Studio C

Unlike studio A & B, C was designed to be a multi purpose production studio with an emphasis on solo artists, Pop/R&B production and post production work rather than band recordings. Unlike studio A & B, C doesn’t have multiple live recording areas or a drum booth. The recording area offers a choice between a very quiet, non-reflective area and a slightly livelier section with a timber floor. The acoustics are perfect for vocal takes and some instrumental overdubs.

Modern Production Design

More and more work these days is computer & production based, even traditional rock bands are regularly opening their minds to include loops and sampling within their music. Pop and R&B music is huge and the charts are dominated by solo artists and hybrids of regular music mixed with other media. In keeping with this direction studio C has been purpose built from the ground up. There are three work surfaces in studio C, one for mixing, one for programming and another for hard disk recording & editing, each with dedicated monitoring.

Easy Integration

As studio C uses the same recording formats as both studio A & B it is easy to integrate studio C into most bigger projects at one point or another or in reverse to utilise the live recording features of studio A or B to do a drum track or sax solo on a project essentially being recorded in studio C. Very few other studios can offer such compatibility and flexibility. At Studio 52 you can switch between and incorporate any combination of programmed or live playing, real, synthetic, sampled or triggered sound in the one project with ease.

Extra Features & Benefits

Studio C is the main production suite for producer Trevor Carter, so if you need your music rearranged or produced studio C is a good starting point. Artists who require programming or assistance with instrumentation and co-writing songs should also look at studio C and the production services of Trevor Carter. Trevor has time honed musical skills including the ability to arrange vocal harmonies and provide real advice and feedback to lead vocalists.
Gear List: (subject to change without notice)

Front End – Mic Pre’s:

Focusrite Liquid Channel
TL Audio VP-1 Tube Processing Channel TL Audio PA-1 Pentode Valve Preamps

Console:

Yamaha O2R 40ch digital recording console for monitoring, aux sends and summing final mix

Recording format:

Latest version Apple’s Logic Studio hard disk recording and midi platform, Apple MACPRO computer, RME Interfaces.

Plugins:

TC Powercore X8’s x 2 including 6000 series and Sony Oxford plugs Plus Waves.

Monitoring:

ADAM S3-X

Microphones:

SE ‘Gemini’ MKIII dual Valve
SE Z5600 MKII Valve
Peluso CMC6 Pencil
Octava 102 pencil
Audio Technica AT4050 Large diaphram multi pattern condensor mic

Instruments/amps

Various Guitars including Fender, Gibson and Yamaha
Various keyboard modules and software based instruments/samplers

Rates

Rates in studio C are generally $1320 per 8hr day inc.GST and include Trevor Carter as engineer/producer. Cheaper rates may apply for multiple days when included in complete package deals.

Individual quotes can be arranged on a per song basis for solo artists requiring production and song programming from their original idea to a finished release.

Individual hourly rates for short projects are $165 per hour, with a minimum 3 hr booking.

All rates should be discussed with studio staff as specials may apply at different times and not necessarily be listed in this section, these prices are meant as a guide. Wholesale rates can be catered for large projects or ongoing corporate clients.