FEATURE STUDIO PROFILE


yet properly treated so that you can add whatever reverb you want afterwards without the recording having gathered too much of a small room sound.”


HYBRID PRODUCTION The Limehouse started off at the time when the idea of mixing in the box was beginning to gather some serious momentum. The studio originally had a Digidesign C24 controller but valve outboard gear soon stacked up and a Solid State Logic Matrix console was bought in summer 2013. “The SSL Matrix is a really great bit of kit from a sound quality point of view,” says Pfaff. “The summing on it is great and the Matrix facility enables us to choose our own mic preamps.” The Limehouse tends to use most


of its outboard on the way in rather than at mix down “just because people these days always want recalls”. The mix is generally in the box with 16 channels going through the SSL for summing and possibly one of the compressors like the Rupert Neve Designs Portico II Master Buss Processor. Yet while the technical gear is


definitely a selling point, according to Pfaff a lot of the studio’s bookings are thanks to its selection of instruments. “If people book us we’ve got a DW Collector’s Series drum kit with tons of different types of heads and if they tell me what they want before they come then I’ll tune the kit up for them. We’ve become quite adept at getting decent drums sounds and a variety of different sounds as well because there’s a fairly extensive kit with a lot of different drums.” The Limehouse also features a


Yamaha C3 grand piano, which comes in handy when recording classical and jazz music, along with a Fender Rhodes Mk V, Hammond SK1, Moog Minimoog Voyager, guitars from Gibson, Fender, and Martin, and a number of bass and guitar amps from brands like Vox, Mesa Boogie, Ampeg, and Fender. Some of the studio’s notable


projects include all the sitar and Indian percussion parts for Anoushka Shankar’s 2011 Grammy nominated Traveller album. “That was a nice feather in the cap for the studio and the engineer Neil,” says Pfaff. “She was pregnant so spent most of


the time lying on the sofa and had quite extensive requirements for cushions, which is obviously understandable.” Recently Williams has mixed a lot


of Brazilian percussion for music library Audio Network. www.recordingstudiolondon.co.uk


www.audiomedia.com Gear list


Mixer/control surface • SSL Matrix with 4x Switchcraft 9625 Banatam Patchbay in Custom AKA Console


Recording


• Pro Tools HD Accel 4 Card System in Magma Chassis


• Apogee Rosetta 800/192, AD16X, DA16X (24 i/o)


• Mac Pro 8-core 2.8GHz, 12GB/2TB


Mics (selected)


• AKG D112 • Audix i5 • Blue Dragonfly • Earthworks QTC30 • Earthworks SR25 • EV RE20 • Neumann U87ai • Royer R122 • Sennheiser MD421 • Shure SM7B • Sony C800G • Wunder CM7 • Yamaha SubKick


Preamps/DI


• API 3124+ (8 channels) • Avalon U5 • BSS AR-133 • Focusrite ISA428 (8 channels) • Neve 1073LB • SSL VHD Pre


Dynamics


• Manley Vari-Mu (all mods) • Rupert Neve Designs Master Buss Processor


• SSL Super Analogue Dynamics • Universal Audio 1176LN • Universal Audio Teletronix LA2A


EQ


• Earthworks Kick Pad • Focusrite Red 2 • Manley Massive Passive • Neve 1073 LB EQ • SSL E Series EQ


Reverb


• AudioEase Altiverb XL w/ Best Service Halls of Fame (960L & System 6000 IRs)


• Digidesign Revibe • Lexicon PCM Native


Monitoring


• Focal Solo 6 BE • Omniphonics S100 • Presonus Central Station • Quested VS3208 three-way monitor


• Quested VS112 subwoofer • TC Electronic XO24 • Yamaha NS10M


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