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Last Updated: 11/19/2009

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Status: Married
City: BALTIMORE
State: Maryland
Country: US
Signup Date: 3/13/2006

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Friday, July 04, 2008 

Current mood:Apocalyptic
Recorders:
ProTools HD2 system on Mac G4
24 channels of Digidesign 96IO
clocked with Apogee Rosetta 200
MCI JH-110 1/2" analog 2-track recorder
Alesis Masterlink

Console:
MCI JH-416 24-channel mixer (1973) with power supplies, master and monitor sections rebuilt in 2005 by Bob Alach / Alactronics

Monitoring:
Mackie HR 624
Yamaha NS-10 powered by ART power amp
JBL 4412 soffet-mounted, powered by Ampzilla power amp
Oz Audio cue mix station
Sennheiser HD-202 headphones
Vic Firth isolation headphones
Sony MDR7505 headphones
Assorted other headphones

Dynamics:
Geoffrey Daking 91579 compressor/limiters (2)
Distressor EL-8X w. British mod
UA 1176 LN
Valley People Dynamite stereo compressor/limiter/gate
DBX 166 stereo compressor/limiter
ART Pro VLA stereo compressor/limiter

Outboard Mic Pre/EQ
API 3124 mic pre
Geoffrey Daking 55270B mic pre/EQ
True Systems Precision 8 mic pre
UA 2-610 mic pre/EQ
Sytek MPX-4A mic pre (Burr-Brown chip)
Trident S-100 8x6x2 mixer
TL Audio Tube Channel

Microphones
AKG C-12VR tube condenser
AKG 414 TL II condenser (2)
Chameleon Labs TS-1 small diaphragm tube condenser (2)
Neumann KM-184 small diaphragm condenser (2)
AT 4033 condenser
AT 4047 condenser
Neumann M-147 tube condenser (2)
Charter Oak SA538 large diaphragm tube condenser
Royer R-121 ribbon (2)
Beyer M500 ribbon with Stephen Sank RCA ribbon mod (2)
Beyer M88 dynamic (2)
Beyer M201 dynamic
Shure Beta 98 condenser (4)
Shure KSM-141 condenser (2)
Shure SM 57 dynamic (3)
Shure SM 58 dynamic(2)
Shure Green Bullet
Sennheiser 609 dynamic
Sennheiser 441 dynamic
Crown PZM-30 (2)
Sennheiser shotgun
EV RE-20 dynamic
CAD E-350 condenser (2)
CAD E-100 condenser
Oktava ML-52 ribbon w. Michael Joly mod
Superlux CM-H8C condenser (2)

Reverb/Effects
Studio Technologies Echoplate III
Acetone EC-3 Echo Chamber tape echo
Lexicon LXP-15

Plug-Ins
Focusrite EQ
UA 1176 and LA2A
Bomb Factory BF76
Sans Amp
Amp Farm
Auto-Tune 4
IK Multimedia bundle
Waves Diamond bundle

Instrument Amplifiers
Ampeg SVT4Pro bass amp w. 4x10 Ampeg cabinet
Ampeg Gemini I 20-watt guitar combo amp w. 12" speaker
Vox AC-30 CC2 2 x 12" combo amp
Marshall JCM800 MKII Lead 50-watt head
Marshall JCM800 MKII Lead 100-watt head
Marshall 4 x 12 "A" cabinet w. 100-watt EV speakers
Orange 4 X 12 cabinet w. vintage Celestions
Custom-built slant 4 x 12 cabinet w. Celestion greenbacks
Orange "Tiny Terror head
Fender Vibrolux with "blackface" mod by Big Crunch
Vox Cambridge 15-watt practice amp w. 10" Celestion speaker

Drums
1969 Ludwig Black Oyster Pearl "Ringo Starr" kit 22/16/13/12
1980's Yamaha Power Tour Custom kit 22/16/13/12
Assorted Ludwig maple toms 18/15/12
Ludwig 24" marching tympani
Legend maple snare 7 x 14
Fibes acrylic snare 5.5 x 14
Yamaha "Manu Katche" brass snare 6.5 x 14
Sabian AAX 14" and Paiste Sound Edge 15" hi-hats
Tama Iron Cobra kick drum pedal
Assorted tambourines, shakers, etc


Stompboxes
Line 6 DL-4 delay modeler
Line 6 Filter modeler
Smart People Factory Red Threat fuzz/distortion
Smart People Factory Green Line distortion
Smart People Factory Ego Boost
ElectroHarmonix Deluxe Memory Man
Bluebeard fuzz/distortion
Marshall Shredmaster pre-amp/distortion
MXR Distortion Plus
MXR Phase 90
Boss Tremolo
Boss Pitch/delay

Guitars
Schecter Spitfire w. Duncan Jeff Beck pickups & coil tap
Schecter tele w. Duncan Jeff Beck pickups & coil tap
Dan Electro Baritone
Gretsch Bajo Sexto Bass Baritone
Hoyer acoustic
Squire Jazz Bass (early 80's Japanese) w. Bartolini pickups & brass nut
Oscar Schmidt "Delta King" hollow body electric
Epiphone Dot hollow body electric

Keyboards
Nord Electro "vintage keys" modeling keyboard
Roland JX-3P (no controller though)
some cheap-ass garage sale organ with a built-in rhythm machine that's pretty cool
Leslie 225 speaker cabinet with Speakeasy passive controller
Jason Dove's sweet Pianola player piano
AND last but not least
a working hand-cranked Victrola circa 1907 with loads of Caruso 78's
Currently listening:
Pandemonium
By Killing Joke
Release date: 2005-07-12
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Brinca Means Jump

 
thanks for the ego boost. i really needed that.
 
Posted by Brinca Means Jump on Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 1:00 AM
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gregular
Greg Gardner

 
I am jealous of your toys... ha ha
 
Posted by gregular on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 12:34 PM
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Wires In The Walls

 
This is the best novella I've read all summer...1,098 gun salute! Thanks for all the audio fodder for the cannon along the way.
 
Posted by Wires In The Walls on Friday, August 15, 2008 - 1:34 AM
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Child Bite

 
looking forward to using some of this stuff next weekend!
 
 
Posted by Child Bite on Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 8:27 PM
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