Abstract. The Hybrid Recoil mass Analyzer (HYRA) operated in gas-filled mode has recently been coupled with the TIFR 4 spin spectrometer at IUAC, New Delhi to carry out spin (or angular momentum) distribution of heavy residues from fusion-evaporation reactions and spin gated GDR measurements. The details of the combined facility, initial experiments on evaporation residue tagged -multiplicity and the extraction of average transmission efficiency of HYRA are elaborated.