The Lodge

The Lodge is the largest studio at Dark Horse Recording. Designed to cater to the most demanding of recording sessions, The Lodge provides an exquisite environment. Also featured is a large gourmet kitchen and an upstairs lounge with gorgeous views.

Control Room

The lodge features a 48 input Trident Series 80 desk married to a Martin Sound ACX 24-channel sidecar for a total of 72 channels of AMS / Neve Flying Faders automation.

This Trident is heavily modified by Bud Wyatt: EQ, mix, summing amp, and IC chip upgrades with functional modifications, e.g., solo safes, 8 auxiliary sends, nine 2-track send/returns, 24-buss, and custom external patch bay.

Tracking Room

Tracking sessions of all sizes can be comfortably accommodated in The Lodge. A large tracking room sits to the immediate right of the control room.

Isolation Rooms

There are many isolation configurations available.

The Piano Room is home to A Yamaha C-7 grand piano sits in another spacious isolation room.

Three more rooms are directly available, and guitar and bass amplifiers are often isolated on the lower level, freeing up all other spaces on the main floor for players or vocalists.

Studio Gear

Console

The lodge features a 48 input Trident Series 80 desk married to a Martin Sound ACX 24-channel sidecar for a total of 72 channels of AMS / Neve Flying Faders automation.

Cue System

Behringer P16M 16 channel mixers

Alternate systems on request:

Formula Sound Q-10 system
Crown CE1000 amplification
Two separate stereo cue systems
(Quiet, Clean, Powerful)

Pro Tools Specifications

Apple Mac Pro (2019) 3.5 Ghz 8 Core Intel Xeon W
Digidesign HDx System
(1) HD I/O’
(2) 192 I/O for a total 40 Inputs / 40 Outputs
Digidesign Sync I/O

Automation

AMS / Neve Flying Faders
72 channel plus Master and 3 group Faders

Monitoring

NEARFIELD
Genelec 1031A
Yamaha NS10

IN WALL
Genelec 1039A (3-way with dual 15″ woofers)

Processing

(2) ADL 1000 Compressors
(1) Alan Smart C2 Stereo Compressor
(2) Amek 9098 Mic Pre / EQ
(2) Amek 9098 Stereo Compressors
(1) Aphex 104 Aural Exciter
(2) Aphex 662 Gates
(8) API 312 Preamplifiers
(4) API 550a Equalizer
(2) API 560 Graphic Equalizer
(1) BBE 862 Sonic Maximizer
(4) Brent Averill 1073 mic pre/eq
(2) Daking 52270 Mic Pre / 4-band EQ
(2) Daking 91579 Compressors
(2) DBX 165a Compressors
(3) DBX 902 De-essers
(4) DBX 903 Compressors
(2) DBX 904 Noise Gates
(2) Empirical Labs EL8 Distressors
(1) Eventide DSP 4000
(1) PCM 91 Digital Reverb
(1) PCM 81 Digital Reverb
(2) Roland SRV-330 Digital Reverb
(1) Roland SDE-330 Digital Delay
(1) SPL Transient Designer 4
(1) TC 2290 Digital Delay
(2) Telefunken V72 Preamps
(2) Tubetech CL-1B Compressors
(2) Tubetech PE-1C Equalizers
(2) UA 1176 Limiting Amplifier
(4) Vintech Audio X-81 Mic Pre/EQ

Microphones

Condensers

(2) AKG 414
(2) AKG 451
(2) Audio Technica 4033
(2) Audio Technica 4050
(1) Crown PZM
(1) Neumann 582
(1) Neuman M 147
(1) Manley Gold Reference
(1) Microtech Gefell M70
(1) Microtech Gefell M900
(2) Microtech Gefell UM92
(1) Neumann U87
(2) Shure KSM44
(2) Shure KSM141
(1) Shure Prototype
(2) Shure SM 81
(1) Sontronics STC-1
(1) Sontronics Mercury
(2) Teegarden Audio PPC-125

Ribbons

(1) AEA R84a
(2) Cascade Fathead (Silver)
(2) Cascade Fathead (Gold)
(2) Cascade Fathead (Active)
(1) KSM 353
(2) Royer 122
(1) Sontronics Apollo 2 Stereo Ribbon

Dynamics

(1) AKG D112
(1) Electro Voice RE20
(1) Fostex M5
(1) NS-10 Subkick
(6) Sennheizer 421
(1) Sennheizer 441
(1) Shure Beta 57
(1) Shure Beta 52
(1) Shure SM54
(7) Shure SM57
(3) Shure SM58
(1) Shure SM7b
(1) Sontronics Corona
(1) TOA!