The Upstairs at Figure 8 features a sun drenched, Neve centered control room, reclaimed wood clad live room featuring a 1940s Steinway piano, two isolation rooms and two amplifier closets. Artists and engineers also enjoy access to our lounge with full kitchen and private backyard.
Downstairs at Figure 8 Recording features intimate and well equipped control room, cork and felt clad live room stocked with vintage synthesizers, iso room built from reclaimed wine barrels and three amplifier closets. Artists and engineers also enjoy access to our lounge with full kitchen and private backyard.
Day rates do not include an engineer. Our house engineers are amazing and range from $250 to $500 per day. We highly recommend hiring them for your session. We also have a list of approved guest engineers that have worked at Figure 8.
Neve 5316 with 30 channels of 33114 preamp/EQ
Ampex ATR-102 1/2″ 2-track Apple MacPro 2015 Avid Pro Tools 12 HD Korg MR-2000S stereo DSD recorder Mytek 8×192 ADDA (4) Mytek Stereo 192 DSD DAC Stephens 821B 2″ 24-track Universal Audio UAD-2 Satellite Thunderbolt OCTO
Audio Technica ATH M50 (6) Auratone 5C Super Sound Cubes Aviom 320 (6) Beyer Dynamic D770 Pro (2) Direct Sound EX29 Focal SM9 (2)
API 2500 stereo compressor Collins 26U Collins 26U-2 stereo compressor Custom built LA2A (2) Daking FETII (2) dbx 160VU (2) dbx 902 de-esser (4) dbx 904 gate (3) Decca stereo limiter/compressor Empirical Labs Distressor EL8X (2) Empirical Labs DocDerr Neve 32264 (2) Pendulum OCL 500 Pete’s Place BAC 500 RCA BA-6A Smart C1-LA stereo compressor SPL Transient Designer 4 Standard Audio Level-Or UREI 1176 silverface Valley People Dyna-mite (2)
A-Designs EM-PEQ AEA RPQ Aengus Graphic EQ (4) Altec 1567A tube mixer Altec 458 (4) API 550A (2) APSI Graphic EQ (2) ART Dual MP Blue Robbie Bogen RP-2 Drip Electronics UE-100 stereo tube EQ Electrodyne 501 Empirical Labs Lil’ Freq (2) Greg Hanks Design BA-660 MXR Stereo 15 Band EQ Neve 31102 (2) Pultec EQP-1A3 (2) REDD 47 (2) Siemens V276 Siemens W295B (2)
Allison Labs 2-A passive filter Allison Labs 2-B passive filter AMS RMX16 AMS DMX 15-80s AMS Keyboard Interface/Chorus Controller Binson Echorec dbx 906 Flanger+ Delta Labs Effectron II Demeter RV-1 stereo spring reverb EMT 140 Plate Reverb EMT 250 Reverb Eventide DDL-500 Eventide H3000 Ultra-Harmonizer EXR EX3 Exciter Furman RV-1 spring reverb Hi Watt Custom Tape Echo Ibanez HD1000 Lexicon PCM 42 Lexicon PCM 91 Mu-Tron Bi-Phase MXR Flanger/Doubler Peavey Kosmos Pro Pioneer SR-202W spring reverb Roland RE-301 Chorus Echo SPL Vitalizer Tech 21 Sansamp PSA-1 (original)
Casiotone 401 Hammond M3 tonewheel organ with Leslie 147 Moog Rogue Roland MKS-7 Super Quartet Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 Yamaha G3 6’1″ grand piano
SSL AWS 900+ with Delta upgrade Neve Kelso Langevin AM301
Apple MacPro 2015 Avid Pro Tools 12 HD Mytek 8×192 ADDA (4) Mytek Stereo 192 DSD DAC Tascam 388 1/4″ 8-track Universal Audio UAD-2 Apollo
Audio Technica ATH M50 (6) Auratone 5C Super Sound Cubes Aviom 320 (6) Beyer Dynamic D770 Pro (2) Direct Sound EX29 Focal Twin 6
API 2500 stereo compressor Aphex 9651 (2) dbx 163X (2) dbx 165A Empirical Labs Distressor EL8X (2) Eventide Omnipressor Lombardi LCOMP2 Neve 33314a compressor (2) Orban 526A de-esser PreSonus ACP-8 Purple MC77 (2) SPL Transient Designer 4 SSL G-series bus compressor Standard Audio Stretch (2) Standard Audio Level-Or UREI LA 22
Ampex 351 Electrodyne 511 Elysia xfilter 500 stereo EQ Metric Halo ULN-2 stereo preamp Neve 1272 (7) Neve 33114b (2) Neve 33118 Retro Instruments 2A3 stereo tube EQ Retro Instruments Powerstrip Shadow Hills Equinox stereo preamp UREI 565 Little Dipper UREI 567 EQ/crossover
Effects
Allison Labs 2AB passive filter Biamp MR-140 spring reverb Binson Echorec ELI Analog Echo Eventide Eclipse Eventide H3000 Ultra-Harmonizer Eventide H949 Harmonizer EXR EX3 Exciter Ibanez AD202 Ibanez UE405 Ibanez HD 1000 Lexicon MPX1 Lexicon PCM91 Lexicon Prime Time Peavey Kosmos V2 Peavey Spectrum Analog Fiter Peavey Valveverb ProCo Rat R2DU Realistic Stereo Reverb Roland RE-101 Space Echo Tech 21 Sansamp PSA-1
ARP Omni-2 Arturia Microbrute Buchla Music Easel Doepfer (etc) extensive Eurorack modular synth setup Elektron AnalogRytm Estey Folding pump organ Korg Triton Moog Rogue Moog Satellite Moog Taurus foot pedals Moog Taurus II Oberheim SEM 2 Voice Peavey Sample Playback Synth Polivoks Mono Synth Rokton UDS drum machine Roland Juno 60 TTSH Arp 2600 Clone Wurlitzer 140B electric piano
12 Gauge Green12 (2) 12 Gauge Red12 (2) AEA KU4 (2) AEA R84 AEA R92 AKG C 414 EB AKG D224 E Ampex 702 B&K 4004 (2) Beyerdynamic M 201 (5) Beyerdynamic M 88 N (5) Beyerdynamic M 380 (2) Beyerdynamic MC 740 N Beyerdynamic M 160 (2) Blue Ball (4) Blue Bottle with B1, B4 and B6 capsules Blue Encore (2) Blue Mouse Blue Woodpecker (2) Brauner VM1 (2) Clock Audio C 008E-RF boundary mic (2) Coles 4038 (2) Electro Voice 634B Electro Voice 635A (2) Electro Voice N/D308 Electro Voice RE20 (2) Heil PR30 Heil PR40 Josephson C42 (2) Josephson C700S JZ Blackhole Lafayette Lombardi Mojave MA 101 Neumann KM56 Neumann M269 Neumann M49b Neumann SM69 Nordic NU47 (2) Oktava MK012 (2) Philips EL6112 Philips Ribbon Placid Audio Carbonphone Placid Audio Copperphone Radio Shack Boundary Mic 3022 RCA 44-BX RCA 77-DX Royer R-121 (2) Schoeps CMC 6 with MK4 capsule (2) Sennheiser 421 (2) Sennheiser 441 Sennheiser boundary mic Shure Beta 57 (2) Shure Beta 58A (2) Shure Green Bullet Shure PG 48 Shure SM57 (3) Shure SM7B Sony C-37A Telefunken Ela M 260 (2) Western Electric 639B (birdcage) (2) Wollensak B-162 boundary mic
Bigsby Bigstrum Guitar Epiphone P 90 Guitar Fender Mustang Guitar Fender Jazz Master Guitar Fender Telecaster Guitar Guild Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar Hagstrom 12 String Electric Guitar Jerry Jones Sitar Guitar Martin Steel String Acoustic Guitar National Hollowbody Electric Guitar National Resonator Guitar Steinberger Guitar Stella Harmony 12 String Guitar Teisco Electric Guitar Yamaha Classical Guitar
Carl Thompson Fretless Electric Bass Fender Precision Bass Fender Mustang Bass Guild Aristocrat Bass Guild Hollowbody Bass Hagstrom 8 String Bass Hofner Club Bass
1960’s Gretsch 3 piece (22″ kick/16″ floor/13″rack) 1960’s Ludwig 3 piece (22″ kick/16″ floor/13″rack) Brady Wood Snare Gretsch Wood Snare Ludwig Supraphonic Metal Snare Slingerland Deep Wood Snare Assorted Cymbals + Percussion
Ampeg B-12 Ampeg B-15 Danelectro Honeytone Fender Bassman 135 head Fender Princeton Gibson Falcon Gibson GA-20 Gretsch combo Little Lanilei Model 33 Magnatone small combo Masco guitar head Mini Z combo Music Man 4×10 Oliver bass head Olmstead Audio Cassius Sears Silvertone Twin Twelve head Traynor YSR-1 Custom Reverb head Vox Cambridge
Klon Centaur Silver Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble And dozens of pedals by: Moog Electro Harmonix Death by Audio Pete Cornish Stryman Zvex And more
To learn more, schedule a tour, or book a session send an email to [email protected]
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