Studio
McGowan Soundworks, located in Culver City, California, features 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos monitoring that has been tuned by Dolby Labs, 2 Pro Tools HDX systems, a Mac Mini Dolby Atmos RMU, dual Lexicon PCM96 Surround reverbs, and a diverse collection of plug-ins to accommodate a variety different projects. Our studio offers a balanced, quiet, cool, and comfortable environment to bring your project to completion.
Gear
Monitoring
- 3x PMC IB2 LCR Main Monitors
- 8x PMC Wafer1 Surround/Height Channels
- 2x PMC TwoTwo.Sub2 Subwoofers
- Classe & Crown Amplification
Control
- Avid S3 + Dock
Pro Tools
- 3.2 GHz 16-Core HDX|3 Playback Rig
- 1 HD IO Digital
- 1 Sync HD
- 2 UAD Octo Card
- 3.33 GHz 6-Core HDX|2 Print Rig
- 1 Sync HD
- 1 UAD Octo Card
- 3.2 GHz 6-Core Mac Mini Dolby Atmos RMU
- Focusrite RedNet Dante Card
- Dolby Atmos Mastering Suite
- AVID MTRX
- 3x Digilink Cards (128 channels from each PT Rig)
- 1x Dante Card
- 1x Dante Option Card
- SPQ Speaker Management Card
- Antelope Trinity Master Clock
Outboard
- 2 Lexicon PCM96 Surround Reverbs
Plug-Ins
A variety of plug-ins are available from the following developers:
- Audio Ease
- Avid
- Boz Digital Labs
- Celemony
- Dolby Labs
- Eventide
- Exponential Audio
- FabFilter
- Focusrite
- iZotope
- Kush Audio
- Lexicon
- LiquidSonics
- NUGEN Audio
- PerfectSurround
- Plugin Alliance
- PSP
- ReFuse Software
- Serato
- Softube
- Sonnox
- Soundtoys
- The Cargo Cult
- Universal Audio
- Valhalla DSP
- Waves
A complete plug-in list can be found here.
Mix Prep
Below you’ll find a link to a guide to preparing cues for mixing. This process involves a lot of specific details that if done correctly, can save a lot of time and confusion during the mixing process.
Even if you aren’t hiring me to mix your project, feel free to use this guide as most other mixers that I know will likely want things delivered to them in a similar fashion.
For Mixing