Calvin Scully on ICE talking about his single "UNDO", April 2009
Rocky De Valera's New Single "BABY"
Calvin Scully's New Single "UNDO"
Paul Hourican's "Let it Go", Recorded in Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin
The ICE Christmas Song 2008
The Falalah Song - ICE TV's Eurovision Entry 2008
Phonic Artist Calvin Scully on RTE Talking About "Torn Apart" Single! November 2007
About Phonic Studios
Right in the heart of Dublin's city centre, Phonic Studios is designed to create the perfect atmosphere for making great music. With natural light, comfortable surroundings, great gear and great ears, Phonic lets you concentrate on what's important: the music.
The
People
Phonic Studios provide a full production service. The producers at Phonic, Paul Byrne, Derek Cronin and Conor Brady, have recorded and performed with with many well known artists, including many famous names like Sinead O'Connor, Terence Trent D'Arby and the Corrs.
The
Space
Phonic
Studios has 110 sq metres dedicated to giving you the service
you need.
The
control room is spacious and can accommodate 6 to 10 people easily
and comfortably. Genelec and NS10 monitoring and acoustic
treatment give the room a great sound for recording and mixing. The
live room is suitable for all sorts of recording and can be made "live" or "dead" to your requirements, thanks to a customised
baffling sustem. Vocals and drums sound great, and all sorts
of instruments can be accommodated. If
you need to get away from the music to clear your head, there's
the kitchen and chillout room, with a Playstation and always-on wireless internet access.
Equipment
The
studio is based around an Apple Mac with Logic Studio 8 and Pro
Tools LE 7. Lots of effects and
instruments are at your disposal. On the hardware
front there is a huge array of mics, preamps, samplers, and
synthesisers available to you. There's even an in-house
drum kit and a range of percussion instruments. Our studio has wi-fi so you can surf while you work, or connect to our network for file transfer. Every night, your files are automatically transferred to our backup server to preserve your work in case something unforeseen happens!
The List
This is just some of the gear we have at Phonic
Apple Macintosh G5
Manley 8+8x2
Valve Desk
Manley ELOP
Electro Optical Limiter
Apogee Rosetta 800
Yamaha NS10, Genelec 8040 and Dynaudio monitors
Digidesign Digi002 18 I/O Audio Interface
Pro Tools LE 7
Waves Gold Native Bundle
Wave Arts Power Suite Mixing and Mastering Effects
Synthogy Ivory Piano
FXPansion BFD Drums
GMedia MTron Mellotron emulator
Grand Electrix CP70/80 Emulator
ReFX Nexus
Izotope iDrum drum sampler
Logic Studio including
EXS24 Digital Sampler
EVB3 Hammond
EVD6 Clavinet
EVP88 Digital Piano
Sculpture, EFM1, ES1 & ES2 Virtual Synthesizers
EVOC20 Vocoder
Guitar Amp Pro
Bass Amp
Space Designer Convolution Reverb
Pitch Correction
Full compatibility with Garageband
Manley and TLAudio Preamps/Compressors
Neumann U87
Neumann KLM 184 x2
Schoeps CMC5-U
AKG SolidTube Microphone
AKG C414 Condenser Microphone
AKG D112
Audix drum mics
Rode NT5 x2
SE Electronics Ribbon Mic x2
Clavia Nord Stage weighted digital piano/organ/synthesiser
Yamaha CP33 weighted digital piano
Korg
Trinity 61 key synthesizer
Korg Prophecy 3 octave PM synthesizer
Roland Octapad drum controller
Roland VK8M organ
Novation BassStation analogue synthesizer
M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 weighted digital controller
Sonar
Signature Series Maple Drum Kit
Paiste and Sabian Cymbals
Assorted Snares
Various Percussion Instruments
Added Extras
Finally, if you get bored with all this gear we even have an Avid video editing suite AND a Final Cut Studio video editing suite where we can cut your music video between takes. Or you can always use our expertise in multimedia to make your DVD or website. For more information on this side of our business, see the Optophonic website.
Phonic Studios, 9A Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1, Tel + 353 1 8729457
Phonic Studios is part of Optophonic Ltd