Vintage gear. Modern techniques. Decades of experience.

 

LIVE ROOM

  • Airy, open 14x18 live room

  • 16-foot vaulted ceiling

  • 24x4 custom XLR snake

  • Headphone mix control

  • Climate control

QUIET ROOM

  • 8x8, whisper quiet

  • Perfect for voiceover and loud amplifiers

Control Room

  • Logic Pro X on a souped-up iMac

  • 32-channel Midas Venice F32 mixing console

  • Focal monitors

  • Avantone MixCubes

  • Tascam 388 8-track reel-to-reel tape machine

  • Alesis Micro Limiter (x2)

  • CAPI VP26 preamp (x2)

  • dbx 163 compressor, 1970s (x2)

  • dbx 560A compressor (x2)

  • dbx 580A mic pre (x2)

  • Drawmer DL241 stereo compressor/gate

  • Furman LC-2 limiter/compressor (x2)

  • Furman LC-6 compressor

  • Lindell 6X-600 EQ/mic pre (x2)

  • Joemeek VC1 “The Brick” preamp/compressor

  • RNC 1773 compressor (original)

  • SoundToys 5 plugin suite

  • Eventide plugin suite

  • Waves plugin suite

  • iZotope RX

  • Cassette and DAT decks

  • Climate control

Microphones

  • AKG D112

  • Aston Origin (x3)

  • Electro-Voice 664

  • Electro-Voice N/D 257 (x2)

  • Electro-Voice N/D 308a

  • Electro-Voice N/D 468 (x3)

  • Electro-Voice RE20 (x2)

  • Neumann U87

  • Poseidon Audio KR2 subkick

  • sE Electronics sE5 (x4)

  • Sennheiser e906 (x2)

  • Sennheiser MD-421 II (x5)

  • Shure SM57 (x2)

  • Shure SM58 (x3)

  • Shure SM7B

  • Assorted vintage oddities

INSTRUMENTS

  • Slingerland drum kit 12x13x20 (1960s)

  • Ludwig drum kit 12x16x22 (1970)

  • Pearl birch drum kit 12x18x24 (1990s)

  • Slingerland wood snare 14x5 (1960s) 

  • Tama metal snare 14x5.5 (1990s)

  • Zildjian K hats, crashes and ride

  • Stack of vintage cymbals

  • Gibson Nighthawk with custom, hand-wound humbuckers (1992)

  • Fender Strat with DiMarzio humbuckers and Wormoth neck (1970s reissue)

  • Fender P-bass Deluxe (60th anniversary)

  • Fender Bassman 10 4x10 amp with Jensen speakers (1979, silverface)

  • Roland JC-120 2x12 (1979)

  • Vox AC-30 Top Boost

  • Peavey Musician 400 head (1970s)

  • Analog and digital synth collection with Moog, Korg, Roland, Yamaha, Rucci, Elettrorama, Triode & more

  • Waaay too many effects pedals from Strymon, Marshall, Dunlop, JHS, Electro-Harmonix & more

  • Percussion kit with tambourines, glockenspiel and other toys

  • Lanakai ukulele

  • 88-key Yamaha electric piano with weighted keys and MIDI I/O

  • 1976 Lowrey Coronation two-tier organ

Distractions

  • Strong Wi-Fi

  • Grill

  • Bicycles 

  • In-ground pool

  • Collection of vintage vinyl

  • Library of music-related books

  • 20-minute drive to Hudson, Chatham and Albany, NY for great food, shopping and more

info@orchardrecordingstudio.com