Gear

Studio Gear:

At White Noise Studio, we have acces to a healthy amount of microphones, instruments and outboard. If needed, we can arrange other gear easily.
Here’s an overview of all the gear available standard at White Noise Studio:

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)

Listening:

For listening we use soffit mounted Adam S2A’s and an Auratone 5c for monitoring, mixing and mastering.
We also use the following headphones:

  • OLLO Audio S4R and S4 headphones
  • Vic Firth SIH2 isolation headphones.  Ideal for drummers and high volume isolation purposes.
  • AKG K272
  • Samson headphone

Used AD-DA’s and pre amps:

  • RME UFX II
  • RME Digiface USB
  • RME Octamic
  • Focusrite Octopre Le
  • Yamaha ML7 a ( heavily modded)

Outboard gear:

  • Warm Audio WA273 – eq – neve style dual mono / stereo pre-amp and eq
  • DBX 160a compressor
  • BSS DPR402 compressor dual mono / stereo compressor
  • JBL 7110  compressor – rebranded  UREI LA10
  • DBX166 dual mono / stereo compressor
  • BAse SSL527 buscompressor ( real SSL527 based compressor)
  • AKAI GX 260-d Tapedeck
  • Lexicon LXP5 + Lexicon MRC
  • Accutronics Spring Reverb
  • WNS Plate reverb
  • D&R Stylyx 14 channel mixer

A Presonus Faderport is used for transport control and whenever a motorized fader is needed.
We record, mix and master in Cubase Pro 10.
The Plugins used are made by Fabfilter, Slate, Soundtoys, Izotope, Waves, Steinberg, Native Instruments ( f.i Massive), Elysia, SPL, Ohmforce, PSP, DDMF, Eareckon, D16, Brainworkx, Hofa and Audio Damage.

Pearl BLX Drums White Noise Studio
Pearl WNS 2x12 Cabinet White Noise Studio
Pearl Concert Toms Pinstripe White Noise Studio

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”

Snaredrums:

  • Mapex Black Panther Brass Master Snaredrum : 14″ x 5,5″
  • Pearl Masterworks Maple Snare drum : 14″ x 5″
  • Ludwig Supralite Steel 14” x 6,5”
  • Purecussion Headset Snare.
If you mix this all up, which we tend to do, you can choose from quite a bit of gear: 5 bassdrums, 13 toms and 4 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
  • 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
Amongst our gear, there are also plenty drumstands, snare stands and toms stands and 2 drumstools to choose from. The 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 – 1×12″ 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) excellent sounding  2 x 12” WNS cabinet with Celestion seventy 80 and Celestion g12t -100
  • Marshall 1960B 4 x 12”
  • SWR Eletrovoice 15B loaded 15” cabinet

Synthesizers:

  • Roland Synthplus 60 ( juno 106 with a different paintjob
  • Macumbista Benjolin V4

Miscelanious Gear and efx pedals:

Tuners:
  • Korg Pitchblack Pro Tuner
  • Behringer BTR2000 Tuner
  • Mooer DI pedal
  • Palmer Re-amp
  • Behringer HM300 ( Boss HM-2 clone)
  • Behringer SF300 ( Boss FZ-2 clone)
  • Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi 
  • Several small Behringer and Samson mixers used for monitoring during recording.
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