
Tim Parris
Tim Parris
2nd AS/Sound Assistant
2nd AS/Sound Assistant
Studio Equipment List
Studio Equipment List
Here's where the magic used to happen. Since moving to study at the National Film & Television School in Beaconsfield the studio space has been converted into more rooms for my parent's B&B, however, I still own and occasionally use all of the equipment listed below.




Hardware
Hardware
Macbook Pro - With 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 8 GB RAM and a solid state hard drive.
Glyph 250GB Professional Audio Hard Drive and USB and Firewire Hub.
2 x Custom built 350GB hard drives connected via Firewire 800 cables. One for samples and one for backup.
Another custom built 250GB (ex mac) hard drive as a secondary backup drive.
Digidesign Digi 003 Rack+ - Input and output interface and pre-amp. It has 8 x XLR mic in sockets, 8 x DI sockets (1/4 inch TRS/TS), 14 x direct output sockets, 1 x MIDI input socket & 1 x MIDI output socket.
MBox 2 Pro - Input and output interface and pre-amp. It has 2 x XLR mic in sockets, 2 x DI sockets (1/4 inch TRS/TS), 1 x MIDI input socket & 1 x MIDI output socket.
Behringer BCF 2000 - Mixing desk with motorised faders, transport buttons, as well as mute and solo buttons for each track.
Peavey 16FX mixer - Perfect for capturing your fantastic live performances (with on board effects processors and the breathtaking Silence pre-amps that Peavey are so famous for).
Korg microKEY midi controller keyboard - 37 keys
M-Audio Oxygen 8 V2 midi controller keyboard - 25 keys (daisy chained with microKEY to make a 2 tiered 5 octave keyboard).
Korg nano PAD midi controller. 12 pads Ideal for drumming (again daisy chained with microKEY to make the mother of all midi controllers).
POD 2.0 classic guitar amp & FX simulator for a beautiful latency free guitar recording.
Korg KAOSS Pad 3 - Ideal for some crazy FX processing and really cool sampling techniques.
Native Instruments Maschine Mikro - Sampler (similar to the Akai MPC range except it uses software and looks funkier). It's great for making beats, especially hip pop production.
Tascam DR-40 (with wndjammer and 'handle recording pack') for portable audio sampling.
Rycote Wired A5 News Boompole - Ideal for location sound recording.
ART 16 XLR - Patchbay
Behringer ULTRAPATCH PRO PX2000 - Patchbay
2 x M-Audio Audiophile reference monitors.
2 x Visual monitors
Software
Software
Mac OS 10.6.8 - Operating System.
Pro Tools 8 (although looking into upgrading to 9 soon) - Digital audio workstation.
Reason 6.
IK Multimedia TRackS 3 Mastering Suite.
Mics
Mics
Sontronics STC-2
Large diaphragm condenser mic. Used for vocals in the vocal booth.
Sennheiser Evolution 606
Medium diaphragm dynamic mic, I tend to use it for the vocoder but it's good for close amp miking but it's also a good alternative to a ribbon mic.
Shure SM57
Small diaphragm dynamic mic. Good for rough takes, percussion or overhead miking.
2 x Samson CO2s
Small diaphragm condenser mic. Ideal for accoustic guitars and stereo overhead miking. Comes with 2 pop guards if needs be (I'll be using these for the podcast).
AKG D112
Large diaphragm dynamic mic perfect for bass guitars, wind instruments or anything else with high sound pressure levels (SPL).
Rode NTG 2
Shotgun microphone perfect for location sound recording.
IK Multimedia's ARC 2 Omnidirectional Microphone
Ideal for recording the ambience of the surrounding room for acoustic instruments such as pianos, drums and acoustic guitars.
Plug-Ins
Plug-Ins
EQ
AIR Kill EQ
EQ3 - 1-Band, 4-Band & 7-Band
IK Multimedia - TRackS 3 - Linear Phase EQ
IK Multimedia - TRackS 3 - Classic EQ
Dynamics​
BombFactory BF76
Compressor/Limiter Dyn 3
De-Esser Dyn 3
Expander/Gate Dyn 3
Maxim (Peak Limiter)
Antares ASPIRE Evo - Aspiration noise processor
Antares SYBIL Evo - Vocal de-esser
IK Multimedia - TRackS 3 - Brickwall Limiter
IK Multimedia - TRackS 3 - Classic Clipper
IK Multimedia - TRackS 3 - Classic Compressor
IK Multimedia - TRackS 3 - Classic Middle Band Limiter
Pitch Shift
AIR Frequency Shifter
Antares AutoTune Evo
Antares AutoTune 7
Antares Articulator Evo
VirSyn Matrix Vocoder
Melodyne Essential
Reverb
AIR Non-Linear Reverb
AIR Reverb
AIR Spring Reverb
IK Multimedia - Classic Studio Reverb - Hall
IK Multimedia - Classic Studio Reverb - Inverse
IK Multimedia - Classic Studio Reverb - Plate
IK Multimedia - Classic Studio Reverb - Room
Delay
AIR Dynamic Delay
AIR Multi Delay
Extra Long Delay II, Long Delay II, Medium Delay II
Short Delay II, Slap Delay II
Time Adjuster Long, Medium & Short
AIR Chorus,
AIR Ensemble,
AIR Filter Gate,
AIR Flanger,
AIR Fuzz-Wah
AIR Multi-Chorus
AIR Phaser
AIR Talkbox
AIR Vintage Filter
SciFi
Line 6 POD Farm
Harmonic
AIR Distortion
AIR Enhancer
AIR Frequency Shifter
AIR Fuzz-Wah
AIR Lo-Fi
IK Multimedia - AmpliTube LE & AmpliTube 2 Duo
Line 6 POD Farm
Lo-Fi
Recti-Fi
SansAmp PSA-1
Dither
Dither
POWr Dither
Sound Field
AIR Stereo
Width Phase Scope
Instruments
BFD 2
BFD Percussion
BFD - 8 Bit Kit
AIR Boom
AIR DB33 Organ
AIR Mini Grand
IK Multimedia - Miroslav Philharmonik CE
IK Multimedia - Sample Tank 2.X
IK Multimedia - Sonik Synth 2
Structure Free
TL Metro (Click)
AIR Vacuum
AIRXpand 2
Reason 6.5
Native Instruments Maschine
Native Instruments Komplete Elements
Metering
BF Essential Correlation Meter
BF Essential Meter Bridge
BF Essential Noise Meter
TL Master Meter
IK Multimedia - TRackS 3 - Metering
Photos of the old studio.
Photos of the old studio.

