I'm pretty sure I don't need any more equipment. For awhile.
Where do I start? On hand at Foundry 85 Classic Recording Studio is the culmination of 40 years of A.G.A.S. (Acute Gear Acquisition Syndrome). We have many rooms full of old and semi-old recording gear and instruments which may never again see the light of day. Here's an incomplete list of the main stuff.
Consoles
- 70s vintage Midas Pro2 16 input desk: tracking & analog summing
Additional Mic Preamps
- Amek "Rupert" Neve-designed 2 channel mic pre
- DBX 586 2-channel tube mic pre
- Art MPA Gold 2-channel mic pre
- Focusrite 18i20 interface with 8-channels of mic pre
- Focusrite Platinum Trak Master: class A w/ optical compressor & EQ
Monitors
- Meyer HD-1: main monitors, control room A
- Dynaudio Acoustic BM15 / NAD 2400 amp control room B
Condenser Microphones
- AKG C414 B-ULS
- AKG C535EB
- AKG C418 PP (3)
- AKG C419 PP
- Apex 435 (2)
- CAD E-300
- CAD Equitek II
- Crown PZM (2)
- MXL 991 (2) - modified
- Nakamichi CM300 (2)
- Neumann KM184 (2)
Modified Condenser Microphones
These condenser mics have all been modified (to some degree) with circuit revisions, boutique capsules & components etc.
- 2x Apex 460 (K-12 capsule, 6072 tube, modified amp circuit)
- Apex 460 (K-47 capsule, 6072 tube, modified amp circuit)
- Apex 480 (2) (K-47 capsules)
- Apex 430 (K-12 capsule)
- MXL 990 (4) (K-67 capsules, modified amp circuits)
- Home-brewed Cardioid electret (2)
- Home-brewed Cardioid LDC (2)
- Realistic/Crown PZM (2) (18v power supply for higher gain, lower noise)
Dynamic Microphones
- AKG D12E
- Audio Technica Pro25
- Audio Technica ATM63
- Audio Technica ATM41a
- Austin ribbon mic (I built this one myself!)
- Electro-Voice RE10
- Electro-Voice 635A
- Sennheiser MD421
- Shure SM58 (3)
- Shure SM57 (4)
- Shure 545 (2)
- Shure CR80D (same cartridge as Green Bullet) ~ blues harp
- Shure CR 41 (the original Green Bullet) ~ blues harp
Analog Recorders
- Studer A-80 2" 24 track multitrack
- MCI JH-110 1/4" half-track master recorder
- Technics RS 1700 1/4" half-track/quarter-track stereo recorder
Outboard Processing
- dbx 566 dual tube compressor
- Orban 418a stereo limiter
- dbx 266XL dual compressor
- Alesis 3630 dual compressor
- Lexicon MPX100 reverb/fx
- Lexicon PCM90 reverb/fx (2) (part of the Lexicon Studio Core32 interface)
- Alesis MIDIverb III reverb/fx
- BBE Sonic Maximizer
Computers, Software & Interface
- Custom Mac Intel i7 4gHz / Yosemite:
- MOTU PCIe 424, MOTU 2408 (3), MOTU 24 I/O
- Pro Tools 12, Digital Performer 7, Logic Pro 9
- Intel i7/ Windows 7:
- Tascam FW 1802
- Sonar Platinum Producer, Pro tools 10 & 12, WaveLab
Cue System
- Crown DC 150 amps & headphone buffer/splitters
- Paia 9206K 6ch. headphone amp
- dbi Pro-705 headphones by German Maestro
- Fostex T20 headphones
- Various other cue and reference headphones
Keyboard Instruments
- Hammond B3 Organ with Leslie 122 cabinet (several differnt Hammond consoles and Leslie cabs to choose from)
- Fender Rhodes Stage 73 electric piano
- Wurlitzer 200A electric piano
- August Forster 6' grand piano
- Various Accordions
- Yamaha P90 digital piano
- several other odd & vintage keyboards (if your imagination leads you outside of the box)
- we also have a collection of funky old MIDI tone generators, samplers and controllers
Guitars & Amps
- Stratocaster (Fender tribute)
- Fender Telecaster (MIM)
- Les Paul Studio (Epiphone)
- Harmony Stratotone Jupiter H49 1962 (original vintage)
- Wasburn J6 jazz-box
- D-45 dreadnought acoustic (Martin tribute)
- Supro Jet Airliner (1960?) 6 string lap steel guitar
- Traynor YVC40 50w all-tube guitar amp
- Traynor DG30D 30w SS Guitar amp
- Pepco/Riviera vintage tube amp head
Basses & Amps
- Fender Jazz, diMarzio pickups
- Squier Precision, quarter pounder pickup
- Cort 5 string, PJ, active EQ
- SWR LA15 bass amp
- Traynor TC120 bass amp
- Galien-Krueger BL250 bass amp head
Drums
Always on hand are a selection of Rick Baker's personal collection of excellent hardware, cymbals and custom hand-built fibreglass and carbon fibre shells.
Other Odd
Violin, Viola, Trumpet