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…