The studio
A treated control room in Girrawheen, Perth. Set up for vocal recording and lit for video.
Recording chain
Microphone
Shure KSM44A
Multi-pattern large-diaphragm condenser
Preamp
BAE 1073
Class-A Neve-lineage preamp
Conversion
UA Apollo Twin
Conversion and monitoring
The room
Acoustics
and lighting
Broadband absorption across the first reflection points, corner trapping and a faceted diffusion wall behind the desk. Programmable RGB lighting throughout, so a session can be filmed without a separate lighting setup.
- Treatment
- Broadband absorption, corner trapping, diffusion wall
- Tracking
- Vocal position with movable acoustic gobos
- Monitoring
- Nearfields on isolation mounts, reference headphones
- Lighting
- Programmable RGB throughout the room
- Capacity
- Artist plus two or three
Equipment
LAHAI Creative
Video production
Music videos and artist content are produced through LAHAI Creative, using the same room and lighting. Editing, post-production and colour grading are included in the quoted price.
