George Martin ( Father of Beatles ) Lyndhurst Hall studio gear and pix

[No4PCs]

Hi friends, this is the list of George Martin ( Father of Beatles ) Lyndhurst Hall studio, Lyndhurst Hall is 1 of the studios into George Martin Air Studios .

EQUIPMENT Lyndhurst Hall

Console 96 Channel Neve 88R with VSX Film Panel Encore Automation and AIR Recall Patchbay 48 channels of Neve 'AIR Montserrat' remote mic pre-amps


Audio Monitoring Full Range 5.1 Surround System Dynaudio Custom M4 Main Monitors LCR Dynaudio M2 Surround Monitors Dynaudio Custom 2x18" Sub System Chord and Chameleon Amplification XTA digital cross-overs Chord & HH nearfield amplification

Nearfield monitors from AR, ATC, B&W, Dynaudio,
Genelec, HHB, KRK, ProAc, Yamaha.
Please see the Toy Cupboard for a complete list.


Audio Recorders Studer 2” Analogue Multitrack optional Dolby SR Ampex ATR100 ½” Analogue 2-track Sony 3348 Digital Multitrack Digidesign ProTools HD 8 to 64 Channel Digidesign ProTools Prism ADA8 24 Channel Digidesign ProTools MIX3 8 to 64 Channel SADiE 24/96 Digital 8 Channel Tascam DA98HR Digital 8-track Genex GX8500 Digital 8-track Akai DD8+ Digital 8-track


Video Recorders Sony Umatic - PAL & NTSC Sony BetaSP - PAL Sony DigiBeta - PAL Panasonic Pro SVHS - PAL


Please note that audio and video recorder requirements must be pre-booked.

Video Monitoring Pioneer 50” Plasma display (2) Sony 29” Video Monitors (5)


Talkback 4 Stereo Cues + SLS Trilogy 36 way digital communications system Individual 8ch cue mixers Private Phone System


Synchronization AMS Neve MCS system. Fully integrated TimeLine Lynx 2 system with SSU and KCU remote controllers. RTW 9pin DAT remote controller. Motionworks R2P2 9pin remote controller. PAL, NTSC & 30 frame house video references. 44.1k and 48k house wordclock and AES references. Probel video and timecode distribution amplifiers.

Outboard Prism AD124 24bit Convertor Sony Timecode DAT (2) Sony DAT (2) HHB CD Recorder Pioneer Dual Cassette Deck Z-SYS 16 way AES router Dolby Noise Reduction Units with SR or A (4) Dolby SEU4 Surround Encoder Dolby SDU4 Surround Decoder Lexicon 480L Lexicon 224XL Neve Stereo Compressor 33906/J linked for 8 channel surround (4) Neve Compressor 32254/A (2) Urei 1176 LN Compressor (2) DBX 160 Compressors (2) DBX 902 De-essers (2) Eventide Harmoniser H3000 Pultec EQ P1A FAIRchild 660 Mono Limiter Akai S1100 Lexicon PCM 70 Yamaha Rev 7 Yamaha SPX 90 (2) AMS RMX 16 TC Electronics 2290 Stereo Delay AMS Stereo Delay 15-18S Roland SDE 3000 Drawmer DS201 Gates (2)

AEA
2 R44C (Classic ribbon)
AKG
1 CK5 (Capsule for 451)
2 C12 (Original classic valve)
2 C12VR (Reissue classic valve)
9 C414 (Large diaphragm condenser)
3 C460 (Condenser)
8 D451 (Cardioid condenser)
2 D12 (Cardioid dymanic)
2 D112 (Cardioid dymanic "the egg")
1 D19C (Cardioid dynamic)
8 D190E (Cardioid dynamic)
2 D202ES (Cardioid dynamic)
1 D224ES (Cardioid dynamic)
2 D25 (Cardioid dynamic)
Beyer
2 M160 (Hyper cardioid double ribbon)
2 M201 (Hyper cardioid dynamic)
2 M260N (Hyper cardioid ribbon)
Blue
4 Blue Bottle (Multi-capsule tube mic system)
4 B4 Capsule (Perspex sphere pressure omni)
Coles
11 4038 (Classic BBC ribbon)
B+K
2 4003 (Omni small condenser)
2 4007 (Omni small condenser)
2 4011 (Cardioid small condenser)
Crown
2 PZM (Pressure zone effect)
EV
1 RE15 (Cardioid dynamic)
3 RE20 (Cardioid dynamic)
1 PL80 (Cardioid dynamic)
Microtech Gefell
4 UM900 (Large diaphragm 5-pattern valve)
2 UM75 75th Anniversary (large diaphragm multi-pattern valve)



Manley
2 Valve (large diaphragm multi pattern valve)



Nakamichi
1 DM1000



Neumann
2 U47 Telefunken (Large diaphgram valve)
6 U47 fet (Large diaphragm cardioid fet)
3 M49 (Classic large diaphragm multi-pattern valve)
3 M50 (Classic spherical omni valve)
1 M150 (Spherical omni M50 reissue)
4 TLM50 (Spherical omni)
5 U67 (Classic large diaphragm valve)
2 KM83 (Miniature omni fet 80 series)
9 KM84 (Miniature cardioid fet 80 series)
4 KM86 (Miniature selectable fet 80 series)
1 KM184 (Miniature cardioid fet 180 series)
14 U87 (Large diaphragm selectable pattern)
6 U87Ai (Large diaphragm selectable pattern)
2 U89 (Large diaphragm 5 polar patterns)
6 TLM103 (Large diaphragm cardioid)
5 M147 (Large diaghragm cardioid tube)
5 TLM170 (Large diaphragm fet 100 series)



Pearl
1 DC21 ()



Reslo
1 RV ("The bullet")



Sanken
2 CU41 (Cardioid condenser)



Schoeps
12 CMC5 (Condensor microphone body)
6 CMC6 (condensor microphone body)
3 MK2H (Omni capsule)
3 MK2S (Omni capsule)
7 MK4 (Cardioid capsule)
5 MK21 (Wide cardioid capsule)
2 MK21H (Wide cardioid capsule)
3 MK41 (Hyper-cardioid capsule)
1 Schoeps Stereo (Dual Capsule Microphone)
Sennheiser
14 421 (Cardioid dynamic tom mic)
3 441 (Similar to 421)
2 MKH20 (Omni condenser)
6 MKH40 (Cardioid condenser)
2 MKH50 (Hyper-cardioid condenser)
4 MKH800 (Extended response switchable condenser)
Shure
10 SM57 (Classic instrument cardioid dynamic)
1 SM58 (Classic vocal cardioid dynamic)
1 SM98 (Minature super cardioid condenser)
Sony
2 C800G (Modern valve)http://www.airstudios.com/tour/hall.jpg

[No4PCs]

I think all Harry Potters music was recorded in this room .

[Kappi]

No idea what to say to this....

sniff..

[duckyboard]

!!!

[bluesman714]

What? Only one SM58!!!!!!

[paterno]

I just finished a project there a few weeks ago. It's a great place. It is built in an old church. The rooms sound good, and the staff is really great. The hall is quite the place to do orchestral recordings. I got to sit in the room for a few minutes and listen to a Bond cue rehearsal. I've mostly worked in the mix room, but I did some recording in other room -- the one with the 8078. i even got to meet Sir George when i was there last year. Quite a thrill...

It's now owned by the same person that owns Strong Room, but I did not notice any change at all compared to last year when i was there.

John

[samw@SSL]

Ahhh Air!

This is my local studio, being born,raised and still living in Hampstead.

I remember when the building was just a shell and for many years when I was a child, it looked like it would be pulled down. Interestingly there is another building almost identical (and very much in need of repair) over the road (backing on to London biggest hospital) which I have my eye on for when I win the lottery.

The main hall room is one of the finest classical spaces in the world.

Great engineers and a fantastic selection of equipment make it a truly world class studio.

Sam Wetmore
Solid State Logic

[contramark]

when i think of george martin i think of abbey road. who cares where the hell harry potter was recorded. buy 'recording the beatles' book and check out the gear at that place. truely the best combination of gear and musicianship that has ever happened period.

[softwareguy]

If you really think that Abbey Road was about great gear, I would highly recommend Geoff Emerick's book to you. While all of the gear at AR has now achieved iconic status, practically down to the patch bays and connectors, Emerick's book shows the struggles that they had, and the creative processes that they went through to overcome them, as well as the incredibly high and often contradictory standards that were set by Emerick, Martin and the Beatles themselves.

I don't think that the Beatles would have objected to working at Lyndhurst. Their work may have been even better.

On the other hand, Martin always said that it was not the gear's excellence, but its limitations that forced them to be as creative as they were, and made those records sound the way they did.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not dissing AR. But those who worked there at the time didn't exactly consider it to be Valhalla.

[wwittman]

what the Abbey Road rooms have is incredible acoustics.

that they also had better gear than they probably knew at the time, helped.. but the main thing is that thsoe rooms sound amazing.

not that AIR doesn't sound great as well.

I do miss the old Oxford Circus Studio 1 though...


they also have probably 15 or more STC 4038's that don't seem to be on that list.


and the big custom Neve is just that, NOT an 8078.. but an all custom desk with different frequencies on the eq's and remote mic pres in a split design so that the left side can be assigned to either the monitor or mix path.

[bluesblake]

The Beatles could have recorded on a 4 track and( oh they did) with cambell soup cans and strings for headphones, costco guitars, crate amps and an autoharp and would have still been the greatest band of all time, with the coolest producer of all time. One thing people forget when chasing gear and drooling is that Ear wins over gear all day long and then some. Harry potter sounds great but is it as cool as Live and Let Die? Ah the good ole days, some dude pushed record and the band played, finished, went out, got drunk,laid and came back to the studio the next day and had a record waiting for them. Just my ears complaining about analog deprivation.....BT

[GregP]

Originally Posted by bluesblake

The Beatles could have recorded on a 4 track and( oh they did) with cambell soup cans and strings for headphones... (truncate) ... Harry potter sounds great but is it as cool as Live and Let Die?

The song by Wings?

Greg

[Bassace]

nice ...errr makes one feel kinda small....

they could have filmed harry potter in there too

[preben]

In the words of the immortal (or so he should be!) Alan Partridge of BBC fame, when asked by a young ignoramus "Who were Wings?"

"They were only the band the Beatles could have been..!!"

[Musiclab]

Originally Posted by preben

In the words of the immortal (or so he should be!) Alan Partridge of BBC fame, when asked by a young ignoramus "Who were Wings?"

"They were only the band the Beatles could have been..!!"

as we say in NYC give me a break

[studjo]

I'm not from New York but I agree with the break part


Jo

[cortisol]

The Alan Partridge comment was irony! LOL. Preben was having a laugh (doesn't rate Wings as better comprendez).

Peace,
cortisol

[cortisol]

I'll take the studio off his hands for say $300,000 Aussie dollars if he throws in the fab gear!And not a penny more!!

Peace,
cortisol

[preben]

Alan Partridge is a great character created by comedian Steve Coogan. Check him out if you like that extremely un-easy English embarrasing kinda thing that The Office does so painfully well... Without John Cleese no Partridge - and equally without Alan Partridge no David Brent.

[studjo]

you guys have a strange humour (sp?) over there














ok I like it

Jo

[samw@SSL]

Speaking of english comedy......

There was once a very funny sketch (I forget on which show) which had George Martin as a hostage in Lebanon or the like. After spending 4 years chained to a heater his fellow captive tries to strangle him when he hears once more

"I remember telling Paul and John ..." etc.

I cannot think of George without the phrase "marvellous"

A true English gentleman.Old school.

[studjo]

Originally Posted by samw@SSL

I cannot think of George without the phrase "marvellous"

It's a great word - I like it








am I know a little bit like George?



Jo