Aarhus Lydstudie is a cozy sound studio filled with high-end gear, vintage microphones and instruments of all sorts. We have a broad spectre of artists recording here, and we would love to make your next great record, so feel free to contact us!
37 m2 live room
18 m2 ambient room
6 m2 vocal booth
27 m2 control room
+ kitchen, bathroom and lounge.
In total there is 140 m2 of professional recording facilities located in the center of Aarhus.
Contact information:
Aarhus Lydstudie
DK-8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
Phone: (+45) 40954205
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.aarhuslydstudie.dk
The Nerdy Stuff:
Pro Tools system with 64 stereo channels.
DAW: Digi 003 Rack with Lynx Aurora 8 and API A2D.
Mac Pro with Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core processors , 4 GB memory, etc.
Microphones:
Neumann: M149, TLM103
AKG: C12 VR, D112 (x2), C451 EB (x2), C451 B (x2)
Royer Labs: R-121
B&O: BM5 stereo ribbon microphone
Shure: PG52, SM57 (x4), SM58 (x2)
Beyer: M55
Beyerdynamic: M88 TG
Sennheiser: MD-21 (x2), MD-421 (x5), MD-441
ADK: A-51ST
Placid Audio: Copperphone
Yamaha: Subkick
Outboard:
API A2D stereo pre-amp and AD converter
API 3124+ (4 pre-amps)
Great River ME-1NV pre-amp
Chandler Limited TG2 stereo pre-amp
Chandler Limited Germanium pre-amp
Chandler Limited Germanium Compressor (x2)
Gyraf Gyratec X Vari-Mu Tube Compressor
A-Designs Pacifica stereo pre-amp
Tore Seem console preamp & EQ
Digidesign Digi 003 Rack (4 pre-amps + 8 I/O ADA converter)
Altec 1606B Mixer with mods (4 preamps)
Control room monitor:
For kick ass precision monitoring, we use A.D.A.M. S3A
Software:
Pro Tools LE 8
Digidesign Music Production Toolkit 2
Waves Platinum Bundle
Altiverb 6.3 Convolution Reverb
UAD-1 Project Pack
Propellerhead Reason 2.5
iZotope Trash
iZotope RX
Antares Auto-tune Evo
Massey plug-ins
Sonnox Oxford EQ
Wave Editor 1.4.3
SoundToys Native Effects
Headsets:
AKG: K270 (x2), K271 (x2), K44
BeyerDynamic DT770, DT250
Sennheiser HD433, HD280 PRO (x4)
Headset amp: Fostex PH-50, Behringer AMP800 and Presonus HP4
Central and peripheral nervous system
We put great effort in using quality components like Neutrik connectors and cables from Mogami to ensure high fidelity audio signal paths in the studio. Our patch bays are Signex Isopatch Bantam PRO with Mogami bantam cables. We use a Furman power conditioner PL8EII to ensure clean power for our equipment.
DIs and stuff
Lynx Aurora 8 (ADA-converter)
Little Labs Red Eye (passive DI/re-amp/splitter box)
Little Labs Signal Transmission Device
Radial Engineering JDI Jensen Passive DI box
L.R. Baggs Para Acoustic DI box
EMO Systems DI box
Shure A15AS Attenuator (x3)
Petes Place PlastPad Filter
Amps:
VOX AC30H2 (Hand-wired Heritage)
Fender Twin Reverb
Marshall MS-2 (microamp)
AER Compact 60 amp (x2)
Instruments and other stuff:
Grand Piano (Hornung & Møller A15 from 1910)
Rhodes Mark I, 73 keys
Yamaha CS-10 mono synth
Roland JUNO-60 synth Korg Kaoss Pad KP3
Pearl snare 12" Maple Shell
Pearl snare 14x5.5" Aluminum SensiTone Elite
Tama Snare 14x6.5" Metal Works
Lots of (custom) guitar pedals
Moon Irish Bouzouki (it sounds fantastic!)
Rickenbacker bass 4003
Hagström Super Swede electric guitar
Regal Black Lightning Resonator Guitar
Norman B20 acoustic guitar
"Dallas" vintage acoustic guitar (~ from 1940)
Epiphone mandolin
A viola
A couple of really nice and old violins
Yamaha trumpet
An old clarinet
A really old harmonica
Oscar Schmidt Autoharp (Appalachian OS45CE)
Small percussion things
A couple of tin whistles and a low D whistle
Cool stuff
Thanks to Drum City - the coolest drum shop in Denmark - we now have a set of their Tama Star Classic drums in the studio. BD: 22". Toms: 10", 12" and 16".