UCA Recording is a relaxed, secluded, digital recording studio located north of Wellington on the Kapiti Coast at Pukerua Bay. Since our beginnings in 1987, we have specialised in the recording, mixing, & mastering of soloists, small ensembles, & spoken voice.
UCA Recording has produced many successful CD's for the Naxos/White Cloud label including the mixing & mastering of the 2004 Grammy® Award winner, Tibetan Sacred Ceremonies for Jon Mark. Other long-term clients include Learning Media, several NZ Government departments, UCAmusic.com & Tasmantis.com.
Our Recording Studio
In-house equipment includes:
Software
- Sonar 8.3.1 audio and MIDI sequencing
- Sound Forge 10c audio editor
- CD Architect 5.2a mastering
- Waves Ren, Acoustic Mirror, Anwida reverbs
- Har-bal harmonic ballancing
- Antares Auto-Tune 4.15 pitch correction
- Sonic Foundry noise reduction & vinyl restoration
- Waves 4.0 compression, EQ
- iZotope Ozone
- Kontakt 4.3 Sampling
Hardware
- Mackie 24*8 mixing console
- Buzz Audio MA2.2 mic preamp
- Akai S3000XL sampler
- Fostex E16 16 track tape recorder 1/2"
- Sony DAT
- Revox A77 stereo tape recorder 1/4 "
- Revox B77 stereo tape recorder 1/4 "
Monitoring
- Dynaudio BM15A's
- Yamaha NS-10m's & sub-Woofer
Outboard and Synths
- Urei 1176LN compressor
- Urei LA12 compressor
- Ensoniq DP/4 multi FX
- Korg WaveStation x 2
- Roland JV1080 w/orchestral expansion
Microphones
- AKG 414B-ULS
- AKG C3000 (pair) AKG 535 (pair)
- Sennheiser 421 Shure SM58
- Fostex ribbon
Further equipment available on request.