Music Recording Studio

     

The quality and variety of the services this Department offers continue the legacy of prestige long associated to Valentim de Carvalho.

The studio was designed by Munro Associates according to the most advanced construction techniques. It has an ample open area, with adjoining support facilities, which permit isolation and differentiated access to the Video zone.

The Studio is made up of a larger room and two isolation booths (one stone-lined, the other a dead booth). An extensive list of equipment and musical instruments is available for use, such an accoustic piano and diverse keyboards.

The recording technology employed meets rhe highest standards. This is the most sophisticated installation in the country. It includes a 4048 G Series Console, with capacity for recording in 24 or 48 tracks, noise suppressor and an audio/video sync system for film soundtracks.


Technical Description
 
Booth    

    Design and accoustics by Munro & Associates - 7.5 m x 5.5 m
    Independent Air conditioning and Natural Light

Equipment    

    Solid State Logic 4048 G series Console, with 40 Mono + 8 Stereo Channels
    Solid State Logic G series Computer with Total Recall (G 2.12 software)
    24-track Studer A-820, 2'' Recorder, with Dolby A, remote control and audio interface with the recorder
    Monitors: Dynaudio M4 (4 inputs), Dynaudio MI, Yamaha NS10 and Auratone
    Amplification HH, Ortofon
    Crossovers BBS 4 active channels
    DAT - Panasonic SV 3700
    DAT - Sony PCM R500
    K7 Nakamichi MR1
    CD Harman Kardon HD 7500
    Klark Tecnik DN30 -30 Step Graphic Equaliser
    Non-linear recording system; editing Protools version 5.1

Signal Processing    

    Compressores:
      Urei 11, Urei 7110, Dynaset, Neve, Orban 526 A Dynamic Silibance Controller

Effects    

    Lexicon 480 L and Lexicon 300, Lexicon Super Prime Time Digital Delay
    Yamaha Rev1, Yamaha Rev5, Yamaha SPX 1000, Yamaha Digital Delay D1500
    Eventide H3000 SE
    AMS DMX 15-80S digital delay, AMS tape phase simulator DM 220
    Ursa Major Space Station, EMT Plate Reverb

Monitors in the Recording Rooms    

    JBL control 5, Auratone

Headphones    

    Beyer, Sennheiser

Microphones    

    Neuman U67, U89, U47 FET, U47
    BK 4011, 4004
    AKG D12 E
    Shoeps CMC 5-U
    Shure SM 57, SM 58
    Sennheiser 521, 409 U3, 421-U-4

Audio facilities for Video, audio/video sync system Lynx Time Line, connected to the machines central for synchronous operation with various formats VTRs, Video internal circuit, connection to the video plateau for multitrack sound recording.