PRODUCER & PLATINUM MIXER
LOS ANGELES, CA
I work out of a two-studio private facility I co-own with Daniel Braunstein (Volumes, Spiritbox, Dayseeker). We are located in Los Angeles, CA right off of the 101 freeway (in Woodland Hills). The overall space contains each of our personal control rooms, two live rooms, a common lounge, and an upstairs private lounge. Dan built his side in 2011 (not pictured above) and I expanded the studio in 2016. We are located right on Ventura Blvd. with tons of shops, restaurants, hotels, and markets within walking distance. Below is a list of the equipment in my rooms:
Studio Gear:
DAW / Converter:
- Pro Tools 2023
- Universal Audio Apollo 16 Thunderbolt
- Universal Audio Desktop Apollo Duo
- Universal Audio Octo Satellite
Monitoring:
- Barefoot Footprint 01 Monitors
- Dangerous Audio Monitor ST
- Hear Technologies Hear Back Hub and Mixer
Preamps:
- Vintage Telefunken / Siemens V72 Preamps (4)
- Neve 1081 Preamps (2)
- Capi Heider Preamps (4)
- Avedis Ma5 Preamps (2)
- Vintage Akai M8 Preamp Preamps (2)
Microphones:
- Vintage Neumann CMV 563 with M7, M8, an M9 capsules
- Upton 251
- Vintage AKG C451 C with CK1 capsule (2)
- Vintage AKG C451 E with CK1 capsule (6)
- Vintage AKG C451 EB with CK1 capsule (2)
- Scopelabs Periscope
- Dr. Alien Smith Alien 8
- Soundelux U195 (2)
- Sure Sm7B (2)
- Audio Technica ATM25 (2)
- Sennheiser MD-421 (2)
- AKG D112
- Audix i5
- Audix D6
- Beyerdynamic MC 930 (2)
Outboard:
- Universal Audio LA-3A (2)
- Empirical Labs Distressor
- Api 550b (2)
- AML 52F50 (2)
Plugins:
- UAD:
- 1176 (A, LN, SE), Fairchild, LA-2A, LA-3A, Neve 33609, SSL 4000 Bus Compressor, Distressor, Fatso, Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor, DBX 160
- UA 610, Neve 1073
- Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb, EMT 140 Plate Reverb, AMS RMX16 Reverb, Oceanway Studios Room Modeler, Capitol Chambers
- Ampex ATR 102 Master Tape, Studer A-800 Tape Recorder
- SSL EQ, Pultec EQ-1A (and entire passive EQ collection), Helios Type 69 EQ, Massenburg EQ, Manley Massive Passive
- Ampeg SVT-VR Bass Amplifier, Marshall Plexi
- Brigade Chorus, Eventide H910 Harmonizer, Raw Distortion
- Vertigo VSM-3 Saturator, Oxford Inflator
- SoundToys 5 (Complete Bundle)
- Waves Gold Bundle
- Vocalign Ultra
- Steven Slate Trigger
- Melodyne 5
- Auto-Tune EFX
- Fabfilter: Pro-Q2, Pro-L, Pro-MB, Pro-DS, Pro-G, Pro-C2
- STL Tonality
- Toontrack Superior Drummer
- Valhalla Room Reverb
- Valhalla Vintage Reverb
- Altiverb 7
- Softube FET Compressor
- Oeksound Soothe 2
- Kazrog K Clip
- Ozone
- Softubes Saturation Knob
- Darkglass Ultra
- McDSP Channel G
- Archetype: Nolly, Cory Wong
Guitars / Basses:
- Fender Telecaster American Series with Evertune Bridge
- Gretsch G2210 Streamliner with Evertune Bridge
- Les Paul Studio with Evertune Bridge
- Fender American Stratocaster
- Gibson Les Paul
- Fender American Series P Bass
- Fender Bass IV
Drums:
- Custom 3 piece maple Ross Garfield (Drum Doctors) kit
- Custom 3 piece C&C kit
- 3 Piece Tama Starclassic kit
- Maple Dialtune snare drum
- 6X14 Pork Pie Steel Little Squealer
- Brass (Black Nickel) DW snare drum
Amplifiers:
- 1984 JCM800 Lead Series head with matching cabinet
- EVH 5150 III Stealth head
- Orange Rockerverb 30 head
- 2001 Oversized Mesa Cab
- Fender Super Bassman Pro head
- Roland Jazz Chorus