Studio Equipment at Schraubfabrik

Rooms

Our studio has a spacious 35 m² control room that can also be used for recording. Acoustic modules, bass traps, absorbers and diffusers from GK Acoustics and MB Akustik provide an open, transparent sound. The studio was designed and acoustically calibrated by More Accurate from Offenbach.

The vocal booth is approximately 6 m², with acoustics ranging from dry to lively. A Neumann U87 microphone is always set up as standard. A large computer monitor is available for dubbing video and reading scripts.

Monitoring

For several years, we have relied on reference monitors from KSdigital in Saarbrücken.

Current systems:

• KSdigital A300
• KSdigital ADM20
• ADAM A8X
• GENELEC 6010B
• JM Audio A1 (for the laptop speaker test)

Microphones

• 2x Neumann U87i
• 1x Neumann TLM 127
• 2x Neumann KM 184 (matched pair)
• 1x Telefunken AR 51 (valve microphone)
• 1x Warm Audio WA251 (valve microphone)
• 1x AKG C414
• 1x AKG C1000S
• 1x AKG D112
• 2x RHODE NT55 – matched pair
• 1x SHURE SM7b
• 1x SHURE KSM 335 (ribbon microphone)
• 6x SHURE SM57
• 2x SHURE SM58 plus various unbranded microphones
• 1x SHURE SM87
• 1x SHURE BETA91a
• and more

DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)

• Steinberg Cubase (always up to date)
• Steinberg Nuendo (always up to date)
• Steinberg WaveLab (always up to date)
• Ableton Live Suite 10

Audio Interfaces

• RME FIREFACE UFX 800
  with Ferrofish A16
  28 input and 28 output channels in total

Mobile Recording

• Midas M32R Live
• Various audio interfaces for every occasion
• Microphones
• PreAmps
• Cables
• Headphones

Analogue Compressors

• 1x API 2500 stereo mastering compressor
• 1x Tegeler Audio Manufaktur Vari Tube Compressor – mastering valve compressor
• 1x Tegeler Creme mastering compressor with EQ
• 1x DRAWMER 1973 three-band stereo FET compressor – mastering multiband compressor
• 1x TAB U373a (compressor/limiter from 1978), serial no. 459/460
• 1x WARM AUDIO WA-76
• 1x Klark Teknik 2A-KT
• 1x dbx 166XL

Preamps

• 1x STUDER 961 mixing desk with 8 microphone preamps and 8 line inputs
• 2x Focusrite ISA 430 MK2 Producer Pack
• 1x Focusrite ISA ONE – also used as a DI box for bass or guitar
• 1x Tegeler Audio Manufaktur VariTubeRecording Channel
• 6x Telefunken V676
• 2x Telefunken V676a
• 1x Telefunken V672
• 1x Telefunken V673

Mastering and Effects Processors

• 1x Thermionic Culture Culture Vulture Mastering Edition (Tube-Distortion/ Glue)
• 1x Sherman Filterbank 2 (Distortion)
• 1x BBD 320 Dimension D - Clone (Chorus)

Equalizers

• 1x Tegeler Audio Manufaktur Classic Equalizer EQP-1 – mastering valve EQ
• 1x Tegeler Audio Manufaktur CREME mastering EQ with compressor
• 2x Focusrite ISA 430 MK2 Producer Pack
• 2x FILTEK EQ MK3
• 1x WARM AUDIO - TUBE EQ
• 1x Telefunken W395a
• 2x Eckmiller TS 10 / HS 10 equalisers

Hardware Synthesisers

• Waldorf QUANTUM
• MOOG SUB37
• MOOG Prodigy
• Roland TR08
• Roland SH01A
• Korg Micro-Preset,
• Korg Polysix,
• Trinity Rack
• Electribe MX1,
• KPR-77-Drum-machine
• Roland: SH 101, SP808EX, JX3P
• Novation: SuperBassStation, DrumStation
• Waldorf: MicroQ, Kurzweil 1000PX
• EMU: Proteus 1, ESI32 (2x)
• Yamaha A-3000 / 20 GB hard drive + 10 outputs
• SY85-Masterkeyboard
• Pearl: Syncussion SY-1
• ControlSynthesis-DeepBassNine
• and more

Tape

• 1x STUDER A807 for analogue mastering
  Various new BASF and AGFA tapes

Software

• Universal Audio – a broad selection of premium tools
• WAVES
• Native Instruments – the full range
• Fab Filter - All Bundle
• ARTURIA - Bundle
• XFER SERUM
• and many more, too many to list!

MIDI

• ESI - M4U-EX

Guitars & Basses

• 1x KEMPER - AMP
• 2x Gibson SG
• 1x Epiphone Les Paul
• 1x Furch acoustic guitar
• and more

Drums

• DW vintage drum kit with Paiste and Zildjian cymbals
• 1x Roland V-Drums
• 1x Cahon
• and various percussion instruments