L5: Control Room at CoSCS

Designed for mixing and recording your projects, the Audio Control Room also offers capability to record music coming from any studio on Level 5 using the focusrite preamps. Available to industry qualified Audio Engineers and Producers only. This soundproof space is perfect for music production at the highest quality.

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Note

Appointment required to access spaces. Once you have booked, you will need to be inducted by a venue technician. During this induction you will be handed a security fob for venue access – active for the duration of your booking only.

Please plan ahead for bookings on public holidays, or outside staff working hours, which are Monday-Friday (8am - 8pm), and Saturday-Sunday (10am - 4pm).

* Cancellations within 24 hours prior to the start of your booking cannot be refunded or rescheduled.

Size

5.8m x 4.3m (25 msq)
2.6m ceiling height

Capacity

9 people

Location

Level 5 - City of Sydney Creative Studios; 119 Bathurst St, Sydney NSW 2000
Monday–Sunday: 6.00am–12.00am

Features

Protools Ultimate, Logic Pro, Ableton 11 Suite, Waves Horizon plugins
Protools | MTRX
Focusrite Rednet
Genelec 8351B & 7380A (5.1 surround sound)
Avid S3 and Avid Dock with iPad
Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S88 MK2 keyboard with NI plugins and virtual instruments
Camera view to and from other CoSCS Music Studio spaces
Stereo connection to studio monitors for your own device
HDMI Matrix Switcher to two screens for your own device
Breakout shared kitchen with fridge, microwave, instant hot water
Accessible toilets
NBN WiFi

Equipment available on request

Sheet Music Stands
Microphone stands
Foldback monitors
Microphones (Rode NT2A, NT5, AudioTechnica AT2030, AudioTechnica AT4051b, AKG D112 (MKII), C214, Shure SM58, SM57, Beta58, Beta57A, KSM9, Sennheiser e935, e604,
Radial DI Boxes, reamp boxes and studio guitar Interface (Instrument Line Driver)
Keyboard (Roland VR09B, FP30X and RD2000)
DJ Kit (2 x Pioneer XDJ1000 Mk ll media players and a Pioneer DJM750MK2 4-Channel DJ Mixer)
SSL2+ audio interface

Rates for hire

GENERAL PUBLIC RATES FOR HIRE

Hourly

General Access

General public bookings can only be made by contacting [email protected]

$66p/h

ARTIST PASS RATES FOR HIRE	Hourly	Hourly (8hrs+)	Hourly (40hrs+)
Solo/Individual One person working alone in a studio	$17p/h	$16p/h	$15p/h
Unfunded Groups Two or more people working without a budget/funding	$24p/h	$22p/h	$20p/h
Funded Groups Two or more people working with a budget/funding	$33p/h	$31p/h	$28p/h
Classes An activity where participants pay for their involvement	$42p/h	$40p/h	$38p/h

Getting there

Train
5 min walk from Town Hall and Museum Stations

L2 Light Rail
5 min walk from Light Rail platforms

Bus
5 min walk from Elizabeth St Stand C and D

Carpark
First Parking - Meriton Pitt Street (Open 24 hours, seven days a week)
Wilson Parking 580 George Car Park - Entry Wilmot St. (Open 6.30am-7pm Monday - Friday)

*Please note there is no parking available at the City of Sydney Creative Studios.

Further Enquiries

Douglas Walker, Audio Technician: douglas[at]brandx.org.au

HIRE TERMS & CONDITIONS

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