GEAR LIST

ANALOG CONSOLE:

Altitude Recording’s Neve 5116 vintage 24+8, 8 bus analog recording console, also known as a “Neve Baby V”, is Colorado’s only VINTAGE NEVE CONSOLE. It delivers warm, huge, punchy, deep sounding tracks. No digital board comes close. Amazing results are also possible by mixing your digital or home studio tracks or mixes through this board and/or outboard gear. Perfect for either tracking or mixing, everything just sounds better through this console. Great for drums, guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards, or anything else you want to record! This console was the flagship of the 51 series audio console range, with 8 subgroups and 2 pairs main stereo outputs. All 24 inputs and subgroups are provided with a 4 Band Neve Formant Spectrum Equalizer, high and low pass filters, direct outs to Pro Tools, and a limiter / compressor / gate.  Outputs 1+2 are the original Neve summing output transformers, and outputs 3+4 are API transformers from an API Legacy console. Modified Neve Kingshill power supply, with voltage stabilizer.

 

RECORDERS:

  • Avid Pro Tools 12.7 HDX  Digital Audio Workstation, with high resolution 32 bit floating point recording and 64 bit processing.
  • 32 analog channels of  Avid HD I/O 192 KHz converters and limiters
  • 2 channels of Apogee PSX100 24 bit / 96KHz  A/D D/A converters with dithering and Apogee Soft Limit
  • Studer Revox PR99 Mark III 2 track stereo analog mixdown 1/4″ tape machine
  • 2 channel hardware outboard Waves L2 converter / brickwall digital limiter
  • MAC PRO computer, 5,1 dual 6 core / 12 core with 30″ Mac Cinema Display.  Rolling cart with HD shortcut keyboard and quad mouse
  • Formats include WAV, SD II, AIFF, MP3, Quicktime Video, Sound Resource and more at up to 192Khz resolution. Can import Reason and Logic files.
  • Toast 10
  • Many Pro Tools AAX  64 bit plugins, see plugins list
  • Digidesign 8 channel Command 8 Pro Tools controller with moving faders automation, direct plug ins control, transport, etc.

 

MONITORS:

  • Genelec 1031A nearfield monitors, with selectable Genelec 1092A subwoofer
  • Polk Audio Real Time Array Series, 7 way tower monitors
  • Yamaha NS10m nearfield monitors with Bryston 3B power amplifier
  • All premium quality Canare and Mogami speaker wiring
  • Coleman Audio TB4 Studio Controller, for In The Box mixing, bypasses console

 

PREAMPS:

  • 24 Neve mic / line preamps onboard the console
  • 2 Neve 33135 Preamps / Equalizers, Neve guru Geoff Tanner custom-modified, with original vintage Neve 1081 Marinair transformers.
  • 12 Neve 31105 preamps rack custom built by Dan Alexander Audio, similar to Neve 8078 console pres.
  • Great River MP-2MH dual preamps, with two 1/4″ instrument DI’s
  • Speakeasy vintage tube stereo preamp and DI for keyboards
  • Motion Sound R3-147 dual tube Leslie style preamp, with internal rotating miked horn
  • Grace M801 8 channel hi fidelity preamps.

 

DYNAMICS:

  • 24 Neve compressors / limiters / gates on the console
  • Summit DCL-200 Tube Dual Compressor / Limiter
  • API 2500 Stereo Bus Compressor
  • Tube Tech SMC2B stereo Tube Multiband Mastering Compressor
  • Urei 1176 Blackface limiter
  • 2 DBX 160 Compressor / Limiters
  • Drawmer DS 201 stereo gate
  • Manley Vari Mu dual tube mastering compressor / limiter
  • Two Empirical Labs Distressors, one with British mod

 

EQUALIZERS:

  • 24 Neve 4 Band Neve Formant Spectrum Equalizers on the console
  • Millennia Media NSEQ2 tube mastering dual topology EQ with Telefunken tube
  • 2 Neve 33135 Preamps/Equalizers, Geoff Tanner modified w/ Marinair transformers from Neve 1081 pres
  • 2 API 550B Equalizers

 

OUTBOARD EFFECTS:

  • Eventide H3500 sampling Ultraharmonizer
  • Eventide GTR 4000 Ultraharmonizer
  • Eventide Eclipse multi effects
  • Lexicon 300 reverb
  • Lexicon PCM 92 reverb / multi-effects
  • Lexicon PCM 90 reverb / multi effects
  • Lexicon PCM 41 delay
  • TC Electronic M5000 Audio Mainframe with 2 engines option
  • TC Electronic TC1210 Spatial Expander, Stereo Chorus and Flanger
  • Yamaha SPX 90 multi-effects

 

MICROPHONES:

  • 2  Neumann vintage U-87 vintage
  • 2 Neumann KM-184
  • 2  Earthworks SR 77
  • 2 AKG 414 B-ULS vintage
  • 2 AKG 414 B-XLS modern reissue
  • 5 Sennheiser 421 Mark II
  • 2 vintage AKG 451 E with vintage CK1 capsules
  • 1 vintage AKG 451 EB with vintage CK1 capsule
  • 1 AKG D112
  • 7 Shure SM57
  • 2 Shure SM58
  • 1 Royer R-121 ribbon mic
  • 1 vintage RCA 74B ribbon mic vintage
  • 3 Nady Ribbon mics
  • 1 Audio Technica AT822 stereo mic
  • 3 Shure field mics for location recording with Shure 4×1 field mixer
  • 1  Shure Green Bullet  harp mic vintage
  • 1 Shure SM 7B
  • AEA R92 ribbon mic

 

DRUMS:

  • DW Collectors Series kit with Keller shells and RIMS mounting:   Sizes: Toms: 10″, 12″, 14″, 16″, 20″ kick
  • Yamaha Recording Custom Series kit:  Sizes: Toms: 8″, 10″, 12″, 14″, 16″, 24″ kick.      22″ Yamaha RCS kick also available
  • Snares: DW 6″ Collectors Series wood snare, DW 4″ brass piccolo snare, Yamaha Recording Custom Series 8″ wood snare, custom Briechle 5″ snare
  • Other rental snares available by arrangement
  • Cymbals: Zildjian and Sabian
  • Hardware: All Yamaha hardware: 2 snare stands, 3 sets of cymbal stands, several hihat stands, 2 double kick pedals, single kick pedal, and extra custom Yamaha stands available.
  • Miscellaneous: Large collection of acoustic percussion instruments:
    Vintage 1970’s Gon Bops congas, vintage 1980’s Toca Kamen timbales, LP Matador bongos, LP Performer Series bongos, set of 8 Tama Octobans, plus  shakers, chimes, tambourines, cowbells, guiras, cabasa, blocks, and more.
  • Electronic Percussion: DDrums set with double kick pads, 5 toms, and midi cymbals. Two Roland Octapads, Alesis D4 drum module, Roland R8M drum module with extra sound cards.  Additional 3 DDrum and 7 Trigger Perfect acoustic drum triggers.
  • Other kits available for rental with advance notice, or bring your own

 

GUITAR AMPS:

  • 1977 Marshall JMP MK2 vintage Lead head, and JCM 800 4×12 cabinet, with 4 x 25 watts each Celestion vintage speakers, 2nd Marshall 4×12 cabinet.
  • 1965 Fender Deluxe vintage blackface 1×12 , refurbished by McClean Amplification to original factory specs.
  • 1965 Blackface Fender Super 4×10
  • 1960s custom Blackface Fender Tremolux combo 2×10
  • Mesa Boogie Mark IIB  1×12
  • Roland Jazz Chorus JC 120  2×12
  • Bogner Alchemist  1×12
  • Pair of Gibson Skylarks, low wattage mid 1960’s vintage
  • Kemper Profiler powered rack version, with floorboard
  • 2012 Marshall JVM 410H 4 channel amp head

 

GUITARS:

  • G+L Telecaster
  • Custom Stratocaster
  • PRS SE Santana Electric Guitar
  • Casio MIDI guitar made by Ibanez
  • Vintage National slide guitar clone by Johnson

 

GUITAR EFFECTS AND PEDALS:

  • Digitech GSP 2101 Tube Preamp and Effects with floorboard
  • Boss Octaver OC2
  • MXR Phase 90 vintage
  • Boss Chorus CS3
  • Proco Turbo Rat
  • ElectroHarmonix DR Q Envelope Follower
  • MXR Distortion + vintage
  • Boss Compression Sustainer CS3
  • ElectroHarmonix Big Muff PI Ronsound modded
  • Heil Talkbox
  • Boss Metal Zone Mt2 Keeley modded
  • Boss analog Flanger BF 2 Garmopat modded
  • Ibanez Ts9 Tubescreamer with TS-808 and Brown mods
  • Boss DD6 digital delay
  • Analogman BiCompressor
  • Ditto Looper
  • Moog Ring Modulator
  • Eventide H9 MAX
  • Strymon Blue Sky Reverb

 

BASS GUITARS and AMPS:

  • SWR SM900 vintage “pre-Fender” tube preamp bass amp  / DI / EQ/ limiter
  • SWR MoBass tube amp / DI with remote effects floorboard
  • SWR Goliath II 4 x 10 cabinet, and SWR Goliath II Big Ben 1 x 18 cabinet
  • Tobias Toby 5 string fretted bass
  • Custom “Andy Irvine model” Fender parts 4 string fretted bass
  • Spector Euro LX 5 string electric fretted bass
  • Michael Tobias Designs / MTD 4 string fretless bass
  • Fodera clone 6 string fretted bass
  • Dunlap Cry Baby bass wah pedal
  • ART SGX Nitebass vintage tube bass preamp and processor
  • Sansamp Tech 21 Bass Guitar DI

 

KEYBOARDS:

  • Steinway 1909 upright acoustic piano
  • Rhodes 88 vintage 1970’s Mark 1 suitcase electric piano
  • Korg Kronos 2   73 key Keyboard /synthesizer /workstation / sampler / vocoder
  • 1958 Hammond C3 organ, with Leslie 122 custom chopped by the legendary Bob Schleicher, and Trek II Leslie controller.
  • Korg CX3 version II (Hammond B3 clone)
  • Motion Sound R3-147 Leslie tube rackmount preamp, with miked internal rotating speaker
  • Hohner Clavinet w/ vintage E-7 case, custom rebuilt with vintage D6 interior
  • Korg M50  synthesizer
  • Korg Microkorg XL mini synth with vocoder
  • Yamaha KX 5 keytar
  • Lync LN 1000 Keytar
  • TOA KD3 and Barbetta rehearsal keyboard amps
  • DDA / Midas DM16 16 channel recording / jam keyboard submixer, with Hafler Pro 2400 power amp and 2 Yamaha floor monitors

 

KEYBOARD RACKS:

  • Oberheim Matrix 1000
  • Digitech Studio Vocalist
  • Korg Wavestation A/D
  • Studio Electronics SE1 programmable rack Mini-Moog bass synth

 

MEDIA RACK, MISCELLANEOUS GEAR:

  • 4 Sony MDR 7506 Headphones
  • 2 Sony MDR 7502 Headphones
  • 3 AKG 270 S Headphones
  • 9 AKG 240 Headphones
  • 2 Vic Firth drum isolation Headphones
  • 1 Sennheiser HD 420 SL Headphones
  • 2 HHB CDR 850 CD recorders
  • Tascam DA-45 HR, 24 and 16 bit DAT recorder
  • Nakamichi MR1 cassette deck
  • Furman headphones system w/ HDS main unit + 6 HR6  mixing stations
  • Behringer PowerPlay PRO XL Headphones amp (backup system)
  • 2 Furman AR20 II 20 amp voltage regulators, filter and spike commercial  grade protectors
  • Coleman TB4 speaker switcher, enables in the box tracking and mixing. bypasses console.

 

PATCHBAYS:

  • Rean and Switchcraft TT patchbays, with Mogami wiring and Neutrik and Switchcraft connectors, all Mogami TT patch cables.

 

DIRECT BOXES:

  • ADL (Anthony Demaria Labs) stereo tube DI
  • 2 Groove Tube tube DI’s
  • Radial Pro passive DI
  • Radial X-amp reamper box
  • Motion Sound R3-147 stereo tube rack rotating miked speaker/Leslie  preamps for B3 organ
  • Sansamp Tech 21 Bass Guitar DI

 

OTHER PLATFORMS:

Pro Tools 12.7 HDX can also import earlier version Pro Tools sessions, and converts PTF or earlier files to a PTX session file, MP3 and others.  Logic 9 / Logic Pro OMF files. Reason 4.0 .  Other conversions available: DAT to CD, WAV, or MP3,  Cassette to CD, WAV, or MP3.         1/4″ analog tape to CD, WAV or MP3.

 

DISK PUBLISHING:

Primera Bravo II CD / DVD Disk Publisher. Duplicates 25-50 copies of your CD per hour, from either your CD or audio file master, and prints your artwork directly on the CD label. Graphic Artists and / or Adobe Illustrator / Photoshop editing of your artwork or photos is available.

 

REHEARSAL PA SYSTEM:

16 Channel Crest console, Drawmer DS251 dual compressor, Klark Teknik DN332 EQ,  BBE 822A enhancer, Roland SRV 330 multi-effects, QSC power amp, Denon CD player with adjustable pitch, 2 Yamaha 3 way mains, 4 Yamaha 15″ 2 way floor monitors. Rehearsals or live jams can be recorded live to 2 or more tracks to Pro Tools,  CDR, 1/4″ tape, or others.

 

BAND PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO AND EDITING:

Please inquire regarding band photos or videos, if you are interested in high quality still photos or videos of your sessions. Optional custom Photoshop editing is available. Please inquire about a video shoot for your band in the studio in a music video, with your music in the backround. We can also do Zoom conferencing.

Additional services available: Some of our associates include graphics art designers, videographers and video editors, drum or guitar techs, high end amp mods or repairman, and website designers.

Four Nikon DSLR cameras, One D810 and three D5200 are available for still shots or videos.

Laptop:  2012 MacBook Pro:  2.7 GHz Intel Core i7, 16gb DDR3 Ram, 512gb SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024mb, OSX 10.9.5 (Mavericks ). Features:  Avid Protools 10, Ableton Live 9 Suite, Waves Mercury Native, Instruments: Traktor Massive, Kontakt,  Guitar Rig 4 Reaktor 5, iZotope: Ozone 5 Iris, Meter Tap Insight, Stutter, Edit, Xfer, Records: (Powerful Tools), LFO Tool Cthulhu, Lennar Digital Sylenth1, Arturia Spark, Cakewalk, Z3ta+

200 disc backround music Network library for soundtracks or advertising.

Other gear available with advance notice, or bring your own.