Equipment
Over the course of 15 years recording music, you tend to collect some gear. Here’s mine. Some of the pieces here I’ve had as long as I can remember and some are still new to my rig, some are mid-century vintage and some are decidedly modern. I cultivated and refined (and no doubt will continue to cultivate and refine) this collection as I learned and grew as a producer and engineer, and the result is an amply equipped studio, capable of authentically capturing all kinds of sounds. Cumulatively, I’ve spent thousands of hours with these tools, and can use them to make any source sound its best.
Microphones
AEA R88
AKG C 451 E/EB (2)
Aquarian H2dX hydrophone
Beyerdynamic M88 TG (2)
Beyerdynamic M160
Beyerdynamic M201 TG (2)
Electro-Voice 635A (2)
Electro-Voice RE20
FLEA M49
Oktava MK-219 (2)
Placid Audio Copperphone AV20
RCA 44-BX
RCA 74-B Junior
Schoeps CMC6 MK4 (2) {matched}
Sennheiser MD 421/9
Sennheiser MD 421-N
Sennheiser MD 441-U
Sennheiser e906
Shure Beta 58A (2)
Shure Beta 91A
Shure SM7B
Shure SM57
Soyuz 017 Tube
Zeppelin Design Labs Cortado MKIII
Various lo-fi microphones
Preamps
Chandler REDD.47
Chandler TG2
Millennia HV-35 (2)
Neve 1073LB (2)
Universal Audio 2-610S
Dynamics
API 2500
Highland Dynamics BG2
Retro Instruments 176
Summit Audio TLA-50 (2)
Universal Audio 1176LN
Equalization
API 550A (2)
Dangerous Music BAX EQ
elysia xfilter 500
Signal Processing
Overstayer NT-02A Saturator
Rupert Neve 542 Tape Emulator (2)
SPL Vitalizer MkII
Reverb & Effects
Alesis Quadraverb
Chase Bliss/Meris CXM 1978 Reverb
Fender Reverb
Roland RDE-1800 Echo & Reverb
Roland RE-150 Space Echo
Assorted new and vintage guitar pedals
Conversion & Monitoring
Universal Audio Apollo x16
ADAM A77X nearfield monitors
SPL MTC Mk2 monitor controller
Beyerdynamic DT 770 headphones (2)
Beyerdynamic DT 990 headphones
DAWs & Software
Ableton Live
Ableton is my home base. This is my primary DAW for production, songwriting, recording, arrangement, and sound design.
Universal Audio LUNA
LUNA is an incredible platform for mixing, with per-channel console and tape emulation, and exceptional summing. Basically, it sounds killer.
Logic Pro
Logic isn’t my primary DAW, but it’s an industry standard for a reason. It’s also great for sharing multitracks and creating unprocessed stems with minimal effort.
I also support plugin collections from most major developers, including Universal Audio, Soundtoys, FabFilter, iZotope, Native Instruments, Waves,
Valhalla DSP, Melodyne, Antares, Softube, and many more.
