Studio Gear

Here are some items I use to get the job done…

RECORDERS

iMac 32GB 3.5GHz Quad Core. It’s fast.
Tascam PortaStudio 424 mkII 4 Track Cassette Recorder. Great fidelity for tape cassette recording. Can mix on the recorder or move the recordings in to the box for digital. We can use this to transfer your tapes to your digital collection.
Otari MX-5050 QXD 4 Track 1/4″ Tape Machine. Analog recording for certain things is just better. Also is available for transfers to digital.

CONSOLE

Yamaha M1516- 16 wonderful preamps/EQ. Great signal flow and flexibility for the more tactile, hands on approach.

TO LISTEN

Genelec M040 6.5″ monitors– My go to monitoring. Bottom loaded port helps with reflection issues. Not flat, but not overly characteristic. Easy to mix at low volumes.
Avantone MixCube- For monitoring in Mono.
Beyerdynamic DT770 Studio Headphones– My go to headphones. Great feel and won’t fatigue your ears fast. Show off panning and high frequencies well.
Audio Technica M30 Studio Headphones– “Real world” headphones great to get an idea of what everyday listeners will hear.
AKG K44 Studio Headphones– Mostly used for headphone mixes while tracking.
AKG K52 Studio Headphones– Also used for headphone mixes while tracking.

TO CAPTURE

Dynamic Microphones

Audix D2 Dynamic Microphone (3)– These little fellas live on top snare, and toms. Also will find some work on guitar cabs.
Audix D6 Dynamic Microphone– A kick drum standard, that will also do a great job in front of a bass cab.
Blue enCore100 Dynamic Microphone (2)– I wanted to get something that was not an SM57. So I got 2 of these. Actually sound good on bottom snare drum and guitar cabs.
Electro-Voice RE320 Dynamic Microphone– Sounds great on kick drums, bass guitar cab and vocals. Also used for Podcast production.
Electro Voice 635a/b (2)- Omnidirectional mics. I tend to like these as room mics, and overheads.
Electro-Voice RE-16- Super fun microphone I tend to use for horns, drums, and whatever I’m feeling that day.
Sennheiser e609– Loud guitar amps mostly. High SPL allowance and great high mids. Great pairing with a ribbon mic on guitar amps.
Sennheiser MD441– My absolute favorite dynamic mic. Great character for vocals and saxophone. Sounds amazing anywhere on drums.
Shure SM7b Dynamic Microphone– A classic that is dry, but real sounding. Sounds great on loud male vocals, guitar cabs, and heck, I’ll place it over a hi-hat sometimes. Oh yea, and it’s made as a broadcast mic. So I use it for Podcast production.
Shure Beta 57 Dynamic Microphone- Guitar cabs galore. Pairs well with a ribbon on guitar cabs capturing higher mid frequencies accurately.
Shure SM57/SM58- Yep, we have some. And we love them.

Ribbon Microphones

sE Voodoo VR1 (2)– Sound lovely on guitar amps, acoustic guitars, and drum overheads and room mics. Dark and rich but not muddy.

Condenser Microphones

Rode NTG2– Mostly used in the field, for interviews and for Foley. Also great on acoustic guitar, and drum overheads.
Sterling ST31 (2)– Yep. Cheap Guitar Center mics. But they sound fantastic, and I have yet to find a FET microphone that blows them out of the water. They sound awesome on acoustic guitar and drum overheads.
sE2200 (2)– A fantastic sounding cardioid. Tons of top end, but not shrill. Piano, Vocals, Overheads…very diverse mic!
sE RN17 (2)- Pencil condenser with a big ole transformer in it. Matt Talbott told me these microphones were black magic, so i bought them ASAP. Acoustic guitar, and overhead from drums.
sE 4400 (2)- 414 style microphone. Overheads, piano, vocals, acoustic guitars. Great all purpose mics due to the -10/-20 db pad, and variable polar patterns.
Chandler TG Microphone- Whoah. Electronics from the EMI mastering desk at Abby Road thrown into the body of the mic to give it added harmonics and tube-like tones. Vocals, drums, guitars, bass…you name it!

TO AMPLIFY

Universal Audio Unison Preamp (4)– Capture the famous tonality of every in-demand mic pre on the face of the Earth. Times 4.
Audient ASP880- 8 channels of great modern pure source amplification. Clean but can be driven in a pleasing way.
CAPI VP26- API-ish tone that will give in to harmonics a little faster. DRUMS!
Focusrite ISAtwo– 2 Channels derived from the Rupert Neve made ISA console built for Sir George Martin like 700 years ago. Insane head room with low noise.
Manley Core– My go to vocal channel strip. Tube mic pre with ELOP Compressor, Baxandall EQ and brick wall limiter.

INTERFACE

Universal Audio Apollo 8 Duo– Sample rates up to 192khz to make you creations sound like they are from the future. Dual headphone outputs and two instrument inputs. Industry standard in professional studios, so I bought one and put it in mine.
Universal Audio Apollo Twin Duo- Same as the Apollo 8 just less inputs and outputs.
Universal Audio Apollo 16- Welp, now we have 24 simultaneous tracks, with the addition of this.

DYNAMICS

DBX 560A (2)– Very versatile compressors that will also work great as limiters. Live on kick and snare drum, and do a great job on male vocals.
Warm Audio EQP-WA- Pultec tone and control. Sounds great on kick, bass, and vocal.
Kush Audio Electra (2)– Whoa. These things are cool. Sweepable band EQ with tons of vibe. For tracking I use them on stereo room mics. I send the drum buss through them, and also use them for mastering.

INSTRUMENTS

Fender TC-90 Telecaster.
Fender Deluxe Telecaster.
1960’s Rogers Snare
Moog Micromoog fully refurbished by McCallister Audio.
Moog Grandmother
Moog DFAM Drum Machine
Traynor TS-20 Vintage Solid State Guitar Amp
Fender Princeton Reverb w/ 12″ Jensen Speaker
Many effect pedals including 00’s Memory Man Deluxe, Pedal Monster Klon Klone, and more.
Knabe Upright Piano
Steinway Vertegrand Upright Piano
Pearl Export Drum Kit
1960’s Slingerland Drum Kit
Barton Drum Kit
Arturia DrumBrute
Fender Rhodes piano
Korg Minilogue synth
Ampeg B-25 Bass amp
If you have any special requests I can get my hands on just about anything. Trust me.

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