Creative Sound Studios
 
Equipment Details...
Our equipment list is ever expanding and changing from time to time,
but this should give you a general overview of our major systems.

Control Rooms

Control Room One:
  • Euphonix CS-3000 56 Input Desk
  • ProTools|HD Accel 2 (32 by 32)
  • Digidesign 192 I/O (3)
  • Apple Mac Pro - Quad 2.93Ghz
  • Digidesign Sync I/O
  • LaCie (eSATA-Firewire 800 - 2 TB)
  • Dolby Surround Tools (Encoding)
  • Minnetonka/Dolby Prologic II (Encoding/Decoding)
  • Dolby SDU-4 Surround Decoder
  • John Hardy M-1 Mic Pre (4)
  • PreSonus MP-20 Mic Pre
  • Lexicon PCM 42
  • dbx166 Compressor/Limiters
  • Furman HDS-6 Headphone Distribution System
  • N.E.I. 30 band RTA
  • Plug-Ins from Waves, TC Electronic, Focusrite, Drawmer, Massey, iZotope, Bias, Audio Ease, Dolby, and more.

Control Room Two:
  • Control 24 Desk by Digidesign/Focusrite
  • ProTools|HD Accel 2 (24 by 16)
  • Digidesign 192 I/O
  • Apple Mac Pro - Quad 2.93GHz
  • Digidesign Sync I/O
  • LaCie (eSATA-Firewire 800 - 1.5 TB)
  • Dolby Surround Tools (Encoding/Decoding)
  • Minnetonka/Dolby Prologic II (Encoding/Decoding)
  • Dolby E DP571 Encoder
  • Dolby E DP572 Decoder
  • John Hardy M-1 Mic Pre (2)
  • PreSonus DigiMAX 96k 8-Channel Mic Pre
  • dbx1066 Compressor/Limiters
  • Goldline 30 band RTA
  • Plug-Ins from Waves, TC Electronic, Focusrite, Drawmer, Massey, iZotope, Bias, Audio Ease, Dolby, and more.

SFX/Archiving Room:
  • Apple G5 Dual 2.2 MHz
  • SFX Library serving all control rooms via 100BaseT
  • Glyph / LaCie Hard Drives
  • Glyph DDS3 Digital Archiving (Mezzo) serving Control Room One & Two

Duplication/Transfer Suite:
  • ProTools III
  • Digidesign 888|16
  • Sound Designer II
  • Glyph / Pacific Coast Technologies Hard Drives


Players & Recorders
  • Sony PCM-800 8-track Digital Audio Recorder
  • Panasonic SV-3700 R-DAT's (1)
  • Denon DN-C680 CD Players (2)
  • Nakamichi MR-1 (2)/MR-2 Cassette (3)
  • Tascam 1/2" Analog 8-Track
  • Otari MX-5050 Analog 2-Track

Monitoring

Control Room One:
  • Main L/R - Tannoy System 10
  • Surround L/R - Tannoy System 600
  • Center - Tannoy System 10 DMT II
  • LFE - Tannoy PS-110b Subwoofers
  • Alternate L/R: Auratone Cubes
  • Audient ASA 252 Bass Management System
  • 1010 watts of Crown amplification
Dolby Surround

Control Room Two:
  • Main L/R - Tannoy System 10 DMT II
  • Surround L/R - Tannoy System 10 DMT II
  • Center - Tannoy System 10 DMT II
  • LFE - Tannoy PS-110b Subwoofers
  • Audient ASA 252 Bass Management System
  • 700 watts of Crown amplification

Dolby Digital


Microphones
  • Neumann U-87i (2)
  • Neumann TLM-170
  • AKG "The Tube"
  • AKG C-414EB P48 (2)
  • AKG C-451EB (6)
    CK-1(3), CK-3(2), CK8(1), CK-9(2)
  • AKG D-112 (2)
  • ADK-A51 (2)
  • Beyer M101 N(c)
  • Beyer CV-710 (4)
    CK-703 (3), CK-704(1)
  • Countryman Isomax B3 (Lav)
  • ElectroVoice RE-20 (2)
  • RCA BK-5b (Classic Ribbon Mic)
  • Sennheiser MKH 416-P48 (Shotgun)
  • Sennheiser MD 421-U5 (3)
  • Shure SM5b (vintage broadcast model)
  • Shure 556 (3) (vintage broadcast model)
  • Shure SM-57 (8)
  • Shure SM-58 (2)
  • Shure Beta58 (2)
  • Shure Beta 98 D/S (4)
  • Countryman Type 85 Active Direct Box (6)
  • Whirlwind Passive Direct Box (3)


Video
  • Panasonic AJ-HD1400 (DVCProHD)
  • Sony UVW-1800 (Betacam SP)
  • Panasonic AG-7750 (S-VHS)
  • JVC BR-7700
  • Pioneer V-7400 DVD Player
  • Videotek House Sync
  • Barco, JVC, Ikegami, and Sony monitors
  • Grass Valley DA's
  • Panasonic / Videotek Video Switchers
  • Inline 3804 Component Matrix/switcher
  • Panasonic LCD High-Definition Projectors with 80" screens in both control rooms!

Power/Grounding System
All audio equipment is powered by 100% conditioned, regulated, and isolated sources.
A facility-wide star-grounded audio wiring system ensures a clean, hum-free signal path
to and from any device located anywhere in the building.

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