DOUG the Eagle - Equipment

Overview

The studio as of March 2007

• 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)
  • 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

• Wolf hat (on top of speaker, not in shot)
• Alesis SR16 drum unit (top)
• Roland JV-1010 synthesizer
• Waldorf microWave mk1 v2.0 Click here for screen closeup
• Koala Bear
• Cheetah MS6 analogue polysynth
• Zoom RFX-2000 multi-effects unit (bottom)
• Roland M-VS1 (mostly off-shot)

Lower rack (2004)

• 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

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