Gear
Microphones
Quantity | Name | Type | Description |
1 | Neumann U87 Ai | Multi-pattern large diaphragm condenser | Great microphone for vocals and instruments. Transformer-coupled output. |
1 | Roswell Pro Audio Mini K47 | Cardioid large diaphragm condenser | American-made microphone with an RK-47 capsule, which is a replica of the capsule found in a U47. The microphone circuit is transformer-less, with very high sensitivity and low noise. For vocals and instruments. |
1 | Shure SM81 | Cardioid small diaphragm condenser | Great microphone for hi hats and acoustic guitar, but works well on anything. Extremely smooth reproduction of high frequencies. Transformer-coupled output. |
2 (matched) | sE Electronics 4400a ii | Multi-pattern large diaphragm condenser | Very “neutral” microphone with low noise and clean output. Works well on absolutely anything. These are my go-to microphones and often beat out much more expensive alternatives. |
4 | Beyerdynamic M 201 TG | Hyper-cardioid dynamic | Great dynamic mics, good on drums and percussion. |
2 | Shure SM57 | Cardioid dynamic | Industry standard instrument microphone that can also work well on vocals. |
1 | Shure SM58 | Cardioid dynamic | Industry standard vocal microphone that can also work well on instruments. |
1 | Shure Beta 52A | Cardioid dynamic | Great kick drum microphone. |
Plus:
- 2x Triton Audio FETHead preamps for using dynamic mics on quiet sources
- Pop filters
- Eight round-base microphone stands (four short, four tall)
Hardware
- Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 USB audio interface, with 8 clean mic preamp inputs, 8 line outputs, and two separate headphone outputs
- 2x Golden Age Project Pre 73 MKII microphone and instrument preamps (Same circuit as a Neve 1073)
- FMR RNC compressor
- FMR PBC-6A compressor
- 2x DBX 160A compressor
- SansAmp guitar amp emulation pedal (analogue)
Acoustic instruments
- Yamaha YUS1 upright piano
- 6 string Yamaha fretted bass guitar, 5 string Yamaha fretless bass guitar, and 4 string Squier fretless jazz bass guitar
- Roland Cube 20XL bass amp
- Yamaha Maple Custom drums (20″ bass drum, 14″ floor tom, 12″ rack tom, 10″ rack tom, 8″ rack tom)
- Selection of great snare drums
- Selection of various high-end cymbals (Zildjian, Sabian, Istanbul)
- All drum hardware including double kick drum pedal
- Selection of small percussion including agogo bells, hand drums, tambourines, triangle, shakers, scraper, claves, jingle bells etc
Electronic instruments
- Yamaha MM6 workstation with selection of built-in Motif sounds (also can be used as MIDI controller)
- M-Audio Oxygen 49 MIDI keyboard controller with semi-weighted keys
- Arturia MiniBrute analogue monophonic synthesizer
- Yamaha ReFace CS digital synthesizer with mini-keys
Virtual sampled instruments
I have a selection of some of the best realistic sampled virtual instruments, including:
- NI Kontakt factory library
- NI DrumLab, Session Drummer, and AR 60s Drummer
- NI Retro Machines Mk2, Session Strings Pro, Session Horns Pro, and West Africa
- NI Scarbee MM-Bass, Vintage Organs, and Vintage Keys
- NI Pianos: The Giant, Alicia’s Keys, and The Maverick
- XLN Audio Addictive Drums 2
- ProjectSAM Orchestral Essentials 2
- ProjectSAM Swing!
- Orange Tree Samples: Modern Nylon (realistic acoustic guitar), Iconic Bass Jaco
- Impact Soundworks: The Juggernaut, Rhapsody Orchestral Colors and Orchestral Percussion, and Groove Bias (drums)
- 8dio Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, and Bazantar (double bass)
- Various other libraries
Virtual Synths
- NI: Massive, FM8, and Reaktor 6
- Sylenth1
- TAL BassLine 101
- Synapse Dune 2
- Xfer Serum
- Logic’s synths (Retrosynth, Alchemy, etc)
System
- Apple MacBook pro with 3GHz i7 CPU, 16GB of ram, and 1TB SSD drive. I use Logic Pro X, and a selection plugins by Waves, FabFilter, Softube, Cytomic, Valhalla, Sonimus, and more. I also have Celemony Melodyne 4, providing the very best in pitch correction.
- I make regular backups on to external hard drives, both on and off-site. So you can rest assured that your projects will be safe.