Equipment (feel free to contact us to discuss equipment rental). For a list of past clients and projects see the discography page
Preamps & Recording :
- SSL Alpha Link 24-channel AD/DA converters
- Neve 8816 mixer with analog-digital converter
- Watkins WEM Copicat tube tape delay (1960's)
- Phoenix Audio DRS-8 Mk2 preamps (made in USA by former Neve designers)
- Great River ME-1NV preamp (modern take on Neve sound)
- Golden Age Pre-73 preamp (Neve 1073 clone)
- Ampex 601 preamp
- 4x Scully 280 preamps
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DBX 760x dual preamp (clean with lots of gain)
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M-Audio DMP3 dual preamp
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Art Tube MP V3 tube preamp
Software
- Cockos Reaper
- Avid Pro Tools 9 & 10
- Sony Acid Pro 7.0
- Licenced plugins including Izotope Ozone 5, Waves Studio Classics (incl. SSL and API console emulations), Waves Gold, Waves Kramer Tapes, Tubes and Transistors, Waves Chris Lord-Alge Classic Compressors, Waves Center, Waves Element
Microphones:
- Peluso 2247SE tube microphone (Neumann U47 clone)
- RCA 77-D ribbon microphone (1945-1955) - iconic mic used by Sinatra, Elvis etc.
- Neumann TLM 102
- Shure KSM32 large diaphragm condenser (great all-around mic including vox and guitar cabinets)
- Shure SM7b dynamic (same mic as used by Michael Jackson on Thriller, Metallica on Some Kind of Monster, Sheryl Crow, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc.)
- Rode M3 small-diaphragm condenser pair (great as overheads and on acoustic instruments)
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Rode NT1 large diaphragm condenser
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Revox M3500 (Beyerdynamic m201 clone)
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AKG D112 (large-diaphragm dynamic for kick, bass)
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Apex 215 dual ribbon (old-school mic great for vocals, room mic on drums)
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Shure Beta58, SM57, SM58, Super 55, vintage 55S, and various others
Instruments:
- Gretsch Bop drum kit (20/14/12)
- vintage AceTone Top-8 keyboard
- 1966 Fender Jazzmaster guitar
- 1980's JV series Squier Jazz bass
- CCB upright bass
- Carter Starter pedal steel
- 1950's National lap steel
- Epiphone Les Paul Jr.
- Fender JagStang (first run)
- Gretsch 5129 Electromatic hollow-body
- Fender Squier / Warmouth custom baritone guitar
- Fender Kingman acoustic
- Silvertone acoustic
- Camaro accordion
- CCV violin
- Hohner bass harmonica (hang on to your ego!)
- jaw harps, kazoos and percussion
Amps:
- 1978 Fender Deluxe Reverb (silver face)
- 1980's Fender Champ 12 (all tube)
- Roland Cube 30
- Ampex PF-500 bass head and PB210 & 410HE cabinets
- vintage Gibson 2x12 guitar/PA cabinet, Yorkville/Peavey PA system. Available on request: 70's silver face Fender Vibrolux, Peavey Classic 30, Fender Vibroverb, 1980's Fender Super 210 (all tube)
Misc: various BOSS & Danelectro effects, Proco Rat, Hermida Zendrive, Fulltone Dual Drive, Atomic Brain, and many more
Contact us to discuss your audio recording, mixing or mastering needs.
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