Recording studios & Mastering suite

STUDIO

The studio was purpose-built in 1989. Much thought (and expense!) has gone into the acoustic treatment - isolation, floating floors etc....

It is situated in a peaceful, detached, location in Monks Horton, Kent. With the Black Horse pub at one end of the lane, and the Tiger Inn at the other, Quantum Leap is an ideal countryside location to lay down your songs and get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life - a place where you can focus on the task at hand. It's situated within five minutes of the M20 motorway (Junc. 11) and is less than 1hrs drive from London.

There is an extremely spacious Control room, Large live room, seperate drum booth and machine room. There is also a lobby area with a seperate kitchen (including television, coffee machine, kettle, toaster, microwave etc), toilet and shower room.

The studio also has its own parking area.

RECORDING EQUIPMENT

DDA DMR12, 88 input analogue desk, with fantastic mic preamps and a great British sounding parametric EQ, 2 x MOTU HD192 audio interfaces and 1 x MOTU 2408 interface into a custom built PC (running Nuendo 3.2 with Waves SSL and Mercury bundles, Sony Oxford, Antares Autotune 5, Drumagog and plenty more plugins).

OUTBOARD GEAR

TL Audio 5051 ivory series mic pre-amp and 2x C1 compressors. Compressors and gates from Drawmer, Urie 1176, Eventide Omnipressor, Valvotronics Gain Ryder. Reverbs from Lexicon (200), Yamaha, Sony.

MICROPHONES
A vast collection for every instrument and recording scenario. Mics from Neumann, Heil, Beyerdynamic, Shure, AKG, Rode, SE.

INSTRUMENTS

Marshall and Rose baby grand piano. Pearl BLX 5-piece Drum Kit (birch shell). Pearl World Series 5-piece drum kit. Marshall JCM800 2205 50watt split channel customised valve head, original (1988). Hughes and Kettner Triamp 100watt valve head. Roland Jazz Chorus 160 guitar amp, Maine 1970's transistor head. Marshall and Laney 4x12 speaker cabinets. Ampeg SVT200 bass combo, various other guitar amps and amp simulators. Fender Telecaster '72 Custom. Various percussive instruments, and an accordion!