MONSTER ISLAND RECORDING

SERVICES

APPROACH

STUDIO

RECORDINGS

NEWS/CREDITS

BOOKING

Kesha Warrior album cover     Katy Perry I Kissed A Girl #1 and multiple platinum album cover     Train Imagine album cover     Chaka Khan grammy winning album cover     Avril Lavign #1 and multiplatinum album cover

THE STUDIO

The mixing/overdub room has been carefully tuned for the Barefoot MM21's.

The recording room has an SSL4000 and a very large live room for recording drums, and isolation rooms piano, amps and vocals.

RECORDING EQUIPMENT

RECORDING FORMATS

PROTOOLS HD 12.0.1
MACINTOSH Dual Quad Core 24gb RAM
OTARI MTR 90 MkII
RADAR (with Nyquist Converters)
CHANDLER Mini Mixer summing mixer

MONITORING

BAREFOOT MM21's with Subwoofer
PARADIGM Mini Mk3's

OUTBOARD GEAR

Pres/EQs/Compressors
NEVE 1073 (3)
NEVE 1272 (4)
CHANDLER TG-1 "EMI/Beatle" compressor
CHANDLER TG-1 "Abbey Road Edition" compressor
CHANDLER Zener compressor
CHANDLER Curve Bender EQ
CHANDLER LTD 2 (2) Neve 2254 Style compressor
CHANDLER Germanium Mic Pre (4)
CHANDLER Germanium Tone Control (4)
CHANDLER TG-2 "EMI" mic pre
CHANDLER TG Channel mic pre/EQ (2)
CHANDLER TG Channel MK II mic pre/EQ
CHANDLER Mini Rack Mixer
PENDULUM 6386
PENDULUM Quartet II
THERMIONIC CULTURE Phoenix Compressor
EMPIRICAL LABS EL8X Distressor w/mods (2)
EMPIRICAL LABS FATSO
SPL Transient Designer (4ch)
DRAWMER 1968 Compressor
Dangerous Music S&M Box
GREAT RIVER MP2-NV
GREAT RIVER EQ2-NV
UNIVERSAL AUDIO 2108
API 542c
DBX De-esser
MOSELEY ASSOCIATES TFL 280 (3)

EFFECTS

TC Electronic System 6000
Lexicon PCM Native Reverb Bundle
Sonnox Reverb
TC Electronic M One (2)
Electrix Filter Factory
Electrix Warp Factory
Sound Toys Plug-in bundle
Too many guitar pedals to list

MICROPHONES

AKG C12b
NEUMANN KM86
NEUMANN TLM103 (2)
COLES 4038 (2/matched pair)
ROYER 121 (2)
MOJAVE AUDIO MA 200 (2)
BEYER M160 (4)
BEYER M260 (2)
AKG C414 (4)
AKG C451
AKG D112
AKG D12e
EV RE 20
SONY C-37
SENHEISER MD 421 (3)
SENHEISER e602
SENHEISER e609 (2)
SM7
SM57 (8)
Beta 57 (3)
SM 58
PZM (2)
AUDIO TECHNICA 4033
AUDIO TECHNICA Pro37r (4)
Custom 8 inch diaphragm mic (2)

MICROPHONE RENTALS

NEUMANN U47
NEUMANN U67
NEUMANN M49
Elam 251
AKG C12
Sony C800g

INSTRUMENTS

SMITH 5 pc Maple Drum Kit (2)
LUDWIG 6.5 Acrolyte Snare (used on Avril Lavine-Girlfriend & Katy Perry-I Kissed A Girl)
ZILDJIAN cymbals (30)
YAMAHA Acoustic Piano
'56 FENDER Strat
'69 FENDER P-Bass
'72 GIBSON SG
FENDER JAZZ Bass

AMPS

ORANGE Tiny Terror
MESA BOOGIE Triple Rectifier
MESA BOOGIE Lonestar
SANO Unknown Model Tube Amplifier
FENDER Vibroverb 1960's Blackface
FENDER Dual Reverb
JCM 800 4X12 Marshal Cabinet

MISC

ADAT XT-20s (4 with BRC), and Tascam DA-88s for transferring your old recordings.





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