STUDIO EQUIPMENT

Featuring a Steinway D “Fabbrini Collection” and a Shigeru Kawai EX
350 square meter complex Main Room 15 x 9 x 8 meters
housing up to 50-person orchestras
Precision Amphion monitoring in our “Non-Environment Room”
Top quality audio and video equipment

Write to us for more info
ask@the-spheres.com

Rooms

Main Room 15 x 9 x 8m. Silent floor heating and cooling.
Drum Booth 5 x 4 x 3m
Vocal Booth 4 x 3 x 3m
Control Room 8 x 6 x 4m
Post Production Room 8 x 4 x 4m
Recreation Room – Kitchen, TV, coffee machine, sofa Backyard area with BBQ and deckchairs
Machine Room, 3 Bathrooms

Instruments

Steinway Model D (Hamburg, Fabbrini Collection)
Shigeru Kawai SK-EX
Fabbrini technicians on call
Gretsch ’60’s Round Badge ‘Progressive Jazz’ Outfit
Gretsch 4160 Mid ’60’s Round Badge Chrome over Brass Snare
Thomann Triangle Master Bronze 3″, Bronze 6″, Bronze 8″, Black Swamp Percussion SPSET-2 Triangle Beater Set

Hardware

Gibraltar 9608E Drum Throne
2x Pearl BC-830 Cymbal boom stand
2x Pearl C-830 Straight cymbal stand
2x Pearl H-830 Hi-Hat stand
2x Pearl S-830 Snare stand
2x Pearl P-930 Single Bass Drum pedal

Amps

Orange Dual Terror DT30H ALL VALVE HEAD 15/15/7 WATTS
Orange PPC112 Guitar Speaker Cabinet
Fender Super Reverb AB763 (1969)
Fender Bassman – Head and Cabinet (1967)
Vox AC30 (1973 UK)
Gallien Krueger 700RB-II
Ampeg Heritage SVT-410HLF
Ampeg SVT15E
THD Hot plate 4 ohm Red
THD Hot Plate 8 Ohm Purple

Pedals

Bixonic Expandora EXP-2000 (V1)
Electro-harmonix Big Muff Pi V4 – 1978
Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man
Electro-Harmonix Freeze Sustainer
Electro-Harmonix Mel9 Tape Replay Machine
MXR Distortion III
MXR Bass Distortion M85
MXR Phase 100 Block
MXR FET Driver
MXR Super Comp
MXR Noise Clamp
Mu-Tron Phasor II (original)
Mu-Tron C-200 Volume Wah
Neunaber Stereo Wet Reverb
Source Audio Nemesis Delay
Vox Cooltron Brit Boost
MXR M238 Iso-Brick Power Supply
Jim Dunlop MXR M237 DC Brick
Pedaltrain Terra 42 with a Tour Case

Console

Yamaha DM2000

Mics

Condenser-Tube
2 Flea C12 (matched pair)
2 Flea M49 (matched pair)
2 Neumann M149 (matched pair)
2 Neumann U67 (2018 Reissue)
2 Schoeps M221F (matched pair with M934 capsules)

Condenser-FET
2 AKG C414 XLS (matched pair)
4 DPA4006 TL (2 matched pairs)
2 DPA4011 TL (matched pair)
1 Neumann U47 Fet
3 Neumann U87
1 Neumann U87ai
1 Neumann Rsm 190i s
1 Neumann KMS 85 I
1 Neumann TLM 49
4 Schoeps V4 U USM Set B
4 Schoeps CMC 6 U
1 Schoeps MK2
2 Schoeps MK21
4 Schoeps MK4 (2 matched pairs)
1 Schoeps MK41
1 Schoeps MSTC 64 U (RAI edition)
1 Schoeps CMIT 5U
1 Schoeps CCM8 LG
2 Sennheiser 8020
6 Sennheiser 8040
2 Sennheiser 8090
1 Sennheiser MKH 800 TWIN
2 Telefunken CU-29 Copperhead
1 AT Pro44 Unidirectional Boundary mic

Ribbon and Moving-Coil Dynamics
1 AEA R84
1 AEA R92
1 AKG D12
1 AKG D19
2 Coles 4038 (matched pair)
1 Coles 4104
2 Royer R-121 (matched pair)
1 Samar VL37 A
1 Electrovoice RE320
2 Shure SM57 LC
1 Shure Beta 52A, dynamic microphone, Supercardioid
2 Sennheiser MD-421 II-4
1 Sennheiser e602-II
1 1962 Vintage Sony Dynamic Pipe Microphone

Radio
1 Sennheiser ew 500 G4 965 DW Band
3 Sennheiser ew 500 G4 MKE2 DW Band

Preamps & DI

8 x Forssell SMP-2
Earthworks 1024
D.W. Fearn VT2
AES TRP-2
Avalon U5
Radial J48 Active Direct Box
Radial JDI Duplex
Radial X-Amp Active Reamper
Radial SGI Studio Guitar Interface System
Radial JDI MK3 Passive DI Box
Radial JDV MK5 ActiveDI Box
Radial Firefly Tube DI

A/D Convertors

DAD AX32 – A/D 32 channels mic/line, D/A 16 channels (Dante 64 channels, 8 AES3 I/O, 1 coax MADI I/O)
Lavry Blue (16AD /  16DA)
Metric Halo ULN-8 (Sonic Studio 305)
Weiss ADC2 (with firewire)
Apogee Mini-ME

Compressors

Prism Sound Maselec Mastering Compressor MLA-2
Dangerous Music Compressor
2 x Empirical Labs EL8-XS Distressor (British Mode and Image Link)

Reverb processor

Bricasti M7
Tegeler Audio Manufaktur Raumzeitmaschine

EQ

Manley Massive Passive Stereo Tube

Monitor Controller & DAC

Crane Song Avocet
Grace m902 (balanced outputs)

Monitors & Cans

Amphion Two18 (with DMSD 60 Pro)
Amphion Base25
2 x Amphion Amp500
Neumann KH120
ME Geithain RL906
Live room (playback): Electro-Voice ELX 112P
Aviom D-800 A-NET Distributor with A-Net Bridge Input
Aviom Yamaha 16/o-Y1 A-Net Card
5 x Aviom A360 Personal Mixers
1 x Sennheiser HD 800 headphones (open)
2 x Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 250 Ohm headphones (closed)
2 x Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 80 Ohm headphones (closed)
1 x Neumann NDH 20 (closed)

Transport

Denon DN-300Z MK II, CD/SD/USB/BT Player
THORENS TD 124/II SME 3009
Thorens TD125
PassLabs XP-17 Phonostage
Grado Prestige Gold 1
Nagaoka MP-500
Hegel 360

Software

Sequoia 14
Pro Tools 12
Weiss Saracon
soundBlade HD (2 licenses) & Amarra Player Samplitude
Apple Logic 8
Spectrafoo Metering
Flux Pure Analyzer
Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Creative Cloud

Platform

RME Digiface Dante
RME HDSPe MADI FX
RME HDSPe AES PCIe Interface – up to 192kHz, 16x I/O, 8x AES/EBU
Windows 8.1, Intel i5-6600K 3.5GHz, 16GB Corsaire DDR4-2133 RAM, with Samsung Pro 850 SSD, BE QUIET Silent base 800 and ASROCK Z170-Extreme 6 motherboard.
iMac Pro 3.2GHZ 8-CORE INTEL XEON 64GB 2666MHZ DDR4 ECC MEMORY, 1TB SSD, RADEON PRO VEGA 64 16GB
Mac Pro 8-core a 3,0GHz con 25MB di cache L3, 16GB (4 x 4GB) di ECC DDR3 a 1866MHz, Unità SSD PCIe da 256GB, Due GPU AMD FirePro D700, ciascuna con 6GB di VRAM GDDR5
IMAC 27”/CTO 4.0GHz QC i7, TB up to 4.2GHz 32GB Ram 1867MHz DDR3L (4x8GB)HARD DRIVE 3TB Fusion Drive
Mac Pro 2.8Ghz dual processors quad-core, 32GB ram
MAC MINI: Processor 3.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Memory 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM, Hard Drive 256GB Flash Storage, Graphics Intel Iris Graphics
Ardis DDP8D4 (RAID 5 4x6TB + Raid5 4x1TB SSDs)
TC Electronic Digital Konnect x32 digital patchbay
JL Cooper controller
Avid Artist Transport controller
CD Burner: ALERATEC 1:4 DVD/CD TOWER PUBLISHER

Plugs

Algorithmix K-Stereo
DMGAudio COMPassion
DMGAudio EQuilibrium
Exponential Audio Bricasti M7 Control
FabFilter Pro-MB
FabFilter Pro-C 2
FabFilter Pro-Q 2
FabFilter Pro-DS
FabFilter Pro-L 2
FabFilter Pro-G
FabFilter Saturn
FabFilter Pro-R
FabFilter Twin 2
FabFilter Timeless 2
FabFilter Volcano 2
FabFilter Simplon
FabFilter One
FabFilter Micro
Flux Ircam Verb
Flux Pure Limiter
Izotope RX Post Production Suite 2
Izotope Ozone 6
Izotope Nectar
Izotope Alloy
LiquidSonic Reverberate 2
Sonic Studio reNOVAtor
Sound Radix AutoAlign
Sound Radix Pi
Voxengo Latency Delay
Voxengo Sound Delay
Waves Linear EQ
Waves VEQ3
Waves VEQ4
Waves S1
Waves C1
Waves Dorrough stereo
WAVES CLASIGSG – Chris Lord-Alge Signature Series
Waves USW379-1362-532 – Renaissance Maxx
Waves USW379-1362-608 – SSL 4000 Collection

Recorders

Zoom F8
Zoom F4
Zoom H6
Zoom FRC-8
JoeCo BBR1-B Blackbox Recorder

Misc

Tieline Merlin
NEUTRIK NPPA-TT-S-FN, TT-Phone 96er Patchbay
3 x SIGNEX CPT96D25 ISOPATCH BANTAM JACKFIELDRear D-sub
Sonifex Redbox RB-DDA6A
5 x Motorola CLP446 Walkie Talkies
DW Fearn LP-1 line pad
Radial OX8J splitter
Radial JS3
Radial Cherry Picker Studio Preamp Selector
Radial Gold Digger Passive Mic Selector
1x AirTurn PEDpro with Manos Universal Tablet Holder

Seating and stands

40 x Bergerault B1014 Orchestra Chairs
4 x Bergerault B2002 Adjustable backrest Orchestra Chairs
24 x K&M 11930 Orchestra Stand Overture
Manhasset 54 Conductor`s Stand Regal
3 Steinway piano benches
Andexinger Piano Bench Lift-o-matic
Mey Chair Systems AF5-KB-H-PU5
1x Bergerault B1025

Tripods

1 x Triad-Orbit Triad TM
1 x Triad-Orbit Triad T1
10 x Triad-Orbit Triad T2
6 x Triad-Orbit Triad T3
4 x Triad-Orbit Starbird Super Boom Stand
5 x Triad-Orbit Orbit O1
3 x Triad-Orbit Orbit O2
2 x Triad-Orbit Orbit Mini, Boom with IO-A2 Quick-Change arm
1 x Triad-Orbit IO-VM, Short telescopic boom arm
2 x Triad-Orbit Triad T-ES
1 x Triad-Orbit IO-VM, Video Display
1 x Triad-Orbit Micro M1-R Retrofit Orbital Stem Hanging Mic Adapter
1 x Triad-Orbit Micro M2-R Retrofit Short Stem Orbital Mic Adapter
1 x Triad-Orbit Micro 2 M2 Short Stem Orbital Mic Adapter
2 x Triad-Orbit IO-C Mounting Clamp with IO Quick-Change Coupler
1 x Triad-Orbit IO-Desk
1 x Triad-Orbit iOrbit Universal Smartphone and Tablet Holder
54 x Triad-Orbit IO-RA/6 Quick-Change Coupler
3 x Triad-Orbit Lighting Stud Quick-Change Coupler for Light Stands
3 x Triad-Orbit 1/4″-20 Lighting Stud IO Mounting Head
2 x Triad-Orbit Quick-Change GoPro Adapter Kit
9 x Triad-Orbit CableControl
4 x Triad-Orbit IO-H Quick-Change Coupler Mounting Head for Triad Microphone Stands
4 x Triad-Orbit 5/8″ to 3/8″-16 Camera Adapter
1 x Triad-Orbit IO-H3 3/8″ Mounting Head
2 x Triad-Orbit IO-H4 1/4″-20 Mounting Head
4 x Triad-Orbit GB-3 Grav Bags Ballast Bags
4 x Triad-Orbit IO-HMM Male-to-Male Junction

AEA 13.5′ Flightweight Convertible Boom Stand
KM 21430
2 x Grace Design Spacebar SB-30
2 x Grace Design SB-66, Center mount bridge
Grace Design SB-SUR 5-Channel Surround Tree
Grace Design Grace Design SB-DT Decca Tree (2m)
Grace Design SB-100 AB Stereo Bar
Various other stereo bars and other stands
DynaMount X1-R Dual-Axes

Acoustics

9 x Taytrix Gobos (9 x G-SLPP30, 6 x G-SLCP304, 6 x G-SLCP15, 3 x G-SLFP30, 3 x G-SLFP15)
Hidley inspired non-environment mixing room
Homemade bass traps & broadband absorbers
8 Homemade 2D QRD diffusors (180 x 90cm, Skywalker Sound inspired)
54 Homemade 3D QRD diffusors (120x120cm, BBC Skyline design)
RPG ACTL3 pack with ceiling panels
RPG Skyline LP diffusors
IsoBlanket Pro + rockwool isolation
HOFA Acoustic Curtain ISO custom, area density: 1200 g/m2, size: 700 cm x 300 cm (width x height)
Bergerault Acoustic Deflector BDAV

Delivery

HOFA DDP Player for client’s proofing, DDP delivery to pressing plant, MFiT delivery to iTunes

Cabling

Gotham XLR GAC-3 200m
Gotham XLR GAC- 8 140m
Gotham XLR GAC-16 70m
Gotham GAC-2 AES-EBU 200m
Gotham GAC- 8 Paar AES 40m
Gotham BNC GVC-1 SDI 300m
Gotham Speakon SPK 2×2,5mm2 100m
Gotham CAT5e 900m
Gotham Power Cable
All Neutrik plugs and sockets

Electrical

20kW Solar Panel Installation
Tesla Powerwall 2
4 x Furman AC-210 A E, Miniature Power Conditioner 10A
1 x Furman P-2300 IT E, symmetrical balanced power conditioner
APC Smart-UPS SMT 2200VA
APC Smart-UPS SMT 1500VA

Lighting

2 x ECLIPSEFC ottica 19°
2 x ECLIPSEFC ottica 26°
mixer luci CYBER 192
Area 48 Soft 2044 LED 3200K TUNGSTEN HEAD – BLK
High efficiency cooling and heating, all LED flicker-free lighting
3 x Next COSMO
CBT Recording lamps

Video

4 Sony SRG300-H IP cams (5 x 100m Cat-6 leads on spools)
1 Sony SRG120DH
5 x PAC5 EZ-2-Connect PTZ Camera Solution
IP Controller RM-BR300 control panel
1 Sony FS7 XDCAM Super 35 4K
1 Sony A9
1 Sony A7r Mk2
1 Sony A7s
1 Cannon 5D Mk3
16 GoPro Session Black 4K
3 Panasonic AG-HMC150 3 Chip HD AVCHD Camcorders with Varicam remotes for remote control
4 Atomos Ninja-2
1 Atomos Ninja-Blade
1 Atomos Ninja-Flame
DJI Ronin
Blackmagic Design ATEM Television Studio Pro HD (control panel with built in switcher)
Blackmagic Design ATEM Television Studio – HD Digital Video Mixer
Panasonic BT-L2150EJ LCD Video Monitor
EIZO ColorEdge CG243W monitor for color correction
2 Sennheiser AVX LAV SET PRO/RECEIVER/BP TRANSM/ME2
Rycote Super Shields (mono and MS)
K&M 23956 Popkiller
EyeDirect Folding Mark E
Rhino Slider EVO PRO 42”
Rhino 24″ EVO Carbon Rails
Rhino Motion
Rhino Arc
Wooden Camera Director’s Monitor Cage v2
Projector and screen; video playback for film music/scoring on demand

External Mastering House

Studio Sequenza, Paris