Colorado Sound’s Studio A offers a fantastic recording environment for professional quality recordings.  Artists are free to fully express their creativity in this comfortable space.  It is a room with a history, hosting local and international clients for nearly four decades.

Studio A is equipped with beautifully maintained vintage analog gear, a large format console and professional digital recording technology.  With two live rooms visible from the control room, Studio A offers the flexibility of isolating large ensembles and providing different acoustics for different applications.  The microphone collection offers the greatest variety of choices in the Denver metro area, with more than 85 microphones in our closet.  The well-designed room allows our engineers to run the sessions seamlessly, fostering a space for the artist’s creativity to bloom.

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STUDIO A EQUIPMENT LIST

Studio A Console
  • Rupert Neve Designs 5088 Shelford Console – 32 Channels
  • Sonnet Technologies xMac Pro Server
  • 5.1 Surround Sound Mixing
  • Brainstorm Talkback
  • (7) Mytek Private Q Headphone System Units
Digital Workstation
  • Mac Pro 6-Core Intel Xeon E5 / 3.5 GHz Processor/ 16GB RAM
  • Avid Pro Tools Utlimate 2021.12.0 Ultimate
  • Avid Pro Tools HD I/O w/ 32 Inputs and 56 Outputs
  • Up to 192 Tracks of 24-bit, 192 kHz, Digital Audio
  • Ableton Live 11 Suite
  • Logic Pro X 10.7.8
Tape Machines / Recorders
  • Otari MTR-90II: 24/16 track w/ Dolby SR
  • Ampex ATR-104: 2 track 1/2” & 1/4” Formats
  • Tascam DA-3000: DSD Master Recorder
  • Brainstorm SR-15+: Time Code Distripalyzer
  • HHB 850: CD Recorder
  • Pioneer DV-414: DVD Player
Plugins
  • Acon Digital: Acon Digital Deverberate 3
  • AIR Music Technology: Boom, Chorus, Distortion, Dynamic Delay, Enhancer, Ensemble, Filtergate, Flanger, Frequency Shifter, Fuzzwah, Hybrid, Kill EQ, Lo-Fi, Mini Grand, Multi Chorus, Phaser, Talkbox, Vintage Filter, DB33, Multi-Delay, Non Linear Reverb, Spring Reverb, Stereo Width, Structure Free, Reverb, Vacuum, Xpand!2
  • Antares: AutoTune Live, Autokey, Autotune Pro, AVOX Mutator, AVOX Punch, AVOX Sybil, AVOX Throat, AVOX Warm, Harmony Engine, Mic Mod, Frequency Shifter
  • Audio Thing:  Hand Clapper, Things Texture
  • Audio Ease:  Speakerphone
  • Avid: 304C, 304E, BBD Delay, BF-2A, BF-3A, BF-76, Big Bottom, C1 Chorus/Vibrato, Channel Strip, D-Verb, Dither, DownMixer, Dyn3 Compressor/Limiter, Dyn3 De-Esser, Dyn3 Expander/Gate, DC Distortion, EQ 3, Fairchild 660, ff d2, ff d3 Compressor/Limiter, Flanger, Graphic EQ, Grey Compressor, Green JRC Overdrive, Impact, MasterMeter, Maxim, Mod Delay III, moogerfooger Analog Delay, moogerfooger Lowpass, moogerfooger Phaser, moogerfooger Ring Modular, Orange Phaser, Pitch II, POW-r Dither, Pro Compressor, Pro Expander, Pro Limiter, Pro Multiband Dynamics, Pro Multiband Splitter, Pro Subharmonics, Pultec EQH-2, Pultec EQP-1A, Pultec MEQ-S, Purple Audio MC77, Reverb One, Eleven, Lo-Fi, Recti- Fi, Reel Tape Delay, Reel Tape Flanger, Reel Tape Saturation, ReVibe II, Roto Speaker, Sans Amp, SansAmp PSA-1, Smack, SE Rewire, Space, Studio Reverb, Sci-Fi, Tape echo, Tel-Ray Delay, Time Adjuster, Tri-Knob Fuzz, Vibe Phaser, Voce Chorus Vibrato, Voce Spin, Waves ReWire, White Boost, Signal Generator
  • BDL:  Little Foot
  • Celemony: Melodyne
  • Devious Machines:  Texture
  • Eventide: H3000 Factory, Instant Flanger MK II, UltraReverb
  • FabFilter:  Micro, One, Pro-C 2, Pro-DS, Pro-G, Pro-L 2, Pro-MB, Pro-Q 3, Pro-R, Saturn, Simplon, Timeless 2, Twin 2 ,Volcano 2
  • Flux::  BitterSweet v3
  • Goodhertz:  Vulf Compressor 3
  • Izotope: Izotope Ozone 6-11, RX 10, DDLY, Insight, Meter Tap, VocalSynth, Relay, Tonal Balance Control 2, Vocal Doubler
  • Lancaster:  Pulse
  • Line 6: Echo Farm
  • Liquid Sonics: Seventh Heaven Professional
  • MOK:  Wave Razor
  • Nativ Instruments:  Absynth 5, Battery 4-AAX, Choral, Driver, Flair, Fm8, Guitar Rigs-AAX, Komplete Kontrol, Kontakt, Massive, Massive X, Phasis, Reaktor 6, Replika, Solid Bus Comp, Solid Dynamics, Solid EQ, Supercharger, Transient Master
  • Newfangled Audio:  Equivocate
  • Okesound:  Soothe, Soothe 2
  • Plugin Alliance:  Black Box Analog Design HG-2, bx_digitral v3, bx_digital V3 mix, bx_rooMS, bx_tuner
  • Polyverse:  Wider
  • PSP Audioware:  PSP Triplemeter
  • Relab Development:  LX480 Complete, Sonsig Rev-A
  • Schwa:  Bitter
  • Sessionwire:  Sessionwire Receive, Sessionwire Send
  • Slate Digital: FG-X2, Fresh Air, VBC GF-Grey, VBC F6-MV, VBC F6-Red, VBC Rack
  • Sonnox: Oxford 3 Band EQ, Oxford 5 Band EQ, Oxford EQ+Filters, Oxford filters, Oxford Inflater, Oxford Inflator Direct, Oxford Limiter
  • Sound On Digital:  Mix to Mobile Sender
  • Sound Radix: Auto-Align, Muteomatic
  • SoundTheory: Gullfoss
  • Sound Toys:  Radiator, Sie-Q, Little Plate, Effect Rack
  • Source Elements:  Source-Connect Link AAX, Source-Nexus I/O
  • Spectrasonics: Trillian, Stylus RMX, Omnisphere 2
  • Steven Slate:  Trigger 2
  • Sony: Oxford Inflator, Oxford EQ
  • Sound Toys: AlterBoy, Decapitator, Echo Boy, Filter Freak, PanMan, Phase Mistress, Tremolator, Crystallizer, Pitch Blender, Devil-Lok, Micro Shift, Little PrimalTap
  • Synchro Arts: VocALign
  • TC Electronics: Clarity M, Master X3, Polytune
  • Toontrack:  Ez Keys, Superior Drummer 3
  • Two Big Ears: FB360 Spatializer, FB360 Stereo Loudness
  • u-he:  Satin
  • Universal Audio: 1176 Rev A Compressor, 1176AE Compressor, 1176LN Rev E Compressor, API 2500 Bus Compressor, API Vision Channel Strip, Brigade Chorus, Century Tube Channel Strip, dbx 160 Compressor, Empirical Labs Distressor, Fairchild 660 Compressor, Fairchild 670 Compressor, Galaxy Tape Echo, Hitsville EQ, Hitsville EQ Mastering, Hitsville Reverb Chambers, LA-2 Compressor, LA-2A Gray Compressor, LA-2A Silver Compressor, Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb, Manley Massive Passive EQ, Manley Massive Passive MST, Oxide Tape Recorder, Pultec EQP-1A EQ, Pultec HLF-3C EQ, Pultec MEQ-5 EQ, Pure Plate Reverb, Studer A800 Tape Recorder, Studio D Chorus, Waterfall Rotary Speaker
  • Valhalla DSP LLC:  Valhallasupermassive, Vintageverb
  • Waves: Abbey Road Reverb Plates, Abby Road Chambers, Abbey Road Saturator, Aphex Vintage Exciter, API-2500, API-550A, API-550B, API-560, Center, Renaissance Reverb Compressor/ EQ,Linear Phase Multi-band Compressor, Linear Phase EQ Meta Flanger, Axx, Bass, Channel, DeEsser, Vox, LT, Convolution Reverb, Tune, Puig 670, Maserati VX1, Reel ADT, TG12345, CLA-2A, CLA Bass, CLA Drums, CLA Effects, CLA Guitars, CLA Unplugged, CLA Vocals, Doubler, Dorrough, EKramer VC, F6, GTR Solo Tool Rack, GW Piano, GW, PianoCentric, GW VoiceCentric, GW Voice, Trans X, H-EQ, H-Delay, H-Reverb, H-Reverb long, IR-L efficient, IR-L full, IR1 efficient, IR1 full, J37, JJP Bass, JJP Vocals, Kaleidoscopes, Manny M Tone Shaper, Manny Reverb, MaxxVolume, MetaFlanger, OneKnob- Brighter, Driver, Filter, Louder, Phatter, Pressure, Pumper, Wetter, Ovox, PuigChild 670, RBass, RChannel, Rcompressor, RDeEsser, Renaissance Axx, REQ 6, Rverb, Rvox, Scheps 73, Scheps Omni Channel, Scheps Parallel Particles, Sibilance, Sibilance-Live, Smack Attack, SoundShifter Pitch, SSLChannel, TG12345, Waves Harmony, Waves Tune, Waves Tune LT, Waves Tune Real-Time, WLM Meter, WLM Plus, X-Noise, Z-Noise
  • Youlean:  Youlean Loudness Meter 2

STUDIO A DI’S / MONITORS / MONITOR AMPS / METERS

D.I.s
  • (2) Avalon U5
  • (6) Countryman 85
  • (2) Stereo Countryman 85s
  • (1) Groove Tube “The Brick”
  • (1) Radial JD7 Injector Guitar Distro & Splitter
  • (1) Radial J48 Stereo
  • (2) SGI Guitar Interface TX/RX Balanced Line Driver
Monitors
  • Genelec 1031A Powered Monitors
  • Genelec 1092A Active Subwoofer System
  • Yamaha NS-10M Monitors
Monitor Amps
  • (4) Hafler P3000 Power Amps
  • Phase Linear 700B Power Amplifier
Headphone Monitoring Systems
  • (7) Mytek Private Q
  • (3) Redco Little Red Cue Box
Audio Meters
  • TC Electronics Clarity M Stereo Meter

STUDIO A OUTBOARD EQUIPMENT

Preamps
  • (7) API 512C
  • (1) Chandler Germanium (Pre/DI)
  • (5) Grace 802
  • (1) Groove Tube “The Brick”
  • (1) Manley Voxbox
  • (2) Neve 88R
  • (2) Neve 1073
  • (2) Vintech X81 (Neve Preamp)
Dynamics Processors
  • (1) Alan Smart C2 Comp/Limiter
  • (1) Altec 436c Comp/Limiter
  • (2) API 525 Comp/Limiter
  • (2) DBX 160 Comp/Limiter
  • (2) Emperical Labs Distressors Comp
  • (1) Focusrite Red 3 Stereo Comp/Limiter
  • (1) Neve Master Bus Processor
  • (1) Neve Master Bus Transformer (MBT)
  • (1) Tube Tech LCA2A Stereo Comp
  • (2) Urei LA-3A Comp/Limiter
  • (2) Urei 1176LN Comp/Limiter
  • (1) Urei 1178 Stereo Comp/Limiter
Reverbs / Delays
  • (1) Bricasti M7M
  • (2) Eventide H3000 Harmonizers
  • (1) EMT 140 Echo Plate Reverb
  • (1) Lexicon 480L
  • (1) Roland SDE 3000 Digital Delay
  • (2) TC Electronics 2290 Digital Delay
Equilizers
  • (3) API 560 10 Band Graphic EQ
  • (2) API 550 4 Band EQ
  • (1) GML 8200 Stereo EQ
  • (1) Neve 8803 Stereo EQ
  • (2) Pultec EQP-1A3

STUDIO A Microphones

Microphones
  • (1) AKG C24
  • (1) AKG C33E
  • (2) AKG C414
  • (6) AKG C414B
  • (4) AKG C451E
  • (1) AKG C452EB
  • (1) AKG D1000E
  • (1) AMS ST 250
  • (1) Audix D6
  • (2) Beyerdynamic M160 Ribbon
  • (2) Coles 4038 Ribbon
  • (1) Electro-Voice PL20
  • (1) Heil PR20
  • (2) Heil PR30
  • (2) Josephson E22S
  • (1) Lewitt MTP 440 DM
  • (1) Neumann KM84i
  • (1) Neumann KM86i
  • (1) Neumann KM88i
  • (2) Neumann M 147 tube
  • (1) Neumann U47 tube
  • 2 Neumann U47 fet i
  • (1) Neumann U48 tube
  • (4) Neumann U87 A
  • (1) Neumann U89i
  • (1) Pearlman TM-1 tube
  • (1) Placid Audio Copperphone
  • (2) Royer R-121
  • (2) Royer R-122
  • (2) DPA 4011-TL
  • (6) Sennheiser 421
  • (2) Sennheiser 441
  • (1) Sennheiser e609
  • (1) Shure 520D
  • (1) Shure BETA 52A
  • (3) Shure KSM32
  • (5) Shure SM57
  • (1) Shure SM7B
  • (2) Shure SM81
  • (1) Warm Audio WA-8000
  • (1) Warm Audio WA87 R2

STUDIO A MUSICAL GEAR

Amps
  • Marshall 100 W – JMP 2203 w/ 1960 AHW Cab
  • Fender Twin Reverb Guitar Amp
  • Fender Blues Deluxe Guitar Amp
  • (2) Fender Concert Guitar Amp
  • Mesa Boogie Combo Guitar Amp
  • Orange Tiny Terror 15 Watt Tube Head
  • Egnater Rebel 20 Watt Tube Head
  • Voice Of Music VM Model 60 (Modded)
  • Pignose Amp
  • Sans Amp Model GED-2112 Bass Preamp
  • Hammond 21H III Leslie w/ Dyno Vibrato for Guitar
  • Vox T-25 Bass Amp
Keys
  • 1984 Yamaha C7 Grand Piano (7’4”)
  • 1908 Bush & Gerts Upright Piano
  • Wurlitzer Electric Piano
  • Vintage Mini Moog Model D
  • Moog Voyager
  • Rhodes MK1 Electric Piano
  • Hammond C3 Organ w/ Leslie
  • Oxygen MIDI Controller
Guitars
  • 1957 Les Paul Gold Top Reissue Guitar
  • 1960 Fender Mustang Guitar
  • Martin DM Acoustic Guitar
  • Ovation 1651 Legend Ltd John Lennon
  • Schecter Stiletto Custom 5 String Bass Guitar
Drums
  • DW Custom Exotic Jazz Drum Kit – 10,12,16 & 18” Toms & 23” Kick Drum
  • DW Steel Chrome Snare – 6″ x 14″
  • DW Pure Cherry Snare – 5 1/2″ x 14″
  • Ludwig Black Beauty Snare – 6″ x 14″
  • Pearl Steve Ferrone Signature Snare – 6 1/2″ x 14″
  • Yamaha John “JR” Robinson Custom Snare – 5″ x 14″
  • DW 9000 Series Single Kick Drum Pedal & Hi-hat Stand
  • DW Heavy Duty Straight Boom Cymbal Stands x 5
  • DW Heavy Duty Throne w/ Motorcycle Seat Top
  • Zildjian K Mastersound Hi-Hats
Effects Pedals
  • Ross Grey Compressor
  • Ross Black Compressor
  • Keeley Compressor
  • Danelectro Tuna Melt Tremelo
  • Dunlap Cry Baby
  • Fulltone Deja Vibe 2
  • Bad Horsie Contour Wah
  • Morley Pro Series Volume Plus
  • TC Electronics Polytune Instrument Tuner
  • Boss Heavy Metal
  • JHS Little Black Buffer
  • Line 6 Bass Pod