Processing

One of the great things about recording at Fortress Studios is having access to some of the worlds most famous outboard equipment.  There are many things you can do with analogue equipment that digital plug-ins were never designed to do.  We have a range of outboard equipment to colour and texture your sound to suit any track.

Dynamics and EQ’s

  1. ‣Amek / Rupert Neve 9098 stereo Compressors x2

  2. ‣Amek / Rupert Neve 9098 Mic Pre EQ

  3. ‣Avalon Valve Mic Pre Compressor EQ’s x2

  4. ‣Universal Audio 1176LN limiting amplifier x 4

  5. ‣Alan Smart CLI (SSL) stereo compressor x2

  6. ‣Drawmer 1960 stereo valve mic pre compressor

  7. ‣ADR F700 RS stereo compressor

  8. ‣DBX 160x mono compressor x 2

  9. ‣DBX 160vu mono compressor x 2

Compressors, EQ’s, Expanders, Gates

and De-essers

  1. ‣DBX 902 de-esser x 2

  2. ‣Drawmer DS201 dual gates x 2

  3. ‣Valley People Dynamite stereo compressor

  4. ‣DBX 120xp sub harmonic synth

  5. ‣Autotune AVP1

  6. ‣Massenburg EQ

Effects

Our range of outboard effects varies from a classic EMT plate reverb, to the Lexicon PCM 70’s rich rooms.  The Eventide H3000 or a Bel Delay can fill out a lonely vocal or add depth to a mix and the Culture Vulture valve distortion adds fantastic harmonics.

Effects

  1. ‣EMT Plate Reverb

  2. ‣Lexicon PCM 70

  3. ‣Lexicon MPX 1

  4. ‣Lexicon Alex

  5. ‣Eventide H3000 D/SX

  6. ‣Yamaha SPX 90

  7. ‣Digitech GSP 2101

  8. ‣Bel BD 80 DDL

  9. ‣Thermionic Culture Vulture Valve Distortion

  10. ‣Zoom 1204

Reverbs, Delays, Pitch and Modulation

We also have a collection of up to date TDM and RTAS plug-ins such as TLSpace’s critically acclaimed Convolution reverb plug-in with a large collection of samples if a more realistic room sound is necessary.