Equipment

Purple Sound Recording Studios uses high quality professional equipment, ensuring that you get professional results.
 

Console and Mic Pres

At the helm of the studio is the Mackie D8B 72 Input Console and RME interface. Feeding the console are TLAudio Classic Series Mic Pre's and compressors all with valve signal paths to ensure your recordings have that "sounds like a real record" touch.
High end TLAudio Classic gear is considered one of the boutique brands of audio equipment. Don Bartley (former mastering engineer of Studios 301, and responsible for the sounds you hear on many of Australia's charts hits) swears by his TLAudio gear. So you know you are getting the best of the best.
 
 

Microphones

Feeding the TLA outboard are Rode and AKG mics.
Our mic collection is constantly growing. Here's the current list of beauties we have:
  • Rode NT2000
  • Rode NT1000
  • Rode NT4 Stereo Mic
  • Rode NT1A
  • AKG C3000
  • Studio Projects C1
  • Sony ECM-MS907
  • Shure SM57 (x4)
 
 

Cabling - The unseen hero 

The cabling and multicores used throughout the studio are Mogami and Canare professional cabling. Audio professionals know the importance of high quality cabling when it comes to achieving professional results.
We have a total of 24 balanced channels of cable runs between the studio and control room with another 36 currently being installed. That means up to 60 microphones for recording, should any of your recording projects require that many mics.
Most sessions would never need that many mics, but we thought we'd cater for it just in case.
Each area of the studio has it's own 12 input patch facility with dedicated headphones output.
There are also midi lines between the studio and control room for keyboards, drum triggers or anything else midi related.
 
A bit of trivia: The multicore used between the studio and the control room is the actual cable used in the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
 
 

Instruments and Amplifiers

As for instruments, we have a large range for your playing pleasure.
 
Guitars:
  • Ibanez Jem - JEM77BFP - Steve Vai Signature Model - Blue Floral Pattern (Electric)
  • Maton ECW80 Acoustic with AP5 pickups
  • Yamaha RBX360 Bass guitar
  • Headway HE-303D (Electric)
  • Aria (electric)
  • Epiphone (Electric)
 
Amplifiers:
  • Marshall JCM900 (pure valve)
  • CMG

 

Drum kit
  • Premier Cabria PK drum kit (latest series) including the newly designed Roklok tom holder, improved double braced hardware, and sonically matched Sabian cymbals. 

 

Guitar Outboard
  • Line 6 PodXT Pro (allows you to create and record any guitar sound imaginable)
 
Keyboards
  • Roland Fantom Xa
  • Roland RS9
  • Yamaha Clavonica - Full Size Electric Piano (complete with foot sustain pedals).
 
Other outboard gear includes
  • Aphex 204 Aural Exciter and Optical Big Bottom
  • Midisport 8x8 midi interface
  • HHB CDR-800 CD Recorder
  • Tascam DA45-HR DAT machine
  • Denon DRM500 Tape Deck
  • Alto HPA6 6 channel headphone amplifer
 
Tracking machine
  • Cubase SX 2.2
 
Plugins
  • Garritan Personal Orchestra
  • SSL (Solid State Logic) LMC-1
  • Steinberg Groove Agent
  • Steinberg Virtual Bassist
  • Celemony Melodyne Pitch Correction
  • IVL Vocal Studio with Pitch Correction (on D8B)
  • KT Drum Trigger (allows us to perfectly replace any drum hit with sampled drums should it be required).
 
Monitoring
  • Roland
  • Sennheiser
  • Legacy Headphones x 4

 Percussion and other fun stuff

  • We also have a variety of percussion instruments such as shakers, tamborines, chimes, wood blocks plus capo's and slides for your guitar playing pleasure.

 

Studio Acoustics and Construction

 
All walls are double studded, isolated and treated with acoustic insulation. Door entries are double solid core doors, and the viewing window is double isolated saftey glass angled to enhance the acoustics of the rooms and to reduce reflections.
 
Professional diffusion and absorbtion panels by Auralex are used throughout the studio.
 
Some more trivia: The acoustic panels are a deep purple colour; this is where the studio got its name.
 
 
 

Master quality CDR's

 
We record your CD masters onto professional HHB master quality CDR's ensuring playback compatibility on a wide variety of playback devices. All CDR's are professionally printed, laquered and presented in a durable CD jewel case.