Studio
Music from Wales
Studio 1
Originally designed to Sain’s specifications in 1980, Studio 1 has been regularly up-dated over the years, but still retains its original character. The studio itself measures 12m x 9m and is divided into live and dead acoustic areas with an isolated recording booth.
Equipment
Use of the following equipment is included in the hire of the studio –
Piano – Yamaha Grand C7
Organ – Hammond & Leslie loudspeaker
Electric piano/keyboards – Yamaha S90ES
Acoustic guitar – Guild
Electric guitar – Fender USA Strat
Bass guitar – Yamaha
Electronic drums – Akai S900, Alesis D4, Akai S3000XL & ME35T
Synthesizer – Yamaha DX7 fd II, Oberheim M1000, Roland 2080
Sampler – Akai S900, S3000XL
Amps – Fender Twin Reverb
Guitar processor – Line 6 Pod
Microphones – AKG, Audio Technical, Beyer, Milab, Neumann, Sennheiser, Shure, Sony
Control room
7.5m x 7.5m control room with air conditioning
Mixing desk – AMEK Rembrandt 56 channel with automation, total recall and virtual dynamics
Multi track hard disk recorder/editor – 48 track Pyramix system with picture capture, various native and vst plugins, and mastering facilities.
Other software packages available include Sonar, and Sound Forge with noise reduction plug-ins
Hard-disk recorder – IZ systems Radar 24 with DVD-RAM backup
2” 24 track tape machine – Sony MCI with Dolby A
Loudspeakers – combination of any 3 pairs- ATC SCM 100A, Auratones, Genelec 1029, Yamaha NS10M
10 compressors – including Avalon, Lexicon and DBX
2 delay lines – Ibanez
Noise gates – Drawmer (6)
Reverb – Lexicon PCM91, AMS RMX 16, Yamaha Rev5, 2 x SPX90
Aural exciter – Aphex, Eventide H3000 Harmoniser, Roland DEP5
Intonation Processor – Antares ATR1 (hardware unit and VST plug-in version available).
Studio 2
Ideal for voice-overs, mixing, editing, dubbing and mastering .
6m x 5m control room and adjoining machine room, sound insulated & air-conditioned.
Mixing desk – Yamaha 02R
Multi track hard disk recorder system – Pyramix native
Other software packages available include Sonar, and Sound Forge with noise reduction plug-ins
8 track digital recorder – TASCAM DA88 × 2
8 track MO recorder – Genex GX8000
2 track recorder – Studer A810 with centre track time code and Dolby A & SR
DAT recorder – Tascam with time code
CD recorder – Marantz dual
Dual cassette recorder
F1 recorder
MD recorder – Tascam
Speakers – combination of any 2 – ATC SCM20, Yamaha NS10M, Auratones
Record player – Stanton
Playback & video recording – DVCam, U-Matic, VHS, Beta SP
Reverb – Lexicon PCM91, Yamaha SPX90
Limiters/compressors – Avalon AD2044, DBX DDP
Recording booth
The 3m x 2.5m recording booth is connected to both studio 2 and 3 and is particularly suitable for recording vocals and single instrument overdubbing.
Studio 3
Ideal for mixing, editing, dubbing, voice-overs and mastering.
4m x 3.5m control room, sound insulated & air-conditioned.
Mixing desk – Yamaha 01V
Multi track hard disk recorder/editor – Pyramix system with picture capturing and mastering facilities
CD recorder – HHB Burn-it
Playback & video recording – DVCam, U-Matic, VHS, Beta SP
Active speakers – Genelec 8050 and subwoofer
Additional equipment
8 track digital recorder with synchronizer – TASCAM DA88 × 2
Reverb – Lexicon PCM91
Studio 3 is also available as a separate unit for dry hire. Unit includes vocal recording booth, control room, kitchen/lounge area and WC. Equipment supplied to be discussed.
On-location recording
Sain have various set-ups available for on-location recording with experience in recording all types of music from hip hop to classical in venues ranging from the local pub to The Royal Albert Hall – please contact us for more information.
Sain Studio hire rates
Studio 1 – Recording
(including control room and engineer)
£55 per hour
£375 per day – 9 hours including lunch
£1000 3 days
£1500 per week – 5 days
Piano tuning – £60
Studio 1 – Rehearsal / Location
(studio only – including piano)
£15 per hour
£100 per day – 9 hours including lunch
£250 3 days
Studio 2 or 3 – Recording
(including an engineer)
£40 per hour
£275 per day – 9 hours including lunch
£750 3 days
£1125 per week – 5 days
Studio 3 – Dry hire
(deposit required)
£15 per hour
£100 per day
£250 3 days
£450 per week – 7 days
Location Recording
£200 half day – 4 hours
£360 per day – 9 hours including lunch
£50 overtime after 9 hours – per hour
Travel – 40p per mile from Sain. Travelling time is included in the work hours.
Extras – A full size electric piano/keyboard with weighted keys – Yamaha S90ES can be hired for the recording for £50 per day
Prices exclude VAT
For further information on any of the above please contact Siwan Evans .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
