Control Room

Speaker System

• The Control room speaker system at Magnetic is pwerful but well balanced. Custom Augsperger designed cabinets with 15" TAD 1603s for the bottom, combined with a TAD 4001 / Northwest 340 horn combo for the highs.  The cabinets are bi-amped using Bryston 4Bs and 3Bs respectively. Actively crossed over with a BSS FDS-366 digital crossover, voiced by Bob Hodas.

Console

• Amek Mozart. 80 input

Recorders

• Ampex MM1200 2 inch 16 track with take-up reel tension mod with an Adams Smith 2600 system for Sync Reference and SMPTE lock-up
• Otari  MTR 90 Mk-III 2 inch 24 track with an Adams Smith 2600 system for Sync Reference and SMPTE lock-up
• Otari RADAR Digital 24 track with Exibyte backup, Internal SMPTE and Sync Reference. AES/EBU and Adat optical
• Alisis HD-24 Digital 24 track with Digital i/o and 1394 Fireport for exchange and transfer
• Scully 280 1/4 inch 2 track with Dolby SR
• Sony 7030 PCM DAT with AES/EBU and Sync option.
• Sound Devices 744T
• Degausser Christie automatic magnetic tape degausser for 2" tape can completely erase tape to within a db or two of new stock. No bumps or thumps, zero.

Outboard Microphone preamps

• Tore Seem (70's) MB1000 (2)
• Tore Seem (80's) MB 2000 (2)
• RCA BA-73 (3)

Microphones

• Shure SM7
• Sanken
• Telefunken Elam 251 (F) (1)
• Neumann Gefell 586 with M-62 capsule (1)
• Neumann U-87 (3)
• Sony C-38P (1)
• Revox M-3500 single coil (2)
• Beyers M-201 (1)
• AKG D-19 (1)
• AKG D-20 (1)
• AKG D-110 (2)
• AKG C460B Transformerless Jim Williams mod (2)
• Sennheiser MD-421N (2)
• Sennheiser MD-421 (1)
• Schoeps CMIT-5 Shotgun Mic (1)
• Electro-Voice RE-20 (2)
• Coles 4030 Ribbons (2)
• Shure SM-57-58 (8)

Dynamics & Processing

• AMEK CL-02 compressor limiters with VCA link buss (3)
• Orange County Vocal Stressor G4 100% refurbished and quiet (1)
• DBX 903 DeEsser with Jim Williams mod (2)
• Valley People Gain Brain II (6)
• Valley People Kepex II (2)
• Valley Int'l Gatex expanders (8)
• NTP 179-400 Limiters (6)
• Little Labs phase alignment tool (3)

Echo / Effects

• Echo chamber number Three is 37' X 8' solid stone with three sets of stereo mikes
• Echo chamber number Two is 8' x 7' also solid stone Echo Chamber
• Echo chamber number One is 9x13 and filled with metal panels
• EMT 140 Echo Plate with Martech Stereo solid state upgrade. 90db s/n
• Under construction / Custom built tape echo machine with Dolby SR built on an Ampex Model 300

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