Studio
Joe Caithness Mastering is a purpose built stand alone mastering facility based in Nottingham, East Midlands, UK.
Although gear really isn’t everything it can be of interest and helps get a picture in your mind of the studio
Monitoring by Focal
Digital to Analogue Conversion by TC ELECTRONIC and RME
Analogue to Digital Conversion by RME
Compression by DMG Audio, Izotope, Leapwing and more
Limiting by DMG Audio, Izotope, Tokyo Dawn Labs and more
Equalization by DMG Audio, Plugin Alliance, Tokyo Dawn Labs and more
Reel to Reel playback : Tascam BR20 (maintained to factory spec)
Cassette playback : Nakamichi CR2 and Tascam 112MK2
Digital Compact Cassette (DCC) playback : Phillips DCC 730 18 bit/16 bit
Disc format reference and transfer playback : Pro-Ject and Goldring Lenco GL-75 (modded)
Playback cartridges by Ortofon and Shure
Phono Pre-amplification by HI-Q custom
Sony PCM F1 playback on original original Sony PCM / SLF1 beta aka betamax package and U-Matic aka Umatic (Normal and SP)
Sony EV S PCM format (rare 8 bit 32kHz prosumer format!) on Sony EV S-600
Legacy DDP/Exabyte 8mm Data Tape playback by SADIE 2+3 (legacy Windows 98 system)
MP3 Encoding by Sonnox and HOFA (LAME)
Sample Rate Conversion (SRC) by Izotope
Audio Restoration by Izotope (RX7)
Metering by TC Electronic
DDP Creation and Meta Data handling by HOFA
Acoustic Treatment by GIK