Acer Studios Equipment List

Acer Studios Control Room Specification
Acer Studios Live Area
Guitar Amps and Pre Amps
Guitar Effects Pedals
Tim Scott’s Recording Tips and Techniques

Acer Studios Control Room Specification: 

Obtaining knowledge concerning the studio equipment others use can be extremely valuable information indeed. It can give you a greater idea of how the sounds they have created were recorded and produced.

This list is also to help you decide on what equipment that you would individually consider fitting for a session job you may require Tim to undertake in his studio.

Acer Studios Control Room Specification:

Monitoring:

Genelec 8030A active monitors JBL 4208 Monitor JBL Control 1’s

Test Monitoring: (For helping make decisions on how a mix will work in mono on real world systems).

JBL Duet JBL Creature II JBL On Tour Creative SBS260

Mixing Desks:

Yamaha AW2816 Professional Audio Workstation Yamaha AW4416 Professional Audio Workstation Mackie 1202-VLZ PRO

Mike Preamps:

TL Audio PA-1 Two Channel Pentode Tube Preamp

Out Board EQ:

TL Audio EQ-2 Dual Tube Parametric Equaliser BBE 882i Sonic Maximiser

Compressors:

TL Audio C-1 Two Channel Tube Compressor Joe Meek SC2.2 Stereo Compressor TC Electronics Finalizer Express

Reverbs & Effects Processors:

Lexicon MPX 1 Lexicon MPX 500 Lexicon MPX 100 TC Electronic G-Major

Two Track Mastering:

Tascam DV-RA1000 DVD high definition recorder Tascam DA-20 MKII DAT Recorder HHB Burn IT CDR-830 compact disc recorder

Play Back:

Pioneer CT-S550S Stereo Compact Cassette Deck Sony MDS-JE530 Mini Disk Deck Marantz CD player CD6000OSE Denon Integrated Amplifier PMA-735R

Keyboard/Midi workstation:

Roland Fantom X6

Drum Brains:

Roland SPD-20 Octopad Percussion Module Roland TD-8 V-Drums Percussion Module

Racks:

Buster Flight Cases 1x12u 2x4u 1x16u 1x4u mixer case

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Acer Studios Live Area: 

Mikes:

Neumann M 147 Tube Neumann TLM 103 a pair ResloSound Ribon Shure SM58 Shure SM57 Shure SM57 Beta x2 AKG D112

Headphones:

Beyer DT150 Beyer DT300 Sennhiser EH250

Head Phone Amp:

MTR HPA-2 two channel head phone amp

DI Boxes:

BBE DI-1000 Jensen Equipped Direct Box and Sonic Maximiser E.M.O. passive DI box single channel E.M.O. passive DI box two channel MTR DI-6M active six channel DI box and line mixer

Mike Stands:

Bayer Dynamic Boom stand x1 K&M Telescopic Stand with boom arm x1 K&M Short Microphone Boom Stand x2 K&M ST255 Low Stand long telescopic boom x3 K&M Anti-Vibration Telescopic Boom Stand x1 ResloSound Heavy base straight stand x1

Cables & Connectors:

Klotz or Sommer Cable with Neutrik or Switchcraft Connectors

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Guitar Amps and Pre Amps: 

Guitar Amps:
Soldano SLO 100 (100 watt valve head in purple)
Soldano Decatone (100 watt valve head in purple)
Soldano 4x12 Cabinet (Slanted loaded with Celestion Vintage 60’s in purple)
Soldano 2x12 Cabinet (loaded with Eminence speakers in purple)
Soldano Astroverb 16 1x12 (with custom FX loop in purple)
Fender Vibro-King amp with two10”" Jensen P10R speakers with alnico magnets

Guitar & Bass Pre Amps:

SansAmp PSA – 1
SansAmp RB1
Palmer Speaker Emulator ADIG – LB
Reamp V2 box for re-amping guitars and bass

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Guitar Effects Pedals: 

BBE Opto Stomp Optical Compressor

Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner x3
Boss RV-5 Digital Reverb
Boss DD-6 Digital Delay x2
Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter
Boss BF-3 Flanger
Boss AW-3 Dynamic Wha
Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble
Boss TR-2 Tremlo
Boss DD-20 Giga Delay

Digitech – Whammy

Dod FX25 Envelope Filter
Dod FX35 Octoplus
Dod FX20 Stereo Phaser
Dod DFX9 Digital Delay

Electro Harmonix Mini Q Tron (Envelope Filter)
Electro Harmonix Big Muff
Electro Harmonix Doctor Q Envelope Follower
Electro Harmonix EH4600 Small Clone Full-Chorus

Heil Sound – The Talk Box

Ibanez –Turbo Tube Screamer

MXR M-101 Phase 90
MXR M-109 Six Band Graphic Equaliser

Pedal Train Junior PT/JR-SC (mainly for club gigs and sessions) Pedal Train 2 PT-2-HC (Original live shows and recording at Acer Studios)

Roger Mayer Vision Wha Wha
Roger Mayer Classic Fuzz Face (Rocket FX Series)
Roger Mayer Voodoo - Vibe
Roger Mayer Crossroads Signal Director

SansAmp Tech 21 - Classic

Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 power supply x2

Xotic Effects AC-Booster

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