GAD Studios Complex
The GAD Studios Complex is situated in SAN RAFAEL at the geographical center of the island of IBIZA, Spain in the Balearic Islands off the Mediterranean coast. This location provides super easy access and is 8 minutes from the airport. The physical dimensions of the studio are: 28 Square Meter Main Control Room with a terrace, big windows, and a great view across Ibiza 30 Square Meter Main Recording Room – 6 M. Room Height 80 Square Meter Kitchen, Salon, and Multimedia-Area with a projector screen and ADSL Internet access |
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Main Control Desk- Sony DMX R 100 Digital Total Recall Desk with 56 Inputs - RTW Porta Monitor Reference Peakmeter/Analyzer |
Monitoring- 4 way Active QUESTED Custom Made System, approx. 5000 W (similar to Cretu´s System) - DYNAUDIO BM 15A Active Nearfields |
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Guitars- Gibson SG - Steinberger - Peavey Wolfgang Van Halen Model - Fender Stratocaster Elite - Charvel Strat - Takamine Acoustic with PU - Yamaha Acoustic with PU - Music Man Sting Ray 5 – 5 String Bass - Squier Jazz Bass - Gretsch Pedal Steel Guitar |
Guitar Systems- Roland GT-5 Virtual System - Line 6 Pod Virtual System - Roland GP-16 Virtual Processor - Marshall JCM 800 100w Amp - Peavey 5150 Van Halen Model Amp - Peavey Wiggy Amp – designed by Dweezil Zappa - 3 x Marhall 412 Speaker Cabinets - Hughes & Kettner Bass Kick 313 Bass Amp |
Drums- Slingerland Set with Paiste Cymbals and Midi Triggers - Pearl 3 ½ free floating Snare, several wood/Metal Snares - Tama Set with Zildjan Cymbals |
Microphones / Preamps- Calrec Soundfield Stereo Mic with own HiEnd Preamp (HiEnd Mic, used for all Enigma vocal recordings) - Amek/Neve Channel in a box Mic Preamp - Aphex Tubessence Mic Preamp - HDB Audio TMA 2 Valve Mic Preamp - HDB Audio Instrument Valve Preamp - AKG Drum Mic Set (Bd/SN/Tom Mics) - Brauner Valvet Hiend Valve Vocal Mic - 3 x Octava MC 012-12 Overhead Mics - Shure SM-57 Guitar Mic - AKG C-1000 Vocal Mic |
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Computer System- MAC G4 733 MHZ, 1,3 GB Ram, 280 GB Storage Space - Protools 24 Mix Plus with 5 DSP Farms, Sample Cell, 72 Interface Inputs (2 x ADAT Bridge, 2 x 1622, 1 x 888) - Logic Audio Platinum, all existing Software Samplers, virtual Synths, Plugins installed, Logic Control, Logic Control XT - 4 x Sony N 50 TFT Flat Screens, switchable between the Computers - Creamware SCOPE – Virtual Studio with 3 Scope PCI Cards, which gives 56 external Inputs and loads of virtual Synths/Fx Processors on WINDOWS XP, 1 GHZ, 768 MB RAM - 2nd PC 1,6 GHZ, 512 MB Ram with ACID, Reason, Storm, Reloop, Cubase, Gigastudio installed, ADSL Internet Access - Rosendahl Nanosyncs Word Clock Generator - 2 x DVD RAM Burners |
Effect Processors- Lexikon 480 L Reverb - Lexikon PCM 81 Multi Fx Processor - Dynacord DRP 20 Reverb - Roland SDE 330 Delay - TC 2290 Dynamic Delay - Korg SDE 2000 Delay - Yamaha Rev 7 Reverb - Korg Chaoss Pad - Line 6 Filter + Delay Modeler - Sherman Filterbank - Vermona Stereo EQ - Vermona Mono Phaser |
Keyboard Expanders- Nordlead 2 Rack - Roland JP 8080 - 2 x Korg Triton, all Expansions - Novation Supernova - 2 x Korg TR – Rack - 2 x Yamaha FS – 1R - Roland XV 5080 - Roland JV 2080 - 2 x Roland JV 1080, all Expansions - Roland XV 5050 - Yamaha TG-77 - Yamaha TG-500 - Yamaha TX 802 - Korg 01/RW - Korg Wavestation S/R - Roland D-70 - Korg Z-1 - Emu 4 XT Ultra Sampler |
Media Players / Recorders- Sony PCM 7040 Reference DAT Recorder - Sony CDP-D11 CD Player - Sony MDS-E10 MD Recorder - Sony DTC 1000 DAT Recorder - Yamaha CDR 1000 CD Recorder - Tascam 102 MKII Tape Deck - Pioneer Vinyl Player - Alesis ADAT 8 Track Recorder |
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