The Lab
DOUG the Eagle - Equipment
Overview
The studio as of June 2009
Equipment List
Keyboards and Synths
Roland M-VS1 Vintage Synth sound module (for the mellotron sounds etc)
Roland JV-1010 sound module with orchestral card (for that Bal-Sagoth sound)
Waldorf Pulse 'whale village of pulses' analogue monophonic synthesizer (like a cheap minimoog)
Cheetah MS-6 analogue polysynth (Oberheim matrix clone)
Evolution 225c controller keyboard
Alesis SR16 drum machine
Waldorf microWave I : 'The Box of Delights' (PPG Wave in a rack)
Hammond XM-1 digital drawbar organ
The Tornado mellotron engine (self-built)
Korg Triton Extreme
Processing
Vesta RV-3 spring reverb
Zoom RFX-2000 effects rack
Danelectro phaser
TL Audio 'Fat Bloke' stereo valve compressor
SPL Vitalizer Jack psychoacoustic processor
Antares ATR-1 autotune
Watkins Copicat MK4 tape delay
Hughes and Kettner Rotosphere Mk2 (Leslie processor)
Microphones and accessories
Behringer B-1 (bomber) condenser mic
Behringer Mic-100 (cheap as chips) valve preamp
Stagg boom mic stand
Mixing and Mastering
Tascam TSR-8 1/2" multitrack recorder (x2)
Studer A807 2-track 1/4" master recorder
Revox B-77HS Mk2 1/4" master recorder
Tascam 32 2-track 1/4" master recorder
Yamaha MG16/4 16-channel mixing desk
Phonic MM1002 sub-mixer
Philip Rees TS-1 tape sync, TimeLine Lynx mk1 (x2)
Computer
Roland UA25 24/96 USB interface
MIDIMAN USB 4x4 MIDI interface
Cakewalk Sonar V1.31
Rosegarden Sequencer
Goldwave v5.0
Audacity 1.3
Applied Acoustics Lounge Lizard electric piano engine
Mr. Tramp electric piano engine
(replaced with Triton)
Waldorf PPG 2.3 emulator
(replaced with microWave)
Custom-written sample manipulation programs
Other
Koala bear
Wellington tape head demagnetiser
Wolf hat
Uher Report 4000-L portable ENG recorder (tape manipulation on 'Return to Babel')
Close-ups of the rack
Upper rack (2005)
From the top:
Wolf hat (on top of speaker, not in shot)
Alesis SR16 drum unit (top)
Roland JV-1010 synthesizer
Waldorf microWave mk1 v2.0
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Koala Bear
Cheetah MS6 analogue polysynth
Zoom RFX-2000 multi-effects unit (bottom)
Roland M-VS1 (mostly off-shot)
Lower rack (2004)
From the top:
Wolf hat (on top of speaker, not in shot)
TL Audio FAT-1 stereo valve compressor
Koala Bear
Roland JV-1010 synthesizer
Cheetah MS6 analogue polysynth
Zoom RFX-2000 multi-effects unit
Roland M-VS1 'vintage synthesizer' module
Waldorf Pulse analogue monophonic synthesizer
Older images
The studio as of March 2007
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The Legend of Daniel Ti'Fiona mixdown
Lab 2004
The Lab in 2004 (Swindon)
I am not responsible for the vile decor in the studio.
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