GEAR PAGE
Here's a page for all those like ourselves who are always wondering what kind of keyboard or guitar we heard on our favorite group's CD. We hope this page is interesting for those who are curious about the gear that makes us sound the way we do, and helps us make the music we make. LIke the studio itself, it is never a complete list and pieces come and go, but we do update it from time to time, so be sure to bookmark it and check back for updates.
Also, if you have any questions about some particular piece of kit or what have you, you can email us or ask us here.
Thanks for stopping by.
GUITARS and BASS
Ibanez Axstar (headless '86 models), custom Combo guitars, Aria Pro II, Ibanez Musician bass; Heartfield RR-8, RR-9 guitars and DR-5 bass; John Jordan custom guitars, including 9 string acoustic + 7 string electric; Jackson 7 string; Hamer hollow-body electric
KEYBOARDS, SYNTHESIZERS, and MIDI
Roland... SH-101, RS-202 Strings, U-220 (x2), MKS-10 (a.k.a. Planet P), MKS-30 (a.k.a. Planet S), MKS-50, MKS-70, JX-10 (a.k.a. Super JX), JV-1010, XV-5080 (with card expansion, full RAM + flash memory)
Yamaha...TX802, DX100, DTS70(x2)
acoustic upright piano
Korg... NX5R, Wavestation SR, NanoKontrol
E-Mu... E4X Turbo Hollywood Gold Edition, Xboard controller
Oberheim OB-8 (with factory MIDI)
Minimoog
Hammond T-200 series with Leslie
DRUMS and PERCUSSION
Yamaha Tour Custom series kit (circa '87); Yamaha chrome kit, mahagony shells (circa '79); snares by WFL and Ludwig; cymbals by Istanbul, Zildjian, Sabian, Wuhan, RanCan; electronic triggers and devices from Kat, Roland, Yamaha and Pintech; hardware by Yamaha and Gibraltar; a large shelf of hand percussion, including djembe, doumbeks, shekere, and custom made drums
OUTBOARD and EFFECTS
Yamaha D1500(X5), Eventide H3000, TC Electronic 1210, Amp Sims by Line 6, Roland and others; Dynamics by Universal Audio, dbx, Yamaha, TL Audio, Rane, Ashly; Preamps by Dave Hill Designs, Grace Design, TL Audio, Focusrite
Monitors
Meyer and Mackie
MICROPHONES
BLUE Dragonfly; Audio-Technica 4041, 4031; AKG D112, C1000S, C3000B; Sennheiser 441, Shure SM57, Rode N T2000, NT1-A, Studio Projects CS1, many more...
DAW
Pro Tools HD rig, 5 TB storage
Plug-ins by McDSP, Waves, GML, Sound Toys, Massey, IK Multimedia, Sonnox and more
2nd rig on MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo running Studio One Pro on an Eleven Rack, w/ ARC room analyzer, virual instruments (East/West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra Platinum +, IK Sonic Synth 2, SampleTank 2, Arturia CS-80V, more).
Heavily modified '86 Ibanez Axstar (above); splits outputs of
lower and upper strings (with separate bass and guitar pickups
respectively). We call this a Combo guitar.
Custom John Jordan 7 string guitar (above and below); hexaphonic pickups allow routing of each string to 1 of 2 outputs for standard bass and guitar amping, or otherwise. All this plus 27 frets for those REALLY high notes... This is NOT a Jem !!
