xAbout Mercy Sound:

 For "Bigger-than-Life" Recording, Mixing and Mastering

MERCY SOUND RECORDING STUDIOS

Mercy Sound is a 2000 square foot sound recording studio facility located in the East Village of Manhattan. Our acoustically balanced and soundproofed rooms are networked together with audio, video and ethernet/internet lines to allow maximum flexibility and range of services. Mercy Sound has New York's best environment for work and play with three control rooms, a live room and four vocal booths. In the lounge area we have cable TV and a kitchenette.

We also help people produce projects from concept through recording, editing, mixing and mastering to CD artwork design and duplication. We have a large library of sound effects for film and video work and do voice overs and musical soundtrack writing as well as full album projects.
At Mercy Sound, you will be working with experienced recording engineers, mixers, producers and writers on the very best equipment ever made, Neve and ADM/API preamps, Neumann microphones and ProTools HD.

We invite you to come over for a tour of the sound studios located at 14th Street and Avenue B in Manhattan.

Contact Mercy Sound at 212-353-0076 or email: studio@mercysound.com

xFacility Information:

•Heavily soundproofed and acoustically treated private control rooms, iso booths and live room.
•Audio and video tie lines interconnecting all rooms and booths.
•Excellent environmental air control. Each room with its own dedicated A/C and heating system with isolated ducting and fresh air introduction.
•Isolated and clean dedicated electrical circuit for all audio equipment.
?Broadband internet and wireless ethernet networking in all rooms.
•EAW PA system.
•In-house Mac tech support.
•Kitchenette, lounge, two rest rooms.
•East Village location at 14th Street and Avenue B with great restaurants and nightlife.
•Easy subways, buses, easy parking, FDR Drive.
•24/7 access.



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Equipment List:

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 Recorder
1 Apple Macintosh G5 Dual 1.8 MHz 2.25GB RAM 2,250 GB Storage
1 Digidesign ProTools HD|3 Accel with Digidesign 192 Interface 16in/16out
ProTools 7.4 with Elastic Audio stretching
Tons of Plug-Ins and Virtual Instruments
Digidesign Control|24 Surface
Apple Logic Studio Pro 8 with ESX24 MKII (160GB samples) and full TDM support
Reason, Digital Performer
Otari MX-5050 Tape Machine


Preamps and Eqs
2 Neve 1073 pre/eqs
2 Neve 1066 pre/eqs
16 ADM 770 Discrete pre/eqs (1973 API)
1 Mellenia Twin Direct TD-1 Preamp / DI (special rental)
1 Avalon 737 (call to arrange)
1 Radial J48 Direct Boxes
4 Radial JDI Direct Boxes


Compressors
1 Cranesong STC-8 Stereo Discrete Class A Compressor Limiter
1 Distressor Compressors
1 Manley Stereo Elop Compressor
1 Teletronix LA-2A (special rental)
1 Universal Audio 1176 (special rental)


Microphones
2 Neumann 87ai
1 Neumann KMS 105
1 Neumann U67 Tube Mic (special rental)
1 Brauner VMA Dual Tube Mic (very special rental)
2 DPA 4006 (special rental)
1 BPM TB-95 Tube Mic
2 ADK TC Tube Mic
1 ADK Hamburg Mic
1 Pearl TL-4 Stereo condenser
2 AudioTechnica 4033
4 Sennheiser PL76
4 Sennheiser 421
1 AKG D112
3 Shure SM-57
2 Audix OM3
1 Audix OM2


Monitoring
1 Legacy Audio Focus 20/20 Masteing Monitors (Mains)
1 Klein and Hummel 0300D Monitors
1 Yamaha NS-10M Studio Monitors
2 Aragon Palladium Monoblock Power Amps
1 Aragon 8008BB Power Amp
1 Q Mix 6 ch Headphone Distribution Mixer System
8 Studio Headphones


Midi
1 Yamaha Motif ES8 (call to arrange)
1 Korg Prophecy
1 Access Virus Indigo Synth
1 Akai MPC 2000
1 Akai MPC 3000(special rental)
1 Kat Drum Pads
1 Art Midi Foot Controller
1 Unitor 8 MKII Interface
1 Art SGX-2000
1 Yamaho Midi Guitar Controller


Instruments
1 Yamaha Recording Custom 6 Piece Drum Set with Zildian "A" Custom Cymbals
1 Ludwig 1968 Supraphonic Snare Drum
1 Tama Swingstar Snare Drum
1 Hammond B3 with Leslie Speaker (special rental)
1 Wurlitzer (special rental)
1 Rhodes Piano (special rental)
1 Eavestaff Pianette Piano (special rental)
1 Fender P-Bass '69
1 Acoustic Brand Black Widow Bass
1 Hamer Electic Guitar
1 Gibson Les Paul Guitar
1 Gibson Southern Jumbo Acoustic Guitar '69 with Amazing DI Pickup
1 Yamaha Acoustic Guitar


Instrument Amplifiers
1 Ampeg SVT Head
1 Marshall JCM 2000 (Plexi + JCM 800 blend)
1 Fender Blackface Twin Reverb Combo Amp
1 Hughes & Kettner BassBase 600 Amp Head
1 Hughes & Kettner Bass Cabinet

Deluxe Boutique Replica Amps, Most"Far Better Than Originals"
1 Fender Blackface Deluxe
1 Fender Tweed
1 Marshall Super Lead
1 Marshall Plexi
1 Marshall JTM
1 Vox AC-30
1 Mesa Boogie
With many different Celestion guitar speaker models.



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