SSL Origin
The centerpiece: a Solid State Logic analog console, eight channels of PureDrive front end.
The room, piece by piece
Every channel here has already cut charting records. This is the same signal path the gold record ran through, and it is what your session runs through too.
SHOT IN THE ROOM · SAND CITY STUDIO, NORTH MYRTLE BEACH
CONSOLE & PREAMPS
Neve
The British warmth every classic record chases.
API 512
Punchy American 500-series pre. Drums love it.
BAE 1073
The 1073 circuit: the most recorded vocal sound in history.
Chandler Germanium
Attitude and color when clean is boring.
Universal Audio LA-610
Tube front end into T4 opto. Silk for vocals.
Phoenix Audio DRS-1
Discrete British class-A. Huge and smooth.
DYNAMICS
Universal Audio 1176
The fastest FET limiter ever made. On everything you love.
Empirical Labs Distressor
The modern classic, a thousand records deep.
Manley Vari-Mu
Tube glue for the mix bus.
SSL G-Bus
The “finished record” button.
Purple Audio MC77
The 1176 lineage, hot-rodded.
MICROPHONES
Neumann U87
The reference vocal microphone since 1967.
Roswell matched pairs
Boutique condensers for drums and rooms.
Sennheiser
Workhorses for toms, amps, and everything loud.
Beyerdynamic
Smooth top end for strings and cabs.
Shure
The staples, from radio booths to rap booths.
Audio-Technica
Modern detail across the locker.
Audix
Drum specialists, stage to studio.
Hear it on your record
Text 843-580-3057 and tell Ty what you are making.
Catalog photos are representative of the models in the room, not our exact units. The rack shots up top are the real thing. Come hear it all in person.
Catalog photography via Wikimedia Commons: Katie/Flickr, Hens Zimmerman, Franz Schuier, Justin De La Ornellas, Nir Yaniv, Oscar, John Tuggle, The Midnite Wolf, PJ, spacedust2019, Will Fisher, Kreuzschnabel, Erkaha, Jud McCranie, Mr Rabbit8 (CC BY / CC BY-SA / CC0).