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.
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.
Sound Capture, Manipulation, and Reproduction Devices
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
Audio-Technica AT4033 (2)
Audio-Technica Pro31 (4)
Behringer C2 (4)
Behringer ECM8000
Assorted FX mics
Amps and Instruments:
Fender Blues Jr (Cannabis Rex)
Acoustic B200H (with B410)
GH 412 (with Celestions)
G&L Strat
PRS SE24
Fender Telecaster
Yamaha FG700S
Ibanez Gio Bass
Gretsch Catalina Club
Zildjian Custom K Ride
Zildjian New Beats
Zildjian Fast Crash
Sabian B8 Crashes
Assorted snares and percussion
Monitoring:
Genelec 8351a (2)
Yamaha HS8 (2)
Behringer Powerplay P16
Behringer P16-M (3)
Sennheiser HD600
Audio-Technica AT30
Tascam TH-200x
Tascam Th-02 (3)
Shure SRH440
AKG K240
Vic Firth SIH2
Harbinger PA
Converters:
Focusrite Clarett 8Pre (2)
Focusrite Scarlett 6i6
MIDI:
AKAI MPD32
AKAI MPK Mini
Casio Privia
M-Audio Keystation 61
Computers:
Custom Built PC
HP Envy
Software:
Cockos Reaper
Izotope Ozone 9 Advanced
Izotope RX 8 Standard
Izotope Neutron 3 Advanced
Izotope Insight 2
Izotope VocalSynth 2
Exponential Audio Nimbus
Exponential Audio R4
Slate Virtual Mix Rack
Slate Virtual Bus Compressors
Slate Repeater
Slate Verbsuite Classics
Waves C6
Waves CLA-3A
Waves DBX160
Celemony Melodyne 5
Waves Realtime Tune
Waves Tune
Overloud TH-U
Xfer Serum
And many, many more...
Video:
Blackmagic Design Ursa Mini with relevant accessories
Davinci Resolve