Equipment List
PIANO
Steinway D 9' (Hamburg) - completely rebuilt and maintained
by Arlan Harris
and Klavierhaus
CONSOLE
Studer 900 Series, 36 x 8 x 4. Originally
installed at the Metropolitan Opera House, this incredible board has:
- 36 mic / line inputs (28 mono / 4 stereo) all with 4-band eq and sweepable
hi-pass and low-pass filters on all inputs, separate PFL and AFL selectors
for each channel
- M/S encoding and stereo width adjustment on stereo inputs
- 4 Auxes (3 mono, 1 stereo) with sweepable hi-pass filters, PFL, talkback
- 8 Subgroups with pan and aux sends
- 2 stereo master groups
- 8 stereo aux monitor inputs
- inserts on all channels, groups and masters
- Meters on all channels with plasma meters on groups and masters and
vu meters on auxes.
- 8 1X4 distribution amps
- comprehensive talk back and monitoring features with 5 TB channels,
slate, three stereo monitor outputs, PFL / AFL buss out, mono select
and stereo adjustment.
All in all, this is an amazing sounding, superbly built, and extremely
flexible console that is ideal for classical and jazz recording.
MICROPHONES
Condenser
(Tube)
- (2) Brauner
VM1 (m.p. - consecutive)
- (1) Flea
49 (Neumann M49 clone)
- (1) Groove
Tubes GT-44
- (2) Lucas
CS-1 (m.p. - consecutive)
- (1) Neumann RS-M49 (TLM49 modified to M49 circuit by RS w/ Neumann
K49 capsule, AMI BV11 transformer, and NOS 5840 tube - coming soon!)
- (1) Neumann CMV563 with M7, M8, M9, and M55 capsules
- (1) Sony C37A
- (1) Telefunken
USA ElaM260
- (1) Wunder
CM7-GT (U47-inspired, w/ M7 capsule)
(FET)
- (1) AKG
C 414 EB (w/ original "brass" CK12 capsule)
- (1) AKG
C 414 EB (w/ "teflon" CK12 capsule)
- (2) DPA 4006
(m.p. with spheres and all grids)
- (2) DPA
4023 (m.p.)
- (4) DPA 4061
- (1) DPA
4099b
- (3) Gefell
UMT-70s (near-consecutive trio)
- (1) Josephson
C42
- (2) Kel
HM-3C
- (1) Neumann Gefell MV-692/M70
- (2) Neumann
KM-84i (m.p. - consecutive)
- (1) Neumann KM-88
- (2) Neumann
KM-140 (m.p. - consecutive)
- (2) Schoeps
CMT-341 (m.p. - consecutive)
- (2) Schoeps
CMT-56n (m.p. - multi-pattern MK6 capsules)
- (2) Sennheiser
MKH-8040s (m.p.)
- (1) Telefunken
M280 (same as KM84, no pad)
Ribbon & Dynamic
- (1) AEA
R84
- (1) AKG D12E
- (3) Beyerdynamic
M160
- (2) Coles
4038
- (1) EV n/d 257
- (1) Heil
PR-22
- (2) Royer
R121 (m.p. - consecutive)
- (1) Royer
SF-12 (stereo ribbon mic)
- (1) Sennheiser MD-441
- (1) Telefunken
USA RM-5C
- (1) Audix
D6
- (3) Shure SM-57
OUTBOARD
Preamps & DI
- API 3124+
- API /
ATI 8MX2
- (2) Avedis MA5
- Burl Audio B1
- John
Hardy M-1 (4 channels)
- Millennia
HV-3D (8 channels)
- Radial
X-Amp (reamp)
- Shadow
Hills GAMA (2)
Dynamics and EQ
- (2) Alta
Moda AM-10 compressor/limiter
- Alta
Moda AM-20 EQ
- Amtec Phanzen (coming soon!) stereo compressor
- (2) API
550A
- Crane
Song IBIS stereo mastering eq
- DBX 165A
- Inward
Connections DEQ-1 stereo mastering eq
- Inward Connections Opt1A optical limiter
- Pendulum
OCL-2 stereo optical compressor / limiter
- Thermionic
Culture Phoenix stereo vari-mu compressor
- TK Audio BC1
buss compressor
- TnC ACMP-81 (Neve 1081-inspired)
- Bloo LA-2A
- (2) G-1176
Limiting Amp
- (2) G-SSL
Mixbuss Compressor
- Toft
AFC-2 stereo Trident 80B-style EQ/mic pre
- (2) FMR RNC
- Purple Audio "Cans" (headphone amp)
Effects
- Bricasti
M7
- 4ms Triwave
Picogenerator
- MuTron
Phasor II
- MuTron III+
- Roland Re20
- Orban 111b stereo spring reverb
- Ensoniq DP/4
- Electro Harmonix Poly Chorus
- Alesis Midiverb III
- Lexicon Vortex
- Misc. Software-based effects (see below)
MONITORING
- ADAM
S3As
MIXING / DAW
- Pro
Tools HD Accel - 32 i/o
- (2) Apogee
AD-16X
- (2) Apogee
DA-16X
- Apogee
Rosetta 800
- Sound
Devices 702
- Dangerous
Music D-Box
- Lucid
DA9624
- Mackie
Control Universal
- Magma
ExpressBox (for Mobile HD1 system)
- M-Audio Lightbridge
- M-Audio Firewire 1814
- Otari MX5050 (stereo 1/4")
- Tascam 122 mkIII
- Computers: Apple MacPro 8-core 2.8Ghz w/ 10GB RAM; MacBook Pro 2.4Ghz
Core 2 Duo w/ 4Gb Ram
SOFTWARE
- Pro
Tools HD 8
- Logic Pro 8
- Live
7
- Reason 3
- Sibelius
6
- Peak
Pro 6
- Melodyne
3
Plugins and Virtual Instruments
- Altiverb
6
- Pro Audio DSP
Dynamic Spectrum Mapper
- Abbey
Road / Chandler Ltd EMI TG 12413 limiter, TG Mastering EQs, Brilliance
Pack
- Massenburg Design EQ
- Sound
Toys TDM Bundle
- Oxford Dynamics,
EQ, Inflator, Transmod, Restoration, Limiter
- URS Classic Console
Equalizers and Compressors
- Izotope RX (noise reduction / restoration), Spectron, Ozone, Trash,
Vinyl
- Massey Tape Head, DTM, etc.
- AAS Modeling Instruments (Lounge Lizard, Ultra Analog, Tassman, String
Studio)
- Arturia
ARP 2600, MiniMoog, Analog Factory
- Bomb Factory
plug-ins (all)
- PSP Delays
/ Nitro
- Antares Auto-Tune
5
- Focusrite
D2 / D3
- Waves IR-1
- NI Kontakt 3
- Vienna Symphonic Library Opus 1, FX Percussion, Harps
OTHER INSTRUMENTS and AMPS
GUITARS AND BASSES
- Gibson
J-45 ('05)
- Epiphone Sheraton (late '80s)
- Fender SRV Stratocaster
- Fender
'72 Telecaster Custom reissue
- Fender '53 P-Bass reissue
- Paul Reed Smith
McCarty (Indian rosewood neck)
PEDALS
- Fulltone
Clyde Wah
- Home
Brew (HBE) U.F.O., Tramp
- Ibanez
TS9
- Marshall Bluesbreaker
- Menatone
JAC JFET Compressor
- Mu-Tron III+ (re-issue)
- Mu-Tron Phasor II
- MXR Analog Delay, Phase 90 (original), Micro Amp (original)
- MXR (Dunlop) Jimi Hendrix Fuzz
- Boss CE-3 Chorus,CS-3 Compression, PN-2 Tremolo/Pan, BD-2 Blues Driver
- ProCo Turbo Rat
- Thomas Organ Co. Cry Baby
AMPS
- '68 Fender Super Reverb
- Weber 6A20 - BF Deluxe Reverb clone
- Fender Champion 600
- Orange Dual Terror / PPC112 half stack
- Fender Blues Junior
- Marshall
JTM45 (1962 "Bluesbreaker") loaded with Weber AlNiCo "Bluedogs"
- THD
Hotplate (8 ohm)
DRUMS and PERCUSSION
- '60s Ludwig Supraphonic Snare
- Yamaha 'Peter Erskine' 12" snare
- DW / Pacific wood hoop snare
- '70s Premier snare
- Gretsch
Catalina Elite kit
- GMS 16" floor tom
- Sabian HHX 16 ‘Studio Crash'
- Zildjian A 12 ‘Special Recording' hi-hats, K 14 ‘Custom Dark' crash,
K 16 ‘Dark Crash Thin', K 20 ‘Custom Dry' ride, K 20 ‘Custom Flat Top'
ride
- misc. tambourines, shakers, one-shot, bells, etc.
