Templesound Studios Oxford

Temple Sound Studios Oxford

TEMPLESOUND STUDIOS OXFORD

Templesound is Sam's own personal Studio, located in the basement of a converted chapel in Oxford. It is a large open room divided into two halves - a control room mixing/programming area and a playing/recording live area. It is Sam's main mix room but is also used for writing, arranging, pre production and tracking/overdubbing.
The studio has a selection of valve mic pres, valve limiters, compressors and various analogue outboard. The live area has a Yamaha upright piano, a vintage Ludwig drum kit and a collection of vintage Gretsch, Fender and Yamaha guitars and basses.

COMPUTER / DAW / RECORDING
Mac Pro [ 2.7ghz w 4GB Ram ] Logic Studio, Mac 22'" Cinema Display
2 x Universal Audio UAD Ultra DSP cards, Waves SSL 5000 Series
OUTBOARD
1 x Inward Connections Vac Rac [ 2 x Valve Mic Pres & 2 x Valve Limiters ]
1 x Universal Audio 175 Valve Compressor, 2 x Urie Silverface 1176 Compressors, 1 x Empirical Labs Distressor, 1 x Eventide H3000 SE Harmoniser, 1 x Lexicon PCM 70 Reverb, 1 x Mutronics Mutator Analogue Filter, 1 x Roland SRE 555 Chorus Tape Echo.
MONITORS
Dynaudio BM15a, Yamaha NS10 M Studio, Quad 405 Power Amp.
INSTRUMENTS / VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS
Yamaha Upright Piano,1966 Vintage Ludwig Gold Sparkle Drum Kit & Zildjian Cymbals, Moog Rogue Mono Synth, Moog Etherwave Theremin, Akai S3000 and MPC 2000 Samplers, Gretsch 1963 6120 Nashville, Gretsch 1961 Anniversary, Gretsch 6122 1959 Country Gentleman,Yamaha FG300 Acoustic Guitar,1967 Fender Precision Bass, Fender Jazz bass, Fender Thinline Telecaster, Various percussion, Spectrasonics Trilogy, Spectrasonics Stylus, M-Audio Mellotron by GForce, Native Instruments B4

Cosmic Blend Studios Mallorca

Cosmic Blend Studios Mallorca

COSMIC BLEND STUDIOS MALLORCA

Cosmic Blend is Sam's mix room when he is Mallorca. It is situated overlooking an orange grove in a beautiful setting just 15 minutes from Palma airport. The studio is based around a Digidesign Icon control surface and a full blown Pro Tools HD 192 system, complemented by a large selection of analogue outboard and high end plugs. The room has a separate vocal booth and can also be used for tracking and overdubbing. It is owned and maintained by Sam's friend and assistant engineer/producer Toni Noguera.

DIGIDESIGN ICON D-CONTROL SE 32/FADER & SSL X-Rack
Pro Tools HD 3 / 40 in - 56 out , 4 x 192 i/o interfaces
SSL Alpha Link converter & Apogee Big Ben Master Clock
MONITORS
Adam A7, Quested 210 & VS2108 + F19 sub,Yamaha NS10, Mackie HR 824, Dynaudio Bm5's, Auratone Cubes
OUTBOARD
COMPRESSION:
1 x SSL G series Buss Compressor
1 SSL X-Rack 8 Compresor E/G Series + 1 SSL X-Rack 8 Eq E/G Series,
1 x Urei 1178 stereo, 1 x Urei 1176LN,1 x Urei 2-1176LN, 1 x Manley Vari-Mu St,
2 x ADR 760, 2 x DBX 160 xt mono, 2 x DBX 161 Vu mono,1 x Aphex Dominator,
1 x Aphex Compellor,1 x SPL Excitador Aural,1x BBE 882 sonic maximizer
1 x Valley People 440 mono,1 x Valley People Dynamite stereo
1 x Dbx 120 xp Sub harmonics, 4 x SPL transient designer
REVERBS AND FX:
1 x T.C. System 6000 reverb,1 x Lexicon 480 L, 1 x Lexicon Pcm 90,
1 x Eventide Eclipse, Line 6 Pod pro/bass pro, Line 6 Filter pro
PREAMPS + EQ'S:
2 x NEVE 1073,1 x NEVE 1066,1 x AMEK 9098,1 x TUBE-TECH MP 1A
1 x Digidesign PRE 8 channels,1 x Focusrite ISA 215 stereo,1 x GML 8304,
MICROPHONES
1 x Brauner VM1,1 x Neumann U47 fet i,1 x vintage Neumann U87,
2 x Neumann U87ai,1 x Neumann TLM 170,1 x Royer 121, 3 x Sennheiser 421,
3 x AKG 451EB, D20, D112,Beyer M130 + M160 ribbon,condenser 201,Shure Sm57, Sm 91, Sm 98, Sm 52beta,Sm 87 beta, + drum kit case 609 etc...
MASTERING / STEREO
T.C. System 6000 mastering up to 5.1, 1 x TASCAM DVD RA 1000HD DSD recorder, 1 x Dbx Quantum.
DRUMS
DW drum collector series 22, 10, 12, 14, 16 maple, PEARL Reference 24, 13, 16, 14 snare, Ziljian and Sabian cymbals
AMPLIFIERS
Fender twin reverb black face, Fender Vibrolux vintage, Vox Ac30,Vox Ac50,Peavey Heritage, Ampeg B15
PLUG-INS
Large collection including Universal Audio,Waves collection,Sony Oxford,Bomb Factory,Joe Meek,Line 6,Melodine,Moogerfoogers,Sans Amp,H949 Harmonizer,Auto tune 4.0,Virtual Instruments Access Virus Indigo, B4, Ivory, classical instruments, Reason, Stylus RMX,  etc...