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')