The all important studio

The Studio

The Studio has a floor area approx. 25 sq m and can comfortably accommodate a five piece band. Ardganavan Croft has no near neighbours so acoustic isolation or playing loud music is not an issue.

Equipment


The studio is equipped with the basic requirements for a full band practice session, including: Drums, 240 W PA, Guitar amp, Bass amp, mirophones and leads.

This equipment is included in the price of the bookings as indicated on the bookings page. Additional equipment is available at a nominal charge. The equipment we have available at present is listed below.
  • Sonor Drum Kit
  • Paiste cymbols
  • Warwick Blue cab 60 W bass amp
  • Peavey Bandit 112 guitar amp
  • Leem PM 480 RC four channel 100 W powered mixer and speakers
  • Carlsbro marlin 1042, 240 W PA
  • Samick SMP 900 8 channel powered mixer
  • Crafter TCO 35/N Electro acoustic guitar
  • Fender Jazz Bass Guitar (Mexico)
  • Shure SM58 dynamic microphone
  • Shure PG58 dynamic microphone
  • Audio Technica AT3528 (stereo Pair) condenser microphones
  • Marshall MXL V67 Large capsule condenser microphone
  • TEV top iv dynamic Microphone
  • Superlux DRK-A4 Drum Microphones
  • Yamaha YAS 25 Alto Saxaphone
  • Panasonic Toughbook Laptop computer
  • Boss BR-1600 CD Digital Recording Studio

16 Track Recording Deck Recording a Guitar Track


The BR-1600 CD has sixteen tracks, each with 16 vitual tracks, this gives a total of 265 tracks for recording. There are 8 input connectors that can accept an unbalanced 1/4" phono jack plug or a 3 pin balanced XLR connector. There is also a CD-R/RW drive This makes the BR-1600 CD ideal for recording a band live in house and producing their own CD.