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Studio A

Our main tracking room is one of the largest in Chicago, and can easily accomodate large bands.  The main area measures 36' x 24'.  Three isolation rooms are adjacent to the main room and measure 13' x 13', 13' x 7', and 4' x 7'.  The control room measures 24' x 24'.  The rooms are designed to feature perfect lines of sight from one another.

  • Trident TSM 48x24x32x4x2 Mixing Console
    • Serial no. 9, this board was used by countless artists including Pink Floyd (The Wall), Tony Bennett, Queen, Kiss, Sinead O'Connor, Billy Joel, R.E.M, Marcus Miller, Weird Al Yankovic and many more
  • Pro Tools MixPlus TDM system
    • Full set of legal plugins from Waves, McDSP, Bomb Factory, and TC Works
    • 24 i/o with zero latency monitoring
  • MCI 2" 24 Track Tape Recorder
  • Alesis ADAT 24 Track Hard Disk Recorder
  • Alesis MasterLink 2-track recorder/mastering duplicator
  • Four Vintage EMT plate reverb units
  • External Processing Equipment
    • Oram Sonics Sonicomp 2 Optical Compression (4), BBE Sonic Maximizer 882i, Symetrix CL-100 compressor/limiter, DBX Subharmonic Synthesizer, Oram Sonics Octasonic Mic Preamp (8), Yamaha REV-7 reverb
  • Mackie, Genelec, and JBL Monitors

Studio B

Measuring 24' x 20' this room is used mainly for editing and composing.  It is equipped with two full-sized MIDI workstations as well as industry-standard audio, composing and MIDI software.  This room is also equipped for recording.

Lounge

Our huge lounge measures 32' x 18' and is the perfect place to relax during your session.  Filled with comfortable couches, tables, chairs, a big screen TV and a pool table, this area can accommodate your entire entourage and helps to ease the pressures of being in the studio.

Microphones

  • Neumann KM 184 (stereo matched pair)
  • Neumann U 149 Tube Condenser
  • Sennheiser MD 421-V
  • Sennheiser e604 (2)
  • Shure SM58 (12)
  • Shure SM57 Special
  • Shure SM Beta 57
  • Shure SM81 (stereo matched pair)
  • Beyer Dynamic
  • AKG D112
  • EV 868
  • Tannoy Condenser (2)
  • Various Assorted Mics

Instruments

  • Late 1800's Steinway Concert Grand Piano with raised octave
  • Hammond B-3 with Leslie SpeakerPearl and Yamaha Kits, assorted snares/cymbals/percussion
  • Upright Bass with Piezo pickup
  • Marshall, Peavey, Mackie, Alembic, and Carver amps


Portable Recording

We are equipped to meet all of your recording needs, be they audio or video.  Our portable system offers up to 24 tracks of pristine 24 bit 48 kHz audio recording which can easily be synced with video and burned to DVD.

  • Alesis XT20 ADAT (5) w/BRC
  • Alesis Masterlink 2trk
  • Tascam DA30MkII 2trk DAT
  • Sony DV and Ikegami 79E Video Camera
  • Video monitors
  • Stage/Video Lighting and Accessories
  • Full PA System (board, power amps, speakers, monitors)

 

Specific equipment available upon request!


 


 

Paragon Recording Studio

820 W. Fulton Market

Chicago, IL  60607

312-942-0075

Fax-942-2488

Email: paragonrecordingstudio@yahoo.com