Studio Gear

Here is a list of the studio gear I utilize when tracking drums. If you have a specific microphone or piece of outboard equipment you require, please let me know as I’m always happy to rent (or buy if I like it!) gear for specific sessions. For rates and more info please visit the drum tracking page.

Microphones (Pairs are used as overheads or room mics).

  • AKG c414 B/ULS (pair)
  • Coles 4038 (pair)
  • Bock Audio 195 (pair)
  • Peluso R14 Ribbon (pair)
  • AKG 451 (pair – vintage)
  • Studio Projects C3 – modified (pair)
  • Sennheiser MD421 (x4)
  • Sennheiser e602
  • Beyer M88 TG
  • Shure sm57 (pair)
  • Solomon LoFreq Subkick

Rack Equipment

  • Daking IV Mic Pre
  • Daking FETIII Compressor
  • True Precision 8 Mic Pre
  • API 512c Mic Pre (pair)
  • Toft ATC2 EQ/Compressor
  • Toft AFC2 EQ
  • Speck ASC EQ
  • Apogee Symphony I/O
  • ProTools HD (Native PCI)

Drum Kits, Snares & Cymbals

  • Yamaha recording custom kit & snare
  • Treehouse custom kit & snare
  • Obelisk maple kit & snare
  • 1960’s Sonor ‘teardrop’ kit
  • ‘Drummers World’ jazz kit
  • Dunnett titanium snare
  • Ludwig ‘ludalloy’ snare
  • Ludwig ‘acrolite’ snare
  • Ayotte maple snare
  • Ayotte piccolo snare
  • Bosphorus prototype snare
  • Japanese ‘raven’ snare
  • Cymbals from Paiste, Zildjian, Bosphorus, Sabian, UFIP, & Istanbul
  • and many others…