Real World Studios Work Room equipment

The Work Room was one of Peter Gabriel's personal writing and recording spaces within the premises of Real World Studios, located in the renovated attic of the old Mill there.

Peter used the Work Room a lot during the early years of Real World Studios, particularly the Passion (1989) soundtrack and Us album (1992) of which roughly 80% was recorded in this room. However, it seems likely he later shifted the majority of his operations to the Writing Room which was upgraded into a proper studio space for Peter to work.

Equipment (early 1990s)
Mixing desk
 * SSL 4048E with Total Recall

Monitoring
 * Neil Grant designed Boxer II system (main)
 * Acoustic Research AR18LS (nearfield)
 * Meridian M30 (nearfield)
 * Yamaha NS10 (nearfield)

Tape machines & digital
 * Studer A820 24-track (x2)
 * Sony 7030 Timecode DAT
 * Aiwa F7730 cassette deck
 * Sony PCM DCD500 CD player
 * Revox A700 tape recorder

Outboard
 * AMS DMX 15-80S stereo digital delay
 * AMS RMX-16 digital reverb
 * BSS DPR-402 Compressor/Limiter
 * BSS DPR-502 MIDI noise gate
 * DBX 165 compressor
 * Decca compressors (x6)
 * Deltalab DL-2 delay with MB-4 memory module (x2)
 * Drawmer DS-201 dual gate
 * Eventide H910 Harmonizer
 * Eventide H3000SE Ultra Harmonizer
 * Ibanez SDR-1000 digital reverb
 * Korg DRV-3000 Digital Voice Processor
 * Lexicon 480L
 * Lexicon PCM-70
 * Quantec Room Simulator
 * Rebis RA701 MIDI gate
 * Roland SDD-320 Dimension D
 * Roland SDE-1000 digital delay
 * Rebis RA401 Parametric EQ
 * Sycologic M16 Digital MIDI Matrix /w remote
 * Sycologic M16X MIDI Matrix Expander (x2)
 * TC 1140 Parametric EQs (x2)
 * UREI LA4 compressor/limiter (x2)
 * UREI 1176 Peak Limiters (x2)
 * Yamaha REV5 digital reverb
 * Yamaha SPX-90 II
 * Yamaha SPX-1000

Source: studio sales marketing file, EQ Volume 3 (1992)

Equipment circa 2005
Mixing desk
 * Sony Oxford OXF-R3 digital console

Outboard gear
 * AMS DMX 15-80S
 * AMS RMX-16
 * Eventide H910 Harmonizer
 * Eventide H3000SE Ultra Harmonizer
 * Lexicon Model 97 Prime Time
 * Quantec QRS Room Simulator
 * Roland SDD-320 Dimension D

Source: Tape Op, photo