Tracking / Overdubbing / Mixing

In addition to our mastering and editing suite Antarctica offers a full-featured recording studio. (You may view many morel images of the studio using the Studio Tour button on the left.) The studio consists of a control room, four isolation rooms, and large recording area. Our Piano is a Kawai 7'5" grand and has been professionally maintained by James Arledge since it's purchase in 1986.

At the heart of our recording studio is a large, 24-bit ProTools system with an expanded ProControl console. The system features 32 tracks with 24 channels of I/O. Processing is provided by a complete set of TDM plug-ins running on 9 DSP farm cards. Control of the system is provided by two 20" monitors and the ProContol console in the main control room. Also installed in the control room is a Soundcraft DC2000 console with moving fader automation. Two-track formats include CD (preferred) and DAT. Backup media can be either AIT tape or CDR.

We have a standard variety of microphones with our treasure being a vintage Telefunken 251 tube mic. Our cue system is the Formula Sound Cue-8, eight channel active system which allows each musician to have control over their own headphone mix.

Recording studio clients have access to the main lounge and kitchen areas which are shared by the mastering /production suite.

The recording studio and the mastering /production suite are linked by an Ethernet network for easy exchange of audio and data files.