MASSIVE Mastering's Gear Selection

MAIN MONITORING CHAIN: 

  • Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) Nautilus 802 loudspeakers
  • Pass Labs X-250 power amplifier 
  • Crane Song Avocet monitor control system / monitoring D-A

ANALOG OUTBOARD Includes:

  • Manley Variable-Mu (Mastering Edition) compressor / limiter
  • Crane Song STC-8M Class A mastering compressor / limiter
  • “SS-oweL” Stereo Compressor (Custom unit based on the SSL4044E/G buss compressor with added MCI416 transformer output)
  • Crane Song Ibis Discrete Class A parametric equalizer
  • API 5500 Dual Equalizer (hybrid 550 B/D/M EQ)

DIGITAL INTERNAL AND OUTBOARD PROCESSING Includes:

  • DBX Quantum ll (Digital Multi-band Mastering Processor) 
  • Universal Audio Digital (UAD) collection: Fairchild 670, Teletronix LA2A, Urei 1176LN, Precision Mastering Series Limiter, Pultec EQP-1A, Cambridge EQ, Pultec MEQ-5, Precision Mastering Series Equalizer, Precision Multi-Band compressor, Neve 33609C Stereo Compressor, more... 
  • Eliosound Air EQ

DIGITAL CONVERSION and ROUTING HARDWARE Includes:

  • Crane Song H.E.D.D. 192 - Harmonically Enhanced Digital Device
  • Bel Canto e.One Dac3 upsampling DA converter (PCM1792 / CS8421)
  • Lavry Engineering (dB Technologies) 4496 Conversion System:
    • M*AD824 2 channel A/D converter
    • M*SYNC Master clock
    • M*DA824 2 channel D/A converter
  • Crane Song monitoring D/A
  • Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) digital routing
  • DBX Quantum II Type IV Conversion System
  • Lynx AES 16-channel Digital Interface / Router

SOURCE PLAYBACK / TRANSPORT Includes:

  • MCI JH110C open-reel analog deck (with 1/4” and 1/2” head stacks)
  • Tascam DV-RA1000 Direct Stream Digital (Sony DSD) system
  • Alesis MasterLink ML-9600 High Resolution Master Disk System
  • TASCAM DA-30 MkII DAT deck
  • Sony Mini Disc
  • Sony, TEAC Cassette
  • Technics RS-DC10 Digital Compact Cassette

DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATIONS Feature:

  • (PC) Sonica-X G-340 High Performance Audio System
    • Intel Pentium 4 3.4Ghz Prescott processor
    • Intel 875P Chipset
    • 3 GB DDR400 RAM
    • 800Mhz FSB
    • Hyper threading, SATA RAID
    • 20dB quiet THERMAxFlow cooling
    • Over a terabyte of local drive space
  • Terastation Pro 2-Terabyte NAS-RAID
  • (Magix) Samplitude recording / mastering production system
  • Steinberg WaveLab Audio Mastering and Editing Suite
  • Plextor internal and external drives utilizing PlexTools Professional
  • Mac Intel Core 2 Duo

DITHERING OPTIONS Include:

  • Lavry Engineering Dithering with Acoustic Bit Correction®
  • Apogee UV-22 HR (Hardware and software) Dithering
  • POW-r Dithering system
  • Crane Song “Analog Dither”
  • Crane Song HEDD 192

WELL, THAT’S GREAT. ANYTHING ELSE?

  • Room treatments by GIK Acoustics, Klups, RealTraps ®
  • All interconnections are Belden 1800F cable with Neutrik connectors. Amplifier and speaker connections are Silver Serpent and Cobalt cables respectively. 
  • Monster Power® Professional and Blue Circle power conditioning and filtering
  • Custom console by Sterling Modular
  • The famous “Stereo Stupidifier with Digital Sonic Decrapulator”
MASSIVE Workstation
Crane Song LTD
Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) Loudspeakers
LAVRY Engineering
MANLEY LABS
Pass Labs amplification
Sonica Labs High Performance Audio Systems
MAGIX Samplitude / Sequoia software products
GIK Acoustics
Real Traps acoustic solutions
API - Automated Processes, Inc.
Malcom Toft Audio Designs
POW-r Dithering
Cobalt Cable
Bel Canto design
TASCAM
Gear Shot - MCI JH110C mastering deck
Eliosound Air EQ VST plugin equalizer
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