Studio Technology

Analog vs Digital

Buzz Studio uses a combination of industry leading and custom-designed analog hardware, coupled with a 32-track digital recording system and some of the best sounding digital tools available. Not only that, we are intimately familiar with the sonic characteristics of all the tools we use, whether analog or digital, and know just how and when to use them.



first-class solid state preamps and gorgeous 'British' EQs
Allen & Heath System8 1616

Hardware

Recording

  • 32-channel RME Hammerfall HDSP 24bit/96khz

Mixing

  • 16-Channel Allen & Heath System8 1616 analog console
  • 24-channel Yamaha 01V96 digital mixer with ADAT card digital console

Outboard

  • Universal Audio 6176 valve preamp compressor
  • Avalon Vt 737sp valve preamp compressor EQ
  • The 'Genesin' custom-made stereo valve preamp opto-compressor
  • Focusrite Platinum Penta preamp compressor
  • Focusrite Saffire Pro40 8-Channel preamp and ADAT interface
  • Novation Supernova analog modelled synthesizer

Microphones

  • AKG C414B-XL II condensors (matched pair)
  • Neumann TLM 103 condensor
  • Rode K2 valve condenser
  • Rode NT2 condensors (pair)
  • Rode M5 condensors (matched pair)
  • Audio-Technica AT871R Uni Plate condensor
  • Behringer B2-Pro condensors (pair)
  • Shure various dynamics
  • Sennheiser various
  • Audix various dynamics

Active Monitoring

  • 2 x Genelec 1032A with 7070A subwoofer
  • 4 x Dynaudio BM6A

Control

  • 24-Channel (bankable to 192) Tascam US-2400 control surface
  • M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 88-note weighted-action keyboard
  • Roland TD-10 V-Drums electronic drum kit
  • Novation Remote 25 25-note keyboard/controller






Renowned analog modelled sytnhesizer
Novation Supernova

Software

Music Production

  • Digidesign Pro Tools 10+12 recording system
  • Steinberg Cubase 8 Pro recording system
  • Steinberg Wavelab 8.5 cd mastering suite
  • Propellerheads Reason virtual studio rack
  • Celemony Melodyne vocal tuning

EQ & Compression

  • Waves Diamond Bundle
  • Waves SSL Bundle SSL emulations
  • URS 'Everything' Bundle
  • Nomad Factory Analog Signature Series
  • Voxengo Soniformer 32-band compressor
  • Voxengo CurveEQ linear phase EQ
  • Voxengo Redunoise audio restoration
  • PSP Vintage Warmer 2
  • Izotope Ozone

Reverb

Modelling



Steinberg Cubase 8 Pro flashship recording and production system
Digidesign Pro Tools 10

Virtual Instruments

Native Instuments

  • Battery sampler
  • Kontakt sampler
  • ABSynth synth
  • Massive synth
  • B4 Hammond B3 model

Spectrasonics

  • Stylus RMX loop workstation
  • Atmosphere pad synth
  • Trilogy bass synth

Various

  • XLN Addictive Drums 2 drum kit modeller
  • FXPansion BFD drum kit modeller
  • Korg Legacy Collection
  • AAS Lounge Lizard rhodes model
  • DiscoDSP Discovery Nord Lead 2
  • Linplug Albino synth