Here are some items I use to get the job done…
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
- 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.
- Electro-Voice RE320 Dynamic Microphone– Sounds great on kick drums, bass guitar cab and vocals. Also used for Podcast production.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sennheiser e609– Loud guitar amps mostly. High SPL allowance and great high mids. Great pairing with a ribbon mic on guitar amps.
- Electro Voice 635a/b (2)- Omnidirectional mics. I tend to like these as room mics, and overheads.
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- Pencil condenser with a big ole transformer in it. Matt Talbott told me these microphones were black magic, so i bought one ASAP. Acoustic guitar, and overhead from drums.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
DAW
- Pro Tools Latest Version
- Ableton 9
- Reason 10