Music

Head engineer and producer at Echidna, Greg Macmillan, works with Protools, Logic ProX, Samplitude, Cubase etc.
For many musicians, working in the DAW of their preference can be an important part of keeping control of their project. It also enables those that want to do their own editing and mixing, mix at another studio or even just preview their recordings at home, to easily transition from Echidna to another work environment, without the complication of complex exports and loss of playlists/take composers, plugin chains etc. It also allows easy preparation of pre-prodution projects with the posibility of part markers, tempos, plugin chains etc. being in place in advance.
Greg has a comprehensive range of microphones and other gear and has the years of experience to track your project in a way that will give the most to your sound.
For sound samples please visit the sound page Here

Video

Echidna studio has a 4k capable video and stills camera and a range of lighting including Dedolight halogen spots, softlights and high powered, high CRI>98 LED lighting, in both 3200k and 5000k. Coupled with a range of modifiers and gels this can provide wide range of lighting posibilities. A hand held 3 axis brushless gimbale can provide stunning panning and following or the camera can be hand held for rapid action or used on a tripod.

• GEAR INCLUDES
• Panasonic GH4 12-35 lens
• G15+ 3 axis brushless gimbale
• 4 x Dedolight DLH4
• 6 x high powerded high CRI LED spots
• 2 x high powerded high CRI LED panels
• various softboxes and modifiers

Artists

• Kurt Gentle
• Seattle Fix
• Mike Jordan
• Private Lives
• Hugh Stuckley
• Soul Safari
• Jamie Barlow
• Glen Kniebis
• Chris Toro
• Joanne Cannon
• Donna Coleman
• Joel Dowling
• Nathan Liow
• Steven Grant
• Nigel Wearne
• Alex Hayes
• Sacred Earth
• The Pierce Brothers
• Jodie Moran
• Andrew Scott
• The Winter Suns
• Peter Baylor
• John Murry
• Up Up and Away
• Matt Stonehouse
• Pin Rada
• Kavisha Mazella
• Alistair Mclean
• Black Cat Bone
• Dale Brimblecombe
• Ben Thomas
• The Hidden Venture
• Howard Cairns
• Sam Linton-Smith
• Dan Fox
• Dan Marsh
• Arik Blum
• Deep Seat
• Jared Grant
• Tim Coghill
• LazerCatz 2000
• Ben McCoy
• Ricky Ozimo
• Ryan and Kimba
• Byron Hosking
• Officer Parrot
• Robbie Greig
• Mathew Arnold
• Daniel Ashcroft
• Andrew Bishop
• Dan Harvey
• The Tea Set
• The Quarter Street Orchestra
• Tristan Ludowyk
• Markus and Julian Meyer
• Steve Allingham
• Kooyeh
• Mark Stanley
• Mimi Zaetta
• Nathan Slatter
• Daniel Zisin
• Okkey Sumiyoshi
• Simon Russell
• Kate Vigo
• Chantelle Mitvalsky
• Justin Olsson
• and many many more

Facilities and Equipment

Rooms

• All rooms Acoustically treated
• Main Room. 10 metre x 7 metres x 5 metres high minimum parallel surfaces. 12 sends and two returns at one end 10 sends two returns at other (20 sends 4 returns total)
• Drum Room 6 meters x 5 meters 16 sends 2 returns
• Vocal Room (for isolation if needed as alternative to control room) 3 meters x 1.8 meters 4 sends 1 return
• Control Room 6 meters x 5 meters
• Kitchen 4 meters x 2.5 meters 4 sends 2 returns, Stove and food preparation facilities.
• Bathroom Includes shower and toilet
• All rooms are networked allowing direct video and mouse/keyboard control of the main computer from any location

Equipment

• 2 x Focal twin 6 BE.
• Beyer Dt150 cans, Beyer DT 990, Extreme isolation headphones, various Sennheiser andAKG cans

Preamps

• 1 x Focusrite ISA 828 8 channel transformer balanced, with digital out card and inserts on each chanel.
• 1 x Forsell SMP-2 discrete fet stereo mic pre (excellent for ribbons and anything else)
• 2 x AML ez1073-500 mic pre-amp, line amp, EQ/Filter module (Faithful Neve 1073 clone)
• 6 x AML ez1073 1RU mic pre-amp, line amp, EQ/Filter module (Faithful Neve 1073 clone carnhill trannies etc)
• 1 x Sebatron 4 channel valve mic pre
• 2 x custom stereo class A valve mic pre
• 4 x Classic API VP-312 (API 312 type for 500 series) Includes Jensen input trannies as use in the original 3124 and 512c
• 2 x Classic API VP-26 (with replica output trannies from old API desk)
• 1 x A-Designs REDDI tube DI box.
• 1 x Telefunken V74 line amp good as a mic pre on loud sources
• 1 x Telefunken V72a mic amp

Channel strips and compressors

• 2 x UA 2-1176 stereo fet compressor limiters
• 2 x Purple audio 500 series fet compressors
• 1 x Dual LA-2A (Faithful Silent Arts recreation of 2 x 1968 style mono LA-2A with matched Kennetex opto's for mastering or tracking)
• 1 x Avalon 737 valve compressor channel strip
• 1 x UA LA-610 valve mic pre compressor
• 1 x Tube tech SMC 2B Multiband Valve Opto Compressor

EQ's

• 2 x Pultec EQP-1A , faithful point to point recreation with original Triad and Peerless in and out transformers and tube rectifier. *please see notes at bottom
• Various other EQ's eg 1073 have EQ and Avalon and UALA 610pre

Interfaces


• 1 x Antelope Orion 32 channel AD/DA + 16 channel digital (total 48 in and 48 out)
• 1 x RME MADI FX PCIE card (total 192 in 192 out (40 analogue in 32 analogue out through orion via MADI port)
• 1 x 8 channel digital card in ISA 828 Control Surfaces
• 1 x Euphonix MC control

Software


Operating System either by request
• MAC OSX 10.8 or Win 10 64 bit
DAW
• Samplitude 12 ProX suite
• Cubase 6 32 or 64 bit
• Protools 12 (10 is also available)
• Cakewalk Sonar X1 Producer
• Reaper
Plugins
• Steven Slate Plugs
• Soundtoys
• Eventide Ultra Verb
• Melodyne
and more...........

Microphones


• 1 x Microtech Geffell Um70
• 2 x IOAudio MK47 handbuilt Neumann U47 clones, beezneez M7 capsule
• 2 x OPR Boutique modded ribbon mics (lundahl transformers 1.8 micron ribbons)
• 2 x OPR The Grill Umod Royer style ribbon (samar transformer and 1.8um ribbon)
• 1 x OPR The Rocket U-mod long path Ribbon (Samar Transformer and 1.8um Ribbon
• 1 x Rode K2
• 1 x Neumann M147 valve mic
• 2 x Neumann U89
• 2 x Schoeps CMC6 MK2 (omni)
• 2 x Schoeps CMC6 MK4 (cardiod)
• 1 x Schoeps CMC 6 MK5 (switchable cardiod and omni)
• 1 x Schoeps CMC5 MK41 (hypercardiod)
• 1 x Milab DC96B
• 1 x Milab DC63
• 2 x Milab VM44 (with omni and cardiod capsules)
• 1 x Milab BDM-01 (kickdrum mic)
• 3 x Sennheiser M421
• 1 x Sennheiser M441
• 1 x Sennheiser M431
• 3 x AKG 451
• 1 x AKG 452
• 2 x AKG C3000 ealier model
• 1 x AKG D112 kickdrum
• 1 x AKG D3000 Kickdrum
• 1 x AKG SE-300 ck911 x Custom Sub Kick
• 1 x AKG shotgun
• 2 x Oktava MC112
• 1 x Cascade large diaphragm condenser
• 1 x Shure SM58
• 3 x Shure SM 57
Plus more mics.....................

Instruments


• Yamaha C7 Grand Piano well tuned and maintained
• Rhodes 73 MK11 Stage Piano, electric piano very good condition and well maintained
• Hammond L-100 organ
• Leslie 251 Speaker - the leslie is exactly the same as a 147 but
• with an extra channel and set of speakers a the sides for reverb. Same tube sound
• Yamaha Maple Custom Drum Kit with Sleishman 4.5" wood
• Ludwig Black Beauty
• 6.5 metal snare
• 1 set Latin Percussion Tito Puente Pure Brass Timbales
• Various other percussion instruments
• Gibson 1968 ES345
• 1980's G 'n' L Strat
• 1972 Takamine Jumbo Steel string guitar
• Godin solid body electric guitar
• Godin Jazz Spruce guitar
• Godin Grand concert nylon guitar
• Manuel Adalid Esteve classical guitar, great guitar great intonation
• Ibanez AS207, 7 string Jazz guitar
• Ibanez GB10
• Hand made 7 string Classical lattice braced carbon fiber reinforced guitar

Amps


• Leslie 251 Speaker - the leslie is exactly the same as a 147 but with an extra channel and set of speakers a the sides for reverb. Same tube sound
• Mesa Boogie mk11 simulclass
• Quilter Micropro 200 8"
• Peavey Classic 30
• Fender 75 12" all valve point to point (from the early 80's)
• Ashdown Acoustic radiator 1
• Henricksen Jazzamp 110
• Various other speaker cabinets