Lil’ Heaven is an inspiring, pleasant and relaxed environment to make music.
The recording studio is spacious with high ceilings and has a pleasant, three-dimensional acoustic. With room for at least ten musicians, there is ample space to experiment and inspire each other.
Good, balanced acoustics are an important part of the recording process. Our live room has a relatively short, natural reverb and can be adjusted with baffles. The vocal booth is dry, but not too much. Ideal for vocals, isolated instruments or a small jazz kit.
The control room was designed with critical listening in mind, focused on both recording and mixing. This makes mixing easier, more pleasant and less time consuming. An ideal combination!
Lil’ Heaven uses old school and new school technology. Cabling is fully Van Damme and Gotham with Neutrik connectors. Classics such as the LA2a and Gates Sta Level, a plate reverb and a BX20 spring reverb give your sound its own character. In addition, we have a range of high-end software and plugins. The microphones reflect this ethos; from old RCA ribbons to modern capacitors. Monitoring is provided by PMC IB1s as main, for superb stereo imaging and definition. Monitoring for musicians is done via our Aviom system.
We have an extensive collection of classic and modern microphones to capture every vibe. We primarily record via the SSL Origin, but offer a choice of external preamps from Rupert Neve, CAPI, Chandler and Focusrite, among others, to add more color to your signal. Conversion is via Apogee Symphony MkII with 32 channels of pristine AD/DA. Conversion is also possible via Burl Audio and Universal Audio.
For those who want to add even more ‘magic’, we have a collection of outboard gear from, among others, Chandler, Empirical Labs, Teletronix/UA, Manley, AMS Neve and Eventide. These units help give your songs that extra dimension that only outboard can give. We also have a real plate reverb and a BX20 spring. A wide range of plugins is available, which are essential for modern productions.
Recording Equipment
- SSL Origin 32 inputs
- Apogee Symphony MkII 32 in / Out
- Burl B2 Bomber Stereo ADC
- PMC IB1s
- Focal Trio 11Be
- Avantone MixCubes
- 32 x SSL Pure Drive
- 2 x CAPI VP28 500 series
- Chandler TG-2 (2 channel)
- 2x Vintech Audio x73i
- 2x RND 511
- Forusrite ISA 428
- 1x Chandler TG-1
- 1x Empirical Labs Distressor
- 1x UA Teletronix LA2a
- 1x Gates Sta Level (Drip Electronics)
- 1x Altec 1612A Fet Compressor
- 1x Hairball 1176
- 1x Valley People Dynamite
- 1x IGS Audio
- 1x SSL BusCompressor
- 1x API 525
- 1x Lindell 7x
- 1x Standard Audio Stretch
- 1x Serpent Audio Chimera La3a
- 32 channels SSL E-series EQ
- 1x Manley Massive Passive
- 2x EQp1a by AML
- 2x KushAudio Clariphonic EQ
- 2x Roger Mayer HD426 Tape
- Eventide H3000
- Plate reverb (the real deal!)
- AMS Neve RMX16 500series
- 1x Meris Audio Reverb
- 1x CopyCat tape echo
- Strymon Volante and Mobius
- TC Electronics Alter Ego, and more!
- Elektron Drive
- Juno 60 Chorus
- Roland RE-20 (pedal)
- Guyatone Analog Echo AE-5
And loads of guitar FX!
Microphones
- 1x Neumann U67 Ri
- 1x Neumann M149
- 1x Flea U47
- 1x Rode NTK modded
- 2x Telefunken ELA M260
- 1x RCA 77DX
- 1x RCA 74b Junior modded
- 1x AEA Nuvo N22
- 1x AEA R88 stereo
- 1x Royer R121
- 1x Royer R-10
- 1x Neumann U87
- 1x Wunder Audio CM7fet
- 1x AKG 414 XLS
- 1x AKG 414 B-ULS
- 2x Oktava MK012
- AKG C451 EB
- 6x Sennheiser MD421
- 2x Sennheiser MD441
- 4 x Shure SM57
- 2x Shure SM58
- 2x Shure SM7b
- 1x AKG D12
- 1x AKG D112
- 1x Shure SM52
- 1x Audix D6
- 1x SubKick
- 1x Audix D6
Instruments
- Orange Little teror + Cab
- Orange Rockerverb50
- Fender Twin
- Fender BassMan
- Egnater Tweaker
- SWR Silverado
And more…
- Various Tama, Sonor, Pearl
- Various snares
- Percussion
- Yamaha U3 upright piano
- Moog Sub 37
- Sequential Circuits Phophet 6
- Nord rack II
- Dave Smith Mopho
- Korg MS2000
- Nord Elektro I
- Akai S2000 x2
- Logic Pro X
- ProTools (on request)
- Ableton Live 11
- Waves Plugins (various)
- Isotope (various)
- Soundtoys Complete
- PlugIn Alliance
- Slate Digital
- Spitfire Audio (various)
- Softtube
- OekSound Soothe
- Native Instruments
and more!
- Various Modular: Doepfer,
- Squarp; Instruo; Erika Synths;
- Mutable Instruments; 4MS;
- Endorphine a.o.
- Moog One-8
- Elektron Digitone
- Elektron Analog Rytm
- Elektron Analog Four
- Roland MC303
- Yamaha DX7
- Korg MS-10 and Poly 61
- MFB Dominion
- Vermona perFOURmer
Solid State Logic Origin mixing console as center piece
32 channels in-line mixing console with famous SSL bus compressor. 16 groups and 8 stereo buses, 6 auxes and 2 cues. All faders with a 0Db function. This is what we call “analog bliss”!
Our studio can be rented with or without the help of our own engineers, in case you want to work with your own engineer. In that case, we provide a short tutorial to your own engineer prior to set up and recording. During the recording days, there is always someone from Lil ‘Heaven nearby who can help if necessary.
In addition to audio recordings, Lil’ Heaven lends itself as a special backdrop for holding or streaming small performances or recording videos. Inquire about the possibilities!