THE FORT
The Fort is Bill Whelan's private recording studio located in Roundstone, Connemara on the West coast of Ireland. It is an idyllic and inspiring setting with views from the control room across Roundstone bay and onwards to the majestic Twelve Pins mountain range. The state-of-the-art facility features an SSL 4000 G+ mixing console, Studer A827 24 track multitrack and Digidesign ProTools software and hardware.

The Motionworks synchronisation system enables the sessions to be controlled centrally from the SSL computer and any number of "master/slave" combinations are available should you be working locked to picture. Here is a summary of the main equipment in the studio.
   

EQUIPMENT

QTY

Mixing Console

Solid State Logic 4000G+ 48 input with 4 stereo channels

1

   

Multitracks

Studer A827 24 track with Dolby SR

1


Tascam RC 848 Remote controller

1


Tascam DA88 digital multitrack

2


Tascam Digital interface unit

3


Tascam MU 8824 meter bridge

1

 

Dynamics

Tube-Tech LCA 2B, 2 channel valve compressor

1


Studer D19 - 2 channel digital mic pre-amp

1


Drawmer DS201 Noise Gate

1

Effects

Lexicon PCM90 Digital Reverb

1


Lexicon PCM80

1


Yamaha SPX1000

1


TC Electronics M5000

1

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Mastering & 2 tracks

Panasonic SV3800 Dat Machine

1


Denon DN790R 3 head balanced Cassette Deck

1


Denon DN650F CD player XLR / phono / SPDIF.

1


Sony PCM7040 DAT machine

1


Denon Mini Disc palyer/recorder

1

 

Monitoring

Yamaha P1500 power amp (foldback)

3


Yamaha P1500 power amp (NS10)

1


Meyer HD1 Monitors

1


Dynaudio BM6A active monitors

1


Yamaha NS10 studio

1

 

Computers

MOTU Performer sequencing software

1


MOTU Mosaic scoring software


Apple Mac 9600 Performer & SampleCell

1


Apple Mac 9600 Digidesign Protools

1


Digidesign ProTools 888/24 Interfaces

2


Micropolis single stack hard drive

1


Micropolis double stack hard drive

1

   

Sounds

Fatar Master Keyboard

1


Emu Ultra Proteus

2


Emu Proteus 2XR

1


Emu Procussion

1


Roland JD1080 Sound Module

1


Emu Proteus World

1


AKAI S3000XL sampler

1

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Microphones

B+K 4011 cardioid/condenser

2


Earthworks TC30 omni condensers

2


Neuman U87Ai multi-pattern/condenser

1


Neuman EA87

1


Shure SM57

4


Shure SM58

3


Shure Beta 57

1


Sennheiser MD 421

3


Rode Classic Valve

1


AKGC414ULS

1


AKGD112

1


   

Video

Sony Beta SP Machine

1


Sony Trinitron 14"

1


Sony Trinitron 25"

2

   

Synchronisation

ProTools Video Slave Driver

1


Midi Timepiece AV

2


Sync Pulse Generator - video syncs

1


Motionworker R2P2 controller

1


Motionworks Synchronisation system

1

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