Main Equipment as of 12/2009
Much of this equipment has been modified and upgraded to exceed the original performance specifications. I attempt at all times to improve the sound of every item when advisable and possible. Most 'vintage' tube items have all new capacitors, and in many cases resistors, thus providing a quality level exceeding the original possibilities while retaining the desirable qualities. Most vintage solid state items have new electrolytic caps with film bypass caps in audio paths for the fastest and cleanest possible sound.
MICROPHONES
condensers
- AKG C414 B-ULS
- Crown SASS-P Mk II stereo PZM
- DPA - Bruel & Kjaer (2) 4060 omni
- Microtech Gefell UMT 70 S - multipattern
- Neumann (2) KM 140
- Oktava MK 012 stock solid state preamp - omni / cardioid / hypercardioid, and RED R12 cardioid capsules
- Oktava MK 012 custom tube preamp conversion - omni / cardioid / hypercardioid, and RED R12 cardioid capsules
- Realistic PZM – modified for greater headroom and transformerless balanced output
dynamics
- Altec 633A ‘Saltshaker’, 682
- Audix (2) D3
- Dominion Equation DS-V10
- Electro-Voice 630, (2) 635A, (2) 642, (2) 666, RE10, (2) RE16, RE20, (2) RE38N/D
- Sennheiser E602, MD421
- Shure SM 7, SM 57
- Western Electric 633A ‘Saltshaker’
ribbons
- Amperite 7-Point Junior
- Beyerdynamic M130, M160 (mid-side pair)
- Cascade Fat Head II-L stereo pair w / Lundahl transformer upgrade
- Shure 300
misc.
- Electro- Voice 915 (crystal)
- Shure CM414BZ (carbon), CA80C (crystal)
- assorted others by: Ampex, Astatic, Fentone, GE, Grundig, Korting, Lafayette, Mega-mouth, Midland, Mura, North Electric, Realistic, Sears, Turner, and Universal
PREAMPS
- custom two channel tube direct interface
- (8) Collins Radio Company 356A-1 tube mic preamps
- Gates Radio Company SA-20 tube mic / line amp
- (5) Gates Radio Company SA-70 tube mic preamps
- (2) Gates SA-94/MO-3094 tube mic / program amps
- Presto 39-B three into one tube preamp / mixer with variable impedance
- RCA 87-A mic preamp (same as BA-2A)
- (2) RCA BA-71A discrete germanium transistor mic preamps
- (2) RCA BA-71B discrete transistor mic preamps
- (4) RCA BA-71B discrete transistor mic preamps with "Neve" modification
- RCA BA-78A cue/intercom amplifier AGC germanium mic pre
- RCA BA-101A mic preamp with API 2520 or Melcor 1731 opamp
- Sytek MPX-4A four class A mic preamps
- (2) Yamaha MLA7 - eight mic preamps each
INTERFACES
- 20 channel passive transformer-based mic splitter
- (2) Aphex 124A Audio Level Interaces stereo -10 unbal /+4 bal and reciprocal
- (2) Conquest EDB direct boxes
- (2) Conquest SPT-1B mic splitters
- custom active Jensen transformer coupled DI / three-way splitter / "reamp"
- Jensen transformer mic splitter with two iso outs, one phase reverse for M/S
- (2) Jensen transformer Mid/Side matrix
- Stanton 210B turntable preamp
- UTC LS-31X transformer impedance matching, splitting, and mixing box
- UTC LS-38 equalized crystal mic to low-Z interface
- (2) Western Electric 111C repeat coils
RECORDERS
- Akai GX-4000D 3.75 / 7.5 IPS 1/4 1/4 track stereo
- Alesis ADAT HD24XR hard disk recorder w/ Fireport 1394 firewire adapter
- Alesis (5) XT20 ADATs, BRC, and AI-1
- HHB CDR-800 CD recorder
- Sony MZ-R50 portable Minidisc
- Studer A807 1/4" two track
- Tascam 122 MKIII cassette deck
- Teac A-3340S 1/4" four track
- (2)Webster-Chicago wire recorders 80-1 and 81-1
MIXERS
- Mackie 32-8 - upgraded with paralleled film capacitors throughout entire signal path for increased speed, definition, clarity, depth and cleanliness. Not your grandmother's Mackie any more! Why don't any manufacturers just do this!!
- Rocktron G612 line mixer
@%^!&! COMPUTER
- Apple G5 Dual 2.0GHz 6GB RAM OSX.4.11
- Apple MacBook Pro 15 /2.4GHz Intel/4GB/200GB OSX.5.5
- Frontier Design Group Alphatrack DAW controller
- MOTU Digital Performer 5.13 and 6.02 audio recording / editing / mastering software
- MOTU 2408mk3 PCIe interface ADAT/TDIF interface, up to (16) 96kHz / 24 bit ins and outs
- MOTU 24I/O PCIe interface (24) 96kHz / 24 bit inputs and outputs
- Spectrafoo Complete metering software
PROCESSING
- ADA D1280 digital delay
- Alesis Quadraverb 2 digital reverb and effects
- (4) Allison Research Gain Brain CM700 limiters
- Altec 9018-A Filter - eight band passive EQ, one octave graphic style
- Altec 9018-A series custom stereo passive EQ, three lo/mid one octave bands
- (2) Altec 9061A passive equalizers
- Altec 9068B and 9069B low and highpass filter set
- Behringer Intelligate XR 2000
- Collins Radio Company 26C-2 tube 'limiting amplifier' - 1938 'bridge-shunt' circuit w/ modified attack/release controls
- Collins Radio Company 26U-2 stereo variable-mu tube limiter w/ expanded attack/release/ratio controls
- Deltalab DL-4 delay
- Dolby Model 740 Spectral Processor
- Ecoplate I plate reverb
- Ecoplate III plate reverb
- (2) Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor 'distortion-compressors'
- Foote Control Systems Pico Stereo Edition Compressor
- (2) Foote Control Systems Pico 500 Compressors
- Foote Control Systems P3500 Compressor & P3500S Stereo Expander
- Gates Radio Company 28-CO variable-mu/electro-optical tube limiter
- Gates Radio Company SA-38 variable-mu tube limiter w/ expanded attack/release controls
- General Radio 1952 Universal Filter lo/hi/bandpass/bandreject
- Krohn-Hite 310CR tube Band-Pass Filter
- (2) Langevin eq-255-a / eq-255-b low and highpass filter sets
- Langevin by Manley Electro-Optical Limiter
- Orban 622B two channel parametric EQ
- RCA PF-5 variable high-pass filter
- RCA variable low-pass filter
- (2) Roland RE-201 Space Echo
- (4) Technical Materiel Corp. Audio Filter AX-466 passive LC lo/hi/bandpass
- Yamaha REV 500 digital reverb
MONITORING
- Alesis Monitor One speakers
- Behringer HA4700 headphone amplifier
- (2) Gates SA-10A tube monitor amps
- JBL LSR28P powered studio monitors
- RA62HA headphone amplifier
- Sony (2) MDR-7502, (7) MDR-7506 headphones
SYNCHRONIZATION
via Alesis BRC; SMPTE/MIDI/48kHz/black burst
AMPS
- Acoustic 370 bass amp
- Alamo model AMP-3 amp
- Alamo Titan amp
- Ampeg V-4 amp
- Bag End D10BX-D bass cabinet 4 ohm
- Crate (4) 12" guitar cabinet 8 ohm
- Fender Bassman-Amp
- Fender Super-Reverb
- Harmony H 400 amp
- Lafayette ??? amp
- Precision Electronics 10PA amp
- Silvertone 1331 amp
- Sound-craft Systems L3 Lecternette amp
- Sunn (6) 10" speaker cabinet
INSTRUMENTS
- Gulbransen single speed Leslie speaker with volume pedal
- Hammond M-102 organ with direct out
- Hohner Organa12 reed organ
- Kimball upright piano
- Chord reed organ
- Danelectro bass (lefty)
- Rodgers drums; kick 24" x 14" floor tom 16" x 16" mounted tom 13" x 9"
- Cymbals: Paiste 3000 rude 18" crash/ride, Paiste 3000 / Zildjian 14" HH
- Gretsch snare drum 14" x 5" steel
- Japanese Ludwig copy snare
- Fender Telecaster bass guitar (lefty)
- Harmony hollowbody bass guitar (lefty)
- Rickenbacker 4001 bass guitar (lefty)
- Vox fuzz bass (lefty)
INSTRUMENT EFFECTS
- Boss Metal Zone MT-2 distortion
- Dunlop wah pedal
- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff
- Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress
- Ibenez Tube Screamer TS-9
- Rat Distortion
- (2) Ross R50 Distortion
- Sovtek/Electro-Harmonix Big Muff
- Sovtek/Electro-Harmonix Small Stone
