gear
CONSOLE
EMT M-100 16 channels
(late 70’s, mainly used for Musique Concrete and classical music in that era. Very high headroom, sweet eq’s )
RECORDING
Apple 12-core G5 with Protools 8, HD3, PCIe Accel (for tracking)
& Protools 2024.04 Native on MacbookPro (for mixing)
32 in/32 out thru Lynx Aurora & Digidesign 96io converters
Otari 1/2 inch 8-track (analog tape)
MIXDOWN
Telefunken M15 1/4-inch taperecorder (or just straight to Protools again…)
MONITORING
Quested S8
Focal
Avantone
Headphones are Beyers DT100 and DT150 mainly
PREAMPS
Tube-Tech MP1A (2x)
CAPI VP28 (2x)
CAPI VP26 (2x)
CAPI V312 (2x)
BAE original 70’s API’s (2x)
A-Designs Pacifica (2x)
Summit MPC 100A (pre-amp/compressor/limiter
Summit TPA (2x)
Chandler Germanium (1x)
Focusrite ISA (2x)
Black Box Analog Design MM-1 (1x)
AKAI Roberts (4 -rather dirty, 60’s tube- channels)
Triton D2O (2x)
EMT console channels (6x)
SPL Goldmike (2x)
Joe Meek VC3 (1x)
REDDI and Radial DI’s
DYNAMICS
Retro Sta-Level (vintage style vari-mu compressor)
Charter Oak SCL-1 (very transparent mastering limiter)
Drawmer 1969 (stereo)
ADR Compex 2
LA Audio Classic Compressor (1178-style)
SPL Transient Designer 4
Urei 1176
Urei 7110
Urei LA-2A
dbx 904 (4)
dbx 118 (2)
Klark-Technik KT-76
MICROPHONES
LDC
Neumann U87 (°1976)
Flea U48 (= boutique copy of the Neumann U48)
Telefunken AK47 (=tube)
Oktava MK013m (°1978, refurbished Russian tube mic)
Neumann KMS104
Sony C38B
Hayfeng SYT-2 (tube)
SDC
Neumann KM84 (2)
Neumann KM54 (°1954 – with new Schaal PSU for lower noisefloor)
Neumann KMS54
Sony 535P
MBC-548 (2)
Beyer TG D58c (3)
Steffens SK-801
Calrec CC-51 cardioids (3)
Calrec CC-50 omni
Sanken CU-32
Sontronics DM-1S
AKG 451B
dynamics
Shure SM7
Shure SM57
Shure SM58 (8)
Shure Bullit mic
Shure 55SH
Beyer M88
Beyer M380 (2)
Beyer M61
Beyer M55 (2)
Beyer M700 (2)
Electro-Voice 660
Electro-Voice RE-20 (2)
Beyer M69 M
AKG D12
AKG D112
AKG D125 (2)
AKG D190
AKG D202 E1
AKG D310
AKG D330 BT
Sennheiser MD421
Sennheiser MD441 (3)
Sennheiser U409
ribbons
Melodium 42B
Coles 4038
Telefunken RM5C
AEA R88 (stereo)
Melodium RM-6
LEM e305
Beyer M160 (3)
Beyer M500 (3)
Nady RSM-2
Reslo
Oktava (2x)
FX
Orban 111B Spring Reverb (2 channels)
Teaching Machines Wellspring (stereo)
Thermionic Culture Vulture (distortion)
Roland RE-201 tape delay
Watkins Copy-cat
Roland Tape Space Echo RE-501
Sansamp Classic
Vermona DAF-1 Filter
Lots of official plugins (Acustica, GoodHertz, SLyFi, Sonnox, Softube, Soundtoys, Boz, etc…)
Lots of pedal fx
Dynacord delay VRS-23
Live echo chamber (signal–>speaker–>corridor–>mic)
No Auto-Tune
EQ
Summit EQP 200B Pultec-style (tube)
Langevin EQP1-A Pultec-style EQ (transistor)
Urei 535 (stereo)
EMT console EQ (10)
4 x dbx 903
Krohn-Hite Bandpass filter (slighty distorted tube filter from 1939)
SYNTHS/KEYBOARDS
Wurlitzer 200A
Hohner Cembalet (ca 1960 originally)
Hohner pianet
MOOG Prodigy (with Kenton MIDI)
MOOG Matriarch
Crumar DP-50
Siel Cruise
JEN SX-2000
Buchla Command 208c
Modular Synth : mainly Verbos (aka Buchla-like) + Make noise Maths etc…
Roland Juno-60 (with MIDI)
Vermona PerFourmer MKII
Korg MS-20 mini
Korg M500 (for when you can’t make up your mind whether to sound just like OMD or Beak>)
Korg Poly 800II
Korg Minilogue
Behringer 2600 (Arp 2600 clone)
Arturia Microbrute
Anton synth/organ (sounds very Boards of Canada if necessary…)
Casiotone 701
Casio SK-1 (2, one is modded)
Teisco D-100
Philicorda
PIANO
Upright Baldwin (very white, very Elton John)
Weltmeister pianet
HARPSICORD
Harpsicord Sperrhake
DRUMS
Premier kit 1968 (20 inch BD)
1963 Sakae jazzy kit (20 inch BD)
lots of different snaredrums (several Ludwigs, Premier, Rogers, Star,…)
26 inch vintage De Prins BD with calfskin
lots and lots of semi-crappy ethnic percussion
DRUMCOMPUTERS
DSI Tempest
SOMA Pulsar-23
Marsh (rare Russian 80s beast)
MFB Schlagzwerg
MFB-522 (808-style)
EKO 70’s rhythmbox
AMPS
VOX AC-15 ( late 80’s)
Fender Champ (clone, handmade)
Roland Jazz Chorus 120
60’s Davoli guitar amp
Epiphone 5W
Solton tube amp 60VT
Aguilar DB-680 bass preamp (considered by many to best the best bass preamp ever made)
GUITARS
Martin D-12 acoustic
Yamaha and Framus acoustic 12-strings
+ Electric 6-strings : Fender, Framus, Höfner, Danelectro, Epiphone, …
BASS
Fender Jazz Bass ’92 (USA)
Vox bass (shortscale, flatwounds, very ‘Melody Nelson’ sound)
Custom Fender Jazz with flatwounds
Eko acoustic 60’s bass
Beatlebass clone, shortscale
Framus shortscale
COFFEE
Isomac Venus espresso/cappuccino machine
(If the recording sucks, at least the coffee’s excellent…)