Equipment
These are a few of my favourite things
Outboard Gear
Monitoring:
Focal Professional
Beryllium series.
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I love these speakers. Their flat response makes them so revealing and allows me to hear things I haven't heard with other speakers. From this I'm able to make crucial adjustments I know will translate the way I intend into the real world and other playback systems. Focal Professional Division have been designing and manufacturing speakers & their related amplifiers from the ground up, longer than some of us have been around. |
Tannoy Monitors, Triangle Speakers &
Avantone Cubes.
| Great extra reference speakers to quickly hear how the songs translate onto other systems.
i.e. computer speakers, mp3 players etc.and HiFi systems. |
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Tonelux Equalizers.
Pultec Style
Program Tube Equalizers. | These little babies are so musical. Four bands of fully sweepable EQ with a frequency range from 21 kHz all the way down to 16 Hz. These have the good fat (you know, fish oil & avocado). They give me the ability to clean up, shape or add beautiful tone to your songs. I would definitely take these on a deserted island with me (and a few bottles of good red wine!!) These EQs come from the legendary audio designer & engineer Paul Wolff (Paul was also the former owner, designer & engineer of the famous and well respected API products). 
These have been spec'd up for mastering, including Telefunken tubes & gain adjustment on the output stage, so the units can by calibrated to each other allowing matched outputs. Running music through the transformers & tubes of these units, even with the EQ section switched out, gives a magical smooth vibrance! 
| Crane Song HEDD19 A-D-A Converters. Word Clock.
Tape Compression & Tube Exciters |
Crane Song are renowned for their extremely high quality converters, which this unit has. What it also has is tape & tube emulation that I think is unrivaled. It has all the characteristic sounds of tape, without the problems associated with tape. American mastering guru & audio professional of more than 30 years Bob Katz, says this about the Crane Song - "Comparing the analogue tape version to the Crane Song version is like comparing two fine wines. They both have body, they taste only slightly different but both have good blush & bloom. I will go out on a limb to say that the Crane Song HEDD 192 has truly nailed analogue tape simulation." End quote.
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Joe Meek SC3 Mastering Compressor |
Made in England with modifications by Joe Meeks' designer & founder Ted Fletcher. This classic vintage box glues all the different instruments in your songs together, making it all so smooth. It's ability to fatten up a weak bass, or bring forward a vocal or snare drum, is truly amazing! To visualise its sound, picture silk & chocolate! It has the ability to be transparent, or turn it up for dark chocolate! 
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SPL Vitalizer
Stereo mk2
(Stereo Expander) | The stereo expander side of this unit is a killer. Used subtly, its ability to spread the stereo spectrum of a song without causing phasing issues is amazing. Fantastic for creating a little more space in a song, or opening it right up beyond the speakers. 
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Digital Mastering Tools **** DSP Quattro. Logic Pro X. Abbey Road Mastering Chain. Abbey Road R56 Passive EQ. HOFA DDP Player. SSL Eq's & Compressors. Comp 670 Compressors.
API Equalizers.
API Compressor.
To name a few!
 
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