The Gear

For any who might be interested, here is a very short list of some of the gear we use.

Recorder: Recording is done direct to disc via the Logic Pro digital audio workstation running on a Macintosh 6-core 3.5GHz MacPro computer (the “Trashcan”) which also connects to the UAD-2 Octo effect card via Thunderbolt for exceptional effects processing. AD/DA conversion is handled by Apogee Symphony Mark I 16x16 and AD16-X-Series converters. and the Apogee master clock "Big Ben" maintains system-wide lock between all digital components. The computer interface is an Apogee ultra low latency Symphony-64 PCIE System. This combination features exceptional fidelity, negligible tracking latency, and high track counts at up to 192Khz sampling rates, with Logic offering a full complement of built in effects, instruments, and sampling.

Control Surface:  Integration with the DAW is handled through a Slate Raven MTi running on two large screen monitors (the Slate 27 inch and an Apple 30 inch display)

Microphones:  The mic closet contains 45 units and is growing all the time. It represents a broad cross-section of microphone types, helping to insure that the right mic is used for the right sound at the right time.

    Large Diaphragm Condensers

Lawson L47MP tube condenser

Lauten Audio FC-387 (Atlantis)

Slate VM1 virtual microphone system

MJE-K47H (2)

AT 4050 (2)

AT 4033

Neumann TLM103 (2)

Studio Projects C1

Cascade M36

    Small Diaphragm Condensers

Neumann KM184 (2)

Joly-modified Oktava MK-012 (2)

Joly-modified CM-90 (2)

JoeMeek JM27 (2)

AKG C1000s

CAD GXL1200 (2)

    Ribbon Microphones

AEA R44CX

AEA R84 (2)

Beyer M160 (2)

    Dynamic Microphones

Sennheiser MD421 (2)

Sennheiser e602

Audix D2 (2)

Shure SM58 (2)

Shure SM57 (5)

Shure SM7 (2)

AKG D3900 (2)

EV RE20

Sony F-K98

AT Pro44 (2)

Outboard preamps: 

Great River MP2NV

Great River MP2

Warm Audio WA-412

Slate Digital VMS One

Brent Averill Neve 1272 (2)

Chandler TG2 Abbey Road Special Edition

Sytek MPX4Aii

AEA TRP

JoeMeek VC1

Outboard processing:  In addition to the processing built into Logic and the UAD-2 system, we use a variety of outboard hardware units.

Kurzweil KSP8

Yamaha SPX990

Emu Proteus

Line 6 POD

RNC 1773 (2)

Rane Multiband EQ

Instruments

Yamaha Stage Custom drumkit, Meinl Headliner Range Congas, various percussion instruments.

Rhodes Mark I Stage Piano

Various acoustic and electric guitars

Studio Logic SL-880 keyboard controller

Midi

Seamlessly integrate midi into your recordings with the several studio synthesizers, or bring your own.  We'll hook it up in a jiffy.   Play your own sounds or select from a large library via Logic’s built-in EXS24 sampler or the Emu ESI4000 sampler. 

Headphone distribution

A Fuhrman HDS6 headphone distribution system provides up to 12 simultaneous feeds, with each performer having individual control of the mix being heard in the cans.