Instrumenten, apparaten, software

Drums & Rhythm

granite block set (‘temple-blocks’): LP 1210 (5 pieces)
tambourine
digital sampled percussion drumpad: Yamaha DD-55 Pro Stereo
drumsamples: XLN Addictive Drums (VST-plugin), several by EastWest
various small (hand) rhythm-instruments: woodclaves, maracas, bongo’s, pandero, shakers, cabasa, rainmakers, tambourines etc.

Microphones

NEUMANN:
1x U87 ai (large diaphragm omni-directional/figure-8 cardioid condensor, sn #: 114252),
1x TLM-103 (large diaphragm cardioid condensor, sn # 17452),
2x KM-84i (small diaphragm cardioid condensor).
SENNHEISER:
1x MD421-U4 (dynamic),
1x MD421-HN (dynamic),
1x MD21-N (1968, dynamic omni-directional),
1x MD402-K (super directional dynamic).
AKG:
5x C1000 (small diaphragm condensator),
1x D3700 (dynamic hypercardioid),
1x C4000B (large diaphragm omni-directional/figure-8 cardioid condensor),
1x D112 (dynamic, the best for kickdrum or bass),
1x D80 (cardioid dynamic).
SHURE:
1x PE45L (unidirectional cardioid dynamic),
7x SM-58 (unidirectional cardioid dynamic),
4x SM-57 (unidirectional cardioid dynamic).
STUDIO PROJECTS:
2x C1 (large diaphragm, fixed-cardioid condenser).
MARSHALL:
1x MXL 1006BP (large diaphragm cardioid polar),
1x MXL 2006 (large diaphragm cardioid polar).
NADY:
1x SCM1000 (large diaphragm condensator).
Others:
2x Audio Technica AT9000 (electret condensator), 1x Grundig GDM12 (1958, dynamic), 2x UHER M136 (1968, dynamic), 1x Samson QKICKCL (dynamic kick/bass/drum microphone), 1x Soundking E08D (set of 8 low-end drum-microphones :-), 1x Samsom 5Kit dynamic drum-microphones and a small but steady growing collection of several (low-end) ‘oldies’ microphones.

Recording, sequencing & editing / DAW

(We can record 24 tracks simultaniously)
Cubase Pro 12 (and older versions),
Logic Pro X,
SoundForge,
BIAB,
Reaper,
Cakewalk,
AAMS mastering software,
MAGIX video editor,
Steinberg UR22 (2-ch. laptop connected audio interface),
Tascam DR-40 (4-ch. digital handheld audio-recorder),
… and many other editing VST-plugins

Plug-ins & sampling

East-West (10.000+ virtual instrument samples),
Ivory (grand piano’s: Steinway, Bosendorfer, Yamaha),
GuitarRig,
Altiverb (convolution reverb),
Addictive Drums,
Ethno World,
Waves (Gold bundle),
Philharmonic Orchestra,
Melodyne voice-editor,
Vinyl Studio,
Kontakt play,
Audionamix ADX Trax Pro (on Mac),
All Cubase plug-ins
… and many others!

Effects (hardware)

Oldies:
Aphex 204 PA FX (2 channel Aural Exciter & Big Bottom),
Digitech RP-70 (guitar multi-effects pedal modelling processor),
Boss RRV-10 (digital reverb),
Boss BE-5 (guitar multiplay effectsprocessor: compressor, chorus, digital delay, overdrive/distortion, all with 80’s sound!),
Boss RC-50 (loop station),
Yamaha REV-7 (the best “historical” digital reverb ever!),
Behringer Virtualizer 3D FX2000 (multi engine effect processor),
Phonic DFX256 (digital effect processor),
Several other 80’s midi/audio 19” rack-effects,
No oldie:
Warm Audio Tone Beast TB12 (provides both the classic 1731 (vintage) and 918 (cleaner) style op-amps)

Mixing-consoles and controllers

1x ICON QCon ProX mixer controller
1x Presonus Faderport production controller
1x Behringer UB-1204-FX Pro (6 ch.)
1x Behringer UB-1622-FX Pro (8/12 ch.)
1x Xenyx 1002 mixer (10 in/out)
1x Xenyx 1204 mixer (12 in/out, 2/2 bus mixer)

Microphone pre-amps

2x Focusrite Octopre MkII (8 ch. microphone pre-amp & dynamics)
1x Focusrite Platinum Octopre (8 ch. microphone pre-amp & dynamics)
1x Warm Audio Tone Beast TB12 (provides both the classic 1731 (vintage) and 918 (cleaner) style opamps)
1x Steinberg UR824 (8 ch. microphone pre-amp (firewire, wordclock)

Cabling controlroom-recordingroom, D.I.

2x The Sssnake M8 II (8 way XLR-XLR sub multicore metal stage box)
1x DAP D9512 (8 way XLR-XLR sub multicore metal stage box)
3x Zdirect passive DI-box
2x Behringer DI100 active DI-box
1x Fender ABY Channel Switch
2x Fender ABY Pedal Channel Split
1x ARTcessories PROSplit microphone phantom power splitter
… and 100’s of meters of cables & all sorts of plugs 🙂

Speaker-switch & talkback

4x Samson C-Control
1x BOSS FS-5U talkback footswitch

MIDI-interface

ESI M8U XL professional USB to MIDI Interface (8-In, 8-Out)

Mini-disc-player/recorder

Yamaha MDX-E300

Amplifiers

1x C-Audio GB-602 (600Watt)
1x Sansui AU-D9 integrated amplifier (DD/DC)
1x Kenwood Basic M2 Sigma drive (200Watt)

Instrument Amplifiers/Speakers

2x Hugh & Keffner HK Audio Classic Delta 152 (200 Watt)
2x JBL-EON Power10 (amplified, 100 Watt)
1x VOX VT40+ (40 Watt guitar amplifier (incl. 6 sw. pedal)
1x Dynacord DC-90 (90 Watt guitar amp)
1x Watson XB-50 (50 Watt, for bass or piano)
1x Yamaha JX-35 (35 Watt, guitar amplifier)
1x Fishman SoloAmp (240 Watt, 2/4 ch.) (Combined with Fishman Rare Earth active magnetic (humbucker) pickup on acoustic Martin D-35s guitar: The Best!)

Studio Amplifiers/Speakers

2x Event Project Studio 8 (near-field) bi-amplified 100 Watt)
2x Dynaudio Audience 40 (near-field, 150 Watt)

Headphones

3x Sennheiser HD570 (64 Ohm),
1x Beyer Dynamic DT 880 PRO (250 Ohm),
1x Sennheiser HD457 (32 Ohm),
13x Sennheiser HD201 (24 Ohm),
2x Samson CH700 (64 Ohm),
1x Sony MDR CD250 (63 Ohm)

Headphones distribution amplifier

2x Behringer Powerplay Pro-8 HA8000, 8-channels

Storage

Several Terrabytes harddisks in computers and NAS (we save ALL your recordings!), several Terrabytes USB-harddisks,
1x Iomega ZIP250, and a box full of mini-discs and USB-sticks 🙂

Computers (controll-room)

TMC Studio Extreme miditower 700W with ASUS Sabertooth X58 motherboard, Intel Core i5-2500 (Quad-core) processor, 16 Gb RAM, Windows 7 (64bit), several Terrabytes hard-disks (we save ALL your recordings!), several mobile racks (removable harddisks),
4x AcerP235H 22 inch TFT and LG displays (one of them for monitoring in the recording-room).

Dell Dimension 9150, Miditower 400W, Intel Pentium i3 processor, 4 Gb RAM, Windows 7 (32 bit), AcerP235H 22 inch TFT display.

Apple Macmini 8, OSX 10, Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 6 Gb RAM, AcerP235H 22 inch TFT display.

Laptops: Lenovo Thinkpad, Lenovo G70, Acer AMD.

Printers

Canon MG8150 all-in-one, Canon MP610 all-in-one (both incl. direct-on-CD printer), Canon Pixma MG3650

Parafinalia…

A lot of microphone-stands, sheet-music stands, video-lights with stands, plectrums, a cable-tester, a guitar-string stock, drum stools, a collection of 1000’s of backing-tracks/karaoke, a back-massage-chair, a (photo-)wall of fame, several pop filters, replacement drum-heads, adapters, a collection of Mexican hats, a white board, tuning devices, a soothing oil perfume diffuser, … Well, you get it!  🙂