Recording Equipment
THE GEAR
BEHIND
THE SOUND
Vintage analogue, world-class microphones and signal chain — every piece chosen by ear.
SSL E Series Console
3 Tape Machines
40+ Microphones
15+ Preamps
Vintage Drums · Synths · Amps
Signal Chain
Console
The centrepiece
- SSL "E" Series Console 6024
Converters
Clocking & conversion
- Lavry Gold 122-96 MX
- 32 Channels Avid HD I/O
- Pro Tools Ultimate
- UAD Duo Card & Satellite Duo
- Mac Studio Ultra
Tape Machines
4 machines
- 3M M79 24 Track
- Ampex 440 — The Daptones Machine×4 track
- Otari MX-80 24 Track
- Revox A77 ½" 2 Track
- Studer B67 Mono Single Track
Preamps
15+ units
"I prefer the sound of these preamps to any SSL, modern Neve or API preamps."
— Brett Shaw, Producer / Engineer- Neve 31102×2 — 1073/1084
- Neve 1272 Vintage×2
- Coil Audio CA70×4
- Tree Audio Branch Tube Pre×2
- Chandler Redd 47 Tube Pre
- Great River 2NV Neve-Like
- CAPI VP28 — Vintage API×5
- CAPI VP28 Platinum
- CAPI Heider
- Chandler Germ 500
- A Designs P1 — Quad Eight
- Seventh Circle N72 — Neve Clone×3
- Seventh Circle A12 — API Clone×5
Microphones — Condensers & Ribbons
Premium vintage & modern
- Neumann U47On request
- Telefunken 251EOn request
- Neumann M249B (M49)Currently unavailable
- Neumann U67×2
- Neumann U-87
- Neumann 47 FET
- Neumann KM84×2
- Flea U47 Clone
- Bock IFET (U47FET Clone)
- Bock 251
- Coles 4038×2
- RCA 77D Ribbon
- AEA R44cx Ribbon
- Beyerdynamic M160
- Octavia MKL-012 Modded×2
- AKG 414
Microphones — Dynamics
Live room & tracking mics
- Electrovoice RE20×2
- Shure SM7
- Sennheiser 421×2
- Sennheiser 441
- AKG D19
- Audix I5
- Sennheiser E385
- Shure SM57×2 — one modded
- Shure 57 Unidyne 3
- Shure SM58
- Shure Beta 52
- Shure 556s
- Yamaha Sub Kick Mic
Outboard EQ
Analogue shaping
- Chandler Curve Bender Stereo EQ
- Pultec EQP-1A3×2
- Pultec EQP1S3×2
- API 550a EQ
- API 560 EQ
- Chandler Little Devil EQ
- Claraphonic EQ
- Tonelux EQP5×2
- Great River Harrison 32 EQ
Outboard Compression
Analogue dynamics
- Unfairchild Compressor
- UREI 1178
- UREI 1176 Blackface LN
- LA2A Teletronix
- API 2500 Stereo
- Chandler TG1
- Distressor
- DBX 160X
- DBX 165A
- SPL Transient Designer×4
- AMS RMX16
- Shure SE30Devil Lock
- Eventide H3000
- Aural Exciter Type C
- SPL Vitalizer
- Chorus Echo
DI & Misc Outboard
Signal utilities
- A-Designs REDDI Tube DI
- Zod DI
- Little Labs Red Eye
Monitoring
Reference playback
- ATC SCM50a Monitors
- Auratones
- Yamaha NS10s
- Beyerdynamic DT770 & DT150/100
- Hear Technologies Hear Back System
Instruments
Drums
- 1966 Ludwig Super Classic Kit22, 13, 16
- Ludwig 400 SnareVintage
- Ludwig 402 SnareVintage
- Tama Super Classic 14" Snare
- Slingerland 24" Kick
- Slingerland 18" Floor Tom
- Ludwig Club Date 20" Kick
- Yamaha Maple Custom Toms13", 14"
- Sabian Hand Hammered Cymbals
- Istanbul Agop Set
- 1930s Vintage Marching Drum
Guitar & Bass Amps
- Selmer Twin Zodiac
- Fender Twin Reverb
- Vox AC30
- Orange AD15
- Vox AC15
- Marshall VS100 & 4×12 Cab
- Bell & Howell Projector AmpAlabama Shakes guitar sound
- Ampeg B15
- SVT Classic
- Trace Elliot GP12
- Trace Elliot 8×10
Guitars & Basses
- Fender Jazz/P Bass — Switchable
- Hofner Bass
- Martin Acoustic
- Telecaster
- Epiphone Hollowbody
- Merica Acoustic Bass
Keyboards & Synths
- Daneman Upright Piano
- Deckard's DreamCS80 Clone
- Korg 800DV
- Fender Rhodes Mark 2
- Juno 60 with MIDI
- Moog Voyager
- Korg MS10
- Mellotron 4000D
- OP-1 Synth
- Behringer Model D
- Practice Marimba
Guitar Pedals
Artist-used effects
- Strymon Big Sky Reverb
- Boss Digital Reverb
- Boss Parametric EQ
- Boss Tremolo & Blues Driver
- Boss Tuners
- Jekyll & Hyde Overdrive/Distortion
- MXR Blue Box
- Earthquaker Devices Ghost Echo
- DOD Envelope Filter
- Third Man Manta Flex
- Zvex Wooly MammothWhite Stripes — Icky Thump
- Cats Tail DistortionFoals
- Walrus Audio ContrabandSt Vincent
- Electro Harmonix Small Stone Phaser
- Cry Baby Wah
- Ebow
Plug-ins
Software arsenal
UAD
- Ampex ATR-102 Tape
- Studer A800 Tape
- Oxide Tape
- LA-2A — All Versions
- 1176 — All Versions
- Neve Massive Passive
- Manley Variable Mu
- Capitol Chambers
- Hitsville EQ & Mastering EQ
- Sound City Studios
- Lexicon 224
- Waterfall B3 & Rotary Speaker
- Minimoog
Waves
- Abbey Road Chambers, Plates, RS124 & Vinyl
- API-2500, 550A, 550B & 560
- CLA-2A, CLA-3A, CLA-76
- CLA Bass, Guitars, Vocals & MixDown
- SSL EV2 Channel, SSLComp & SSLEQ
- TG12345
- H-Delay, J37 Tape & SuperTap
- RVerb & TrueVerb
- Renaissance Axx, VComp, VEQ3 & VEQ4
- L1 Limiter
- Doubler, DeBreath & DeEsser
- MV2, NLS Buss & Channel
EQ
- FabFilter Pro-Q 3 & 4
- FabFilter Pro-G
- Gullfoss Live & Master
- Soothe 2
- Spiff
- GRM Tools Suite
Dynamics & Compression
- FabFilter Pro-C 2 & Pro-MB
- Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor
- Lindell 69 Buss & Channel
- Slate Digital
- Cradle The God Particle
- Ghz SuiteVulf Compressor, DC19, CanOpener
Mastering
- iZotope Ozone 12
- FabFilter Pro-L 2
- LX480 Essentials
Reverb, Delay & Time
- Valhalla Room, Plate, VintageVerb & Supermassive
- FabFilter Pro-R & Timeless 3
- Altiverb
- Soundtoys
- Eventide H3000
- Moogerfooger Collection
Pitch & Repair
- Auto-Tune Pro
- Melodyne
- iZotope RX 10
- Cradle Orion
Saturation & Colour
- FabFilter Saturn 2
- Kiive Tape Face
- EL REY
Instruments
- Arturia Collection
- Kontakt 7
- Serum