Studio C is the Musicol mastering room. Mastering is the process by which your audio gets cut into grooves on a lacquer disc that will ultimately become the metal master stamper that your record will be made from. Studio C is also used to make dub-plates and one off records. More information on that can be found by clicking here.

Studio C is home to the musicol disc cutting system. The cutting system includes a modified 1944 Scully lathe with a helium cooled Westrex cutting head and all tube cutting amplifier. The cutting is done directly from playback unit to amplifier to cutting head. This means none of the digital delay typically found in the mastering line is present to degrade the sound of your music. The playback units in studio C are Ampex 440b transports working in tandem with Ampex 351 (mono, tube), Ampex 354 (stereo, tube), or Schafer (h-fi solid state) playback electronics. Several tube and solid state limiters and equalizers are available for use in C.

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Our Recording equipment includes but is not limited to...

Recorders
- 1944 Scully lathe
- Sony CD Burner

Dynamics Processing
2x UREI 1176 LN Compressor (Black Face)
2x Westrex HF Limiter
1x Aphex Studio Dominator

Analog Playback
Ampex 440b Transports
Ampex 351 (mono, tube)
Ampex 354 (stereo, tube)
Schafer (h-fi solid state)

Digital Playback
High Quality D to A converter
Sony CD player