The Apollo Room

Who worked in this room: Diplo, Usher, J Balvin, Romeo Santos, Solange

Miami's Award Winning Studio: Bay Eight Studios

The Apollo ROOM

AN IMPECCABLE VOCAL RECORDING EXPERIENCE

Designed to replicate our top studio due to its popularity, the Apollo Room welcomes you with a unique, warm, vintage feel for you to create. It is ideal for people who love working in a professional recording space but don’t require as much space. Paired with one of our award-winning audio engineers, it is another destination for independent and major artists worldwide.

Bay Eight - The SSL Room floor plan

Inside Our Apollo Room

An Impeccable Music Recording Experience   •   An Impeccable Music Recording Experience

EQUIPMENT LIST

Speakers

  • 1 Pair of Yamaha HS7
  • 1 Matched Pair Symphonic TC-8’s + Dual 12 subs with diamond waveguide horn designed by George Augspurger

Outboard Gear

Avalon VT-737sp microphone tube

  • Avalon VT-737sp microphone tube preamp+compressor+EQ
  • Universal Audio 6176 (610B preamp+EQ and 1176LN limiting amplifier)
  • 1 Tubetech CL1B Compressor
  • 1 Neve 1073 microphone preamp
  • 1 Heritage Audio BT-500 Bluetooth wireless streaming device
  • 1 Api 512C 500 Series Preamp
  • 1 Dbx 560a 500 Series Compressor
  • Radial Engineering Workhorse Six Pack 500 Series Module Rack
  • 1 Universal Audio Satellite Firewire (fully loaded)

Microphones

  • 1 Sony C800G
  • 3 Neumann U87-AI
  • 1 AKG c414
  • 1 Blueberry Blue
  • 1 Sennheiser MK4
  • 2 Shure SM 57
  • 1 Shure SM 7
  • 1 Shure SM 58
  • 1 Audix DP7 Plus Bundle, Drum Mic Kit
  • Telefunken Elam 251
  • 1 Neumann u67 reissue
  • 1 Neumann m49v reissue
  • 1 Neumann m149
  • 2 Neumann KMS 105 handheld microphone
  • 1 Neumann TLM 102
  • 1 Chandler Limited Redd microphone
  • 1 Chandler Limited TG microphone
  • 1 Flea 47 (Neumann u47 clone)
  • 1 Tonelux JC37 (Sony C37a clone)
  • 1 Microtech Gefell m92.1s (Oliver Archut mod)
  • 1 Mojave MA1000
  • 1 Lewitt LCT 1040
  • 1 Lewitt LCT LCT 540 S
  • 1 Beyerdynamic M 88 TG handheld microphone

Plugins

  • Waves Mercury Bundle
  • SSL 4000 Collection
  • UAD Ultimate 8
  • Autotune (EFX+, Access, Pro, Auto-Key)
  • Soundtoys 5 Bundle
  • Fab Filter FX Bundle
  • Mixed In Key 8.5
  • Melodyne 5 Editor
  • Vocal Align Pro
  • Valhalla Vintage Verb
  • Ozone Mix and Master Bundle Plus

External Meters

  • TC Clarity M Stereo Audio Meter

Console

  • Digidesign Control | 24

Interface / A-D Converters

  • Universal Audio Apollo x16 Heritage Edition 18 x 20 Thunderbolt 3

Speaker Management System

  • dbx DriveRack PA2

Software

  • Protools Ultimate

CPU

  • Mac Pro 3.6GHz 16‑core (64 GB Ram) Intel i9
Speakers
  • 1 Pair of Yamaha HS7
  • 1 Matched Pair Symphonic TC-8’s + Dual 12 subs with diamond waveguide horn designed by George Augspurger
Outboard Gear

Avalon VT-737sp microphone tube

  • Avalon VT-737sp microphone tube preamp+compressor+EQ
  • Universal Audio 6176 (610B preamp+EQ and 1176LN limiting amplifier)
  • 1 Tubetech CL1B Compressor
  • 1 Neve 1073 microphone preamp
  • 1 Heritage Audio BT-500 Bluetooth wireless streaming device
  • 1 Api 512C 500 Series Preamp
  • 1 Dbx 560a 500 Series Compressor
  • Radial Engineering Workhorse Six Pack 500 Series Module Rack
  • 1 Universal Audio Satellite Firewire (fully loaded)
Microphones
  • 1 Sony C800G
  • 3 Neumann U87-AI
  • 1 AKG c414
  • 1 Blueberry Blue
  • 1 Sennheiser MK4
  • 2 Shure SM 57
  • 1 Shure SM 7
  • 1 Shure SM 58
  • 1 Audix DP7 Plus Bundle, Drum Mic Kit
  • Telefunken Elam 251
  • 1 Neumann u67 reissue
  • 1 Neumann m49v reissue
  • 1 Neumann m149
  • 2 Neumann KMS 105 handheld microphone
  • 1 Neumann TLM 102
  • 1 Chandler Limited Redd microphone
  • 1 Chandler Limited TG microphone
  • 1 Flea 47 (Neumann u47 clone)
  • 1 Tonelux JC37 (Sony C37a clone)
  • 1 Microtech Gefell m92.1s (Oliver Archut mod)
  • 1 Mojave MA1000
  • 1 Lewitt LCT 1040
  • 1 Lewitt LCT LCT 540 S
  • 1 Beyerdynamic M 88 TG handheld microphone
Plugins
  • Waves Mercury Bundle
  • SSL 4000 Collection
  • UAD Ultimate 8
  • Autotune (EFX+, Access, Pro, Auto-Key)
  • Soundtoys 5 Bundle
  • Fab Filter FX Bundle
  • Mixed In Key 8.5
  • Melodyne 5 Editor
  • Vocal Align Pro
  • Valhalla Vintage Verb
  • Ozone Mix and Master Bundle Plus
External Meters
  • TC Clarity M Stereo Audio Meter
Console
  • Digidesign Control | 24
Interface / A-D Converters
  • Universal Audio Apollo x16 Heritage Edition 18 x 20 Thunderbolt 3
Speaker Management System
  • dbx DriveRack PA2
Software
  • Protools Ultimate
CPU
  • Mac Pro 3.6GHz 16‑core (64 GB Ram) Intel i9

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