New arrivals:
Studer A80-VU 1/2” stereo mastering tape recorder (low hours)
Crane Song SPIDER 8x2 mic preamp, mixer, AD converter
Equipment list (updated 01/2010):
Microphones
Sony C37A (3x) vintage cardio and omni tube mic (Japanesse U67, 1959-61)
Coles 4038 (2x) ribbon mic, matched pair (the Beatles overhead mic)
Neumann SM-2c vintage stereo tube mic w/AC701 tubes
Neumann M249c vintage multi-pattern tube vocal mic
Sennheiser MD-421 (2x) vintage dynamic mic
ElectroVoice RE20 (2x) vintage dynamic mic
AKG D-112 modern dynamic
Preamlifiers & Mixers
Tube-Tech MEC-1A (1x) vocal tube processor, compressor, EQ, preamp, DI
Crane Song SPIDER (8x) mic preamps with inserts, converters, AES outs
Calrec MX-2 Minimixer (4x) four british preamps/EQs/Compressors
Telefunken V76s (3x) mastering type preamps, as good as it gets
Studer TVZ (3x) swiss solid state pres, great for classical music
Studer 961 (10x) ten high quality swiss mixer preamps/EQs
Converters & Effects
Prism ADA-8 8-ch A/D/A I/O 24/96 and super stable clock (Deutche Grammophone)
Digidesign HD 192 16-ch A/D/A I/O 24/192 studio standard
TC Electronics M6000 8ch Reverb and Mastering 24/96
Crane Song SPIDER ten HQ AD converters
Recorders
Studer A80-VU stereo 1/2” modified tape mastering recorder (calibrated @ 30ips for GP9)
ProTools 8 HD2 w/Apple G5 2.7GHz dual processor w/6.5GB RAM, studio standard
Sony CDR-W66 stereo master CD recorder w/ SBM, studio standard
Sony PCM-1 stereo handheld HD recorder, great for quick DEMOs
Fostex D2424 24-ch HD recorder w/AES/EBU 24/96 I/O
Alesis Masterlink ML-9600 stereo master HD recorder
Mixing & Mastering Gear
Custom Made Passive Summing Box 16 x 2 channels summing, 2Hz-500,000Hz fq res
Caltec MX-2 Minimixer british modeled preamps/EQs/compressors (18x4x2)
Studer 961 ten high quality swiss mixer channel preamps/EQs/limiters (10x2)
Neumann U473 matched vintage transistor mastering compressors, deessers
Tube-Tech MEC-1A vocal tube processor, compressor, EQ, preamp, DI
Summit Audio DCL-200 pultec style tube mastering stereo compressor
Crane Song SPIDER eight HQ mic preamps, limiters, converters (8x2)
Manley Vari-Mu pultec style tube mastering stereo compressor
Tube-Tech SM-2B tube mastering stereo compressor, EQ
Neumann PE matched vintage mastering stereo EQs
TAB W395B matched vintage mastering stereo EQs
Monitoring
Genelec 1031 w/1029A subwoofer self-powered stereo studio monitors
Genelec 1029 self-powered stereo near-filed studio monitors, compact
Sennheisser HD650 beefy, bass-heavy sounding studio headphones
Sony MDR 7509 (2x) professional studio headphones
AKG K701 mastering quality studio headphones
Instruments & Amps
Boston Grand Piano 6' 7" japanese Steinway & Sons liscenced copy, maintained
Yamaha P200 modern keyboard MIDI controller w/hammer action 88-keys
Fender Rhodes 73 1970s classic electric piano, well maintained
Polytone MiniBrute III 1970s classic solid state guitar amp
Ampeg B15N 1960s classic all tube guitar and bass amp
Our recommended tracking signal chain:
Piano & Strings
Sony c37a (3x) three mics for treble, mids, and bass
Neumann SM-2 stereo for mid-distance room sound
Telefunken V76s (3x) three vintage tube mastering preamps
Studer TVZ or 961 preamps
Prism Media ADA-8
Fender Rhodes, Keyboards
Direct to Tubetech MEC-1A tube preamp’s DI
Prism Media ADA-8
Vocals
Neumann M249c (Tonny Bennet, Barbra Streisand)
Sony c37a
V76s or Tube-Tech MEC-1A
Prism Media ADA-8
Guitars
Coles 4038
Sennheiser MD421
Studer TVZ or 961
Polytone MiniBrute III amp or
Ampeg B15N amp
Prism Media ADA-8
Drums
Neumann SM-2 (overheads) or
EV RE20 (overheads) or
Coles 4038 (overheads)
Sennheiser MD421 (toms)
AKD D112 kick
Langevin AM16
Studer TVZ or 961
Prism Media ADA-8
Bass
EV RE20
Coles 4038
Sony c37a (for acoustic)
AKG D112
V76s or Tube-Tech MEC-1A
Ampeg B15N amp
Prism Media ADA-8