S.A.M. Studio is based in Lari, a 12th century village near Pisa in Tuscany, one of the most breathtakingly beautiful parts of Italy. Based in a traditional building next to Lari castle, this state-of-the-art residential recording studio offers luxury accommodation with stunning views of the Tuscan countryside, including the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Apuan Alps, and on a clear day Volterra and the Leaning Tower of Pisa..
Sat at the heart of the control room, which was designed by French acoustic designer Christian Malcurt, is a 48-channel LN1 Raindirk Symphony console. S.A.M. has racks of vintage valve gear as well as modern equipment, and clients have the choice of a Pro Tools HD3 rig as well as a 2” 16-track Soundcraft machine.
The main live room, Recording Room A measures 8.6 m x 6 m x 4.5 m, and was also designed by Malcurt alongside Studio Sound Service. At the center of the room is a Steinway grand piano, and the space has a great variety of top-level acoustics. There is also a second, smaller recording room giving producers and engineers further options when tracking. Besides the beautifully-crafted acoustics at S.A.M., there are countless microphones and backline instruments to use as well.
During time out from the session, guests will have the sole use of a stylish flat just 70 meters away from the studio. The village of Lari is a typical Tuscan affair - a lovely wine bar, great cuisine, medieval architecture and friendly locals. Settle in and enjoy your time in this magnificent and inspiring part of Italy…
Please send us a message for more info, hour minimums, and day rates.
Hourly rate: $90/hr - Studio type: Mid-Level, Top-Line.
Equipment
- - Dimensions Control room measures 8m x 5.3m
- - designed by Christian Malcurt Live Room A measures 8.5m x 6m and is 4.5m high
- - designed by Christian Malcurt Live Room B (5.4m x 3.7m x h 2.7m) Machine room (5.4m x 3.7m x h 2.2m) Console Raindirk Symphony LN1 48ch in line mixer RCA BC7A Broadcast mixer Monitoring Genelec 1031A Yamaha NS
- - 10M Yamaha NS
- - 10M Studio DAUB D500C 500 watt amplifier Yamaha P 2500S Power Amplifier Headphones AKG K
- - 141 (x3) Sony MDR
- - 7509 Beyerdynamic DT250 (x8) Behrineger HA
- - 4400 4 channel (x7) Hard Disc Recording Avid Pro Tools HD3 Accel Digidesign Pro Tools 8 HD TDM Avid Pro Tools 9 Lynx Aurora 16 16 Channel A
- - D D
- - A Converter Avid 192 I
- - O Digidesign Digi 002 GML HRT 9300
- - H Lexicon 20
- - 20 AD Avid Sync I
- - O HD Emagic Unitor 8 Multitrack Recorders Studer B67 2 track 1
- - 4" Soundcraft 760 mkii 16 track 2" Tascam DA
- - 30 MkII DAT Recorder Tascam DA
- - 40 DAT Machine Tascam DA
- - 60 MKII Tascam DA
- - 98HR Tascam MD
- - 350 Mini Disc Tascam CD
- - RW2000 DAW Setup Apple Mac Pro 2x 2.66GHz 8
- - Core Apple OSX 10.6.8 Apple G5 Power PC Dual 2.7Ghz Avid Artist Mix PreSonus FaderPort Dynamics Manley Variable MU Stereo Limiter
- - Compressor Teletronix LA
- - 2A Leveling Amplifier (x2) Amek 9098 Audio & Design F769
- - XR Vocal Stressor Empirical Labs EL
- - 8XS Distressor "British Mode" Option with Stereo Link EMT 257 (x2) ElectroSpace development EX1 Aphex EasyRider 4 channel Drawmer DS201 Dual Noise Gate (x3) Aphex Compellor (x2) SPL Transient Designer 4 Dynamics Processor Mic Pres Universal Audio 8110 8 channel Joemeek VC6 GML 8304 Tube
- - Tech MP 1A Mic Pre
- - Amp
- - DI RCA BA72 (x4) Cadac G
- - 320 (x2) SPL Area 5.1 sourrond preamp Trident B Range 1150 Mic's Preamp & EQ (x2) Joemeek TwinQ EQ GML 9500 UREI 546 stereo Reverberation EMT 251 Lexicon 224X Digital Reverb Lexicon 480L Lexicon PCM 70 AMS RMX16 Digital Reverb Sony Dps
- - R7 Yamaha REV7 Digital Reverb Delays & FX Processors Lexicon MPX500 ElectroSpace development Spanner Roland Dep 5 Multi FX Processor Yamaha SPX90 MKII (x2) GML 9550 Digital Noise Reduction Aphex Aural Exciter 602 De
- - esser Aphex Aural Exciter Type C Microphones & DI Beyerdynamic MC 742n Stereo Beyerdynamic M 69 TG Beyerdynamic M 88 Beyerdynamic MC 740 DPA 4006 (x4) DPA 4011 (x2) DPA 4017 DPA 5100 sourroud DPA 4060 miniature DPA BLM 4060 (x2) Earthworks QTC 50k (x2) Custom made Holophone Milab LSR 1000 Milab EMBLA Milab VIP
- - 50 RCA BK
- - 5B Ribbon (x2) AKG C 414 B
- - ULS (x2) AKG C 414 B
- - XL II
- - ST Matched Pair AKG D 112 (x2) AKG D 12 (x2) AKG D 224 (x5) AKG Solidtube Valve (x2) Electro
- - Voice N
- - D868 Neumann TLM 170 (x2) Neumann KMS 85 Neumann CMV 5
- - B Neumann Gefell CMV 563 Tube Neumann M 7 Capsule Neumann M 9 Capsule Neumann M 49 b Neumann U 47 Valve Neumann U 67 Tube (x2) Neumann U 87 Schoeps CMC 5U (x2) Sennheiser E 609 Sennheiser MD 421 (x5) Sennheiser MD 441 (x4) Shure Beta 56A (x4) Shure SM57 (x6) Shure SM81 Sony C
- - 536P Sony C
- - 48 Telefunken U47 Tube (x2) Western Electric 639B "Birdcage" Yamaha Subkick Keyboards Steinway Model B Grand Piano Fender Rhodes Mk I 88 keys GEM Pro2 Portable Stage Piano Guitars Laurus Quasar SL20 5 strings Warwick Thumb 4 strings EKO Barracuda 12 12 strings (335 style) Banjo Mandolin Larrivee OM 02 Acoustic Gibson ES 125 Semi Acoustic '60 Fender Stratocaster (x2) Fender Telecaster Amplifiers Fender Deville Vox AC30 Soldano SP77 series 2 Guitar preamp Brunetti Centouno Guitar preamp Effects Pedals & DIs Ebow Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi USA Electro Harmonix Memory Man Ibanez Tube Screamer Jim Dunlop Cry Baby 535 Radial JDI Passive Direct Box Radial Re
- - amp Percussion Ludwig 400 (1966) Vintage Maracas Shakers Wind Chimes Plugins Avid Chorus Avid Click Avid Compressor
- - Limiter Avid D
- - Fi Avid D
- - Verb Avid De
- - Esser Avid Delay Avid DigiReWire Avid Dynamics II Avid Dynamics III Avid Elastic Audio Avid Eleven Free Avid Eleven LE Avid EQ II Avid EQ III Avid Expander
- - Gate Avid Extra Long Delay II Avid Gain Avid Invert Avid Lo
- - Fi Avid Long Delay II Avid Maxim Avid Multi
- - Tap Delay Avid Normalize Avid Ping
- - Pong Delay Avid Pitch Avid Pitch Shift Avid POWr Dither Avid Pultec EQH
- - 2 Avid Pultec EQP
- - 1A Avid Pultec MEQ
- - 5 Avid Reverb One Avid Reverse Avid ReVibe Avid Short Delay II Avid Signal Generator Avid Time Adjuster Avid TL Aggro Avid TL AutoPan Avid TL EveryPhase Avid TL InTune Avid TL MasterMeter Avid TL Metro Avid TL Space TDM Edition Avid Trim Avid Vari
- - Fi Avid Virus Indigo Avid X
- - Form Avid Xpand 2 Slate Drums Platinum Slate Digital FG
- - X Slate Digital Trigger Soundtoys Little MicroShift Valhalla Room Valhalla Shimmer Vienna Symphonic Library Vienna Suite
Amenities
- - Analog/digital for both live and overdub recordings
- - using two recording rooms. Live room A is 230m3 (8
- - 5x6x4
- - 5m) and Live room B is 55m3 (5
- - 4x3
- - 7x2
- - 7m)
- - both designed and built to be versatile in sound captures. A wide range of acoustic
- - electric and electronic instruments to satisfy every creative/musical request. A wide range of microphones and pre-amplifiers to create the right blend in every situation. We also offer upon request on site/external recording
- - extending the gear according to the creative requirement. A 110m3 control room designed by architectural acoustic designer Christian Malcurt
- - a vintage analog Raindirk LN1 Symphony 48 channels in line console
- - AVID PRO TOOLS HD3 digital system and numerous outboard signal processors allow any digital or analog recording to be mixed
- - exploiting the potential of both state-of-the-art digital machines and valued vintage machines.
Past Clients
http://www.samworld.it
- Hourly Rate
- $90/hr
- Max Capacity
- N/A
- Min Booking
- N/A
- Studio Type
- Mid-Level, Top-Line
- City
- Lari PI
- Listed
- April 4, 2015
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