Based in East London, we designed the studio for acoustic precision centred around a custom Neve 5116 console, ATC monitoring, fully loaded digital editing suite, and a unique collection of rare analogue and digital synths. You will also find walls of electric and acoustic guitars, exotic and rare stringed instruments; and plenty of percussion instruments to play with.
The Sonic State team kindly dropped by for a tour. Watch the video for more about the studio set-up and some synth chat.
GEAR LIST
CONSOLES
NEVE 5116, 64/96
TFpro M16- 16 channels class A transformer based Mixer/PreAmp
Soundcraft Ghost 32/64
T.F API clone 28/4
N.O.S 32 Input Summing Mixer
DAW
Avid ProTools 12 HD System
3x Avid HD I/O 16×16 (48 Analog In/Out)
3x Pulsar 2 (18 Sharc DSP) SFP system (48 Digital in/out)
Digidesign ProTools MixPlus System
Digidesign Sync I/O
Digidesign 888/24 converter
Digidesign 882 converter
Digidesign Adat Bridge/24
2x Swissonic D/A 24 converter
2x Swissonic A/D 24 converter
MOTU 2408
MOTU 2408 MIII
2x MOTU Midi Timepiece2
2x MOTU Midi Timepiece AV
MOTU Traveler
Emagic Unitor8
Emagic AMT8
Opcode Studio3
Opcode Studio4
ANALOGUE SYNTHS
Moog Minimoog Model D
2x Roland SH-101
Roland Juno 106 (Kiwi mod)
Roland JX3P (Kiwi mod)
Roland JX10
Roland Alpha Juno 2
Arturia Matrix Brute
Dave Smith Rev2 16 voice
Modular System 12u
Arp Solina
Arp Chroma Polaris
Korg MS10
Korg Polysix (Kiwi mod)
Korg Poly800 M2/Polybeast mods
Yamaha CS70M
Oberheim Matrix 6R
4x Waldorf Pulse
Jen SX1000 (CV/Gate)
Polivox (midi)
Arturia Minibrute
Arturia Microbrute
Novation Bass Station 2
Novation Bass Station
Novation Bass Station Rack
Farfisa VIP600
Akai AX73
Eko Ekosynth
Powertran Transcendent 2000
Freebass FB383/Acid FM mods
Control Synthesis Deep Bass Nine
TAPE MACHINES/DECKS
Studer A810 Master Tape Recorder
Technics SL-1200 Deck
Gemini SA 600 Mark II Deck
Panasonic SV-3900 DAT Machine
Sony DTC-790 Dat Machine
Sony Cassette Deck TC-KE200
Sherwood DDCD 9500 Pro CD Player
STOMP BOXES
Radial Tonbone tube drive
Akai Hexacomp
Electro Harmonix Attack Decay
Little Bear Overdrive
2x Korg PME 40X
Radial X-Amp
Morley Power Wah Crybaby Model GCB-95
Boss BF-2 Flanger
Yamaha MBD-20M Multiband Distortion
Yamaha CO-01 Compressor
Yamaha D1-10M Distortion
Yamaha VP-500 Volume Pedal
Ibanez Phasertone
Roland GR-55
Waves GTR Ground Controller
GUITAR/BASS AMPS/DI
Marshall JCM 2000 H&H amp head
Marshal MG 50
Fender Performer 650
Line 6 Vetta
Carlsbro Hormet 45 Bass
Laney Profession 75
Hermit closed cabinet
Univox
2x PRS/Waves GTR DI Box
N.O.S Super D.I
MONITORING
2x ATC SCM-100
2x ProAc Studio 110
4x Quested F11
2x KRK RoKit
2x Alesis Pro Linear 720 Studio Monitor
2x Spirit Absolute 2
1x KRK V12s Active Sub Bass
COMPUTERS
Apple Mac Pro 12 Core Xeon E5, 32Gb Ram
Apple Mac Pro 8 core Xeon 2.8Ghz, 16GB Ram
Apple Macbook Pro 2GHz Intel Core i7, 8GB Ram
Apple Macbook Pro 2GHz Intel Core i7, 8GB Ram
Apple G4 500 Mhz
Amd 2GHz PC
ELECTRIC GUITARS
Gibson SG Standard 1974
Gibson Les Paul Custom 1978
Gibson Firebird 2009
Gibson 335 2015
Gibson The Paul 1979
Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman 1972
Fender Jazzmaster USA 2021
Fender Stratocaster USA 2015
Fender Stratocaster USA 2006
Fender Stratocaster USA 1989
Fender Stratocaster USA 2007
Fender Telecaster Deluxe 2015
PRS Custom 24
Yamaha SG2000 1978
Ibanez 2355 1978
Ibanez AR720 2014
Ibanez EX370 1989
Carvin Double Neck 1974
Epiphone Sheraton 1989
Sterling Stingray 5 String Bass
Honner Fretless B Bass
Ukulele Bass
MICROPHONES
Neumann U87
2x Neumann 86i
Aston Spirit
KEL HM-2d
SE Gemini I
SE Gemini II
2x SE3
Bayerdynamic Drum Kit Mic set (Kick + 3 Toms)
4x Shure SM58
Shure SM58 Transformerless Mod
Shure SM58 Beta
Shure SM57
2x SE 2200
3x Sennheiser e604
Sennheiser e602
Crown PZM
2x AKG C1000S
2x AKG D321
AKG D22
AKG D3700
Sony ECM-NV1
Blue Baby Bottle
Soundking SKEC002/B
Studio Projects C1
Fostex M501
AKG D3700S
AKG D112
DIGITAL SYNTHS
Waldorf MicroWave/XT
Waldorf MicroQ Rack
Access Virus
E-mu Proteus/XR
E-mu Morpheus
Roland JV-2080
Roland JP800
Roland MT-32
Yamaha AN1x
Yamaha SY77
Yamaha FB-01
Korg Prophecy
Kawai K-4R
Kawai K-5R
Akai S1000
Akai S2000
Akai S3000
M-Audio Axium 25 Keyboard
Midiman Oxigen8 Keyboard
Casio SA-6
Casio VL Tone
Casio PT-20
M-Audio Axium 25 Keyboard
Midiman Oxigen8 Keyboard
DRUM MACHINES
Roland TR909
Alesis Performance Pad Pro
Alesis DM5
Yamaha DD-12
AMPLIFIERS
Quad 405 Power Amplifier
Carver PM-15
Onix OA-22
Samson S-phone Four Channel Headphone Amplifier
Samson C-Que 8 Four Channel Headphone Amplifier
OUTBOARD↓
Fairchild 663 Stereo Optical Compressor
SSL Master Bus Compressor G384
Dolby Systems 361 unit
2x TLA Ivory
Waves MAXX BCL
Roland Chorus Echo SRE 555
Lexicon PCM 70
Yamaha SPXII
DBX 1066 Dual Compressor
DBX 260XL Dual Compressor
DBX 160X Dual Compressor
SPL Vitalizer
Klark Teknik DN510 Dual Gate
Korg Interactive Vocal Harmony
HEADPHONES
AKG K270
AKG 240DF
Bayer Dynamic DT100
Fostex T20
Senheizer HD25-1
2x Sennheiser HD 201
Vivanco SR 620
ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS
Crafter GAE-15 W/Piezo Bridge
Jesamine Acoustic Guitar TS-78S
Fender Acoustic Guitar DG-14SCE
Aria 12 strings Acoustic Guitar AW-75TON
Washburn 12 strings Acoustic Guitar
Yamaha C-40 Nylon String Guitar
Gremlin 10 String Acoustic Guitar
Sitar
Mandol
Irish Buzuki
Koto
Violin
Chinese Harp
Banjo
Saz
Mini Sitar
Brazilian Harp
Bulbul Terang
Banjo Ukulele
Rubbab