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RME Fireface
800
"I
don't usually say this, but this is
such a fabulous box that it gets my highest
recommendation."
Electronic Musician
2006 Electronic
Musicians Editors Choice
"At the end of the day,
all I can
say is that the only thing
I sent
back to RME after I'd
finished
reviewing the
Fireface was
my credit
card number!"
Sound on Sound
Izotope RX
Electronic
Musician
2008 Editor;s Choice Award
Digidesign Pro Tools 8
FMR RNLA
Electronic Musician
2007 Editor's Choice Award
for Dynamics Processor
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Tom's
Gear Philosophy
There are all kinds of Austin recording studios, from the behemoths that can set you back a
few week’s pay for an 8 hour block, to the ones that are
set up in a corner of somebody’s spare bedroom. Alta
Vista Recording Studio tries to marry the amenities, comfort
and sound of the big guys to the value and the laid-back
vibe of the latter. One of the ways we do that is to be
very cagey about equipment purchases. For example, one
of our clients, who is a singer in one of the most
popular bands in town, told us that he prefers the sound
we get with one of our M-Audio Sputnik mics to that of a
very expensive mic that he used in a very expensive
recording studio in Austin. It is possible for a
studio to provide a top shelf sound at a very attractive
rate if utilitarianism trumps pretension. On the other
hand, there are times when world-class gear such as our
8 channels of Millennia Media preamps or our Audix
channel strips are the best idea.
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Millenia Media 3HV-3D
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Mixing
Boards
Recorders
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Custom built PC with
2.66 Intel quad processors and 4 gig of RAM, running windows XP
Pro and OSX Leopard 10.5.5. All hardrives are Seagate.
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Apple G-5 2 gig dual
processor w/4 gig of RAM (Studio B)
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Teac A-2340 1/4"
reel to reel
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Fostex D1624
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Foxtex D80
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Sony JE 440 24-bit
mini-disk recorder
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Sony A-7 DAT
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Onkyo cassette
Software
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Avid
Protools 9
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Digidesign
Protools 8 M-Powered (Studio B)
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Digital Performer 5.13
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4 Universal Audio - 1 cards with
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SSL bus compressor, Neve 88RS channnel strip
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Fairchild, LA-2A, 1176,VCA style compressor and Precison
Limiter
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Plate 140, Dreamverb, Real verb reverbs
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Pultec EQP-1A and Pultec Pro, Neve 1073, Precision EQ
equalizers
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Precision Enhancer and Precison De-esser
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Waves Musicians 2 bundle
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PSP Vintage Warmer 1 and 2
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Izotope RX Noise Reduction
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Digital
Converters
Monitoring
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JBL soffit-mounted
4410s powerred by Hafler Pro2400
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Yamaha HS80M
Active monitorRadio HS80M Active
monitor
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Radio Shack
computer speakers for checking mixes on low end systems
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Optimus
speakers powered by an Onkyo power amp for checking mixes on
home stereo grade systems
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Outboard Dynamic
Processors
Microphones
M-Audio
Sputnik
Outboard Equalization
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Altec 1/3 octave graphic eq
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Ashley SC-66 parametric eq
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Rane GE-14 graphic eq
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DOD R 8158 graphic eq (studio B)
Drums
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Vintage 1966 Slingerlands
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5 snare drums from Camco, Slingerland, Pearl, Tama and LP (picolo)
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15 Zildjian cymbals
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Lots of percussion toys
Keyboards
Power Amps
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Hafler PRO2400
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Crown D150
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Alesis R-100
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Peavey HB-1
Outboard Preamps
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8 channels of
Millenia HV-3D
( which are some of the best pres made, period!)
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2 channel strips from a Audix BBC broadcast desk from the
'70s
(Absolutely Superb! Class A pres with compression and British
EQ)
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2 channels of FMR RNP
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4 channels of RME Class A pres
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8 channels of M-Audio Octane pres
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