Equipment List

For years Studio B, Ltd. has boasted the only room dedicated to mastering in the Omaha area.  We take the final step in the preparation of your project very seriously.  The new Russ Berger designed mastering suite scheduled for completion in 2006 is a testament to our dedication to excellence.  All equipment used in mastering your project is world class and well maintained.

Workstation:
Sonic Solutions™ USP Digital Audio Workstation w/Full No Noise™ Software
Sony CDW-900e CD Recorders (3) – Exabyte Eliant 8mm tape drive
ProTools LE v6.9 w/002 Rack for playback & Waves Restoration Software Bundle

Mastering Console:
Crookwood custom designed mastering console. Fully integrated analog and digital routing with monitoring section.

Outboard Equipment:
Manley “Massive Passive” Tube Equalizer
Manley “Variable-Mu” Tube Compressor with M/S option
Crane Song Ibis Class A Discrete Mastering Equalizer
Crane Song STC-8M Class A Discrete Mastering Compressor
Prism Maselec MLA-2 Mastering Compressor
Weiss EQ1-Dynamic/Linear Phase Double Sampling Digital Equalizer
Weiss DS-1mk2 Double Sampling Digital Compressor/Limiter
Crane Song HEDD 192 Digital Tube & Tape Simulator w/24-bit A/D and D/A Converters
Waves L2 Ultramaximizer Digital Limiter w/24-bit A/D and D/A Converters
dbx Quantum Digital Mastering Processor w/24-bit A/D and D/A Converters
Weiss SFC2 dual Synchronous Sampling Rate Converter
Quantec Yardstick Reverb Processor
Lexicon 300 Digital Effects Processor
Tascam CD-450 CD player

Tape Machines:
Studer A80 mkII VU Analog 1/2” 2-Track (Dolby SR or A available [361 units])
Ampex ATR-102 Analog 1/2” & 1/4” 2-Track (ATR Service) (Dolby SR or A available [361 units])
Tascam DA-45HR 24-bit DAT Machine
Alesis ML-9600 Masterlink Hard Disk/CD recorder
Sony PCM-1610/1630 with BVU-800 3/4” video deck
Sony PCM-3402 2-Track Digital DASH Machine
Aiwa PCM-F1 2-Track Digital F1 Format Processor

Digital Converters:
Pacific Microsonics Model One HDCD Processor w/24-bit 88.2kHz A/D & D/A Converters
Troisi Digital Companion 224-96 Analog-to-Digital & Digital-to-Analog Converters
Mytek 8x96 8 channel 24-bit Analog-to-Digital & Digital-to-Analog Converters
Parasound DAC-2000 20-bit Digital-to-Analog Converter w/HDCD (Ultra Analog™ components)

Metering:
Mytek DDD-603 Digital Meter
Dorrough 40-A2 Analog Meters
Simpson 4” Analog VU Meters
Metric Halo Labs Spectra Foo √4 Metering Software
HP X-Y Oscillographic Lissajous Display

Monitoring System:
Duntech PCL-1100 Princess powered by: Krell KSA-250 Class A amplifier
Dynaudio Acoustics BM5 nearfield monitors powered by: Hafler Pro 230 amplifier
Beyer Dynamic DT 250 headphones or Sennheiser HD 600 headphones powered by: Grace Design m901