Equipment
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Record and mix at sample rates to 192K.
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Entire studio clocked to Appogee's premier digital clock "Big Ben".
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DynAudio Monitors,
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16 Channel Monitoring system with individual mixers for each player. Zero latency monitoring.
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Digital Performer, Logic, Protools
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Mac Studio Ultra, MOTU 16A converter with Black Lion Audio upgrades
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Continuous off site session archives in real time.
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Plug-ins include: Very large selection of UA plugins, and 16 core accelerator, Waves Platinum bundle, Altiverb, iZotope, Lexicon, Eventide and more.
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Keyboard sample libraries include:
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Garritan CFX piano
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Spectrasonics Keyscape
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Omnisphere
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Trilian and Stylus RMX
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UA B3, and Rhodes collections
Orchestra libraries include:
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East West Gold orchestra
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Vienna Chamber and Orchestra Strings
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Appasionato strings (Vienna and Spitfire).
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Avalon 2022 dual Mic Pre
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Universal Audio 4110 (4 channels)
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Universal Audio 4-7110 Mic Pres (4 channels)
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Avalon M5 Mic Pre
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Universal Audio 2-610 Tube Mic Pre
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AEA Ribbon Pre, REPQ (4 channels)
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Earthworks Lab 102 Mic Pre
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Pacifica P-1 mic Pre
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SSL 500 series EQ (2 Channels)
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Avalon 747 sp EQ and Compressor
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Grace Audio compressor
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Various Lexicon, Roland, Delays and Reverbs
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UA Sphere dual diaphragm modeling MIC (X2)
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Senheiser 421 (X2)
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sE Gemini
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Royer 121 ribbon
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AKG Solid Tube
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Beyer M500 ribbon
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ADK Tube Transducer(TT), A48, A-51tc Tube (2) A-51tl Fet (2), Hamburg (2)
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AT 4033 (2) AT 25
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SM 57, 58 (3)
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Blue encore 100 (4), encore 200 (4)
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Audix D2 (2), D4
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Cascade Ribbons: RX15 Stereo Ribbon (w/ Luhndal transformer), Vinjet w/ Luhndal (2) Fathead2 (2) Cascade DR2 w/ Luhndal (2)
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Earthworks QTC 40 Omni (2) TC 30 Omni, SR 77 (2), SR 20
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AKG P170 small caps, Avatone CK1 small caps
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Yamaha C7 Accoustic Disklavier Grand piano
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Yamaha S90es
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Roland VK7 (B3 keyboard)
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ARRANGE/
ORCHESTRATE
It all begins with an idea.
Pre-produciton allows us to map out the contours of any given project, and create the arrangements that realize the vision for the song.
Record
3 separate rooms allow for isolation among instruments, and nice overdub space for recording all elements of a project.
Mix
Even, accurate monitoring and the experience of having mixed several hundred projects ranging from classical ensembles, and jazz trios, to live big bands and orchestras make for an ideal mixing environment.
The studio of pianist, producer and Grammy nominated arranger, Thomas Zink.
About the Studio
Humble Beginnings
I remember the first time my best friend (an amazingly talented pianist/composer with his own studio) told me he was mixing his most recent project himself. I thought “you can’t do that, that’s a job for a specialist!” Well…
The more I thought about it, the clearer it became that he had a unique insight to the process and thought behind his project, so why shouldn’t he make those mix decisions? Each facet of our usually multidimensional careers as musicians requires total dedication, but with the right study, it is possible to grow in many different directions and to bring many gifts to the table. Some times experience in many areas helps each specific area blossom more fully. That’s been my philosophy as a music producer and in this DIY age, it has served me well. I am able to offer a wide range of experience and expertise in many facets of music production. My first love has always been piano, but I love every part of the process, and I hope it shows in the results I’m able to deliver.
Dynasty Quality
Numerous and varied projects have gone from seed to fruition within our doors. Projects ranging from Folk guitar duos, to Jazz trios to sextets, Motown projects and everything in between have been crafted here from pre-production through mixing. We've recorded live horn sections, and live string sections as large as 8 players at a time. Tom's goal is to provide a comfortable and productive atmosphere to aid the creative process.
I use an all-digital format, with plenty of high-end microphones, preamps and input gear to get a warm pleasing sound. The Yamaha O2R96 consoles provide 48 Channels of digital mixing with the highly accurate Dynaudio monitoring system to assure sonic accuracy. The heart of the studio is the beautiful, rich sounding 7.6 foot Yamaha C7 Disklavier Pro piano. It’s my favorite overall piano that I’ve ever played...seriously. It allows the piano performance to be recorded as data, edited, and recorded to audio on playback with perfect fidelity. Two additional rooms provide space and isolation to record several musicians at once.
Trio Video
Video and audio recorded and produced in studio. All audio and video recording, editing and mixing by Tom Zink at Ming Dynasty
Student Video
Single camera “live” recording suitable for auditions or reels. Video and audio recorded and produced in studio. All audio and video recording, editing and mixing by Tom Zink at Ming Dynasty
Audio Samples
