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Back at
the Ranch is Brian
Konzelman's private recording studio Located near Waco Texas, about
an hour south of Dallas-Fort Worth. It was designed and built from
the ground up to be a comfortable and pleasant environment for making
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Hidden
deep in the woods along the quiet bank of Texas' Brazos River, the
relaxed and quiet rural atmosphere and rustic surroundings provide
a pleasant change from the typical high-pressure recording environment
of many other recording studios. A private world-class Neve, SSL, API, Manley, Mytek, Langevin, TC-M6000, Massenberg, Neumann equipped facility set in creative,
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specially designed building features a world-class 5000 cubic foot
symmetrical mirror-image control room with a floor area of 27' x
23'. The room's large, acoustically accurate design and isolated
equipment area make it ideal for tracking, overdubbing and mixing
all in the same room. A separate 12' x 22' isolation room is available.
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Amenities
include a kitchen, lounge area, and lots of outdoor space to unwind
in. Our beautiful natural surroundings provide diversions like fossil
hunting, fishing and hiking on 200 acres of secluded woods bordered
by Texas' own Brazos River.
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| EQUIPMENT?
Glad you asked! We use the best of vintage equipment and newest state-of-the-art
high-end audio gear to help make recordings the best they can possibly
be. The world's best equipment from Neve, Manley, SSL, API, Mytek, Langevin, TC-M6000, Massenberg, Neumann, GrooveTubes, Auditronics, SPL, etc. The isolated electrical power transformers and the carefully designed
audio wiring insure a low noise, high dynamic range signal path for
the highest sound quality. From the premium solid state and tube mike
pre-amps, all the way to the final digital or analog Mastering, your
sounds will achieve their full sonic potential, and your recordings
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RECORDERS:The
best of analog and digital.....MCI/Sony and Otari analog 2 - 24 track, NEVE portico tape emulation, Pro tools and Digital
Performer 72-track digital recording, with a selection of the best
A/D conversion options including SSL, MYTEK, API and Lucid. Power Mac dvd and cd mastering
recorders, Alesis Masterlink CD HD recorder,
etc. In addition, any format or system you want can be made available.
Lots more.....
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MCI/SONY 636 was recently retired, and we now feature the large-frame
68 input classic British A-H SABER console modified by Jim Williams, with integral
balanced patch bay and internal automation. Digital mixing provided
by virtual console with control surface interface and all the really
cool plugin processors. Super pure monitoring path through Coleman switching and a Jim Williams custom console section. |
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SIGNAL
PROCESSING: lots of goodies, including TC ELECTRONIC
four engine M-6000, TC ICON, GML MASSENBERG EQ, AUDITRONICS PEQ82, SPL QURE, LEXICON 224xl, dual
pcm 90, dual pcm 81, dual pcm 80, NEVE eqs, NEVE compressors and
PORTICO tape emulation, UREI, TC Electronic, DBX 900, Aphex 9000 Dominators, Compellors, expressors, Orban-Parasound,
Yamaha, Klark Technik, Alesis, Orange county vocal stressor, Rane,
Brooke Siren, etc. Way too many Digital Plugins.
Altiverb, TC 6000, LEXICON reverb and ambience engines. Your other favorite
boxes available on request.
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MICROPHONES
and MIKE PREAMPS: A variety of flavors from Neumann,
Sennheiser, AKG, Shure, EV, Crown, Countryman, Sony, AT, Marshall,
Groove Tubes, C.A.D. and boutique specialty mics. Numerous mic-preamps
including API, MANLEY, LANGEVIN, NEVE, A Designs, Groove Tubes Vipre tube pres, Dbx 786 class
A reference preamps, Jim Williams custom channels, and AH-Saber mike pres.
Your other favorite preamps available on request.
MONITORING:
So much more than just speakers. The room and the speaker combination
were designed together to provide astonishing accuracy, imaging,
and sonic excellence only obtainable from a ground-up studio construction.
Painstaking construction techniques including a mirror-image
control room with over 5000 cubic feet and massive 27-foot bass
traps have allowed us to achieve a very transparent room. The main
house system is third-octave warble and strip chart certified as
functionally flat from 30hz to 17khz with no EQ. What does that
mean to you? Your mix will translate to the real world outside of
the studio. No more being fooled by the studio monitors. ADCOM,
UREI, CROWN, ROTEL, and YAMAHA amplifiers power monitoring systems.
Speakers include Custom JBL 4425, Yamaha NS10M, Tannoy PBM, Auratone
5C, KLH etc., monitor switching via Coleman and Jim Williams custom interfaces. Whatever other monitoring your project requires, we
can provide.
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MIDI:
Any acoustic,
electronic, drum, percussion, piano, keyboard, or sound
effect imaginable from our racks of Kurzweil, EMU-Emulator,
Proteus MP7, XL TURBO, VIRTUOSO, P2000, holy grail piano,
PROTEAN DRUMS, Yamaha, Roland, Korg, Ensoniq, Mark of the
Unicorn. SMPTE and word clock locked Computer sequencing
on both Macintosh and PC formats, synchronized via multiple
MOTU MIDI Time Piece to the audio recorders. Kurzweil Midiboard
88 key weighted keyboard controller, Axiom, Lexicon MRC,
Midi guitar, and percussion controllers. Over 600 voice
simultaneous polyphony available on up to 72 individual
audio outputs, controlled by 1216 midi channels. ("Toto,
are we in Kansas?")
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INSTRUMENTS:
Lots of guitars, classical, steel-string acoustic, electric
hollow and solid body, factory and custom guitars, both
vintage and modern. Vintage and modern guitar and bass amps,
and digital amp modeling for direct recording. Violins,
mandolins, banjos, didgeridoos, percussion stuff, you get
the idea.
In addition to our
ever-changing list of available equipment, we can locate
and provide any other special microphones, recording equipment
or instruments that your heart desires, and your budget
can afford.
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ACCOMMODATIONS:
Our beautiful natural surroundings provide a relaxed and
creative environment for music production, and put us about
15 minutes from the nearest store, and about 20 minutes
from real civilization. Everything you could want in the
way of groceries, food or lodging can be found about 25
minutes from our studio at EXIT # 339 the intersection of
Interstate 35 and Lake Shore Drive\Loop 340.
Click
here for local food and lodging details, maps, and local
links.
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OTHER
STUFF:
Outside
of the studio, Muffin, the wonderdog. Virgin woods. Kitties.
Vegetable garden. Nature as far as you can see in any direction.
Peace and quiet. A slow, wandering river. A wonderful place
to kick back, create, reflect, record.
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Our
40+ years of music recording experience, our exceptional
studio, and our low-pressure laid-back vibe add up to a
most pleasant recording experience, and a highest quality
product.
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chooses Back at the Ranch as installation of the
week!
