Studio Gear:
At White Noise Studio, we have acces to a healthy amount of microphones, instruments and supplemental gear.
If needed, we can arrange other gear easily.
Here's an overview of all the gear White Noise Studio has:
The White Noise Studio has the following microphones:
- Sennheiser MD421 (2)
- Sennheiser MD21 (2)
- Sennheiser MD402
- Sennheiser MD409
- Sennheiser e602
- Neumann TLM103
- Shure SM57 (2)
- Shure SM58 transformerless mod (2)
- AKG D1000C
- AKG D190 (2)
- AKG D200C
- Audio Technica 3525 (2)
- Grundig GDM313
- Pearl DM 9500
- RØDE NT5 x2
- RØDE NT1 kit
- Yamaha Subkick
- BPM CR76 ( excellent Neumann U67 clone)
Monitors are soffit mounted Adam S2A's, Munro Sonic Egg 150 and Auratone 5c.
Recordings are done in Steinberg's Cubase 10, mastering in Cubase 10 and Wavelab Elements 9.5
Used AD-DA's and pre amps:
- D&R Stylyx mixer
- RME UFX II
- RME Octamic
- Focusrite Octopre Le
- Yamaha ML7a ( heavily modded)
A Presonus Faderport is used for transport control and whenever a motorized fader is needed.
The Plugins used are made by Slate, Soundtoys, Izotope, Waves, Native Instruments ( f.i Massive), Elysia, SPL, Ohmforce, PSP, DDMF, Eareckon, Delamancha en Brainworkx, Sonnox, Audio Damage.
Outboard :
DBX160a compressor
DBX166 compressor
BAse SSL527 buscompressor
AKAI GX 260-d Tapedeck
Lexicon LXP5 + Lexicon MRC
Accutronics Spring Reverb
WNS Plate reverb
I tend to use a lot of natural ambience and room reverb in the music. Sounds better then almost any digital reverb. My recording room is my tool.
Studio instruments:
Drums:
Pearl Masterworks Maple Drumkit:
Bassdrum: 22" x 18".
Toms: 10" x 8", 12" x 9", 14" x 12", 15" x 14".
Pearl BLX all birch drumkit
Bassdrum : 22" x 16" x 2 ( double bassdrum setup is possible!)
Toms: 10" x 10", 12"x 10", 13" x 11", 14"x12", 16"x16" Floortom
Customized Pearl drumkit:
22" x 14"' Bassdrum
Single headed toms - 10"x 4" - 12 x 6" - 13 x 8" - ''that" 70s single headed sound.
16" x 14" Floortom
Pearl CZX maple bassdrum 24'' x 18''
Tama Rockstar 22"x16" Single Headed.
Snaredrums:
Mapex Black Panther Brass Master Snaredrum : 14" x 5,5"
Pearl Masterworks Maple Snare drums : 14" x 5"
Pearl
Free Floating Steel 14'' x 6,5''
Purecussion Headset Snare
If you mix this all up, which we tend to do, you can choose from 6 bassdrums, 13 toms and 5 snaredrums if you don't your to use own drums or want a different flavour.
DW 9000 chain Twinpedal
DW5000 chain single bassdrum pedal
Pearl belt drive pedal
DW 5000 Hihat pedal
DW 5000 Remote Hihat
Pearl H950 Hihat pedal
Cymbals:
Rides:
- Zildjian A Custom 20" Ping Ride
- Zildjian 18" Breakbeat Ride
- Ufip 19" Ping Ride
Crashes:
- Zildjian A Custom 18"
- Zildjian A Custom 16"
- Ufip 16"
- Paiste 400 Series 18''
- Zyn Super 16''
Hihats:
- Tosco 14" ( Old italian handhamered, think of pre-ufip, zildjian K etc.)
- Zildjian / ufip 16'' combo
- 10” noname fx hihat.
- Zildjian ZBT hihat
Other:
- 18" Wuhan China
- 18" Wuhan China + 12" Wuhan flat crash stack
- 18'' Stagg China
Several drumstands, snare stands and toms stands
Percussion includes beatrings, shakers, cowbells, triangle.
Guitars:
- Gibson Les Paul
- Ibanez SIR70FD
- Yamaha Pacifica 412
- Peavey Cirrus 5 string bass
- 4 string bass Fender P bass style.
Amps:
Guitar amps:
- Fender Champ 25 combo - 1x12" Speaker Tube amp
- Marshall Modefour MF350 Amplifier head
- Crate GX -15R
Bassamps:
- Sound City 200 Mark 2
- Ampeg Micro VR head
- SWR Black - 15'' Speaker - Tube preamp.
Speaker Cabinet:
- Oversized ( Orange cabinet size) 2 x 12'' WNS cabinet with Celestion seventy 80 and Celestion g12t -100
- Marshall 1960B 4 x 12''
Synthesizers:
- Roland Synthplus 60 ( juno 106 with a different paintjob
- Macumbista Benjolin V4
Miscelanious:
Tuners:
- Korg Pitchblack Pro
- Behringer BTR2000
Mooer DI pedal, Palmer Re-Amp
Headphone monitoring during tracking with small samson and behringer mixers and headphone amps , AKG K172 and samson headphones.