Estudios Sondor · Río Branco 1530

The Studio.

One room at Río Branco 1530, open since 1947, tube consoles, ribbon microphones, two Steinway grands, and the gear to record anything from a soloist to a 70-piece orchestra.

Studio A, the live room at Río Branco 1530.
Studio A, the live room at Río Branco 1530.

Studio A · Equipment

  • 2 Steinway baby-grand pianos (German)
  • Soundcraft Sapphyre 32-channel console (England)
  • Digital recording, PC / Nuendo 5.1
  • AMPEX MM1200 analog 24-track, 2" magnetic tape
  • AMPEX AG440 2-track with Dolby A, ¼" tape
  • TASCAM DA-30 DAT
  • Monitors: JBL 4315 / Yamaha NS-10M, Carver PM700 power amp
  • EMT 250 reverb chamber
  • Processors: Alesis 3630 · Orban 414A · Orban 526A de-esser · Orban 622B parametric EQ · DBX 215 EQ · Alesis MEQ 230 EQ · DBX 166A compressor · Antares ATR-1A autotuner
  • 2 “Son d’Or” valve preamplifiers
  • 2 AEA preamplifiers for ribbon microphones (USA)
  • 4 separate headphone mixes

Microphones

  • 1 Neumann U47 (VF14 M valve)
  • 1 Neumann U47 (Nuvistor valve)
  • 2 Neumann U67 (valve)
  • 4 Neumann U87
  • 2 RCA 44 (ribbon)
  • 1 RCA 77 (ribbon)
  • 1 Audio-Technica AT4033
  • 1 Audio-Technica AE2500
  • 2 Shure SM57
  • 2 Shure Beta 57
  • 1 Shure Beta 58
  • 3 Shure SM81
  • 1 Shure Beta 56
  • 1 Shure PG81
  • 2 Shure SM98
  • 1 Shure Beta 52
  • 1 Sennheiser e602
  • 2 Sennheiser e604
  • 1 AKG D140

The room

Live room14 × 8.80 m · 123 m²
Control room6.80 × 6.50 m · 44 m²

A double ceramic-brick wall with fiberglass between the layers, over a parquet floor. Three booths at the back of the room are visually connected to one another and to the main floor.

At Sondor we have the finest facilities and equipment to carry out quality recordings.

Visit

SONDOR S.A. Río Branco 1530, between Uruguay and Paysandú
Montevideo
Tel.: 095 007912
Tel.: 2902 5272
ventas@sondor.com
Estudios Sondor · Río Branco 1530, Montevideo