mastermind productions - mastering studio

how to contact mastermind:

email:
mastermind email

phone:
+01 . 414 . 614 . 8773

street:

our gps coordinates are: 42º59.936n 87º54.306w

mastermind productions
2505 s. howell ave.
milwaukee, wisconsin.
53207

directions:

From the north:

exit 94/43 at the Becher / Lincoln exit, follow signs for Lincoln Ave.
turn left on Lincoln
turn right on Howell (3rd light)
mastermind is approx. 4 blocks down on the right

From the south:

exit 94/43 at the Howard / Holt exit, follow signs for Howard Ave.
turn right on Howard
turn left on Howell (1st light)
keep right at the "fork" in the road
mastermind is approx. 12 blocks up on the left

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the studio...
the mastermind studio is a state-of-the-art facilty designed for ultra-accurate monitoring. the control room is a true "floating floor" design, with proper room dimensions and acoustics which means what you hear in the studio is what you will hear in the real world.

see the studio »

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client couch...
this is where clients get to sit and watch trevor make the magic happen, or make funny faces at him behind his back.

it's a lovely black velour covered futon, reading materials are usually supplied, or you can go out to the client lounge and play either the xbox or atari 2600, because heaven forbid you have to listen your damn record for the five billionth time.

5.1 monitors...
B&W Nautilus 805 speakers for left and right as well as left and right surround, B&W HTM2 for centre, and ASW 800 sub for the low frequency channel. The sub has a built in 1000 watt amp, the other speakers are powered by a Rotel RMB-1095 five channel amplifier, via Van den Hul cable.

side rack #1 (top to bottm):

-furman power conditioner

-analog patch bay

-grace m906 monitor controller

-sony pcm-r500 dat

-sony minidisk player

-tascam da-45hr dat

side rack #2 (top to bottm):

-furman power conditioner

-z-systems 16x16 crosspoint aes router

-marantz dv6400 universal player

-sony cdp-d500 cd transport

-lavry converters (1 x mad824, 2 x mda824)

-waves l2 ultra maximizer

-tc electronic system 6000

analog tape transport:

ampex atr-102:

- michael spitz modified

- 1/4" and 1/2" flux magnetics heads

- 30, 15, 7.5 and 3.75 ips speeds

- dolby sr/a available

2 channel monitors...
Dunlavy SC-IVa's, powered by Bryston 7B's for the low frequency and a Bryston 4BSST for the mid-high frequencies. Amplifier to speaker interconnects are MIT Shotgun cables.

compressor corner...

- Requisite L2M Mk II limiter (tube)

- (2) Chandler LTD-2 (Neve 2254) limiters /w Sterling Modifications.

- API 2500 limiter (solid state)

equalizer heaven...

- Manley "Massive Passive" Eq (tube)

- Avalon AD-2055 Eq (solid state)

monitor control:

-remote control for the Grace m906 monitor system. This controls all stereo and 5.1 monitor switching for the studio.

tc electronic system 6000:

Remote control for the System 6000. Mastermind's System 6000 is fully 5.1 capable and includes all mastering functions: digital eq, compression, multiband compression, limiting, de-essing, as well as the GML Design high resolution eq option.

The 6000 also has unbelievable reverbs available should your project require it.