Equipment List:
If you are on this page, either you are a recording nerd like me, or you have entirely too much time on your hands. Originally, I thought I wouldn’t have this list because, although much the gear here is among the very finest, and is certainly worth mentioning, I think there is far too much emphasis on gear nowadays. Good equipment is a faster path from A to B, but the most important factor in any recording are the decisions that are made in the process. Having said that. And by special request… I present to you the Epic Sound Studios equipment list:
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Microphones:
Large Diaphragm Condensers:
1 Neumann u67 Large Diaphragm Tube Condenser
2 Neumann u87 Large Diaphragm Condensers (matched stereo pair)
1 Neumann M147 tube large diaphragm vocal mic
2 AKG C414 TLII large diaphragm mics
1 Telefunken CU29 "Copperhead"Large diaphragm tube mic
Small Diaphragm Condensers:
2 Schueps CMC6 small diaphragm condensers (matched stereo pair)
2 Shure sm81 small diaphragm condenser mics
2 SE8 hand built small diaphragm condenser mics (matched stereo set)
Dynamic Mics:
1 Shure sm7b vocal mic
4 Shure sm57 dynamic mics
1 Shure Beta 57
1 Shure Beta 51 large diaphragm kick drum mic
1 Audix D-6 kick drum mic
4 Sennheiser 421MD dynamic mics
Other Mics:
1 Neumann KMS 105 handheld condenser vocal mic
1 Blue Woodpecker Active Ribbon Microphone
1 Ear Trumpet Labs “Louise” ensemble and acoustic instrument microphone
1 vintage CAD Equitek II medium diaphragm electret condenser Mic
Analog Front End:
2 Focusrite ISA 430 Neve designed transformer coupled channel strips
Focusrite ISA Two two channel Mic preamp
1 Requisite PAL Plus Mk III hand built pure tube transformer coupled Mic Preamp with T-4 optical compressor.
2 API Channel Strips
2 channel Neve 1073 Mic Pre/Eq
Warm Audio Tone Beast
Manley FORCE 4 channel tube Mic preamp
Black Lion Audio B12A Quad 4 channel Transformer in-out mic preamp
1 TL Audio PA-1 Tube-solid state hybrid transformer coupled 2 channel Mic preamp
1 TL Audio C-1 Stereo tube compressor
1 Universal Audio 2-1176 LN dual channel FET compressor
Tegler Audio Vari-Tube stereo bus compressor
1 Cartec EQ-P1A full tube and transformer Pultec equaliser
1 dbx 160A VCA Compressor
1 dbx 120A Subharmonic Generator
3 TL Audio 5021 dual channel valve compressors
1 Mackie Onyx 800r 8 channel transformer-less mic preamp set
1 Mackie 32 channel 8 bus mixing console
Monitoring:
Focal Trio 11BE Monitors
2 pairs Blue Mo-Fi Tracking Headphones
1 pair AKG K702 reference headphones
1 pair Ultrasone Proline 650 headphones
Drawmer MC3.1 monitor controller
Behringer Powerplay Pro 8, 8 channel stereo headphone amplifier
DAWS:
Mac Pro with 4 internal SSD, 32Gb Ram
Pro Tools HD 8
32 in-32 out up to 192kHz
Macbook Pro M1 with Pro Tools Perpetual
Logic Pro
Harrison Mixbus 32c
Reaper
Final Cut Pro
Audient iD44 Mkll Interface 20 in 20 out
Digidesign 6 slot expansion chassis with 6 Accell dsp processing cards installed. This means massive dsp power for running countless high end processing plugins with zero latency without ever using the host computers CPU.
Digidesign 192 IO with 16 analog inputs
Lynx Aurora 16
Digidesign 96 IO with 8 analog ins and outs plus 8 digital ins and outs via ADAT
DAW Controllers and Console
Digidesign C/24 Pro Tools controller console (24 bankable, motorised faders)
M-Audio Code 61 Synth controller
Casio E Piano 88 key with usb control
Drum-Tec 6 piece wooden shell, mesh head electronic drum set and real cymbals (see Beat-Lab page) with Roland TD-15 Drum Module for MIDI triggering into BFD2
Mackie Control Pro Tools controller with 8 motorised faders (for full DAW control in the Beat Lab)
Digital processing:
Waves SSL bundle
TC Electronics system 6000 reverbs
TC Electronics system 6000 Mastering Suite
Mc DSP Filterbank, Compressorbank, Analog Channel Tape and Console Saturation Emulation
Eventide Factory 3000 multi effects
Sony Oxford EQ, Dynamics, and Inflator
Bomb Factory Classic Compressor Bundle (1176, LA-2A, LA-3A)
Drummagog 5 drum replacement/enhancement library
Many more…
Virtual Instruments:
Vienna Symphonic Library (high end symphonic scoring library full compliments of horns-strings and orchestral percussion)
Stormdrum 1 and 2 (cinematic film scoring percussion library)
Spectrasonics Omnisphere/Atmosphere (synth suite)
Eastwest Platinum Pianos
Iris Synth
Eastwest Platinum Orchestral suite
Kontakt 3 sample library
Access Virus Indigo TDM Synth engine
BFD2 Drum Sample library with BFD-Heavy, and BFD Oblivion expansion libraries.
And more…
Real Instruments:
Drums:
Yamaha Recording Custom 22” 10” 12” 14” 16” shell set
Ludwig Supra Phonic 6.5" x 14" snare
Pearl Sensitone 5.5" x 14” snare
Paiste Rude cymbals, 16” 18” and 19”
Paiste 2002 20” power ride
Paiste 2002 14” medium hihat
Paiste 2002 18” crash
Zyldjian 20” Custom Power Ride
Zyldjian 13” Custom hihat
Drum-Tec dual chain drive double kick pedal
Tama Iron Cobra Hihat stand
X-hat stand
Latin Percussion Conga set
Matador Bongo set
Assorted traps and hand percussion
Guitars:
Gibson Les Paul Classic1960
Gibson SG
Fender Stratocaster
Fender Telecaster
LTD EC1000 Deluxe
Vintage, premium aged wood G&L F-100 electric guitar
Lowden solid wood cedar top dreadnaught acoustic guitar
Music Man Stingray 5, 5 string bass
Guitar Amps:
Vintage Fender Prosonic, two channel tube amplifier
Fender Tonemaster 4X12 cabinet with Custom Celestian Vintage 30s made for Fender speakers
Vintage Marshall JCM 2554 tube amplifier
Foot Pedals:
Dunlop Crybaby Wah Pedal
Morley Bad Horsie Mk2 Wah Pedal
Ibanez Tubescreamer TS9 version
Ibanez Tubescreamer TS5 version
Electro Harmonics Big Muff Fuzz (classic model)
Morley Little Alligator Volume Pedal
TC Electronic Flashback X4 looper/delay
Boss AD-5 acoustic guitar preamplifier/processor
Danelectro Fab-Tone fuzz-distortion pedal
MXR Uni-Vibe
Strymon Big Sky Reverb
TC Helicon Voice Live 2
Ebow
Misc:
JB Systems Pro Series Turntable
The Box Subwoofer and Satellite 600 watt PA system
Behringer X-Air 18 Digital Mixer
Line 6 POD version 2.0
Line 6 POD XT Live
Rocktron Intellifex hardware effects processors (2 units)
Mackie 32 8 bus Analog Console with Meter Bridge