HARDWARE:
Apple 8core INTEL MAC PRO w/ MAGMA PE6R4 EXPANSION CHASSIS
APPLE 23” CINEMA HD, and VIEWSONIC 21” RGD DISPLAY
HD6 (1 Core, 4 Accel, 1 Process) running PT8 (Waves Diamond, Sonnox and URS, Eventide Everything plus many more…)
3 192 ANALOG I/O, 1 APOGEE AD 16X, 1 APOGEE BIG BEN
TOTAL IN/OUT: 48 ANALOG IN, 32 ANALOG OUT, AES 8 IN/8 OUT
DIGIDESIGN SYNC I/O, DIGIDESIGN MIDI I/O

RECORDERS:
STUDER A80 2” 24 TRACK MARK IV
STUDER A80 ¼” 2 TRACK
AMPEX ATR 102 ½” 2 TRACK
2 LYNX-II SYNCRONIZERS
DOLBY XP24-24 Channel Dolby SR Noise reduction
DOLBY SR363-2 Channel Dolby SR/A Noise Reduction
1 TASCAM DA30 DAT
1 TASCAM CD PLAYER/BURNER

MIXING BOARD
RUPERT NEVE 5088 (32 in, 8 group, 2 out)
3 RUPERT NEVE PORTICO MIC PRE 5 BAND EQ
1 RUPERT NEVE PORTICO STEREO COMPRESSOR
2 RUPERT NEVE PORTICO MIC PRE 3 BAND EQ

Vintage MIC PRE’S IN RACKS OF 8:
8 NEVE 1081 (mic pre/4 band eq)
8 NEVE 1064  (mic pre/3 band eq)
4 NEVE 1081 and 4 CALREC 1161 (mic pre/3 band eq)

Also available in Studio A as needed:  ( up to total of 48 Neve pre’s/EQ)        
6 NEVE 1084(1073’s w/selectable high freq), 2 Wunder Audio 1073’s,
8 NEVE 1081’s
8 NEVE 1064’s
1 ADesigns Pacifica Dual Channel Mic Preamp/DI
1 Millennia TD1 MicPre/DI/Reamp Module
2 SUMMIT AUDIO TD-100 Tube DI
4 COUNTRYMAN Passive DI

API 500 SERIES:
1 API V500 Powered RACK
1 ATLAS PRO JUGGERNAUT (mic pre with switch able transformers)
1 BUZZ AUDIO ELIXER (mic pre)
1 BUZZ AUDIO ESSENCE (opto. compressor)
2 A-DESIGNS EM-BLUE (mic pre)
1 A-DESINGS PEQ (pultec style eq)

SUMMIT AUDIO MODULAR RACKS:
4 M210 Tube MIC PRE’s and 4 Tube DI’s
4 M210 Tube MIC PRE’s

COMPRESSORS/LIMITERS
5 SUMMIT AUDIO TLA-100, 2 SUMMIT AUDIO DCL-200 Stereo Compressor
1 TELETRONIX LA2A
1 UREI 1178 (two channel FET compressor)
1 UA LA3A
1 TUBE TECH SMC 2B (stereo multi band compressor)
1 API 2500 (stero compressor)
1 RCA BA2A
3 DBX 160x compressor, 1 DBX 162 (stereo compressor)
2 APHEX EXPRESSOR
EQ’S
2 GML 8200 (stereo parametric eq-4 channels total)
1 SUMMIT AUDIO EQF-100 Stereo Tube EQ-3 band
2 SUMMIT AUDIO EQP-200B 4-band Tube EQ (Pultec CUT/BOOST Type)

EFFECTS
1 AKG BX20 SPRING REVERB
1 AMS RMX 16 CLASSIC DIGITAL REVERB
1 TC ELECTRONICS System 6000 (4 engine system) FX PROCESSOR
1 EMT 140 VINTAGE PLATE REVERB
1 EVENTIDE H3000B DIGITAL FX PROCESSOR
1 TC 2290 DELAY PROCESSOR

MICROPHONES

DYNAMIC:
4 SHURE SM-57
2 SHURE SM-58
5 SENNHEISER MD421
1 SENNHEISER E602
1 SENNHEISER MD441
1 AKG D190
1 AKG D112
4 ELECTRO VOICE RE-20

CONDENSER:
1 NEUMANN U47 VINTAGE TUBE MICROPHONE
1 TELEFUNKEN U47 VINTAGE TUBE MICROPHONE
2 NEUMANN U87
1 NEUMANN U87 W/ KLAUS HEINE MODS
1 NEUMANN U67 VINTAGE TUBE MICROPHONE
1 NEUMANN M149 TUBE MICROPHONE
1 AKG C24 STEREO VINTAGE TUBE MICROPHONE
2 AKG/NORELCO C12A VINTAGE NUVISTOR/TUBE MICROPHONE
1 AKG C60 W/ CK1 CAPSULE VINTAGE TUBE MICROPHONE
4 AKG C414 EB
2 BLUE BOTTLE Tube Mic w/Xchange-able capsules
2 RED TYBE B Class A Mic w/Xchange-able capsules
1 RED TYPE A Tube Mic w/Xchange-able capsules
X-change-able CAPSULES FOR NEUMANN / BLUE / RED Series Mics:
2 B4 (M50 type), 2 B6 (C12 type), 2 B0 (251 type), 2 B7 (M7-U47 type), 2 M8 (Neumann Omni)
1 AUDIO TECHNICA 4047
1 AUDIO TECHNICA 4033
2 SONY C37
1 SONY C500
2 SONY ECM-50PS
5 NEUMANN KM84
4 AKG 452 EB W/CK1 CAPSULE
1 SCHOEPS CMT 35
2 B&K 4006
1 SENNHEISER MKH 104
2 BEYERDYNAMIC MB301 RIBBON MICS
2 SHURE SM81
2 SHURE SM94
2 ROYER 122 ACTIVE RIBBON MICS
1 MXL 2001

MONITORS/AMPS
UREI TIME ALIGN w/BRYSTON 4B (Soffet mounted)
DYNAUDIO AIR 25 w/YAMAHA SUB  (Mid-Field)
YAMAHA NS-10M w/BRYSTON 3B  (Near field)
FURMAN Headphone Monitoring (incl. HDS-16 Master Distributor, 7-HRM16 16 chan. Personal mixers)

 

INSTRUMENTS
YAMAHA STUDIO DRUM KIT
ESTONIA ARTISAN SERIES 9’ CONCERT GRAND
YAMAHA C3 Conservatory Grand Piano
HAMMOND B3 with 2-LESLIE 122
1937 HAMMOND MODEL D with LESLIE 142
HAMMOND XK3 w/Leslie 122/142 Interface
FENDER RHODES-73 SUITCASE MODEL ELECTRIC PIANO
YAMAHA MOTIF8, KORG TRITON LE, ROLAND JD800                 
DIVIDED BY THIRTEEN LDW 9/15 (studio guitar tube amp) w/ 1-12” CELESTION Cabinet
MARSHALL LEAD 100 MOSFET Head
1 4X10 MARSHALL CABINET, 1 12X2 MARSHALL CABINET
Yamaha MV-802 Keybaord Mixer(Rack Mount)

Additional RECORDERS
2 TASCAM DA-88 (8 track digital recorder w/ SMPTE timecode)
1 PANASONIC SV-3800

Additional MONITORS
TANNOY SGM10
YAMAHA NS-10M

Additional ANALOG Processing
BRENT AVERILL (10x2 neve 1272 summing mixer)
SPEC ELECTRONICS MODEL SSM Stereo Mixer
APHEX EXPANDER/GATE, APHEX COMPELLER
CHANDLER GERMANIUM COMPRESSOR
4-SUMMIT AUDIO 2BA-221 MIC PRE/DI
2-8 channel DIGIDESIGN MICPRE (midi controllable)

At Santa Barbara Sound Design we also have a ‘B’ Room that we call the ‘Mix Loft’.
This room is equipped with a 5.1 Surround Speaker System and is best utilized for Midi
Production, editing, sound design for film and video, as well as mixing for film and video,
or all digital mixing in stereo and/or surround for music production.

MIX LOFT(Studio B):
Apple Quad CORE Intel MAC PRO running Snow Leopard and PT8.0.3 with Waves Mercury bundle and more…
APPLE 23” CINEMA Display, Viewsonic 14” RGD LCD Display
DIGIDESIGN HD3 PCIe DAW (1 HD PCIe Core Card, 2 HD PCIe Accell cards)
1 192 ANALOG 8IN 8OUT w/8 AES in and out
ROSENDAL NANOCLOCK
AUDIENT MSP10 (studio monitor controller)
M&K 5.1 PRO (surround monitoring system)
GENELEC 1030 Stereo monitoring system
NUENDO STINBERG TIME LOCK PRO (SMPTE to MTC)

Studio C: (available for remote recording/rental/or use in Studio’s A/B)
Apple G5 DUAL PROCESSOR (running Tiger OS and PT 7.4 with Waves Platinum bundle)
HD3 PCIx DAW (PCIx core card, PCIx accell card, PCIx process card)
1 Digidesign 192 ANALOG I/O (16in and 8OUT, 8 AES I/O)
Apogee AD8000 (8-in/8-out) AD/DA Converter
BENCHMARK DAC1 (monitor controller)
1 VIEWSONIC 17” RGB DISPLAY
QUESTED F11 (monitors)