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Consoles | Recorders | Monitors | Headphones | Headphone Amps | Power Amps | Microphones | Microphone Pre-Amps | Outboard Gear | Power Conditioners | PC's | Drum Kits | Drum Machine | Guitars | Guitar Rigs | Keyboards

Consoles

  • 1 - Alesis Studio 12R - Sub Mix
  • 1 - Tascam (16x4) - Sub Mix
  • 1 - Tascam M600 Vintage Console with 9 x 48 tt patchbay
  • Event E-Z Bus Digital Control Interface

Recorders

  • Alesis HD 24 Hard Disc recorder - 24 track- 24bit 96khz
  • Digital Audio Labs Card - Deluxe Mastering Card
  • Motu 24bit 96Khz Interface
  • Motu PCI -424
  • EZ-8 24bit 96Khz lightpipe IO
  • Fostex D-5 DAT Recorder W/ lightpipe
  • Tascam DA-20
  • Alesis Adat
  • Tascam 122 mk III cassette mastering deck
  • Hewlett-Packard DVD/CD Burners
  • INSC CD Duplication System

Monitors  [Back to top of page]

  • Advent
  • Alesis
  • Behringer
  • JBL
  • Klipsch
  • Peavey
  • Sony
  • Tascam
  • Yamaha

Headphones  [Back to top of page]

  • AKG K-240 Monitor Headphones
  • Fostex C-5 Live Headphones
  • Sennheiser HD 470 Headphones

Headphone Amps  [Back to top of page]

  • Furman HDR6 - 4 channel personel mix w/ 5 stations
  • Q-Mix HM-6 Distribution
  • Four separate mixes customized by Ted Benson

  • Rane HC-6
  • Rolls RA62

Power Amps  [Back to top of page]

  • Ashly
  • Behringer
  • Crown
  • Peavey
  • Tascam
  • University Sound

Microphones  [Back to top of page]

  • AKG D-112-1
  • Apex 430-1
  • Audio Technica 500XL-4
  • Behringer B-2-1
  • Blue - Bluebird and the 8 ball
  • Electro-Voice 308A-1
  • Nady TCM 1050 TUBE-1
  • Neumann TLM 103-1
  • Oktava
    • MK012-01-1
    • MK319-1
    • MK52-02 Ribbon-1
  • RODE
    • NT1-4
    • NTK TUBE-1
    • NT4 Stereo-1
  • Sennheiser
    • e609-2
    • MD421-3
    • MD441-1
  • Shure
    • Beta Green 4.1-1
    • SM55SH-1
    • SM57-2
    • SM58-2

Microphone Pre-Amps  [Back to top of page]

  • 2-Channel Tube Direct Injection
    (Handmade by Kevin Silva)
  • Art DPS II
  • 4-Channel Vintage Shure Transistor Mic Amps
  • Helicon
  • Presonus digimax 8 channel mic pre w/Adat lightpipe

Outboard Gear  [Back to top of page]

  • dbx DDP Digital Dynamics Processor
  • Digitech Studio Quad Multieffects (4-Channel)
  • TC Electronics DEP Effects Processor
  • dbx 266 Compressor Gate (2-Channel)
  • Audio Centron Eclipse GE231 Dual EQ
  • DOD 430 Series EQ
  • Aphex Aural Exciter Type C (2-Channel)
  • Aphex Exciter Model 104 (2-Channel)
  • Aphex 109 Tube Equalizer (2-Channel)
  • Aphex Easyrider -12 channels compression
  • Presonus ACP88 – 8 channels gate, compressor, limiter
  • Behringer Magician - 8 channel tube interface

Power Conditioners  [Back to top of page]

  • APC
  • Chandler
  • Equinox
  • Furman

PC's

Two Pentium Core I7 PC's with Direcway Satellite access and the following software:

  • Complete Plug-In Library
    • WAVES
      • Gold
      • Platinum
      • Renaissance
      • Maxx Bass
    • ANTARES
      • Mic Modeler
      • Autotune
      • Harmony Engine
      • AVOX
    • BBE SONIC MAXIMIZER
    • DBX
    • AMPLITUDE
    • BLUE
      • Full line
    • TC ELECTRONICS
      • Native
      • Ness
    • TIMEWORKS
      • Mastering
    • VST
      • Voice Machine
      • Phat
      • Bomb
    • STEINBERG
      • Declicker
      • Noise Reduction
    • Full line of audio restoration plugins
    • Large loop and sound effects library
  • Adobe Audition CS5.5
  • Adobe Creative Suite 4.0 Production Premium
  • Alesis FST
  • Cubase VST
  • Emulative JFX Stream Editor
  • Nero
  • Sony DVD Architect
  • Sony Movie Studio
  • Sony Vegas 5.0
  • TrackS3 Mastering Software with vintage emulation Compressor and EQ

Drum Kit  [Back to top of page]

  • Vintage Ludwig Drum Kit
  • Oversized, custom-tuned, recording-ready kit with vintage Zildjian cymbals
  • Three sizes of snares
  • Choice of 5 toms
  • Wide choice of Zildjian cymbals
  • Zildjian or Paiste high hat
  • New Pearl high hat stand

Drum Machine  [Back to top of page]

  • Roland R-5 Human Rythm Composer
  • KAT KDT-1 Drum Triggers
  • JB Cooper Nexus 3x8 Midi Switcher
  • JB Cooper PPS-1 Smpti Sync
  • Various hand-held percussion instruments

Guitars  [Back to top of page]

  • Fender American Deluxe Anniversary w/ vintage-noiseless pickups
  • Gibson Les Paul Standard Studio (1986 - Original)
  • Guild 12-String Acoustic (1976)
  • Kramer Vanguard Electric Bass (1980)
  • Mark Taxi (1978 - Custom electric made for .38 Special)
  • Tacoma Cutaway Acoustic (1997)
  • Taylor 312 ce
  • Taylor 410 Acoustic (1982)
  • Taylor BC710 Acoustic (1998 - Brazilian Rosewood - only 100 made)
  • Taylor 710BCE (1997 - Brazilian solid spruce top w/ blender system)

Guitar Rig  [Back to top of page]

  • 1959 Gibson GA-8 Guitar amp 14w class A circuitry w/Jenson Alnico speaker and custom studio mods.
  • Blue Tube Works guitar tube pre-amp
  • Fender Hot Rod Deluxe 1-12” with mods by Uncle Alberts
  • Haefler Tube Pre-amp
  • Two 2112 Studio Guitar Tube Processors
  • Control One Foot Controller
  • Custom Tube Bass DI
  • Horizon Active DI for acoustic guitars
  • Fishman Transducers
  • SansAmp XDI
  • Vintage Harmony Amp for harmonicas w/ customized green bullet mic

Keyboards  [Back to top of page]

  • Rhodes MK60 Weighted Action Electic Piano
    (MIDI compatible)
  • MIDI Man with USB Interface
  • 1959 Hammond c2 with 147 Leslie cabinet
  • E-MU Orchestral Sound Module
  • M Audio Controller with tone wheel
  • Yamaha CP70 Electric Grand Piano
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