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Our equipment

Stirling Sound is a professional recording and video production facility located 45 minutes from the Twin Cities area, featuring the best of both classic analog and modern digital tools.  Production is our passion, and we focus on creative inspiration.
Studio A


  • Music Production Studio

  • -Features Three Isolation Rooms, along with:

    HARDWARE~
    -Pro Tools HD/expanded running 10x with a 2.66 Quad-Core Intel Xeon Mac Pro (32 gig ram), (2) 27" Viewsonic Video Monitors w/ iPhone Integration, and a 47" Olevia HD LCD Display
    -Logic Studio (Pro)  8.0

  • - Avid Sync HD/IO, which makes it fully compatible with 60FPS Synchronization

  • -48- Fader Digidesign Pro Control w/ Edit Pack
    -16 Channels Digidesign Pre
    -4 Channels Solid State Logic preamp (Alpha VHD)
    -2 Channels Manley Valve Preamp
    -2 Channels Presonus ADL-600 Pre (DeMaria Design)
    -2 Channels Empirical Labs EL8-X Distressor with "British Mod"
    -Dynaudio Air-15 Surround Monitor System with Dynaudio Air Sub
    -Tannoy DMT-215II Soffit-Mounted Main Monitors powered by Crown Macrotech 3600VZ
    -Digidesign 192 Converters w/ 24 Analog 1/0s
    -Digidesign Midi I/O
    -Gretsch 5 piece Catalina Birch Drum kit

  • -Yamaha Nocturne Fully Weighted Key Digital Piano/Controller
    -Novation 37SL ReMOTE Keyboard Controller
    -32 gB Ram

  • -Over 5 tB of Sata Storage 

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  • A vast selection of Applications, TDM, RTAS, and AAX Plugins, including (but not limited to):

    -Logic Pro 8X, w/extensive Instrument and Loop Libraries, and...

  • -Stevens Slate Digital Plugins

  • - The Highly acclaimed "Steven Slate's Virtual Console Collection", which increases our vast library of plugins

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  • The following Plug-ins:

    COLLECTIONS~

    *Creative Collection Instruments and Effects, including:
    -Mini-Grand
    -Vacuum
    -Xpand! 2

  • -Structure - Goliath Edition

  • -Vacuum

  • -Boom

  • -Strike

  • -KillEQ
    -Vintage Filter
    -Reverb, Nonlinear Reverb, Spring Reverb
    -Dynamic and MultiTap Delays
    -Modulation (Chorus, Ensemble, Flanger, MultiChorus,

  •   Phaser, Filter-Gate-Sequencer)
    -Harmonic (Decimator, Distortion, Enhancer,

  •   Frequency Shifter, FuzzWah, Talkbox)
    -Sound Field


    DYNAMICS~

  • *McDSP ML series

  • *Antares AVOX Punch
    *Bomb Factory BF-3A
    *Digirack De-esser and Dynamics III
    *Drawmer Dynamics
    *EMI TG 12413
    *Fairchild 660
    *Fairchild 670
    *Focusrite D2
    *Focusrite Forte Suite
    *Impact
    *Inspector XL
    *Joe Meek SC2
    *Maxim
    *Purple Audio MC77
    *RN Digital DYN 1
    *RN Digital Dynam-izer
    *RN Digital Finis TDM
    *RN Digital Inspector XL
    *RN Digital SPL-IZER
    *Smack!
    *SOLID
    *TL Aggro
    *URS Strip 1975

  • *Slate Digital Virtual MixBuss

  • *Slate Digital Virtual Channel

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    EQUALIZERS~
    *Digirack EQ III
    *EMI TG 12413
    *Eventide MP5
    *Focusrite D3
    *Focusrite Forte Suite
    *GML Hi Res Parametric EQ
    *Joe Meek VC5
    *Princeton Digital Channel Strip
    *Pultec EQH-2
    *Pultec EQP-1A
    *Pultec MEQ-5
    *RN Digital Frequal-izer
    *RN Digital Uniquel-izer LE
    *RN Digital Uniquel-izer TDM

  • *Slate Digital Virtual Channel

  • *Slate Digital FG-X

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  • REVERBS~
    *D-Verb
    *Princeton Digital PlateReverb
    *Reverb One
    *ReVibe
    *SST-282 Space Station
    *TL Space (TDM)
    *URS Channel Strip 1975

  • *MCDSP Revolver

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  •  DELAYS~
    *Digirack Delays
    *Line 6 Echo Farm
    *Moogerfooger Analog Delay
    *Tel-Ray
    *X-Form

    MODULATION/HARMONIC ~
    *Amp Farm 3
    *Antares Chorus Vibrato
    *Antares Vox Spin
    *Aphex Aural Exciter
    *Aphex Big Bottom
    *Cosmonaut Voice
    *Digidesign Eleven
    *Funk Logic Mastererizer
    *Lo-Fi
    *Moogerfooger Lowpass Filter
    *Moogerfooger Ring Modulator
    *Moogerfooger 12-Stage Phaser
    *Recti-Fi
    *RN Digital Detailer
    *SansAmp PSA-1
    *Sci-Fi
    *SoundToys MP5

  • *HEAT

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  • VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS~
    *Access Virus Indigo
    *Bruno
    *Reso
    *Strike
    *Structure with Goliath Sample Library
    *Synchronic
    *Velvet
    *Xpand!

    OTHER~
    *Antares Auto-Tune 5 for TDM
    *Bomb Factory Essential Noise Meter
    *Bomb Factory Essential Tuner
    *Bomb Factory Meter Bridge
    *Digidesign DINR/BNR
    *Digidesign Pitch
    *Digidesign Machine Control
    *DigiTranslator
    *GarageBand with 5 Gigs of Sample Libraries
    *POWr Dither
    *Prosoniq Orange Vocorder
    *Pro Tools MP3 Export
    *Sonic NoNOISE
    *Soundcode for Dolby Digital
    *SoundReplacer
    *Surroundscope
    *Video Satellite Option
    *Vocalign LE

Studio B

  • Video Editing Suite

  • -Features an Acoustically-Tight Isolation Room with:

    HARDWARE~
    -3 tB Sata Storage

  • -The Entire Adobe Master Creative Collection, which includes Premier Pro to accomodate  your Video and Graphic needs

  • 2 - 23" Samsung Monitors (1080 DPI) - Full HD Compatible

  • 1 - 27" Samsung Monitor (1080 DPI) - Full HD Compatible

  • -Pro Tools 10.x running on a Duo-Core Mac Pro with a Digidesign 003 interface, etc., and 12 Gig ram

  • -Digidesign Control 24 Control Surface
    -24- tracks of Classic ADAT Linear Recorders w/ BRC
    -Digidesign ADAT Bridge
    -Digidesign USD Master Clock
    -2 Channels of TL Audio Valve Compressor/Pre Amps
    -2 Channels of TL Audio Valve Pre Amps
    -16 Channels of Focusrite Class A Mic Pre Amps w/ DI
    -Opcode Studio 5LX Midi Router
    -4 Channels of Aphex Gating
    -Digitech TSR-24S Multi-Effects Processor
    -Behringer Ultrafex II Spectral Enhancer
    -Fostex Digital Router/Patchbay
    -Panasonic SV-3700 DAT Recorder
    -Sony 3-Head Cassette Deck with Manual Biasing Control
    -Yamaha NS-10s powered by Hafler 2500
    -Tannoy DMT-112II Surface-Mounted Main Monitors powered by a JBL/UREI 6290 Main Amplifier
     

  • VIDEO EQUIPMENT~

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  • - Canon Model EOS 5D Mark III

  • - Canon Model EF24-105/4L IS USM

  • -Canon Model EF70-200/2.8L IS II USM

  • - Canon Model EF 16-135/2.8L II USM

  • - Canon Model Speedlite 430EX II

  • -Canon Battery Grip Model BG-E11

  • - Canon LP-E6 Battery

  • -Promaster Univ USB 3.0

  • -2 - Pro 16GB CF 933K Professional

  • - 9' x 15' Muslin Green

  • -A Variety of Lighting, Boom and Stand Options

INSTRUMENTS/AMPS

  • -PRS Custom 24 Electric Guitar *pre-assembly line!
    -Peavey Classic 50 tweed amplifier

  • -Mesa Boogie Studio .22 guitar amplifier

  • -Acoustic BA115HP Bass Amplifier
    -Fender P-Bass
    -6 and 12 string Acoustic Guitars (Yamaha, Ibanez)
    -6 string Nylon/Classical Guitar
    -Russian Mandolin
    -Yamaha Nocturne Digital Grand Piano
    -Gretsch Catalina 5-piece acoustic kit with Zildjian cymbals
    -Roland JD-800 Hybrid Synth Keyboard
    -Roland JX-10 Analog Synth
    -Korg Sound Module

  • -Kurzweil 2500XS keyboard

  • -Samick Digital Grand Piano

MICROPHONES


  • -Manley Labs Reference Gold Stereo mic
    -Neumann KM-184s
    -Audio Technica AT 4041s
    -Audio Technica AT 4047s
    -Audio Technica AT 4050s
    -Shure SM-57s
    -stereo pair - AKG 414B-XLIIs
    -Sennheiser 421s
    -Audix i5
    -Audix d6

  • -stereo pair - original Cascade Fathead Ribbon Mics

  • -Audio Technica ATM-63s

  • -Marshall Mogami LD Tube Condenser

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