of course. All three studios are laid out to be "tour-friendly," giving visitors the chance to see them in action (including an eye-popping microphone vault, a functional mic locker that doubles as a visual feast for gear hounds).
- 32-fader Avid System 5-MC Console with fully automated, touch sensitive, motorized faders.
- Avid ProTools| HDX recording system with three Avid HD I/Os
- Roland Phantom keyboard
- Apple Mac Pro 12-core processor computer w/32 Gigs of RAM
- ADAM 2.5 powered monitors
- Glyph GT-Key hard drives
- Otari MX-80 2-inch, 24-track recorder
- Alesis M20 ADATs (40 tracks)
- Drawmer D-Clock
- A Designs Pacifica
- Drawmer 1960
- True Systems Precision 8
- Avalon 737
- Focusrite 428
- Daking Mic Pre IV
- Avid Pre
- Rupert Neve Designs Portico 5012
- Yamaha C7 Grand Piano w/Disklavier
- Yamaha Stage Custom Birch Drumset
Waves • Sonnox • McDSP • Bomb Factory • Crane Song • Avid • Focusrite • Drawmer • IK Multimedia • Antares • Slate Digital • iZotope • SoundToys • Native Instruments • and more!
Microphones by:
AKG, Audio-Technica, Beyer Dynamic, Blue, Bock, Bruel & Kjaer, Crown, Earthworks, Electro-Voice, Lauten Audio, Manley Labs, Mojave Audio, Neumann, Rode, Royer, Sennheiser, Shure, Sony, Studio Projects, and more!
