Studio
Currently located in the Detroit area, this is my humble home studio. I’m currently searching for a
new space. Once moved, I'll also get a proper new studio desk.
The centerpiece of my studio is the API console. Do not let the compact modern design fool you. It sounds and acts
like a larger API console like the 1608 in a compact design.
I can record 32 channels at once and mix at least 100 channels ITB and 26 channels of
summing.
My goal is to help artists that I love create great music. Many things can now be done by the artist
themselves. So I offer everything else, including: tracking, hybrid mixing, mastering, decades of
experience and another point of view.
Often it’s better for an artist to only think about the artistic part, the music. I designed
my studio to work a modern workflow. Mixing in the box, through the console, or both. Logic Pro,
Reaper, Pro Tools Unlimited, Luna, Superior Drummer. Waves, SSL, Trident, UA API, Native Instruments.
Equipment
API - The Box 8. (26 channel mixing, 4 DI)
Lynx Aurora 24/ADAT/AES
1x u87
2x KM184
2x AKG C414
1x Royer 121
1x AKG MD421
4x sm57
1x sm7b
1x beta52
1x Sennheiser MKH 50
3x Sennheiser e604
1x Electrovoice 664a
4x AT 4000c
8x API 548B
4x Neve 511
3x Neve 1073LB
2x SSL SiX
8x ADM
8x Presonus
2x API 527
2x Neve 535
1x AudioScape SSL Buss Comp
1x Neve 2264ALB
2x Empirical Labs Pump
4x Aphex Expressor (Jim Williams Modded)
1x Apex Dominator II (Jim Williams Modded)
2x Neve 551
1x Neve 1073LBEQ
2x API 550b
4x API 460
2x MAAG EQ2
2x Trident 80b
2x DBX 530
4x DBX 905 (Jim Williams Modded)
2x Aphex 9901 (Jim Williams Modded)
1997 Rickenbacker 651 Atlantis
1998 Rickenbacker 330 331LS Light Show Conversion Jetglo (One of a kind)
1960s American Strat + 90s neck w/EKG active pickups (Built by Rob)
2001 Gretch 3/4 scale bass
2023 Reverend Reeves Gabrels Signature Satin Black w/“Sustainiac system” (One of a kind feedback guitar)
2023 Reverend Mercalli 4 Bass - Gunmetal
Alexis V49 MKII
Yamaha HS7
Berlinger Magician w/8x Mullard tubes
Alesis NanoVerb
Alesis NanoSynth
Effectron ADM 1024 Digital Delay
Boss RE-202
Ampeg SGT-DI Bass
SansAmp TG2
Boss IR-200
Marshall ShredMaster
Op-amp Big Muff
Pro Tools
Logic Pro
Reaper
Waves (Diamond, API, SSL, DBX, CLA-76, Abby Road, 88 Piano, Kramer Tape, NX)
Trident (All)
SSL (Channel Strip 2, Bus Comp 2, FLexVerb, Fusion Drive, Fusion Comp, Guitar Strip, Harrison Bass)
UA (API, Tape, Pultec, LA2A)
iZotope (VocalSynth, Trash, RX, Elements)
Antares (Autotune, Avox)
Valhalla
Klimper
BSA (Clipper, Oxygen)
Amplitude
Native Instruments (Massive, Guitar Rig LE)
Superior Drummer
Toast
Vegas
History
My music production focus is with space, noise, punk and experimental artists. I'm also a
sucker for a
good pop song.
I've worked with Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Aretha Franklin, Mark Farner,
The Four Tops,
The Dramatics, Temptations, Mitch Albom, Tyler Perry for studio productions. I also worked on live
studio recordings
with Elliot Smith, Soul Coughing, Ben Folds Five, The Suicide
Machines, Eagle Eye Cherry.
My music career started with a pentium that had a CD writer, Sek'd 4 track audio
card and a 6 channel pre amp that I would use to record my and other local bands. Four years later I
upgraded
to a Digi001 with the presonus 8 channel upgrade and Protools 5. In 2001 I was hired at Harmonie Park Studios in Detroit where I mostly worked
on
a Trident Vector 432.
In that time, I upgraded the B room with my modded Trident
65.
Before that it was a Yamaha 02R96, which
sounded
better than it should. I used that room to record solo acoustic artists. After taking 10 years off
of music to spend more time with my family and complete some nerdy ambitions, I opened up my studio
again.
I was mixing in the box before anyone. Now my focus is hybrid mixing. Old and new sounds balancing
each
other out.