Underground Lovers × Black Cab × Parading × Chris Smith × Trans Sky × Glory Box × Roller One × Elizaband x Mike O’Dowd The Tall Grass x The Devours x He Cries Diamonds x Rosie Haden & Greg Hoepner x Mad Mellow x Contrast x Pony Face
At the heart of Pharmacy Studio is a beautiful mid 70's AMPEX MM1200 24 track 2" tape machine. This machine is fully maintained and is renowned for it's warmth, frequency response and high level tape saturation that ONLY analogue tape can achieve. Coupled with this is a powerful computer system that allows transfer from analogue to digital at 96k thereby retaining all that lovely tape warmth with digital convenience.
The Studio is located in a beautiful old farm house on 6 acres, 5 minutes outside of Kyneton - just over an hour from Melbourne CBD.
The Studio has a dedicated drum and tracking room, a huge comfortable control room and a variety of other spaces, depending on the sound desired - all with beautiful high ceilings and hard wood floors.
PHARMACY offers a variety of analogue tape options. Mix existing, 2” tape masters. . . or ‘warm up’ digital recordings by transferring through the Ampex 24 track tape Machine.
Also available is an Otari MX5050 1/2” 8 track - which was the original Pharmacy tape machine - and still sounds MIGHTY.
OR. . . A fully restored REVOX G-36 early 60’s valve 1/2” 2 track. This machine is INCREDIBLE for running final mixes through to achieve a smooth bottom end and gorgeous, silky top end. It also gives the option to create an entirely analog recording by tracking to the Ampex 24 track and mixing to 2 track stereo, on the REVOX. The 1/4'“ master can then be used direct to gorgeous VINYL.
The average life span of analogue tape is between 10 to 15 years depending on how it has been stored. Pharmacy Studio offers a transfer service for your precious 2" masters to digital at 96k sample rate. The tape machine will be calibrated to suit the type of tape being transferred and this service is charged at a reasonable hourly rate.
As a member of bands including Underground Lovers, Black Cab, Crow and Registered Nurse – Pharmacy can provide a drummer, guitarist and bass player, (all in the one person) for your project.
RICHARD ANDREW
As founder of Pharmacy Records, Richard has over the past 20 years, recorded, produced and released numerous artists including, Grand Salvo, Silver Ray, Kim Salmon, Rob Snarski and Princess One Point Five. Having also been fortunate to be a member of Underground Lovers, Black Cab, Crow and Registered Nurse, (just to name a few) Richard approaches the recording process primarily as a musician, giving him unique insight into what a song requires to fulfil the artist’s vision, beyond just technical engineering skills. The Studio is a fun, creative, nurturing and productive space.
MOBILE 0406 044 711
Ampex MM 1200 2” Tape Machine.
Otari ½” MX 50 50 8 Track Tape Machine.
REVOX G-36 1/4” Stereo 2 Track Tape Machine.
Toft ATB 24 Track Mixing Desk.
New RC-69 PC.
3 x RME Sound Cards and Breakout Boxes.
1 x Mytek 192 CX Studio Clock.
Reaper v4.151 and Protools 9 Software.
1 x Neumann U87 Ai.
3 x Neumann Vintage Tube CMV 563 – with M7, M8 and M9 Capsules.
Audio Technica ATM 250.
2 x Rode NT 2.
1 x Sennheiser MK 4.
6 x Shure Beta 57 and 58.
1 x AKG D5 Vocal Microphone.
1 x Beyer Dynamic TG – x 50.
1 x Electrovox RE 20.
5 x Shine PG 56.
2 x PZM Plate Mics.
1 x Vintage Ampex Tube MX 10 4 Channel Preamp.
1 x Golden Age Pre 73.
1 x DBX 376 Tube Pre.
1 x RETRO INSTRUMENTS ‘Powerstrip’ Valve Pre.
1 x Thermionic Culture Phoenix Tube Compressor (Mastering Plus).
1 x Chandler/EMI TG1 Limiter.
1 x Teletronix LA 2A.
2 x Altec Vintage 1612 B Limiter/Compressors.
1 x Original DBX 160.
1 x DBX 163X.
1 x Symetrix 425 Compressor.
1 x Behringer Multicom PRO.
1 x Behringer Ultraflex 2.
1 x Pair JBL TLX 9GI Monitors.
1 x Pair Yamaha HS 80M Monitors.
1 x Pair Auratone 5PSC Monitors.
1 x Denon PMA 350SE Power Amplifier.
1 x Presonus HP-50 6 Channel Headphone Monitor.
3 x Beyer Dynamic DT770 Headphones and Various Others Including Fostex and Pioneer.
1 x Bricasti M7 Reverb.
2 x Lexicon MPX 100 Reverb.
2 x Alesis Midiverb 2.
1 x Orban 111B Spring Reverb.
1 x Omni Digital Delay.
1 x Line 6 Echo Pro.
1 x Alesis Microverb 3.
1 x Roland SDE 1000 Digital Delay.
1 x Companion Amplifier Psychedelic Machine.
1 x DBX 118 Dynamic Range Enhancer.
1 x Boss RRV – 10 Reverb.
1 x Chandler Tube Driver.
Many and Varied Guitar Effect Pedals.
1 x Fender Deluxe.
1 x Fender Super 210.
1 x Ampex V4 – B Bass Valve Bass Head and Box.
1 x Mid 60's Vox Satellite Amp.
1964 Ludwig Drum Kit with Choice of Ludwig, Premier or Tama Snares.
1 x Original Roland Juno 60 Synth.
Over 25 Various Vintage Electric Guitars, Basses, Steel and Nylon Strings – Including Fender, Rickenbacker, Hoffner, Kay and Takamine.
$400 per day. Incl. Engineer
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