BROADWATER STUDIOS NEWCASTLE

'Audio Portfolio'

 

 

EQUIPMENT


Broadwater Studios has a healthy balance of the latest digital advances and classic analogue equipment. The equipment list below gives you a taste of what can be made available to you on your project:


Software

ProTools & Logic Pro
Inc: SSL Native, Focusrite 'RED' series, Arturia V Collection 5, S Slate full plugin subscription, Waves Gold, Izotope Suite, Antares Autotune 8, BFD3, Vienna Symphonic, Kick Ass Brass, Sound Replacer, Omnisphere, Smack, TL Native Plugins, Hybrid Synth. KOMPLETE 11 & S Slate Drum Replacement.


Hardware & Instruments

Apple 2022 M1 & 2x Apple cinema Displays
A & H Analogue monitoring desk, Avid 'Control 24' digital mixing console, Focusrite 'Claret' series pre/convertors

 

Mics

Large selection of mics including S.E. Gemini 2, SE Gemini 5 and S.E. z5600 valve mics, 2x AKG c414, 2x S.E.4s, Neat Audio King Bee, 2x Rode NT2 Mk1, 1x Rode NT1a, 1x Neumann u87 'MOD', 1x SExRibbon, 2x M Audio Luna, Shure SM Drum Mic Set, Audix D6, 2x AKG C1000, 2x Sm58, 4x Sm57s, 2x Joe Meek (WA 84 clone)

 

Monitoring

Each room has 4 individual stereo monitor mixes with Beyer DT150 headphones.

A pair of Focal Shape Twin alongside a reference pair or KRK G2 6'' monitors/w/sub are in the main control room.

KRK G2 5'' Monitors/w/sub are in studio 2 with Tannoy Reveal Active as 2nd reference


SSL Alpha Channel, 'Golden Age' Pre73, Klark Technik 76JT, Focusrite Penta, Focusrite Twintrack Pro, Focusrite Claret/Focusrite 16 additional optical preamps (32 simultaneous inputs), Drawmer Analogue Stereo Compressor, Focusrite Trackmaster Pro. Line 6 Pod 2, Chromatic Racktuner.

Yamaha CYP1 Digital Piano, 1968 Hammond T100 & Leslie Speaker, Roland Fully Weighted Piano, Korg Trition, Korg Lamda Analogue Synth & Roland JX1, Fender 2x12 Twin Channel Guitar Amplifier, Jalapeno Drum Kit 18, 10, 12, 14, 16, 14 snare. Pearl DrumKit 22, 10, 12, 14, 14 snare. Range of percussion inc Timbales, Congas and a Cajon.

Range of acoustic, electric and bass guitars inc Fender Telecaster, Strat, Les Paul Special, Fender Jazz Bass, Yamaha RGXa, Line 6 Variax and Fender Acoustic. S.E. Large Reflexion Filter and a set of smaller instrument Reflexion filters are available to use in any of the live rooms.

 

* Although all the equipment above is situated in the studio, if you a relying on a particular piece of equipment being there for you session you must confirm prior to the session to ensure it's not hired out and is available for you to use.

 

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"Broadwater Studios Rocks! We love recording there and the final mixes always blow our minds!" Titus

"We checked out all the North East pro studios are are so pleased we chose Broadwater. 100% delighted with our EP" Soul Technique

"Came in with only my lyrics in the morning - left with an amazing RnB track. Paul is the man!" Daxd

"The boys at Br oadwater are so great to work with. Worked to my budget - great album - job done!" K.Whitmore

"Best decision we ever made coming to work with lads at Broadwater - Paul did a great job of our album!| PThe Caffreys

"Loved working with Gav - it's good to be back" Prelude

"Our 3rd project now with the Broadwater Lads!" Farewell Atlantis

"Great to partner with Broadwater Studios in the North East!" Phil Beevers 02 Academy
Paul has lifted the bar for us massive!" Rodney & Iky
"Best drum sound we've ever had. Tried to make the album ourselves but Gav smashed it out" Last Transmission
"Loved my experience at Broadwater - Dez & Mark have been amazing" Clara Bond
"Dez & the team do a great job delivering our singer packages in the UK' Into The Blue
"We travelled all the way from Reading to record with Dez. We'll never go anywhere else" SOS

"Totally exceeded my expectations!" Paul Cammock

"No studio we'd ever been to managed to get what we wanted until we came to Broadwater" Cloud City Trap

"I'll stick with the guys at Broadwater through all my FXexpansion work" Kevin McGrath

"Paul is the man!" Rodney & Iky

"We thought we'd NEVER catch our vibe in the studio until we teamed up with Dez - brilliant!" Melosa

"Broadwater totally rocks!" Blackjack

"The journeys from Oxford were all worthwhile!" This Eden

"Stuff we did at Broadwater Studios is a different league to where we had been in the past. We'll never go anywhere else now." 3 Ways Of Thinking

"We came from Oxford to get the sound we wanted at Broadwater Studios! Gav did is proud, brilliant, brilliant team!" This Eden

"Dez and Gav transformed my tracks. Can't reccomend the studios highly enough." Carly Simpson

"I have produced professional school resource packs with Broadwater Studios for the last 6 years. Totally dependable." Dave Godfrey

"The lads gave me the confidence to really pursue my singing! Superb experience." Ian Bianchi

"Broadwater did our live album - it sold out in 6 months!" Diablo

"It would be strange recording anywhere else. Dez and Gav are now great friends of mine!" J.Allen

"6 great tracks. Very, very happy! All within budget." A.Middleton

"Tonbridge Wells to Newcastle - worth the journey!" Something About Nothing

"All my vocal sessions now will happen at Broadwater Studios. Really flexible lads, quality final product" Supreme Dance Records
"The guys did a brill job of mixing my album - first class!" Andy Gawn

 

 


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