Tadcaster Studios is well equipped for composing, orchestrating, and recording full dramatic scores for film and television, as well as for pop/rock/jazz song creation. The Studio can accommodate combinations of orchestral and rhythm sections, with live and MIDI instrumentation, and with complete A/V sync.

The following is a canonical list of equipment and tools present in the Studio:

DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATIONS & RECORDING GEAR

• Digidesign Pro Tools | HD3 (software version 7.3)
• Cakewalk Sonar 8 Producer Edition
• Pro Tools M-Powered
• Akai ADAM (digital multitrack)
• DR1200 recorder
• DM1200 meter bridge
• DL1200 auto locator
• [2x] Acoustic Research RD-06 (analog)
• Sony A6 (DAT machine)
• Sibelius 5 software

SAMPLERS, VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS, et al.

• [6x] Tascam Gigastudio 3 Orchestra
• [4x] Tascam/Nemesys Gigastudio 160
• [2x] Akai S5000 "Studio" sampler w/ 256 MB RAM
• Akai S3000XL sampler w/ 32 MB RAM
• Soft synth programs such as Reason, Absynth, Project 5, Omnisphere, et al.
• Tons of virtual instruments including
• Native Instruments B4
• Ivory piano
• Velvet electric pianos
• many more
• Vast libraries (custom and commercial) of orchestral, world, and other instruments
• Vienna Symphonic Library (Complete Orchestral Package including Orchestral Cube)
• Garritan Orchestral Strings
• Peter Siedlaczek Complete (including Advanced Orchestra, Classical Choir, Smart Violins, etc.)
• Project SAM
• Dan Dean libraries
• Quantum Leap Brass, Rare Instruments, etc.
• Miroslav instruments
• East West Symphonic Choir
• Voices of the Apocaplypse
• Sampleheads libraries
• Sonic Implants...
• Many, many more
• Roland JV-880 synthesizer module
• Alesis DM5 drum module

AUDIO INTERFACES

• Digidesign 192 I/O w/ 8-ch analog input/output snakes
• [2x] RME Hammerfall Multiface
• Lucid SSG192 Studio Sync Generator (house word clock)
• M-Audio Profire Lightbridge
• [2x] M-Audio Delta 1010
• M-Audio Firewire 1814
• Rosendahl VITC
• M-Audio Firewire Solo
• Egosys WaMi Rack 24
• FX-Teleport and Giga-Teleport

INSTRUMENTS

• Guitars/Bass
• Paul Reed Smith CE-22 guitar (electric)
• Ibanez RS-II guitar (electric)
• Martin D-1 guitar (acoustic)
• Ibanez GSR200 Bass (electric)
• Ovation B768 Elite Bass (acoustic/electric)
• Fernandez hand-made Grand Concert Guitar model 40 (acoustic nylon-string)
• Keyboards and MIDI controllers
• GeneralMusic Pro2 (digital piano)
• Fatar Studiologic SL-1100 (88-note weighted hammer-action controller)
• M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 (88-note weighted hammer-action controller)
• M-Audio Oxygen 8 (MIDI controller)
• M-Audio Ozonic (MIDI controller)
• Hammond XB2 organ w/ Leslie 130
• Native Instruments B4
• Roland HS-60 (synthesizer)
• Yamaha PS55 (synthesizer)
• Drums
• Tama 5-piece (acoustic drums)
• 22" kick
• 14" steel snare
• 12" rack tom
• 13" rack tom
• 16" floor tom
• Remo 14" x 3-1/4" brass piccolo snare
• Zildjian cymbals
• 14" New Beat Hi-Hats
• 16" A Paper Thin Crash
• 20" K Ride
• 15" A Ride
• 17" K Dark Crash Medium Thin
• Toca hand percussion
• 3000 Elite Wood Series 10" Quinto drum
• 3000 Elite Wood Series 11" Conga drum
• 3070 Elite Wood Series 7" and 8-1/2" bongo drums
• Misc. cymbal stands and related hardware incl. Tama Iron Cobra kick pedal
• Zildjian stick bag w/ tons of sticks, brushes, mallets, et al.
• Simmons E-prom pads - x 2
• S&S MIDI drum trigger-pads
• Alesis DM5
• Miscellaneous auxiliary percussion--LP shakers, cowbells, guiro, tambourine, triangle, etc.

OUTBOARD GEAR (PREAMPS, REVERBS, COMPRESSORS, etc.)

• Lexicon MPX-1 (multiple processor FX unit)
• Lexicon MPX-500 (24-bit dual channel processor FX unit)
• [2x] M-Audio Octane (8-channel microphone preamp and A/D converter with ADAT lightpipe)
• [2x] M-Audio Tampa (microphone/instrument preamp/processor) x2
• M-Audio DMP3 (2-channel microphone/instrument preamp)
• Summit Audio TPA-200B
• dbx 160A
• Universal Audio LA-2A
• Parasound EQ300 (equalizer/analyzer)
• MotionSound R3-147 (Leslie--rotating speaker unit)
• Alesis Midiverb 4 (18-bit dual channel processor FX unit)
• Alesis Midiverb 2 (16-bit digital processor FX unit)
• Alesis Nanoverb (18-bit digital FX processor)
• [2x] Behringer Composer MDX2100 (compressor/limiter/noise gate)
• BBE 442 Sonic Maximizer (phase aligner/eq/exciter)
• ART Pro MPA (microphone tube preamp/processor)
• Digitech Studio Vocalist (vocal processor/harmonizer)
• Line6 Pod (guitar preamp/processor)
• M-Audio Black Box (guitar preamp/processor)
• Scholz Rockman Sustainor (guitar preamp/processor)
• Scholz Rockman X-100 (guitar preamp)
• Custom/Modified Scholz Rockman X-100 (guitar preamp)
• Scholz Rockman Ultimatum (guitar preamp/processor)
• Scholz Rockman Acoustic Pedal
• Digitech RP-6 (digital guitar processor)
• Dunlop Crybaby Wah Pedal, a variety of other guitar gadgets

MONITORING

• [5x] M-Audio EX66 MTM loudspeaker monitors (active bi-amped, direct field)
• KRK V8 (Series 1) loudspeaker monitors (active bi-amped, direct field)
• KRK S10 powered subwoofer
• M-Audio BX8a loudspeaker monitors (active bi-amped, direct field)
• [2x] M-Audio BX5a loudspeaker monitors (active bi-amped, direct field)
• M-Audio BX10s powered subwoofer
• Hafler Pro2400 (2-channel power amp)
• KEF Coda III (passive, mid-field monitors)
• KRK 6000 passive near-field loudspeaker monitors (passive, direct field)
• Behringer MX 602A mixer (6-channel)
• [2x] Behringer Powerplay Pro HA4600 (4-channel stereo headphone amp/distribution system)
• [4x] AKG K240 Studio (studio/mixing headphones)
• [3x] AKG K240M (studio/mixing headphones)
• Ultrasone HFI-700 closed-back (studio/mixing headphones)
• Ultrasone PROline 550 closed-back (studio/mixing headphones)
• Fostex T20 (studio/mixing headphones)
• Sony MDR-V6 (studio headphones)
• Etymotic ER6i (canal earphones)
• M-Audio NRV10
• Behringer Eurodesk MX-8000 (24/48 channel board)
• MB-8000 meter bridge
• Behringer 400W Power Supply
• [2x] dbx PB48

COMPUTERS, ET AL.

• PC Audio Labs Custom DAW ProPackage: 4U rackmount Intel Core2 Duo E6600 2.4 GHz / ASUS MB, 4GB DDR2-800, NVIDIA Geforce 7600GS 512MB DVI/DVI, 80GB EIDE 7200rpm boot, 500GB RAID 0 (Audio), 500GB SATA II 7200rpm - 16MB cache (Data)
• Custom 3.2-GHz Pentium 4 PC w/ 2 GB RAM, 80-GB and 200-GB HD, WinXP Pro, Antec Sonata chassis, 400-GB and 500-GB Barracuda Firewire HDs
• Custom 2.8-GHz Pentium 4 PC w/ 4 GB RAM, 80-GB and 200-GB HD, WinXP Pro, Antec Sonata chassis, 200-GB and 300-GB Barracuda Firewire HDs
• Dell Precision Workstation 490, Quad Core Intel Xeon Processor 5080 3.73 GHz, 2x 2MB L2, 1066, 4 GB RAM, 256-MB graphics, SATA Raid-0
• Dell Latitude D800 Laptop, Pentium M PC w/ 1 GB RAM, 60-GB 7200 RPM and 200-GB 7200 RPM HD, WinXP Pro,
• Sound Chaser GigaDAW TK1 1.4-GHz Athalon PC w/ 768 MB RAM, 20-GB and 60-GB HD
• Sound Chaser LapDAW 1.7-GHz Pentium 4 PC w/ 1 GB RAM, 30-GB and 80-GB Firewire HD, WinXP Pro
• Mac G4 500-MHz machine w/ 768 MB RAM and 18-GB internal SCSI HD
• Sound Chaser Pentium III 933 MHz PC w/ 512 MB RAM, 80-GB and 120-GB HD, 12X DVD ROM, WinXP Pro
• Atlas 2.8-GHz Pentium 4 w/ 1 GB RAM, 40-GB boot HD, 500-GB data HD, 12X DVD ROM, Windows XP Professional, SP2
• Gefen PCX-150 dual-control system
• Pinnacle video capture and editing package
• MOTU 8x8 MIDI I/O USB
• [2x] MOTU Micro Express 4x6 MIDI I/O
• [2x] Midiman Midisport 8x8s
• [2x] Midiman Midisport 4x4
• Midiman Syncman (universal timecode box)
• Midiman Midisport 2x2
• FX Teleport (MIDI and audio over CAT-5 ethernet solution)
• Sibelius 5 music notation software
• Pro Tools 7.2 Software and several effects plug-ins
• Cakewalk Sonor v. 6
• Adaptec JAM software
• Plextor PX-712UF DVD+/-RW drive, USB-2 and Firewire
• Plextor 8/20 CDR
• Cat-5 and Fiber Optic Ethernet connectivity w/ internet service via T1 line

MICROPHONES

• [2x] AKG 414 B-ULS (large diaphragm condenser)
• [4x] Shure SM-57 (dynamic)
• Shure SM-86 (condenser vocal mic)
• [2x] Audio Technica ATM-63 (dynamic)
• [2x] Audio Technica 4033 (condenser)
• AKG D112
• Rode K2 (large diaphragm tube mic)
• MXL V69 Mogami Edition (large diaphragm tube mic)
• Studio Projects T3 (large diaphragm tube mic)
• [6x] M-Audio Sputnik (large diaphragm multipatern vacuum-tube condenser)
• M-Audio Solaris (large diaphragm condenser)
• Sennheiser MD 421 II
• M-Audio Luna (large diaphragm condenser)
• M-Audio Aries (condenser vocal mic)
• Sennheiser e 604 (drum microphone package)
• Samson 8Kit (drum microphone package)
• M-Audio Nova (large diaphragm condenser mic)
• [4x] M-Audio Pulsar (small diaphragm cardioid mic)
• Groove Tubes 1B (large diaphragm tube mic)

OTHER

• JVC HR-VP770U HiFi Flying Erase Head reference video playback/recorder w/ A/V Compulink (x 2)
• Tektronix TDS220 (2-channel digital oscilloscope)
• Tektronix digital multimeter
• Peavey KB100 (keyboard amplifier)
• Peavey Backstage Plus (guitar combo amp)
• Pioneer P-070 CD player
• Luxman P-405 turntable w/ Sumiko preamp
• Ergotron mobile workstand
• tons of cables (XLR shielded microphone cables, 1/4"; mono and stereo cables, patch bay cables, et al.)
• Stands--several microphone (boom, floor, etc.), monitor, Quickloc Z-stands (x 2), 2-tier keyboard
• Studio furniture by Middle Atlantic