Equipment

 

Outboard gear*:

Reverb/Echo:

  • EMT 140 Stereo Tube Plate Reverb
  • EMT 244 Stereo Reverb
  • ROLAND Space Echo RE-201
  • ROLAND Chorus Echo RE-301
  • REVOX G36 Tube Tape Echo
  • AMS RMX16
  • AMS DMX 15-80
  • EVENTIDE H3000
  • EVENTIDE H910
  • LEXICON PCM70 (x3)
  • LEXICON 960L LARC 2 (w/ Apogee Rosetta 800 24bit/192kHz converter)

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    Dynamics:

  • UREI 1176
  • UREI LA-4
  • Warm Audio WA76 Custom (x2)
  • DBX 160X (x2)
  • AL.SO DYNAX 2 Stereo Compressor/Limiter
  • VALLEY AUDIO Dyna-Mite Stereo Compressor

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    Preamps:

  • SIEMENS V72 Tube Preamp 50’s (pre-Telefunken)
  • DiISA 91B21 Tube Preamp ECC83 + E80CC
  • BELIN ORTF Tube Mic Preamp
  • BELIN ORTF Tube Preamp Transformerless EF86 + EL84 (x7)

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    Console:

    Custom analog 28 channel console engineered by Michel Deluc and incorporated in a PLUS TRENTE chassis. It was custom built using the best components available.
    28 channels strips (Mic preamp/EQ/Insert/4 départs effets)

    – 8 channels feature transformerless class A preamps (Massenburg style).
    – 8 channels feature OP27 with Beyer transformers mic preamps (SSL style).
    – 12 channels feature FET Class A double Belin transformer mic preamps (Neve style).

    All channels feature the same EQ:
    Hi: Baxandall @ 12kHz
    Hi-Mid: Semi-paramétrique @ 400hz to 10Khz (Q fixe)
    Low-Mid: Semi-paramétrique @ 100hZ to 2KhZ (Q fixe)
    Low: Baxandall @ 80kHz
    Lo-Pass Filter: 20-300 Hz

    34 balanced analog tracks for inserts:
    – 2 analog balanced in/out via console
    – 32 analog balanced in/out tracks via Tonelux OTB16 (x2)

    – Stereo Console Bus 64 tracks OP27 Custom
    – Analog monitoring OP37 Custom

    – Panner JL Cooper 5.1

    Additional preamps*:

    Digidesign PRE (x8)

    * All our microphones and vintage equipment are checked and serviced if necessary on a monthly basis (retubed and recapped).

    Loudspeakers:

    Amadeus ST200N (x2) – Bi-amped monitors (digital filtering and wood tweeter)
    Amadeus ST100A (x3) – Secondary monitors – Bi-amped (analog filtering)
    Amadeus MPB80 MINITRI (x2) – additional active monitors for surround 5.1 mixing
    Amadeus Caisson de grave MPB80 (x1) – Subwoofer for 5.1 surround mixing
    Amadeus MPB50 (x2) – Wide frequency range small monitors

    Headphones amplifiers:

    – Nakamichi headphone amplifier
    – Quad headphone amplifier

    Available headphones: AKG, Pioneer, Fostex, KRK, Beyer.

    DAW, digital equipment and tape recorder:

    – Pro Tools HD Accel 48 in/48 out AD/DA 24bit/192kHz
    – Apogee Rosetta 800 AD/DA 24bit/192kHz
    – Apogee Rosetta 200 AD/DA 24bit/192 kHz
    – Amadeus Convertisseur 20bit/44.1kHz (oversampling x128)
    – Digidesign Sync I/O
    – Otari MTR 10 – 2-pistes analogiques (76/38/19cm/s)
    – Dolby SR
    – K7 Nakamichi ZX9

    – Pro Tools HD 7.4
    – Soundforge 7
    – CD Architect
    – DVD Architect

    Plugins:

    – Brainworx BX Digital V2
    – Brainworx BXL
    – Elysia Alpha Compressor
    – SPL Passeq
    – SPL Vitalizer
    – Sonnox (Sony Oxford) Dynamics
    – Massenburg EQ
    – EMI EQ
    – Fairchild Compressor
    – Eventide Anthology II
    – Eventide Omnipressor
    – Waves Diamond Plugins Suite
    – Speakerphone
    – Altiverb 6 XL
    – Crane Song Phoenix
    – Line 6 Echo
    – Serato Pitch
    – Nugen Monofilter4, SEQ1M_1, SEQ2M_1, Stereoer 3, Stereoplacer 3, VisLMH_1, Visualizer1
    – Waves 360 Surround
    – Trillium Labs TL Space
    – Bomb Factory 1176
    etc…

    TC Electronic:

    – DVR2
    – VSS3
    – ClassicVerb
    – NON LIN2
    – FabrikR/C
    – Noveltech Character
    – TC Helicon Harmony4/ Intonator HS/ Voice Modelor
    – Denoise
    – 24-7-C
    – Assimilator
    – Dynamic EQ
    – MasterX3/X5
    – Eqsat Custom
    – MegaVerb
    – VoiceStrip
    – Chorus-Delay
    – Tubifex

    – Apple Mac Pro Quad 2.7 GHz 9Go SDRAM
    – PC 3,2 GHz avec carte RME

    Video Sync:

    – CANOPLUS ADVC 110
    – Camescope Numérique PANASONIC
    – Moniteur Sony 3D 46p
    – Moniteurs Sony & Samsung
    – Digitranslator
    – Machine Control