{"id":3400,"date":"2020-03-08T13:44:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T13:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stepsahead.com.ar\/wp\/?page_id=3400"},"modified":"2025-02-24T19:15:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T19:15:51","slug":"studio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/stepsahead.com.ar\/wp\/?page_id=3400&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Studio<\/h1>\n

The mastering suite at Steps Ahead Sound<\/span> was designed as a true acoustic reference environment. Here, you will hear your music like you\u2019ve never heard it before. <\/span>
\nWe have gone to every possible length to create the ultimate monitoring chain. Our high resolution monitoring uses the best equipment we could find, the Lipinski L-707 main & L-50 speakers, silver wired and finely tuned with Genelec subwoofer to give a flat response.<\/p>\n

Ours Audient Oria Immersive & Dangerous Monitor Controllers (designed by Chris Muth – Sterling Mastering, with custom designed DAC by Troisi Designs) allows us to hear digital signals at their utmost potential. You will get a true insight into how your master compares against others.<\/span>
\nThe performance of our DAWs has been carefully tuned to give similar resolution as our reference transport, to avoid surprises and preserve the musical intent of the artist.<\/p>\n

Natural lighting was thought to create a comfortable working environment with an intimate atmosphere.<\/span> The room can easily accommodate our visitors, who may relax on our comfortable couch or enjoying freshly ground coffee in the peace of our garden – a refreshing break from long sessions.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ text_alignment=”text-center” need_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”2583″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Equipment<\/a><\/h2>\n

Although we believe that in any audio production, technique is far more important than equipment, Mastering requires special equipment to ensure quality. <\/span>
\nAt Steps Ahead Sound, each piece of our dedicated mastering equipment was selected specifically to meet this goal: almost every item widely recognized as “best in class”.
\nProcessing begins with Lynx Aurora (n), Apogee DA and Mytek AD, conversion into 24 bit\/192kHz resolution, wich results in extremely low jitter and a terrific bass sound. <\/span>
\nWe achieve the warm character of analog processing with custom Manley 16×2 Mixer and Mastering SLAM!, witch adds depth, punch and air to the dullest of home recording.
\nNext comes digital equalizing and dynamics, with the high resolution 40 bit floating point Weiss enineered linear phase EQ and Dynamics, from Switzerland, which offers astonishing precision and sonic accuracy <\/span>when sculpting any given source.
\nThrough the DD-2K Ambience Recovery Processor, by Bob Katz’s Digital Domain, we can enhance the depth and dimension of stereo mixes, making them sound clearer or bigger, adjusting the front-to-depth ratio of a recording and Mid\/Side rebalancing.
\nEqually impressive, yet different, is the Crane Song HEDD 192 wich can generate tube\/analog sounds in a digital domain.
\nQuantization and noise shaping at 16 bit\/44.1kHz is achieved via Waves L2 Ultramaximizer, the double precision 48bit Dithering processor and Limiter.
\nWe perform any task with top quality and definition in the digital domain, routing through the Z-Sys Detangler.
\nWe know cabling also has a decisive impact on sound quality. We use the best of cables for analog and digital signals, such Mogami, Monster Cable and also Canare.<\/p>\n

Monitoring: <\/strong>
\nLipinski L-707 & L-50 Speakers
\nGenelec 7070A Subwoofer
\nBryston 9B SST Amplifier
\nAudient Oria Immersive Audio Interface & Monitor Controller
\nDangerous Music Monitor<\/p>\n

Analog Signal Chain:<\/strong>
\nManley 16×2 Custom Pre and Mixer
\nManley SLAM! Mastering Limiter<\/span><\/p>\n

Digital Signal Chain:<\/strong>
\nTC Electronic M6000 5.1 Mastering System
\nEventide H9000 Effects Platform
\nWeiss EQ1 Mk2 Dyn-LP Digital Equalizer
\nWeiss DS1 Mk3 Digital Compressor\/Limiter\/Deesser
\nWaves L2 Ultramaximizer Digital Limiter
\nDigital Domain DD-2K Ambience Processor
\nCrane Song HEDD192 Harmonically Enhanced Digital Processor
\nZ-Sys 32-32r Digital Detangler<\/p>\n

Converters:<\/strong>
\nLynx Aurora (n) 32-TB3 32-channel AD-DA Converters (x3)
\nTC Electronic ADA 24\/96 Surround Converter
\nMytek Stereo 192 ADConverter
\nMytek Stereo 192 SRConverter
\nApogee DA16X 16-ch D\/A 24\/192 Reference Converter
\nMOTU UltraLite mk4
\nRME Audio ADI-4 DD<\/p>\n

DAWs:<\/strong>
\nMerging Technologies IWS with Mykerinos X-50 and Pyramix DAW Mastering Suite
\nApple Mac Studio M2 Max with Studio Display 27″ 5K
\nApple iMac Retina 27″ 5K
\nCarillon Audio Sys AC-1 with RME AES-32
\nUniversal Audio UAD-1: 1176LN, LA-2A, Pultec EQP-1A, Fairchild 670, Cambridge EQ
\n42 TB NAS File Server
\n50″ Noblex LCD Monitor<\/p>\n

Playback:<\/strong>
\nTascam CC-222 CD Recorder
\nOppo BDP-1050 BluRay Player<\/p>\n

Metering:<\/strong>
\nDorrough Custom Loudness Monitor w\/40-A2 & 240-A
\nRME DIGIcheck Level Meter with K-System[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″ text_alignment=”text-center” need_animation=”” css=”.vc_custom_1583750282267{padding-top: 10px !important;background-color: #e5e5e5 !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”3443″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” overlay_dotted=””][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3367″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text] Studio The mastering suite at Steps Ahead Sound was designed as a true acoustic reference environment. Here, you will hear your music like you\u2019ve never heard it before. We have gone to every possible length to create the ultimate monitoring chain. Our high resolution monitoring uses the best equipment […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3400","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stepsahead.com.ar\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stepsahead.com.ar\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stepsahead.com.ar\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stepsahead.com.ar\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stepsahead.com.ar\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3400"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"http:\/\/stepsahead.com.ar\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3759,"href":"http:\/\/stepsahead.com.ar\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3400\/revisions\/3759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stepsahead.com.ar\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}