"What can all this gear do for
me?" you ask. Make you sound great! ....Honestly,
there's a saying in the recording trade, "If you polish a turd, it's
still a turd albiet shiny".... We're musicians and engineers. (and techweenie gear heads) We can help you get
the sound you want and make your experience both fun and
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ProTools is the center
of our digital facility. We've owned and ustilized many pro tools systems for over 12 years. Featuring 48
tracks, great mic selection, discrete console,choice pre-amps, guitar and
bass effects/di, lots of outboard dynamics and software instruments
& effects.
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Computers
- Intel Core2 Duo 2.66 GHz, 2 GB Ram,,
Windows XP
- Macbook Pro Intel Core2 Duo 2..1 GHz, 3 GB Ram, OS X
- AMD Athlon 3700 2.2 GHz, 2.5 GB Ram,, Windows
XP
- Apple G4, 833Mhz, 1.25 GB Ram,. OS 9.2.2, X
10.3
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Digital
Workstions-Recorders
- Digidesign
Digi003R
- M-Audio Project Mix I/O (Black Lion Audio
Mod)
- Black Lion Micro Clock
- Digidesign Mix+
- Digidesign M-Box2
- DIGI 001 ProTools 5.11,
6.4
- Fostex 1/4" 8-Track Reel to Reel
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Mixers
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Pre-Amplifiers
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Compressors
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Monitoring
Phones
- Extreme Isolation
- Sony 7506
- Audio Technica AT40m
- Sennheiser
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Software: RTAS/VST
POD Farm, Garritan
Personal Orchestra, Fruity Loops,EZ Drummer,
BFD, Digi MP Toolkit, Izotope Ozone,McDsp, Digi Air,Massey, Digital fishphones, Kjareleus, Voxengo, BuzzMaxi BombFactory, , Pluggo
etc...
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DI
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Miscellaneous
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Digital Audio Workstation(s)
| The Digi 003 Music Production
Toolkit. Modern upgrade to the Digi001. 8
analog in. 8 digital in via Lightpipe 2 Channels of
SPDif I/O. I can synch the Mac and PC to record 34
tracks simulataneously) 4 better Mic PreAmps
ProTools 7.3 in Windows XP & OS X 10.3 |
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M-Audio Project Mix I/O This is
the mobile rig, but also has a good control surface. 8 Mic
inputs. Lightpipe in fed with 8 more inputs from
DigiMax. This runs Pro Tools M-Powered 7.3 under OS X and Win
XP.
Firewire means portability. This board has been
modified by Black Lion Audio. I've also got their Micro Clock which makes clocking stable.
 
| The Digi 001. My universe
for six years. 8 analog in. 8 digital in via Lightpipe
(I used to feed this with the Digimax right below, now
the Behringer AD8000 can feed this as moves back to the
G4; with MidiMachine control, I can synch the Mac and PC
to record 34 tracks simulataneously) 2 Good focusrite
Mic PreAmps ProTools 5.1.1 in OS 9.2.2 ProTools 6.2
under OS X 10.3 |
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Digi MBox 2 Mobile
2-trac Unit
Pre-Amps, Channel-Strips,
Converters
Universal Audio LA-610 Channel
Strip
The go to pre for bass, vocals, super smooth comp section.
Legendary Bill Putnam 610 tube mic pre and EQ
Mic pre Gain and Level controls, variable impedance
switching, and Instrument DI
Teletronix LA-2A-style T4 opto-compressor
Compression Peak Reduction, Gain, Meter, and Mode
controls
Chameleon Labs 7602 - Neve 1073
Clone
The channel strip your
father used. The 7602 is based on designs that
have stood the test of time. This Classic design
features a DI, Phantom Power, 3 Band EQ, Phase Reversal,
and Mic/Line Inputs.
The EQ Section contains the
following:
Filter- This is a high pass
filter with 3db loss at 300Hz, 160Hz, 80Hz, and 50Hz
with an 18db cut per octave slope.
Low
Equalization - This section has a shelving slope
with four frequency selections: 220Hz, 110Hz, 60Hz,
35Hz. This equalizer affects the selected frequency and
all others below it. The gain control provides 20db of
boost or cut.
Mid Equalization - This section
has a peaking characteristic with six frequency
selections: 360Hz, 700Hz, 1.6k, 3.2k, 4.8k and 7.2k. The
gain control provides 20db of boost or cut.
High
Equalization- This section has a shelving
characteristic with five frequency selections: 16k, 12k,
7k, 4.9k and 3.4k . This equalizer affects the selected
frequency and all others above it. The gain control
provides 20db of boost or cut.
TNC ACMP-73 - Neve 1073
Clone
Terry and
Chance design built in 797 factory just like the chameleons. Many folks
had hum an issues witht the eq, but ours sound great and have that
great Neve midrange girth. a DI, Phantom Power, 3 Band EQ, Phase
Reversal, and Mic/Line Inputs.
The EQ Section is the same as the chameleon with the exception of the high shelf is fixed at 12K
Filter- This is a high pass
filter with 3db loss at 300Hz, 160Hz, 80Hz, and 50Hz
with an 18db cut per octave slope.
Low
Equalization - This section has a shelving slope
with four frequency selections: 220Hz, 110Hz, 60Hz,
35Hz. This equalizer affects the selected frequency and
all others below it. The gain control provides 20db of
boost or cut.
Mid Equalization - This section
has a peaking characteristic with six frequency
selections: 360Hz, 700Hz, 1.6k, 3.2k, 4.8k and 7.2k. The
gain control provides 20db of boost or cut.
High
Equalization- This section has a shelving
characteristic with fixed 12 K frequency . This equalizer affects the selected
frequency and all others above it. The gain control
provides 20db of boost or cut.
Presonus DigiMax
-Clean, great sounding on Percussion and
acoustic Instruments. LightPipe to Digi003. This gets
used on every session
DBX 386 ... Killer Tube Pre's and SPdif;
Upgradeded the stock tubes
I generally have my room mic's going into this guy. Analog and Digital. Inserts are pretty handy
ATI M100-1- Super
Clean Pre, limiter, phase, phantom, lots of gain good
for Ribbon Mics
Joe Meek VC6Q Channel Strip
(Chargers) Mic Pre, PhotoOptical Compressor,
Meequelizer
Presonus
DigiTube
70db of gain and The EQ
is handy for both vocal and DI
purposes
Behringer Tube
PreAmp.Cheap crap, a bit noisy but useable. Variable high-pass filter, Starved-plate for
some semi usable tube grit I use these with my Omni
measurement mics for Room Sound
MIXERS - Consoles
Soundcraft Ghost
The new
jewell. Terrific Pre's, British EQ. Great for Tracking,
Analog Mixing and digital Summing.
EURORACK
MX2642A
16-Channel 4-Bus Mixing
Console
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| I use this as a PA for the Live
room. Pro Tools is routed from the headphone
mixers so you can monitoring the mix. 8 mic pre's.
Pods, Johnson, Keyboard run line level in and
direct out back to Soundcraft
Ghost. |
Dynamic Processors - Compressors,
Limiters, Gates
Emprical Labs Distressor - is this the greatest thing ever?
FMR RNC (Really Nice
Compressor
) FMR
RNLA (Really Nice Levelling
Amp)
 
Joe Meek C2... Photo Optical
for the Meek
sound
Presonus BlueMax
 
DBX 166 Comp/Gate/Peak Limiter.
Behringer Composer Pro MDX 2600
Comp/Limiter/DeEsser/Peak Limiter. Two of these fast
VCA's ..for slammin drums.
Carvin GC200 Optical Comp/Gate
EFFECTS - Guitar/Bass Modelers, Samplers,
etc...
JamMan ....fun. fun
fun Can you say PHAT!
- These amp simulators are super cool, the toneport has podfarm has every line6 sound!
- The sound dynamite in the recordings. Great sounds
no noise.
- The work great when recording. Headphones and no
bleed.
- The johnson has a spdif out.
- We pretty much take a DI even if we mic the amp, so we can reamp or utlize Pod Farm or the Sansamps
PODXT
BassPod
We just love Line6 stuff and now have the POD Farm (GearBox DI) but these work great for jamming in the live room.
 
Johnson
J-Station
Behringer V-Amp, Bass V-Amp Pro
We're now using the KRK's V6's with the KRK RP10 sub.
Event PS5
monitors - these are now on a secondary mix station.
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Evolution:
Above the Ghost in the Argosy Console - Thanks Colin
Hay
Below:
The old Behringer board.
18 Tracks
of Bliss:
2 ATI preamps, 2 Neve Clones, Presonus 8
Channel converter, Digi003, DBX 386 2 Ch.Tube Pre
Universal Audio -Bill Putnam
rules, I want more!!!
Ron
Work's Radial, UA 2108 and UA 2-610
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