EQUIPMENT

This is a list of everything I use during the recording process.

I own AUDIOBEACH, which is a professional recording studio in Brighton, UK. No bedrooms, no sheds, just well recorded drums on amazing analogue equipment in well treated room. 

Drums

Drum Kits​

  • Gretsch Brooklyn 2016

    • Kick 22x18

    • Rack Toms 10x7, 12x8

    • Floor Toms 14x14, 16x14

  • Premier Olympic 1960​

    • Kick 22x12​

    • Rack Tom 13x8

    • Floor Tom 16x15

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Snares

  • Noonan Custom 14x5

    • Black Nickel over Steel​

  • Tama Starclassic 14x5.5

    • Maple, DieCast Hoops​

  • Premier Olympic 14x5​

    • Mahogany, 1970s​

  • Highwood Custom 13x3.75​

    • Birch​

  • Sonor 1007 14x5​

    • Steel, 1980s​

  • CJ Drums Custom, 13x8​

    • Acrylic, DieCast Hoops​

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Cymbals

  • Istanbul AGOP

    • 14" Medium HiHats​

    • 20" Medium Crash

  • TRX Cymbals​

    • 18" BRT Crash

    • 18" ALT Crash​

    • 20" DRK Ride

    • 22" MDM Ride

    • 18" BRT Lightning

    • 12" MDM China

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Percussion

  • Meinl ChingRing

  • Egg Shaker

  • Rice Shaker

  • Tambourine

  • Cowbell

  • Triangle

Recording

Console​ (full info)

  • Allen & Heath GL4000

    • Full analogue, 36inputs, 44 outputs, 4-band sweepable British EQ​ with sweepable hi-pass

    • SSL Capacitors professionally modded on o each pre-amp

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A/D Converters

  • 2x Motu 24io PCIe

    • 48 inputs, 48 outputs​

    • Dedicated PCIe interface for clean, colourless audio up to 96kHz

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Microphones

  • Large Diaphragm Condenser

    • 2x AT4033 (Matched Pair)
      2x RV6 (Matched Pair)

    • 2x Aston Spirit

    • 1x DM-1B

    • 1x sE 2200 II c

  • Small Diaphragm Condenser​

    • 4x C2

    • 2x C4

  • Multi​

    • ML-2​

      • ​U87, U67, SM7b, RE20, SM57m/v, D112, MD421, C414, D12, R121, 222, 451

  • Valve​​

    • RV15​

  • Ribbon​

    • 2x R2 (Matched Pair)​

  • Dynamic​

    • 8x SM57

    • 2x SM58

    • 1x MTP 240

    • 1x PG48

    • 2x BD300

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Outboard

  • Alesis MIDIVerb 3 (1990)

  • Digitech Studio Reverb & Delay

  • Klark Teknik 1176 FET-style Compressor

  • DBX160a Compressor

  • TLAudio Ivory Dual Channel Valve Compressor

  • DBX266 Dual Channel Comp/Gate

  • FMR Audio "Really Nice" Compressor

  • 3x Behringer MDX2600 Dual Channel Comp/Gate/DeEsser

Software

Recording & Production

  • Logic X​

  • Slate Digital

    • VMR, VML, VTM, VBC, Eiosis etc

  • Waves

    • Full Waves Mercury Suite​

  • Wavesfactory

    • Various

  • Soundtoys

    • Various​

  • Plugin Alliance

    • Various​

  • Valhalla​

    • Vintage, Plate, Room, Shimmer​

  • Lexicon​

    • MPX​

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File Management​

  • Dropbox​

  • WeTransfer

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Project Management

  • Trello

  • Asana

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​Cameras

  • Apple iPhone 11 Pro

    • 4K HD video, wide angle​

  • GoPro Action Cam​

    • Hero4, 1080 HD, super-wide​​

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Software

  • Final Cut Pro X​