The SSL Room

Who worked in this room: Jlo Lil Wayne, Ricky Martin, Nas

Miami's Award Winning Studio: Bay Eight Studios

The SSL ROOM

Breathtaking Power and ultimate clarity

A sonic powerhouse built for any creative! The SSL Room features top-of-the-line acoustics, industry-leading equipment, and high-performance speakers. The SSL Room is a highly accurate recording and mixing studio in Miami used by industry professionals for over a decade. The studio has been the location for multiple Grammy-winning mixes, and it offers a variety of features that make it ideal for creating high-quality recordings, mixing, and mastering.

Bay Eight - The SSL Room floor plan

Inside Our SSL Room

State-of-the Art Powerhouse for High-end Recordings, mixing, & Mastering

EQUIPMENT LIST

Speakers

  • 1 Pair of Matched Barefoot MM27s
  • 1 Pair of G-Tone Reference Monitors
  • 1 Pair Augspurger Duo 15’s with matched 18″ subs

Outboard Gear

Avalon VT-737sp microphone tube

  • Preamp + compressor + EQ
  • Empirical Labs EL8-X Distressor compressor
  • Vintage Pultec EQP-1 equalizer
  • Vintage Pultec MEQ5 equalizer
  • Vintage Neve 1073 microphone preamp
  • Tubetech CL1B Compressor
  • 2 dbx 160 compressor/limiter
  • SSL 4000 type microphone preamps
  • SSL 4000 type equalizers
  • SSL Master bus compressor
  • 2 SSL G series compressors
  • 1 API 512C 500 Series Preamp
  • 1 Universal Audio Satellite (fully loaded)
  • 1 Heritage Audio BT-500 Bluetooth wireless
  • Streaming device
  • Focusrite ISA 220 channel strip

Software

  • Protools Ultimate

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

Interfaces / A-D Converters

  • 2 Avid HD I/O | HD Interface

Console

  • SSL AWS900 Superanalogue DAW Controller

Headphone Distribution System

  • 2Hear Technologies Hearback

CPU

  • Mac Pro Rack 3.2GHz
  • 16 core (128 GB Ram)
  • Intel Xeon W processor Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz (11.7.10)

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
SPEAKERS
  • 1 Pair of Matched Barefoot MM27s
  • 1 Pair of G-Tone Reference Monitors
  • 1 Pair Augspurger Duo 15’s with matched 18″ subs
OUTBOARD GEAR

Avalon VT-737sp microphone tube

  • Preamp + compressor + EQ
  • Empirical Labs EL8-X Distressor compressor
  • Vintage Pultec EQP-1 equalizer
  • Vintage Pultec MEQ5 equalizer
  • Vintage Neve 1073 microphone preamp
  • Tubetech CL1B Compressor
  • 2 dbx 160 compressor/limiter
  • SSL 4000 type microphone preamps
  • SSL 4000 type equalizers
  • SSL Master bus compressor
  • 2 SSL G series compressors
  • 1 API 512C 500 Series Preamp
  • 1 Universal Audio Satellite (fully loaded)
  • 1 Heritage Audio BT-500 Bluetooth wireless
  • Streaming device
  • Focusrite ISA 220 channel strip
INTERFACES/ A-D CONVERTERS
  • 2 Avid HD I/O | HD Interface
SOFTWARE

Protools Ultimate

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
CONSOLE
  • SSL AWS900 Superanalogue DAW Controller
HEADPHONE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
  • 2Hear Technologies Hearback
CPU

  • Mac Pro Rack 3.2GHz
  • 16 core (128 GB Ram)
  • Intel Xeon W processor Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz (11.7.10)
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

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