"It's all going through a Euphonix System 5. But, at the same time, everything in Cubase is really going through your stuff, the UAD plug-ins. I've actually become very particular about what I use these days. There are so many plug-ins around, especially soft synths, that you’ll never get any music written with all the tinkering. So I've really limited myself now to just a few that I think sound really good at their core."

"In terms of recording and producing music I have been using Logic since 1995," he explains in a recent video interview with Euphonix, "and when I first saw the Euphonix System 5-MC, this oversized remote controller, I was totally blown away, it's absolutely fantastic. You have the real feel of one of those big mixing desks. Music has a lot to do with feel and in order to mix it down properly you just need something like this."

The new studio's control room is equipped with a 140-channel Euphonix System 5-M digital mixing console with 2 DSP cores. Having worked in several top studios in the UK , USA and Canada , Rahman had the opportunity to work on and evaluate all the large format consoles currently available in the market. He chose the Euphonix System 5 for the speed, power and flexibility that he needs for his music recording and mixing, and 5.1 surround mixing. Another important factor in selecting the System 5 was support for 24-bit/96kHz audio which allows him to work in the highest quality digital environment. Recording will be done on the Euphonix R-1 48-track 24-bit / 96K digital audio multi-track recorder. The decision to use the R-1 Recorder was a natural one for Rahman, its simple user-interface, superior sound quality, and reliability.

Oldfield's System 5-MC features a Euphonix System 5 compatible control surface with 32 faders and the MC Media Application Controller centrally mounted in a standard MC frame. The workstation is integrated with Apple Computer's Logic Pro DAW application running on a Mac G5.

During an interview/studio tour with Spitfire audio we see Johns Euphonix S5 desk.