As the world’s largest professional pop & jazz the has been a beloved accompanist on stage and in the recording studio to musicians worldwide. Jazz greats , Stan Getz, .

And pop artists Brian Eno, and . In more recent years the orchestra has played with artists like Gregory Porter, Jonathan Jeremiah,

Within Temptation & . The Grammy Award winning Metropole Orkest

(three awards, most recently with in 2016) is specialized in recording film scores and has experience with video game soundtracks STUDIO 1 WHY CHOOSE METROPOLE ORKEST?

• Reputation as the world’s leading pop and jazz orchestra, experienced in all non-classical genres • Excellent recording facilities just 45 minutes from and Schiphol Airport • A core ensemble of 50 musicians who record and perform together on a regular basis • Flexible in planning/production and line-up • International team of freelance arrangers on call

INSTRUMENTATION The orchestra’s full line-up consists of 50 musicians. It is, however, possible to record with a MCO STUDIOS smaller ensemble (for example just the string section or our big band) or with an extended The orchestra resides in the ‘Muziekcentrum van de orchestra (for example by doubling up on the or by adding a or ). Omroep’ in , the . The building We have an excellent database of professionals musicians we call upon in those cases. has been a noted recording location for decades. Studio 3 at the MCO is the primary studio of the Metropole Woodwinds: Percussion: Orkest, especially designed and built for the orchestra 2 /alto flutes/piccolos 2 players, all pitched & unpitched instruments available in 1995, and comes with a dedicated control room. 1 /english horn The orchestra can also divert to the larger Studios 1 and 5. 2 alto /soprano saxophones/ Rhythm section: 1 tenor /soprano saxophone/ 1 electric guitar/acoustic guitar 1 tenor saxophone/soprano saxophone/clarinet/ 1 /electric piano bass clarinet 1 contrabass/ STUDIO 5 1 baritone saxophone/clarinet/(contra)bass clarinet 1 drums

Brass: 1 Harp 1 french horn

4 /flugelhorns Strings: 3 8 1 players 1 bass /tuba 7 violin 2 players 5 players 4 players

2 contrabass players STUDIO 3 - CONTROL ROOM TECH LIST Backline Microphones no The following equipment is used when recording Nord stage AKG 452 4 with the Metropole Orkest. Korg Trinity AKG 452 CK 5 4

Roland VK8 AKG C 414 B ULS 6

Console FX Hammond C3 & Leslie B&K 4006 2

Neve VR Legend 60 channel console Lexicon 480 + LARC Remote Rhodes Mark 1 COLES 4038 2

with Flying Fader automation Lexicon LXP 15 2x Yamaha DX7 DPA 4060 CLIP MICS 25

DynAudio Air 15 Roland SDE 3000 Digital Delay Roland Juno EARTHWORKS DP 25/C 4

Yamaha NS10 TC Electronic M6000 Reverb Simmons SDS8 Electronic Drums FLEA M50 3

Auratone 5C Mini TC Electronic M5000 Reverb Steinway D Grand Piano NEUMANN TLM 170R 8

TC Electronic 2290 Digital Delay Glockenklang Passenger bass amp NEUMANN U87 6

Recording Yamaha SPX 90 Vox Guitar amps NEUMANN U89 5

Mac Pro 3,5 Ghz 6 Core Intel EMT 250 digital reverb Koch KC50 tube amp NEUMANN KMS 105 2

64 GB RAM Aphex Aural Exiter Type B NEUMANN KM 140 25

Mac Pro 2x2.4 Ghz Quad Core 2x DBX 263x de-esser Que boxes NEUMANN KM 84 2

20 GB RAM DBX 120X Subharmonics 5x Furman 16 channel analog NEUMANN SM 69 FET STEREO 2

3x Antelope ORION 32 Converters Digital cuebox for 64 musicians (32) NEUMANN U 47 FET 4

Antelope MP32 Mic Pre-Amp EQ Yamaha DM2000 for queboxes NEUMANN M49 1

Rosendahl Nanosync Klark Teknik DN22 Graphic Eq RADIAL D.I. 4

GRIMM CC1 Wordclock Generator 2x Klark Teknik DN360 Graphic Eq Studio 1 - 517 m2 ROYER LABS 122 2

QNAP 8-bay x 6 TB server Klark Teknik DN60 Real Time Risers 1x2 SANKEN CU 41 1

spectrum Analyser Chairs/stools/stands SENNHEIZER MD 421 4

Mobile Recording Film projector SENNHEISER E 604 4

Mobile Protools HDX 128 channels Playback SENNHEISER MKH 30 2

madi recording setup DAT Recorder Sony PCM 7040 Studio 3 - 299m2 SENNHEISER MKH 40 2

RME MADIFACE 64 channel PCI DAT Recorder Sony PCM 7030 Risers 1x2 SENNHEIZER MKH 416 2

express interface DAT Recorder Sony PCM 550 Chairs/stools/stands SCHOEPS CMC 56 3

Tascam 112 Tapedeck Film projector SCHOEPS CMT 501 STEREO 1

Dynamics Studer D740 CD Recorder Screen 4x3 SCHOEPS ORTF MK4 1

Waves L2 Maximizer Marantz PMD 321 CD Player Drumbooth SCHOEPS MK41 2

NEVE 33609J Compressor Limiter Telefunken m21 1/4” Masterrecorder Vocalbooth SHURE SM7 1

TC Electronic Finalizer Ampbooth SHURE B87C 5

Tube-Tech LCA 2A Compressor Limiter SHURE SM 57 3

Urei 1178 Compressor Limiter SHURE B57 4

Studio 1 and 3 are interconnected SHURE SM58 2

with video and audio lines SHURE B52 2

SHURE SM 91 2 CONTACT METROPOLE ORKEST

To request more information or a quote HEUVELLAAN 33 for your recording project we ask to 1217 JL HILVERSUM contact Pieter Hunfeld ([email protected]) THE NETHERLANDS and Marjolein Fischer ([email protected]).

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