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The most essential service we offer is listening to your dreams and understanding your vision. Creative services include original music and lyric writing, custom sound a-likes and re-lyrics, music arranging and production, sound design, script writing and voice-over production and "Vocals Incorporated", a database of, and productions with, the absolute best vocal and instrumental talent in Central Florida.
Since 1979 Ritz Studio has been a source of high quality, affordable productions. With over 20 years in audio, we can complete and deliver entire projects or provide any one of our services in an experienced and dedicated professional manner.
Technically
An all digital studio with over 120 inputs and 180 outputs of totally automated mixing is complimented by four acoustically de-coupled live rooms. We pride ourselves on our attention to clear, vibrant finished product.
Studio Equipment and Description
Console;
Yamaha DM2000 and O2R for over 130 inputs with moving fader / real time EQ / total scene recall automation. Dynamics on every input and stereo output.Digital Recorders; Hard Disk: Digidesign Pro-Tools Mix+ (24 digital I/O, popular plug-ins), (unit 2) Pro-Tools Mix (ADAT I/O), (unit 3) Digi 001. Tascam: (3) DA-88 for 24 tracks of digital recording with SMPTE sync. CD recorders: Tascam RW-950, D-4000 1/1 dubber; Pinnacle 1000 (SCSI). DAT: Panasonic 3800, Technics SV-DA10; Mini Disk: Sony, AIWA.
Analog Recorders; Tascam 32-2B 1/4" 1/2 trk , 3340S 1/4" 4 trk; DBX 155; Cassette: Denon, Nakamichi
Effects; TC Electronic M-2000; Lexicon PCM-91,70, Lexicon Alex; Roland DEP-5; Yamaha SPX-90, (8 EFX onboard the DM2000) ; Deltalab Effectron 1024; Sound Workshop 262.
Outboard; (2) Summit Audio mic pre's; Millenia Media stereo pre; Apogee Rosetta 800; Urei 546 stereo parametric EQ; Gatex noise gates; Wheatstone 1202A comp. /de-esser; TC Finalizer; BBE 822A Sonic Maximizer; Behringer Ultra-Curve; (2) DBX 1531 EQ; telephone patch; Gold Line DSP-30 RTA with 6th and 12th octave software.
Microphones; Neumann U-87, TLM-170; B&K (2) 4006; AKG (2) 414, (2) 451; (2) Earthworks OM1; Sennheiser MKH-40, Audio Technica (2) 4033; Shure (6) SM 57, (7) SM 58, SM 62, EV 1778. Any popular microphone available upon request.
Instruments; Yamaha G-1 (Story and Clark) baby grand piano; Hammond C-3 organ with 147 leslie; Minimoog; Model 15 Moog with sequential controller.
MIDI; Over 50 outputs including (2) Giga Studio 160 (many sound libraries) ; (4) SampleCell II (incl. Synclavier & Miroslav Vitous libraries); Alesis QS8.1; E-Mu; Proteus 1, Proformance Plus; Yamaha DX-7, (4) TX-16 modules; Prophet 5; Performer 6.2 w/Mac G4, MOTU Timepiece AV, (unit 2) Mac 9500, Studio 3; Roland TD-7 Drums, OctaPad 8
Monitors; Genelec 1030A, 1092 sub; JBL 4430, 4408; Auratone. Headphones: Sony, Koss; Amplification: Hafler, SAE, Denon, Q-mix.
Duplication; Microboards GX-2 CD/DVD writer-printer, (8) Denon DRM-880A 3 head real time cassette decks with Dolby HX- pro from CD, DAT, Mini Disk, cassette masters.
Studio Description; Control Room: 17'x21'; (4) live rooms: 20'x16', 15'x11', 12'x11', 14'x9' All rooms acoustically de-coupled, windows overlook surrounding woods / lake. Client area includes kitchenette & full bath.
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Last revised 1/03/08