A view from the control room to the studio area |
The MIDI controller, bass guitar and bass traps in the wall corners |
Shaw Music Studios' facilities include a control room and studio area. The rooms are acoustically treated with top-of-the-range Auralex Studio Foam which provide an incredible look and sound as well as out-of-this-world Modular Muse 400DIA MuseTube bass traps. The computer utilised is a specially designed audio workstation custom built by Dave Smith (previously of Carillon Music Computers in London).
Equipment used by the business includes a Digidesign 003 Rack Factory production system; Yamaha NS10M and HS80M studio monitors; Universal Audio LA-610 pre-amplifier; Universal Audio UAD-2 Duo PCIe card; Avalon U5 Direct Box; a Neumann U87ai microphone; M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 MIDI controller; Behringer Power-Play Pro 8 headphone distributor; Roland V-Drum TD-4K electronic drum kit; Shure SM57 instrument mic; AKG D112 bass mic; and Behringer C-2 acoustic mics. Instruments used include an Ibanez Prestige 8-string electric guitar; Fender USA 5-string Jazz Bass; Seagul 6-string steel string guitar; and Yamaha nylon 6-string guitar.
Software utilised is Pro Tools 9; Reason 6 with various refills; FL Studio 10 Producer Edition; Antares Auto-Tune 5 & Evo; Native Instruments Komplete 6; Izotope Ozone 4; Waves SSL 4000 and Gold bundles; UA Neve MKII bundle, FATSO, and Mastering bundle; Sibelius 7; among others. In Short, we have a kick-ass setup that will give you a professional, top-end sound.
Control Room
The control room (also known as "the crib") houses the super computer, musical instruments, keyboard, studio monitors, pre-amp and headphone amp. It is the heart of technical operations at Shaw Music Studios.
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A view from the control room to the studio area |
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The MIDI controller, bass guitar and bass traps in the wall corners |
Built for comfort, the studio area (also known as "the boom box") is spacious as well as very functional. In contrast to the control room it has a funkier look and provides an ideal acoustical space to accurately record.
The left of the studio showing the equipment cabinet, wall bass traps, music stand and a microphone |
A view from the studio into the control room showing the accoustic guitar and wall foam tiling |
Construction on the studio was done by Gary Osmond who specializes in finer construction and finishings, contact him on 083-653-9571. Credit goes to Alicia Woolf for helping with studio setup and foam layout. The help of Tyrone Grant, Steven Lawrence and Brian Koen with foam implementation was also much appreciated.