THE SOUND, LLC

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GEAR



The Sound is committed to providing the highest quality recordings, and we have a variety of premium gear available in the recording process.



microphones





  • Neumann U87
  • Telefunken AK-47
  • Soundeluxe IFet 7
  • Rode NTK
  • Violet Globe
  • Neumann KM 184 x 2 Matched Pair
  • Shure KSM 141 x 2
  • Shure SM7B
  • Earthworks TC30 x 2 Matched Pair
  • Royer SF-12 (Stereo Ribbon)
  • Sennheiser 421 x 4
  • Sennheiser E609 x 2
  • Audix D1 x 4
  • Audix D2 x 4
  • Audix D3 x 2
  • Audix D4 x 4
  • Telefunken M82
  • AKG D112
  • Shure SM57 x 10
  • Shure SM58 x 10
  • Shure Beta57 x 4
  • Shure Beta58 x 4
  • Shure SM81 x 2


outboard Gear





Preamps

BAE Neve 72

Vintech X73i x 2 (Neve 1073 clone)

Vintech 473 x 3

Vintch 273 x 1 (14 channels of 1272 w/ Baxendahl EQ)

API 212L x 4

UA LA610 MK2

16 Focusrite preamps as part of Avid C24 Control Surface


Compressors

Empirical Labs Distressor x 2

API 225L x 6

API 2500

SPL Transient Designer x 4

DBX 160A x 2

WGA SSL 4000 Bus Compressor Clone (Awesome!)

UA LA610 MK2

ART Pro VLA


Monitors

Dynaudio BM15

Yamaha NS-10M

Aether Audio Mini (Similar to Westlake and just as awesome)

(Yamaha NS-10M and Aether Audio Mini powered by Rotel)


Converters

Lynx Aurora 16 x 2 (32 simultaneous in/out)


Software

Pro Tools HDX 11 (We can work with many DAW platforms)

Plugins - Too many to list, but we use Slate Audio, Soundtoys, Waves, and McDSP quite a bit. We have lots of other things.

Virtual Instruments - We have lots of these too. But mostly work within Native Instruments Complete 10 Ultimate and Maschine MK2


Other

Dangerous Music 2 Bus Summing Mixer

Switchcraft 96-point patch bay x 2 (hard-wired to every mic line and every piece of outboard gear)

Behringer Digital Headphone System (actually sounds good)

Mac Pro 2.8GHz 12-Core w/ 64GB RAM

42-inch Monitor

Avid C24 Control Surface

Properly measured, tested, and treated control room

At least one comfortable chair



instruments





Keys

Yamaha 6' G3 Baby Grand Piano (meticulously tuned and maintained)

Hammond A100 w/ Leslie Model 21H 30-Watt Modified 2-Speed (Sweet!!)

Rhodes 73 MK2

Arturia Mini-Brute

Korg N1 (88-Note Weighted MIDI Controller)

All Native Instruments


Drums

Stubblefield Custom-made 5-piece kit with a choice of either 22-inch birch or 20-inch maple kick drums

A variety of snare drums

Every Zildjian A Custom splash, crash, ride and hat from 8"-20"

Thanks to John Stubblefield, a terrific craftsman and a terrific guy!

Check out his website here.


Guitars, Basses, Amplifiers, and Pedals


We have lots of guitars, pedals, basses, and amps; too many to list! Our collection is built of choice pieces selected over the years for a variety of recording purposes. Some sound great, some sound awful (in a great way!), some are standard, some are weird. If you are chasing a specific tone, we can help you catch it. We like tube amps and have about a dozen at any one time. Mostly Fender, but some Marshall and Rivera and other stuff too. We encourage you to bring your own guitars and amps and supplement your rig with whatever we have available.