Recording
Recording equipment
For years we’ve been building a collection of instruments, mics, and outboard equipment to cover any sonic desire while recording or mixing…from raunchy to pristine. Here’s a relatively up to date listing.
Multitrack, consoles, and outboard
- Heritage Audio MCM 20.4 (Class-A Summing Mixer)
- Yamaha PM-1000 16 channel mixer (1973, Class-A)
- Ampex MM1000 2″ 16 track
- dbx 162
- dbx 165Aracks
- dbx 160 (2)
- Echoplate III plate reverb
- The Schmidlin Fed+
- Empirical Labs Distressor
- API 312 Mic Preamps (2)
- BAE Audio 1073MPF Mic Preamps (2)
- Sytek MPX-4Aii
- dbx 166XL Stereo Compressor/Gates (2)
- API 550 EQ
- Multivox CB1 Chorus box
- Yamaha EMP700 Multi-Effect Processor
- Premier 90 Spring Reverb Tank
- Ibanez HD 1500 Harmonics/Delay
- Empirical Labs modified Ashley Stereo Parametric EQs (2)
- dbx 263x De-esser (2)
Mics
- Yamaha NS-10M Monitor
- JBL 6260 Power Amp
- Crown DC 300 Amp
- Grado SR80i
- Fostex T20
- AKG K240
- Sennheiser MD280 Pro
Monitoring
- Soundelux Elux 251
- Neumann TLM103
- AKG D12E
- Royer R-122
- Shure SM57
- Shure Beta87
- Shure Beta58
- AKG 414
- Shure KSM32
- Rat Shack PZM
- AKG D112
- AKG 451 (2)
- Rode NT2
- Shinybox ribbon
- Shure SM7a
- Shure SM7b
- CAD M179 (2)
- Cascade Fathead II
Amps and effects
- Ampeg V4
- Ampeg B-15
- Vox T-60 Bass Combo
- Darkglass Microtubes 900 V2
- Supro Satellite Reverb Amp
- Fender Deluxe
- Sears 5XL tube amp
- Electro Harmonix Memory Man x2
- Echoplex Tape Delay (2)
- Electro Harmonix Big Muff
- Electro Harmonix Small Stone
- Ibanez Stereo Chorus
Instruments
- Tama 5 piece drum kit
- Fender, ’64 Precision bass
- Gretsch, ’63 6072…the Country Gentleman bass
- Silvertone, ’64 bass
- Fender Parallel Universe ’51 Telecaster bass
- Rickenbacker 4003 Fireglo
- Martin, ’60 acoustic
- Blueridge, solid top acoustic
- Gibson, ’73 acoustic 12-string
- Guild, ’63 electric
- Wilfer upright bass
- Knabe upright piano
- Wurlitzer Funmaker electric organ
In case you missed it, the mixing and mastering gear listing is on the main studio page.