Equipment List
Ordophon Studio

Additional instruments and outboard gear are available in different studios, or easily rented. Contact me for details and advice.

Microphones:

· AKG C12a tube

· SM81 (2)

· CAD E-300 (2)

· Oktava MK-012 (4) with LOMO M3 heads (2)

· Sanken CU-41 (2)

· SM57

· SM58 (3)

· SM77 (transformless 57)

· Beta 52

· EV357

· EV757

· Royer R-121 ribbon

· PZM (2)

Preamps:

• Siemens V72a tube mic preamps (2)
• Audix (BBC style) mic pre/4-band EQs (2)
• Grace 801 class A 8-channel
• RCA OP-6
• Symetrix SX202 2-channel
• Behringer ADA8000 (24)

Outboard:

• UREI LA-4 compressor/limiter (4)
• Voce EVC-1 tube compressor
• Roll Music TORCOMP passive 16>2 summing device
• Empirical Labs EL7 FATSO Jr.
• Radial duplex DI
• REAMP box
• Roland DEP-5 effects processor

Monitoring:

• Dynaudio Acoustics BM15 - 10" 2-Way Passive Nearfields
• Tannoy PBM8 reference monitors
• Yamaha NS10M studio reference monitors
• Klipsch KSM-10 Subwoofer
• Behringer PEQ2496 Digital EQ, RTA
• Studiocomm Model 50 monitoring and talkback system
• Behringer Powerplay H3700 4ch headphone amp
• AKG K240 headphones (5)
• B&K and Alesis amplifiers

Recording I/O Hardware:

• RME Digiface and Multiface; 44 channels in and out
• Custom built quiet rack-mounted PC w/ XP Pro on Pentium 4 (3.2GHz)
• 24 tracks ADAT type I (black face)
• 32 input Studiomaster analog console
• Apogee AD-500E 2ch A-D converter
• Alesis AI-1 digital format converter
• Tascam DA-30 DAT recorder
• TEAC 3340 4 track 1/4" analog recorder
• Nakamichi CR-5A cassette recorder
  
  

Instruments:

· Takamine 12-string acoustic guitar

· Takamine nylon string guitar

· EKO 6-string acoustic

· 1968 Fender reissue Stratocaster

· G&L ASAT electric guitar

· Gibson LP junior ’58 reissue

· 1970s Fender Precision bass guitar

· 1958 Fender Tweed Deluxe amp

· 1962 Fender Pro-Amp

· Purkhiser Electronics class A Red Rocket amp

· THD HotPlate 8ohm

· SWR 3 way bass speaker cabinet

· Isolated box for control-room mic/amp placement

Software:

• Steinberg Nuendo PC v3.2.0.1128
• Steinberg WaveLab 5.0.1.231
• Sony Acid 4.0
• Sony CD Architect 5.2
• Sony Vegas 6.0
• Sony Sound Forge 8.0
  
  

Plug-ins:

· Antares Auto-Tune 4

· Antares Microphone Modeler

· Antares Tube

· Antares Filter

· Antares Kantos

· Lexicon PSP42 & PSP 84 (modulated echo)

· BBE Sonic Maximizer (broadband harmonics enhancement)

· PSP Vintage Warmer (compressor and analog tape emulator)

· PSP MixPack (compressors, EQs, limiters)

· PSP Nitro (Filter/modulator)

· Waves Platinum Bundle (EQs, compressors, reverbs, stereo imaging)

· Waves Renaissance Bundle (new classic style EQs, compressors, reverbs, bass harmonics enhancer)

· Waves Transform Bundle (time stretching, pitching, and transient processing)

· Waves Restoration Bundle (click, crackle, hiss and hum removal)

· Waves IR-1 Parametric Convoluted Reverb (emulates real live spaces and other reverb devices)

· Waves SSL 4000 Collection, V-Series, API Collection, Q-Clone, Z-noise, L-3

· Waves Tune

· IK Amplitube

· Drumagog 4 (replaces drum sounds like Sound Replacer)

· Modern Plug-ins (Fairchild 670, LA-2A, LA-3, Manley Vari-Mu, Urei 1176, dbx 160)

VST computer-based MIDI instruments:

· Native Instruments Elektrik Piano (Wurlitzer 200, clavinet E7, Rhodes MKII)

· Native Instruments B4 (Hammond Organ and Leslie modeling)

· Native Instruments Kontakt (sampler)

· Arturia Moog Modular V

· Arturia MiniMoog

· Arturia Yamaha CS-80V

· Arturia ARP-2600V

· Dashsynthesis Combo Sister (Farfisa, Vox Continental)

· Steinberg Groove Agent (intuitive drum machine)

· Mtron v4.1 (mellotron sounds)

· Mellotron archives samples (also Chamberlin samples)