Studio re-wire and New Gear added @ Pony Music.

[OzDrum]

We at Pony Music have just spent the last 2 weeks in a state of "soldering, racking, cleaning, wiring and testing" and have just finished re-wiring our studio - adding a bunch of new gear, new racks and patch bays etc.. Was a masive task, Damien and Troy spent a lot of time mapping out everything to make sure it was all wired correctly and giving us the easiest workflow during sessions..

(links to photos here as the forum wouldn't let me add them to this post!)
LARGER PHOTOS NOW UPLOADED AS PER REQUESTS BELOW

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Some toys are off at the doctors (Rob @ Proharmonic) being re-habilitated including a second UA SOLO110 and a ROLA77 (the big brother to our BYER66) which will go in the tall upright rack once they are back. We also have a bunch of Auditronics channel strips we are thinking of racking into a rack of 8 at sometime in the near future.

We've added some nice "old school" FX units too to compliment our EMT 140 Plate and all of our software plugins. Our NEVE 542 Summing Console is also now wired in permanently and it really adds the "glue" to mixes.

Pony Music has recently recorded albums for Mark Seymour (Hunters & Collectors) which was recently released to great reviews, State of East London's album spent some time in the Top10 iTunes Metal charts while NeObliviscaris's album is currently getting mixed by Genz Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia etc) and will be released shortly. Coming up we have sessions booked with Leo Sayer and The Aura Cura amongst others.

A special THANKS to Troy McCosker for his efforts to get the studio all up and running over the past two weeks!! Great Job!!

New Gear list @ Pony Music Recording Studio: (not including instruments, amps and drums etc)

MIC PRES - 25 x high quality Mic Pre-amps
UA 2108 (2ch)
NEVE 33415 (2ch)
API 512C (4ch)
TELEFUNKEN V72 (2ch)
TELEFUNKEN V76 (2ch)
UA Solo110 (2ch)
GREAT RIVER ME-1NV (1ch)
GOLDEN AGE PROJECT Pre-73 (1ch)
BYER 66 (1ch)
ROLA 77 (1ch)
UA LA610 (1ch pre - 1ch compressor)
UA 6176 (1ch pre - 1ch compressor)
AMEK 2108DMA (2ch)
AEA TRP Ribbon Pre (2ch)
VINTECH X73i (1ch pre + EQ)
FOCUSRITE Green (1ch pre + EQ)

COMPRESSORS/EQ
NEVE 33609 Stereo Compressor (2ch)
EMPIRICAL LABS Distressor (2ch)
AL SMART C2 Compressor (2ch)
DBX 160X (2ch)
NOVA CL-1 Compressor/Limiter (2ch)
UA 1176LN Black Face (1ch)
UA LA610 (1ch pre - 1ch comp)
UA 6176 (1ch pre - 1ch comp)
ORBAN Optimod 6200 DAB (stereo)
SCV PFL52B Parametric EQ (2ch)

EFFECTS
EMT 140 Plate Reverb
LEXICON PCM70
ROLAND SRV 2000
YAMAHA SPX90II
YAMAHA REV5
ROLAND Chorus Echo SRE-555

SYSTEM
Digidesign C24 Console (16 mic pres)
Neve 542 Summing Console
Digidesign ProTools 8 - HD2Accel system
Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Plug-in card
Apple Mac Pro Quad Xeon
Apogee 16X AD Converter
Lynx Aurora 16X AD/DA Converter
Universal Audio 2192 AD/DA Converter/Clock

PLUG-INS - too many to mention (all legit versions)!

We also have a secondary "mobile" ProTools HD System comprising
of Digidesign HD3 with Mac Pro (26 inputs).

MICROPHONES
1 x Neumann U47 long body
1 x Neumann U47 short body
1 x Neumann U47 FET
1 x Neumann U87
1 x Neumann TLM103 LDC
2 x Neumann KM54
2 x Neumann KM56
1 x Neumann KM74
1 x sE Gemini Dual Tube LDC
1 x AKG C414uls LDC
2 x Mercenary Audio MFG-KM69 SDC
1 x Mojave Audio MA100 Tube SDC
2 x Mojave Audio MA200 Tube LDC
1 x AEA R92 Ribbon
1 x AEA R84 Ribbon
1 x Shure SM7B
2 x Oktava MC012
1 x Oktava MK319
1 x Crown PZM
2 x Rode NT2
Sennheiser MD419, MD421, MD431, e609, e604, e601
Shure SM91, SM57, SM58, Beta58A
Audix D6, D1, D2, i5
+ many more.

MONITORING
CraneSong Avocet Monitor Control
Audio Toys Monitor6 with Subs
Yamaha NS10M
Grover Notting CR-1 reference monitors
Auratone 5C reference monitors
Beyer Dynamic DT-770 Headphones
Direct Sound Extreme Isolation Headphones

[rick]

looks great fellas
you have come such a long way in a relatively short time !

[HA_DA_JA]

Man your pics are way to small to see anything or am I getting too old?

[OzDrum]

Man your pics are way to small to see anything or am I getting too old?

sorry, they were sized to be a reasonable size in a forum post - but this forum doesn't let you post linked photos within the thread like most others do..

[Drumstruck]

Looks great Ozdrum - some bigger pics would be really good.

[OzDrum]

Thanks all,
I have uploaded larger versions of the photos - now in the original post as per requests.
These photos were literally taken 30 seconds after the final cleanup after the re-wire.. these were taken with no flash and in my hand so with such a slow shutter speed due to the low light they aren't that clear - plus I am no photographer!
We are booked fairly solid from tomorrow onwards now but I'll try to get some updated photos asap using a tripod and some better lighting
Cheers
Geoff

[Chris H]

It all looks great Geoff. You and the boys have done a great job.

[OzDrum]

Some more MOJO just added to our studio...

Chord SPA 1032 and SPA1232 Power Amplifiers to run our main custom made Studio Monitors.

These exact amps are straight out of Mayfair Studios in the UK http://www.mayfair-studios.co.uk/
and purchased from our friend John Hudson who has had a string of hits and grammy awards over the years.

http://www.chordelectronics.co.uk/produ ... o.asp?id=9

These are replacing our old Yamaha P2250 amplifiers which will now be concentrating on headphones.