Of course, any mastering facility is only as good as the engineer... But after that comes the monitoring chain, the room and the gear selection. Every piece of gear at MASSIVE Mastering was carefully chosen from some of the greatest mastering gear available. Some stock, some modified, some one-of-a-kind -- All exceptional in function and uncompromising in quality.
PRIMARY MONITORING CHAIN:
Custom built and based Tyler Acoustics (by Ty Lashbrook) Decade Series D1 reference speakers (crossovers by Danny Richie)
Pass Laboratories X-250 power amplifier
Controller: Crane Song Avocet monitor control system / monitoring D-A
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...
Extensive digital processing by Eiosis (Eliosound), Voxengo, SSL, Elysia, DFP, Algorithmix, Slate Digital, more
AM-Suite (Native to the Samplitude/Sequoia family)
Acustica Nebula
Izotope’s RX Series audio restoration tools, Samplitude Professional Cleaning-Restoration Suite
K-Stereo processor (by Bob Katz / Algorithmix)
DIGITAL CONVERSION and ROUTING HARDWARE Includes:
Crane Song H.E.D.D. 192 - Harmonically Enhanced Digital Device
Crane Song (Avocet) monitoring D/A
Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) digital routing
Emotiva XDA-1 Differential Reference™ DAC
DBX Quantum II Type IV Conversion System
Sonic Solutions SS-613 DA/AD (x2)
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
Rega P3 table w/glass platter, RB300 arm and Dynavector 10x4 MC cartridge
Cambridge Audio Azur Series 640P MM/MC Class ‘A’ phono stage
Tascam DA-30 MkII DAT deck
Sony Mini Disc
Cambridge Audio Azur Series 650BD SACD/HDCD/DVD-A
MASSIVE / Sonoris DDP Player
Marantz PMD 500 analog cassette
Technics RS-DC10 Digital Compact Cassette (DCC)
DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATIONS Feature:
(PC) Modified Sonica Labs G-340 High Performance Audio System (Intel Core i7-920 Quad Core processor - 4.8GT/s QPI)
Terastation Pro 2-Terabyte NAS-RAID
Samplitude Professional recording / mastering production system
Steinberg WaveLab Audio Mastering and Editing Suite w/DDP import/export
Plextor internal and external drives utilizing PlexTools Professional
Mac Intel Core 2 Duo - Bias Peak Pro, AudioDesk, WaveEditor DDP, etc.
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 ®
Grado Labs SR225 Prestige Series headphones
All interconnections are Belden 1800F cable with Neutrik connectors. Amplifier and speaker connections are Silver Serpent and Cobalt cables respectively.
Monster Power® 7000 Balanced & 3500 Series Professional and Blue Circle power conditioning and filtering - Pangea AC9 and AC14 cabling on all vital componentry.
"Reality Reference" monitoring chain including Hafler M5 Studio Reference monitors, Emotiva XPA-2 & Bryston 2B-SST power amplification
Custom mastering console by Sterling Modular
The famous “Stereo Stupidifier with Digital Sonic Decrapulator”