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Wonka Sound: Studio Info

Wonka Sound

Here's a semi-complete listing of my stuff (although it tends to change sporadically - call if there is something you REALLY need) - I think the photos and audio samples do better justice - but for those of you who are geeky enough to care - here goes...

Recording Equipment:

Computer + Software:

MacIntosh MacPro / dual 3GB / 2 GB RAM
30" Apple Cinema Display
Digidesign Pro Tools 7.4 HD 3 Accel
w/ currently installed plug ins:
Waves 5 Platinum Bundle (superb EQs/ compressors/ effects / reverbs)
Bomb Factory Plutonium Bundle (great vintage EQ/ compressor/ random effects emulators)
Antares Auto Tune (fix that out of tune vocal! ... not that any of you need it... um... yeah...)
Reverb One (quality lush reverb)
Line 6 Amp Farm (guitar amp simulator)
Line 6 Echo Farm (vintage echo/delay simulator)
TC Master X (multiband compressor - can help a mix or track sound louger and bigger)
Sound Replacer (great for drum triggers + enhancing poor drum sounds)
DINR (noise reduction - removes tape hiss, noise, + ground/amp buzz, etc... pretty amazing)
Synchro Arts VocAlign (matches layered vocals syllables together - great for all you lazy rappers)
TL Space ("convolution" reverb - your new big word for the day - I still don't know what that means - but it sounds good!)
iZotope Trash
iZotope Ozone 3
iZotope Spectron

Reason 3.0 (great virtual synth sounds and drum looping software - w/ most of the current refill sounds)
Peak 4.1 (two track editing software)
Toast 8 (professional CD burning software)

Hardware:

Digidesign Control/24 - Mixing "console"
Digidesign 192 interface (16 channels of 24 bit A/D)
(2) ADAT bridge interfaces (add. 16 channels of A/D)
(2) ADAT XT 20 (16 channels of 20 bit conversion)
(1) ADAT XT (8 channels of 16 bit conversion)
Alesis BRC
Apogee Rosetta Stereo 24 bit Analog/Digital converter
Tascam DA-30 DAT tape recorder/player
Tascam 122 MK-III cassette recorder/player
(2) Glyph Trip SCSI hard drives (17 GB / 10,000 rpm each)
2 CD burners + DVD burner
VXA tape backup drive
plenty of hard drive space for projects and backups

Mic Preamps:

(2) Avalon VT-737sp (all tube mic pre-amp/compressor/EQ)
Focusrite ISA 430 "Producer's Pack" w/ 24 bit digital out (solid state mic-pre/EQ/compressor)
Mackie ONYX 800r 8 channel mic preramp with digital outs
16 Focusrite mic preamps built into the Control/24 console

Microphones:

Neumann U87 ai
(2) AKG 414 B-ULS
(3) Sennheiser MD421
Groove Tubes MD-1A (tube mic)
(2) Oktava MK 012
Oktava MK-319
(2) Shure KSM 32
(6) Shure SM57
(2) Shure SM58
(2) Shure SM 81
Shure SM 94
(2) Cascade Fathead II Ribbon Mic w Lundahl Mod
(2) Crown PZM 30-D
Electro-Voice RE-20
Electro-Voice D112
Electro-Voice N/D 357
random assortment of "junky" mics

Rackmounted:

Roland XV-3080 synth module with "Keyboards of the 60s + 70s" expansion card + MIDIMAN USB Keystation MIDI controller
MOTO/MicroExpress MIDI Interface
BBE Sonic Maximizer
Alesis Midiverb III
Alesis 3630 stereo compressor
Ashley CL52E stereo compressor
Ashley CL50E mono compressor
Lexicon MPX-1
Boss SE-70
Rolls RA62 6 channel headphone amplifier
(5) Neutrik 1/4" patchbay
Alesis RA-100 power amp (used with NS-10s)

Monitors:

KRK V88 / self powered
Yamaha NS-10m

Musical Instruments:

Vintage 70s Slingerland Silver Sparkle 5 pc. drum set
Vintage 70s Pearl Red Sparkle 5 piece drum kit
Various new and vintage Zildjian cymbals
Gibson Les Paul Custom (circa. 1974)
Fender Telecaster Custom (circa. 1978)
Rickenbacher JG-30
Stratocaster copy (fake - but plays nice + warm)
Eko 12-string electric (kind of crappy but makes interesting sounds)
Peavey T-40 electric bass
Gretsch Electromatic Bass
Fender Super Reverb guitar amp (circa. 1972)
Peavey Classic 50 guitar amp (looks + sounds like a fender tweed - sort of)
Wurlitzer 200A electric piano
Fender Rhodes electric piano
Wurlitzer stand up acoustic piano
Hammond organ with small built in rotary speaker - sounds cool
(2) Tympani
Various concert bells
Misc. air organs/keyboards/toys/shakers/tambourines/percussion/etc...