EQUIPMENT

Magic in a recording studio is the aggregate of thousands of good decisions. Great composition, great arrangement, clean preamps and converters, the right microphones and mic technique, a great room and, hopefully, a great engineer, are all essential to a magical recording.

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First Wave Recording Studios has no interest in snake oil. We have a variety of mics that are all purpose built and deployed to get the most out of any instrument, voice, and sound. Our main monitors, Genelec 8351's, are tuned (near) perfectly with our acoustically treated rooms. For the tech gurus: we record 24 bit, 96 kHz WAV files. For the acousticians: we have custom built absorbers made from Rockwool. All of these choices allow us to manipulate everything from violin concertos to rock ballads in a very precise, beautiful manner.

Mics: 

Peluso P87

Peluso P84 (2)

Lauten Audio LA120 (2)

AKG C414 XLS (2)

AKG C535 EB

AKG D112

Sennheiser MKH416

Shure SM57 (2)

Shure SM57 Unidyne III 

Shure SM58

Shure PG81

MXL 990 with RK47 capsule

Audio-Technica AT4033 (2)

Audio-Technica Pro31 (4)

Behringer C2 (4)

Behringer ECM8000

Assorted FX mics

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Amps and Instruments

Fender Blues Jr (Cannabis Rex)

Fender Acoustasonic Jr

Acoustic B200H (with B410)

GH 412 (with Celestions)

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G&L Strat

PRS SE24

Fender Telecaster

Yamaha FG700S

Ibanez Gio Bass

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Korg Kross 2

Adams Marimba

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Gretsch Catalina Club

Rockwood Drumset

Zildjian Custom K Ride

Zildjian New Beats

Zildjian Fast Crash

Sabian B8 Crashes

Assorted snares and percussion