The largest recording space, appropriately referred to as the Big Room, is a 2,000 square foot combination live room and control room with a custom wraparound 72-channel
SSL 9000 XL K Series
mixing console at its centre, with large windows offering expansive views of the adjacent millpond and gardens. Although the Big Room has a separate machine room and two isolation booths, it is designed as one large collaborative recording space with no dividing walls. Alternately, the Big Room also functions as a
Dolby Surround 7.1-certified film mixing room. Adjoining the Big Room and within the former mill building is the Wood Room. This room utilizes a 24-channel SSL AWS 924 console, and features a more lively acoustic character, mezzanine floor and movable acoustic screens, as well as its own isolation booth. The Big Room and The Wood Room can be booked together for a larger recording space, or individually for smaller or lower-budget projects. The Workroom, which is equipped with a
talkback system,
multitrack recording capabilities, and
MIDI/video connection to other rooms in the facility, has also been made available for other clients to rent in the past; one of Gabriel's managers said in a 1992 interview with
EQ magazine that "when we get a booking we just kick him out". ==Clients==