Chicane's new studio:



Other studios..

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Check out my latest track:
enLounge - Secret Beach

Last edited by attacc on May-11-2002 at 04:18

A small (5x4) but soundproof and fully airconditioned 32 channel studio built for danceproductions with separate singingbooth in a digidesign protools environment.
All the tracks, remixes and compilationalbums that carry the Armin van Buuren sign, have been produced in this area, using only this equipment and no engineer.
The studio was built and designed by Hans Koomans ([email protected]) and finished early 2002.



Computers and midi:

Apple G4 Mac with two screens running Emagic Logic 5.1 Platinum
Protools mix plus and 882/20bit
PC Pentium III, running Soundforge, Ak.sys, and Recycle
Apple G3 Mac with Emagic Audiowerk8
Unitor8 and AMT8 for midi

Software:
Emagic Logic Audio Platinum 5.1
Emagic Sounddiver
Emagic TDM bridge
Emagic EXS24
Protools 5.1.1
Adapted Toast
Soundforge
ReCycle 2.0
Ak.Sys



Mixer:

Analog 32 channel Soundcraft mixer.
Signex tiny palladium patchbay to which all in- and outputs are routed.

Monitoring:
Mackie HR824
Yamaha MSP5

Singingbooth:
Focusrite Voicebox Green (Mic-preamp)
AKG414B-ULS Mic
Samson headphoneamp



Synthesizers:
Roland JD990
Novation Supernova II
Roland JV2080
Korg MS2000R
Access Virus
Yamaha FS1R
Yamaha TX81Z
Roland JP8080
Roland TR909
Clavia Nordlead 3
Roland JX8P
Roland JD800



Samplers:
Akai S3000XL
Akai S5000 with 16 channel output
EXS24 (software)

Recording and playback:
Tascam DA45
Pioneer 9601
Midiman Digital Patchbay
Pioneer CMX5000 twin CD
Denon DRM 740 Tapedeck



Hardware effects:
Ensoniq DP4+
TC Electronics Fireworks
TC Electronics M.One
Lexicon MPX1
Drawmer Dl 241 compressor
Dbx 266XL Compressor/Gate
Electrix Filterfactory
Electrix Warpfactory



DJ-booth:
2 Technics SL1200mk2
2 Pioneer CDJ1000
Dateq XTC mixer

avb's studio is the dream studio

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Check out my latest track:
enLounge - Secret Beach

Wow..... avb's studio is incredible. I love the way it's set up... the desk with the rack on it, the dj booth.............

hmm. looks pretty decent. but what on earth is a Dateq XTC mixer? never heard of it. looks like the ugliest mixer I've ever seen, you think he could afford a better one Anyways, I like it when the turntables and mixer are flush with the desk surface, its crazy..



anyways, check out Blank and Jones' Spacedust Studio. cant post the pics in here, cause its a 3D Quicktime view. amazing setup they've got.

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Originally posted by DJ Chrono hmm. looks pretty decent. but what on earth is a Dateq XTC mixer? never heard of it. looks like the ugliest mixer I've ever seen, you think he could afford a better one Anyways, I like it when the turntables and mixer are flush with the desk surface, its crazy..

er, dateq mixers are pro. lots of clubs 'n shit have them.

Armin's studio is 5 by 4? 5 feet by 4 feet? There's no way....

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Originally posted by trancenation er, dateq mixers are pro. lots of clubs 'n shit have them.

you're telling me alot of clubs have those hideous mixers ? how on earth could they be any more pro than a nice Vestax or Pioneer mixer?? they've got like half the features, and are designed like they're from the 80's

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Originally posted by Michael Russo Armin's studio is 5 by 4? 5 feet by 4 feet? There's no way....

metric system...

AVB's rules, same with robert miles

wish I had somthin that tight

-inatrance

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Originally posted by trancenation metric system...

Hahaha, dumb me... Where I live we only use the metric system, but I've never heard someone say 5 by 4 and mean 5 metres by 4 metres, so I automatically thought it was feet because that's what the Americans say...

Dj Chrono your only reason why you say it's crap is because it's appearance does not look good for you The faders and knobs are WAY more decent than pioneer and vestax.. the sound quality is pro. Do you need anything more? (Another remark : Although I have a pioneer myself I am sick of those wanna-B newbs with their pioneer mixer who CONSTANT put the flanger effect on and think they are up with the best until they do a beatmix, then it sounds like they are spinning D&B ). There is a reason why Avb uses the Dateq.. BTW I believe the XTC mixer is about the price of the pioneer mixers.