Playback of recordings:
- Studer A80 VU MK IV for analog 1/4" and 1/2" tapes (mono, two, three and four track formats) (Dolby SR and A decoding available)--custom modified electronics, freshly overhauled mechanics
- Sony DMR-4000 for PCM 1630 recordings
- Sony BVU-800 for PCM 1630 recordings and 3/4" U-Matic tapes
- Sony PCM R-500 for DAT recordings
- Sony PCM 800 for DA-88 recordings
- Sony XA777ES for compact discs
- Tascam CD-200 for compact discs
- Sony TC-K615S for audio cassette
- Pioneer DV-09 for DVD disc
- Pioneer CLD-D604 for compact disc and laser disc
- Revox B-790 direct drive LP turntable
- Dual 800 turntable
- TEAC A6010 stereo tape deck for 1/4 track format (from the collection of Billy May)
- TEAC 6010GSL stereo tape deck for 1/4 track format (from the collection of Billy May)
Analog and digital processing:
- Avalon 2044 Opto-Compressor
- Avalon 2055 Equalizer
- JVC DS-LC900 Digital Audio Parametric Controller
- Sintefex FX-2000 convolution EQ/Compression (with A-D converters)
- Lavry Engineering LE 4496 with two MAD 824 A-D converters and one MDA 824 D-A converter
- Metric Halo Model 305 (eight channels of mic pre, A-D, D-A, and aux sends) for up to 192KHz/24 bit
- Audio Engineering Associates TMP-01 ribbon microphone preamplifier
Monitoring:
- Dunlavy SC VI (main stereo pair)
- Dunlavy SC IV (surround pair)
- Dunlavy SM I (surround center channel)
- M&K MX-5000 (surround sub)
- Hafler 9505 power amps (run in mono, 700+ watts each channel)
- Weiss DAC-1 D-A converter
Computer workstation #1:
- Apple Mac Pro (2014) 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon ES, 32GB of 1867 MHz DDR3 EEC (RAM), OS 10.9.4
- Digital audio stored on a Promise Pegasus R4 Dual Thunderbolt-2 8TB raid array
- Optical media created on an OWC Mercury Pro 16x Blu-Ray/DVD-R/CD-R drive, USB 3.0 interface
- Steinberg WaveLab Pro 10.5/SpectraLayers Pro
- Sonic Studio soundBlade version 2.2.1, with A, B, C, D, & E type declicking, NN3 noise reduction, and reNOVAtor algorithms
- Many, many plug-ins...
Computer workstation #2:
- Apple Mac Pro 2x2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors, 8GB of 800MHz DDR2 FB-Dimm RAM, OS 10.6.7
- Digital audio stored on a Seagate Barracuda 15K.6 450Gb SAS drive
- two optical drives for CD-R and DVD-R creation
- Sonic Studio SoundBlade version 2.1 with A,B,C,D, & E type declicking, broadband DeNoise, and reNOVAtor algorithms
- Many, many plug-ins...
Computer workstation #3:
- Apple MDD G4 Motorola processor, 2 GB of RAM, OS 10.5.8
- Digital audio stored on ULTRA II SCSI drives
- Sony R-900 Compact Disc recorders
- Sonic Studio HD version 1.9.1 with full No-Noise suite
We also have on hand many other amplifiers, speakers, musical instruments, microphones, rotary telephones, huge vacuum tubes, and even a Victrola.