Helping musicians sound their best

Professional music recording studio in Atlanta ranked first in customer satisfaction.

Our Detailed Equipment List

Groove Tunes has a mixture of new technology and vintage gear. For each specific project we implement the proper technology and methods that produce the best sound in the least amount of time. These sorts of decisions can only be made by an experienced engineer who understands the client's objectives, and who has the technical and musical background to make all the best decisions to achieve optimal results.

Control 24 Console

Control 24 Console

Console and Recorders

  • Pro Tools HD 9.0.1 Accel 3 System with 192-Track capability at CD quality audio and 80-track capability at DVD-audio quality
  • Control 24 control interface mixing board w/ 16 mic preamps
  • Apple Mac Pro 12-core, two-2.66 GHz Intel Xeon Processor with 6 Gig of RAM, three 1 GB internal hard drives, Digidesign HD3 PCIe Accel cards, OSX version 10.5.7 Snow Leopard operating system
  • Cinema HD 27” Flat-Panel Display
  • M-Audio MIDI Sport 2x2 I/O Interface
  • 1.0 TB Glyph hard drive
  • 1.5 TB Lacie hard drive 
  • 500 GB Lacie hard drive
  • 300 GB Glyph hard drive
  • 160 GB Glyph hard drive
  • 120 GB Glyph hard drive
  • Technics 1500 2-track (“half track”) 15 / 7-1/2 IPS reel-to-reel tape 
  • TEAC V-6030S stereo cassette tape deck
  • Tandberg TCD 340A stereo cassette tape deck

Microphones

  • SONY C800 GPAC (tube)
  • Neumann U67 (tube)
  • Neumann U87 (vintage)
  • Neumann TLM 49
  • Neumann TLM-103
  • Soundelux U99B tube mic
  • Royer R-121
  • Studio Projects C3’s (2)
  • AKG 451’s (2)
  • Sennheiser MD 421’s (3)
  • Shure Beta 52
  • AKG D12E
  • Shure 57's (2)
  • Beyer Dynamics M-500
  • Beyer Dynamics M-400’s (2)

Amps & Preamps

  • Universal Audio LA-610 preamp/EQ/compressor
  • PreSonus MP 88’s (2) preamps
  • Focusrite ISA 220’s (2) preamp/EQ/compressor
  • Focusrite Control 24 (16) preamps
  • Groove Tubes "The Brick" (2) preamps and DI box
  • Behringer Power Play PRO-XL headphone amp
  • Musical Fidelity X-Can headphone amp
  • Audio Research M-100’s (2) mono tube amps
  • Audio Research SP-11 tube preamp
  • Classe' SSP A/V processor/preamp
  • Aragon 4004 stereo amp
  • Theta Dreadnaught 5-channel 
  • Denon PMA-300V integrated amps (2)
  • Denon PMA-500V integrated 

Equalizers

  • Eventide EQ65 Filter Set
  • Eventide EQ45
  • Eventide Precision Time Align
  • Oxford EQ + Filters
  • Oxford 5 Band EQ
  • Oxford 3 Band EQ
  • Oxford Filters
  • 1-Band EQ II
  • 4-Band EQ II
  • 1-Band EQ 3
  • 4-Band EQ 3
  • 7-Band EQ 3
  • FilterBank E2
  • FilterBank E4
  • FilterBank E6
  • FilterBank F1
  • FilterBank F2
  • FilterBank F3
  • FilterBank P2
  • FilterBank P4
  • FilterBank P6
  • FilterBank B1
  • Ff d2 1-2 Band
  • Ff d2 4-Band
  • Ff d2 6-Band
  • Joe Meek Meequalizer
  • MDW Parametric Equalizer
  • Audio Track TDM
  • LinEQ Broadband TDM
  • LinEQ Lowband TDM
  • Q10 TDM
  • Q8 TDM
  • Q6 TDM
  • Q4 TDM
  • Q2 TDM
  • Q1 TDM
  • RChannel TDM
  • REQ 2 TDM
  • REQ 4 TDM
  • REQ 6 TDM

Dynamics

  • Bombfactory BF-3A
  • Bombfactory BF76
  • Eventide E-channel
  • Eventide Ultra-Channel
  • Eventide Omnipressor
  • Compressor
  • Limiter
  • Expander-Gate
  • Gate
  • Fairchild 660
  • Ff d3 Compressor+Limiter
  • Ff d3 Compressor/Limiter
  • Impact
  • Izotope Ozone 4
  • Joe Meek Compressor
  • Maxim
  • MC2000 MC2
  • MC2000 MC3
  • MC2000 MC4
  • Purple Audio MC77
  • Slightly Rude Compressor
  • Smack!
  • Audio Track TDM
  • C1 comp-gate TDM
  • C1 comp-sc TDM
  • C1 comp TDM
  • C1 gate
  • C4 TDM
  • DeEsser TDM
  • L1 + Ultramaximizer TDM
  • L1 Limiter TDM
  • L2 TDM
  • L3 Ultramaximier/Limiter TDM
  • LinMB HTDM
  • Ozone 4
  • RChannel TDM
  • RCompressor TDM
  • RDeEsser TDM
  • RVox TDM
  • TransX Multi TDM
  • TransX Wide TDM

Pitch Shift and Speed

  • Melodyne 3 Pitch Control
  • Antares Auto Tune
  • Eventide H949 Pitch Changer
  • SPEED by Sound Toys
  • Pitch
  • Vari-Fi
  • Doubler2 TDM
  • Doubler4 TDM
  • Soundshifter Pitch TDM
  • Soundshifter Parametric
  • Soundshifter Graphic
  • PitchBlender
  • TimeBlender

Reverb

  • D-Verb
  • Reverb One
  • Eventide Reverb
  • TL Space Long
  • TL Space (quad)
  • TL Space Long True Stereo (and quad)
  • TL Space Medium (stereo and quad)
  • TL Space TDM (stereo, quad, and 5.1)
  • RVerb TDM
  • RVerb Compact
  • TrueVerb TDM

Delays

  • Echo Farm
  • Eventide H3000 Band Delays
  • Eventide H3000 Factory
  • Eventide Quadravox
  • Eventide Octavox
  • Short Delay
  • Slap Delay II
  • Medium Delay II
  • Long Delay II
  • Extra Long Delay II
  • Moogerfooger Analog Delay
  • Tel-Ray Delay
  • TimeAdjuster short
  • TimeAdjuster medium
  • TimeAdjuster long
  • DLA-X
  • DLA-XLB
  • DLA-XL
  • DLA
  • DLA Plus
  • C1-DLA
  • L1-DLA
  • SuperTap 6-Taps TDM
  • SuperTap 2-Taps TDM
  • PitchBlender
  • TimeBlender
  • Ping-Pong Delay

Harmonic

  • Aphex Aural Exciter
  • Eventide H910 Harmonizer
  • Eventide Quadravox
  • Eventide Octavox
  • Eventide Instant Phaser
  • Eventide Instant Flanger
  • Big Bottom
  • Bruno
  • Lo-Fi
  • Recti-Fi
  • SansAmp PSA-1 (mono)

Noise Reduction

  • X-Click TDM
  • X-Crackle TDM
  • X-Hum TDM
  • X-Noise TDM
  • Izotope Rx

Dither

  • Dither
  • POWr Dither
  • IDR TDM

Sound Field

  • PAZ-Frequency TDM
  • PAZ-Meters TDM
  • PS22 Spread
  • PS22 Spread (10)
  • PS22 Split
  • PS22 XSplit
  • PAZ-Position
  • PAZ-Analyzer
  • S1 Shuffler
  • S1 Imager
  • S1 MS Matrix

Instrument

  • BFD 2 Drum Sampler
  • Click
  • Indigo 1
  • Indigo 2
  • Indigo 3
  • Indigo 4
  • Indigo 5
  • Indigo 6
  • Indigo 7
  • Indigo 8
  • IndigoV40 1
  • IndigoV40 2
  • IndigoV40 3
  • IndigoV40 4
  • Reso
  • Morphoder TDM

Other

  • Amp Farm (mono)
  • AmpliTube
  • AutoTune bass
  • AutoTune
  • BF Essential Meter Bridge
  • BF Essential Noise Meter
  • BF Essential Tuner
  • BF Essential Clip Remover
  • Invert
  • Duplicate
  • Lo-Fi
  • Maxim
  • Normalize
  • Gain
  • Recti-Fi
  • Reverse
  • DC Offset Removal
  • SoundReplacer
  • Time Compression Expansion
  • Cosmonaut Voice
  • Funk Logic Masterizer
  • Signal Generator
  • T-RackS Equalizer
  • Trim
  • MaxxBass TDM
  • RBass TDM
  • Master Room XL-305 Reverb
  • Aphex Aural Exciter
  • Symmetrix CL-100 compressor/limiters (2)
  • Symmetrix SG-200 dual noise gates (2)
  • Amp Farm guitar amp simulator
  • Various guitar effects, pedals, and the like

Monitors, Speakers, and Headphones

  • JBL LSR 6328P powered studio monitors (2)
  • Yamaha HS50M powered studio monitors (2)
  • Dual Velodyne DD-18+ (18”) subwoofers
  • Wilson Audio Alexia full-range speakers  (2)
  • Wilson Audio Mezzo center channel speaker
  • Triad In-Room surround 
  • Sony MDR-7506 headphones (2)
  • Sennheiser HD-280 headphones (2)
  • Direct Sound Extreme Isolation drummer’s 
  • Sennheiser HD-650 headphones
  • Grado SR-325 headphones
  • Grado HP-1000 headphones

Power Control Equipment

  • Furman 20i Balanced AC power controller
  • PS Audio Ultimate Outlet’s (2)
  • PS Audio Juice Bar’s (3)
  • Aircraft grade Power Line filter
  • Audioquest Quiet Line Filters

In-House Instruments

  • Yamaha Motif XF8 synthesizer
  • Melville Clark dual-voice (normal and honky tonk) studio console piano
  • Yamaha DX-7 synthesizer
  • Sequential Circuits Prophet 10 analog synthesizer
  • 6-piece DW Drum kit with assorted new and vintage cymbals
  • Various percussion instruments (tambourine, rosewood blocks, maracas, etc.)
  • Mesa Boogie .50 Caliber tube guitar amp
  • Fender Band Master tube guitar amp
  • 1963 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar ($100 per song rental)
  • 1964 Fender Jazz Bass guitar ($100 per song rental)
  • 2012 Taylor T5 12-string electric guitar
  • 2012 Collings SoCo Deluxe semi-hollow body electric guitar ($100 per song rental)
  • Late-year model Hofner violin bass 
  • 1973 Ovation 6-string acoustic/electric guitar
  • Lehman Guitars custom 6-string nylon string classical 
  • LP congas and various percussion instruments

Other Miscellaneous Goodies

  • Denon DN-C680 Professional CD player
  • Sony 4K UltraHD front projection video projector
  • 108” Da-Lite Perm Wall video screen
  • VPI HRX turntable with 12.5" arm and Dynavector cartridge
  • Audio Research PH-8 tube phono preamp
  • OPPO BDP-105 multi-channel SACD player
  • All Mogami and Monster mic cables and wiring in studio

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Our #1 purpose is to help our client musicians sound their very best and make sure their studio experiences are second to none. Since 2005, Groove Tunes has had dozens of 5-Star reviews on Kudzu, Yelp, Facebook and other review sites. See all of them here.

Groove Tunes serves recording studio clients in Alpharetta, Roswell, Marietta, Cumming, Johns Creek, Norcross, Duluth, and other cities within the greater Atlanta area. Hours by appointment only: Weekdays 10 - 9, Weekends 12 - 6.

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