Sounds Right Recording

Studio Equipment (see Live page for live recording equipment)

Mics: see Mic page

Recording

Tascam DM-3200 Digital Mixing Console - great sound, motorized faders, and more

Spectral RM-7100 PC - 3.0Ghz processor, 2Gb RAM

Alesis ML-9600 (Masterlink) Master Recorder

Software

Cubase SX3 - great sound, features, and stability

Monitors

JBL LSR4328 and LSR4312. System is computer calibrated to the control room so mixes translate to other systems.
Headphones: two separate stereo mixes in the recording rooms, with excellent quality headphones.

Effects/Processing

    Presonus ADL 600 two channell tube mic preamplifier
   dbx 576 Tube Pre/Compressor
   Duende from Solid State Logic - Up to 32 channels of legendary SSL EQ and dynamics.

Universal Audio VST Plug-ins

Plate 140 Reverb - Unbelievable emulation of classic plate reverb. Nothing better for vocals.

1176LN Limiting Amplifiers - One of the most revered and widely used compressors.

LA-2A Leveling Amplifiers - Your vocal will cut through just how you want it.

Fairchild 670 Compressors, Pultec Pro Equalizers, Pultec EQP-1A Equalizers,

Cambridge Equalizers, Precision Limiter, RealVerb Pro, DreamVerb and more!

Alesis Microverb III

ART MultiVerb LT

Audio Logic MT66 Stereo Comp-Limiter

Custom Made Leslie Speaker

Equipment was chosen after careful research and consideration.

The entire signal chain was evaluated for the cleanest possible sound.

The second link in the chain (the first being the rooms), Microphones, were/are selected for the most accurate sound and the lowest self-noise.

The third link is the preamplification of the mics and the conversion from analog to digital. The Tascam DM-3200 digital mixing console was chosen for its great sounding preamps, as well as its many other features, including moving-fader automation. Additional preamps include a Presonus ADL 600 tube preamp and dbx 576 tube pre/compressor.

The fourth link, recording, cannot be overlooked. For this, Cubase SX3 was chosen for its sound, features, unlimited tracks*, and stability.

Effects were carefully chosen as well: Universal Audio for incredible reverb, compression, limiting and more, and EQ and dynamics from Solid State Logic.