Utopia’s large live room
(40’W x 44’L x 32’H) offers the best of all worlds.
We have an API AXS Legacy recording console, arguably the best new recording console available.
The acoustically treated control room is a pleasure to work in for engineers, producers and artists alike.
Comfort and sight lines.
Our EMT 140 plate reverb, outboard gear, and microphone collection set Utopia Studios Bearsville atop the list of operating recording studios internationally.
CONSOLE
API Legacy AXS Legacy 32 Channel with Automation
RECORDER
Pro Tools HDX
Crane song HEDD Master Converter
APOGEE Symphony and LYNX i/o and Sonnet PCI Card Chassis 64x64
MONITORING
Barefoot MM27 with Adam Sub 12
Yamaha NS10
Trinnov Nova
16 Channel Furman Monitoring Headphone System with 8 Stations
TUBE MICS
Telefunken U47 w/vf14 (vintage)
Neumann SM2 Stereo
Neumann 87ai Innertube mod
2 x Neumann/Telefunken km56c (vintage)
RIBBON MICS
2 x Royer r122 active ribbon
2 x Beyer m160
Royer sf12 (STEREO)
2 x RCA 77dx (vintage)
2 x Coles 4038 Matched
LDC
2 x Neumann u 87 (vintage)
2 x Gefell um70
SDC
2 x Earthworks sr77
3 x akg 451 eb w/5 caps
2 x Shure sm81
LAVS
3 x Countryman Isomax 2h
6 x AT 831b
DYNAMIC
Shure SM7B
6 x Shure 58
Sennheiser 441
Beyer m88 (vintage)
4 x Sennheiser 421
3 x Shure 57
1 x Shure Beta 52
1 x AKGd112
1 x AKGd12e
Yamaha Subkick
Green Bullet
EQ
Manley Massive Passive
28 x API 550B
4 x API 560
White EQ
DBX eq
COMPS
Inward Connections Vac Rac tsl4
API 2500
Alan Smart C2
2 x Distressor
2 x DBX 160VU
UA LA2A
2 x Valley People Dynamite
EFFECTS
EMT 140 Plate Reverb
Roland 501 Space Echo
Lexicon pcm70
Yamaha rev7
Yamaha spx90
Fisher Space X Pander Spring
2 x Lexicon pcm 42
MXR Doubler/Flanger
Hughes srs100
DBX 120a Sub Harmonic Synth
Lexicon Delay
DBX Rack with 9 gates
PRES
32 x API 212e
8 x Neve 1073 opx
4 x Earthworks 1022 zdt
4 x Manley Force Tube Pres
DI and OTHER BOXES
Radial jdv di x 2
Radial sgi tx
Reamp
2 x Countrymen
Avalon U5
2 x Lil Labs STD
4 Channel Custom Transformer Balanced DI
Many More
KEYS
Steinway 1974 B Fully Refurbished
Hammond B3 with 122
Fatar 88 Key Weighted
Triton Rack
DRUMS
Yamaha Maple Custom
Many Sizes (Inquire)
AMPS
Ampeg B15 1962
Ampeg SVT 50th with 4 x 10 Cab
Fender Twin 1974 silverface
Vox AC15
Fender Deluxe Reverb