Kiln Studios - Forging Sound
Studio 1 at Kiln - the control room under violet light, red curtains to the booth

KS1

The room for the record

Studio 1 · Recording · Mixing · Mastering

From $260 half day (5 h) · $460 full day (10 h) · incl. GST · dry hire

Book KS1

Studio 1 is Kiln's main recording, mixing and mastering suite: a 35 m² control room with 4-metre ceilings and a 12 m² isolation booth, designed for sessions that have to sound right the first time.

Monitoring is mastering-grade - Sydney's first pair of ADAM Audio S5H flagship mains, twin Sub 12s, NS10s and MixCubes under a Grace m905 controller - over Apogee Symphony MKII conversion and Pro Tools Ultimate HD.

One USB-C Thunderbolt connection puts your whole rig into the room. Neve, GML and Tube-Tech outboard sit within arm's reach, with a mic locker led by the Telefunken ELA M 251E.

Inside KS1

Live from Studio 1 - sessions shot inside the room. Sound on.

Live take
Live takeVocals behind the curtain
In session
In sessionArtists in the room
The room
The roomWalk it with us
Tracking
TrackingBass at the desk
After hours
After hoursLate in KS1

Gear

Lists follow the studio's own published record - confirm currency for anything session-critical.

Microphones & DI

  • Telefunken Elektroakustik ELA M 251E
  • Manley Reference Cardioid (Black Edition)
  • Royer 122
  • Shure SM57
  • Shure Beta 57
  • Shure SM58
  • 2 x Passive Aggressive DI Boxes
  • Franklin Audio RA10 Reamp Box

Monitoring

  • ADAM Audio S5H Flagship Main Monitors (Sydney's first pair)
  • 2 x ADAM Audio Sub 12
  • Yamaha NS10
  • Avantone MixCubes
  • Grace Design m905 Monitor Controller
  • Hearback Octo Headphone System

Recording System

  • Apogee Symphony MKII Conversion
  • AVID HD Native Thunderbolt
  • AVID Pro Tools Ultimate HD
  • AVID S3 Control Surface
  • Logic Pro X · Ableton Live · FL Studio
  • Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S88
  • Single USB-C Thunderbolt 3 connection for your own rig - plug and play

Preamps & Outboard

  • Neve 1073 SPX
  • 4 x Rupert Neve Designs 511
  • GML 8200 Mastering Equaliser
  • GML 8900 Dynamic Range Controller
  • Tube-Tech CL 1B Opto Compressor
  • UA 1176
  • Bricasti M7 Digital Reverb

Software & Plug-ins (both studios)

  • UAD - 12 cores of DSP (Studio 1) + Apollo DSP (Studio 2)
  • Waves
  • SoundToys
  • FabFilter
  • Antares Auto-Tune
  • Spectrasonics
  • Arturia
  • Pro Tools · Logic Pro X · Ableton Live · FL Studio on studio machines

Gallery

Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios
Inside Studio 1 at Kiln Studios

Next room

KS2 - Studio 2/