STUDIO
SUMA Recording
Located on 14 acres just 30 minutes east of Downtown Cleveland, Suma is a historic
recording studio specializing in classic analog equipment and the latest digital technology.
SUMA Live Room
EQUIPMENT
SUMA Control Room

Console & Sidecars

  • 64 Channel SSL 4000G with Total Recall and Ultimation
  • 8 channel custom sidecar designed and built by Ken Hamann circa 1972
  • 7 channel custom tube mixer designed and built by Ken Hamann
  • Sound Workshop 1280b (12 channels with Super EQ)

Tape Machines

  • Studer A827 2 inch 24-track analog tape machine
  • Ampex MM1200 1 inch 8-track analog tape machine
  • Ampex ATR-102 1/4 inch 2-track analog tape machine
  • MCI JH110 1/4 inch 2-track analog tape machine
SUMA Control Room

DAWS & Converters

  • Pro Tools HDX running on 18 core 2.3GHz iMac Pro with 128 GB of RAM
  • iZ Technology ADA II with 48 channels of Nyquist converters

Monitors

  • ATC SCM25A
  • Dynaudio BM15A
  • ADAM A7x
  • Yamaha NS-10

Pre-Amps

  • API 3124+
  • API 3124
  • Great River MP-2NV
  • Chandler LTD-1 (x2)
  • Universal Audio 2-610
  • Millennia HV-3C
  • Focusrite Red 1
  • John Hardy M-1 (4 channels)
  • Manley Voxbox
  • TL Audio EQ-1

EQ

  • GML 8200 (x2)
  • Lang PEQ-2 (x2)
  • Chandler Tone Control
  • Chandler LTD-1 (x2)
  • UREI 545 (x2)
  • Manley Voxbox
  • TL Audio EQ-1

Dynamics

  • Teletronix LA-2A (vintage)
  • Skibbe Electronics 5-9C Red Stripe (x2)
  • Empirical Labs Distressor EL8-X (x2)
  • Empirical Labs Distressor EL8
  • Empirical Labs DerrEsser (x2)
  • UREI 1176LN (vintage blackface) (x3)
  • Dramastic Audio Obsidian 500
  • DBX 162 (x2)
  • DBX 520 (x3)
  • BSS DPR-901 II (x2)
  • Joe Meek SC4
  • Warm Audio WA-76 (x2)
  • Warm Audio WA-2A (x2)
SUMA Control Room

Instruments & Amps

  • Steinway 9FT Grand Piano
  • Hammond A100 organ
  • Fender Rhodes 73
  • Wurlitzer Model 200 Electric Piano
  • Yamaha Recording Custom Drum Kit
  • Fortune Custom Drum Kit
Rhodes

Microphones

  • AKG C414 B-ULS
  • AKG D112 (x2)
  • AKG c414 (Silver w/ brass CK12 capsule)
  • AKG c414 (Silver)
  • Altec 201A
  • Altec 21 Type
  • Altec 633A
  • Apex 460
  • Audix D6
  • Beyerdynamic M160 N (C) (x2)
  • Beyerdynamic M500 N (C)
  • Beyerdynamic M88 TG
  • CAD CM217 (x12)
  • CAD Equitek II
  • Cascade Fathead
  • Cascade Fathead w/ transformer (x2)
  • Crown PZM (x2)
  • Electro-Voice 642
  • Electro-Voice 676
  • Electro-voice 654A
  • Electro-voice RE15 (x2)
  • Groove Tubes 5sc (x2)
  • Neumann KM54a
  • Neumann KM84i
  • Neumann KM86i
  • Neumann KMi (x3)
  • Neumann M49
  • Neumann M50
  • Neumann SM2
  • *Neumann U47 (x2)
  • Neumann U87 (x2)
  • Oktava MK-012-01 (x4)
  • RCA 44
  • RCA 77
  • RODE NTK
  • Royer R-121 (x2)
  • Schoeps CMC6–U
  • Sennheiser MD 21
  • Sennheiser MD 421-U-5
  • Sennheiser MD 421/9
  • Sennheiser MD 441-U (x5)
  • Sennheiser MKH 40 (x2)
  • Shure PE65L
  • Shure SM57 (x4)
  • Shure SM81-LC (x2)
  • Sony C535P (x3)
  • Telefunken AK47 (x2)
  • Telefunken ELAM251F
  • Telefunken M80
  • *Telefunken U47 (x2)

*Items are currently being refurbished and will be back in our mic locker soon!