Balladeer Studio Gear
Microphones
Small-diaghram condensor mics
- Telefunken M-60 FET stereo pair (cardioid and hypercardioid capsules)
- Rode NT5 stereo pair
Large-diaghram condensor mics
- Lauten Atlantis FC-387
- Audio-Technica AT4050 pair
Dynamic mics
- Telefunken M81
- Shure SM7B
- Shure Beta58A
- Shure SM57
- AKG D 1000E
Preamps and other outboard gear
- Forssell SMP-2 dual-channel mic preamp
- Stam 1073EQ Neve-style mic preamp with EQ
- SansAmp RBI Bass Tube Amp Emulator
- Focusrite Clarett+ OctoPre
Audio Interfaces
- Steinberg UR824
- Universal Audio Apollo Twin
- For loan to remote customers: Steinberg UR44, UR21
DAW
Monitors and Headphones
- Stereo mixing: Dynaudio Acoustic BM15A near-field monitors
- Atmos mixing: 7.1.4 speaker array including Dynaudio Acoustic BM15A for left and right; Yamaha HS8s for center, sides, and rear; HS5s for four overhead channels
- Avantone Pro Active MixCube reference monitor
- Beyerdynamic DT 880 headphones
- Sony MDR-7506 headphones
- Mackie HM-4 headphone amp
Instruments and Controllers
- Yamaha CP4 weighted 88-key stage piano and MIDI controller
- Yamaha U3 52" (tallest model) upright acoustic piano
- Seagull MJM6 acoustic guitar
- KAT Percussion electronic drum and percussion pad, hi-hat controller, and kick trigger with Iron Cobra kick pedal
- Various percussion instruments
Virtual Instruments
- Vienna Symphonic Library Synchron Yamaha CFX grand piano
- Spectrasonics Keyscape
- Hanz Zimmer Piano
- Steinberg Groove Agent drums and percussion, Neo Soul Keys, Halion Sonic, Retrologue 2, Padshop, Sampler Track, Flux, Trip, Prologue, Spector, and Mystic
- Native Instruments Session Strings Pro 2 and Native Instruments Virtual Organs
- Spectrasonics Trilian 1.5 acoustic and electric bass
- Spitfire Audio MG Nylon Guitar, Spitfire Audio Trinz - Colours PST
- Spitfire Audio BBC Symphonic Orchestra Core, Spitfire Studio Strings Pro, Spitfire Alternative Solo Strings, Olafur Arnalds Evolutions, Spitfire Harp, Spitfire Symphonic Organ
- Shimmer Shake Strike hand percussion I and II
- Vienna Symphonic Library Appassionata Strings I and Special Edition Vol. 1 Strings
Favorite Plugins
- LiquidSonics Cinematic Rooms
- Oeksound Soothe 2
- Softube FET Compressor
- Soundtoys EchoBoy
- Soundtoys MicroShift
- UAD AKG BX 20 Spring Reverb
- UAD EMT 140 Plate Reverb
- UAD Fairchild 660 and 670 Tube Limiter
- UAD Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb
- UAD Neve 33609 Compressor
- UAD Pultec collection
- UAD Studer A800 Tape Recorder
- UAD Teletronix LA-2A Legacy compressor
- UAD UA 1176LN Legacy compressor
- Waves Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain
- Waves L1 Limiter
- Waves MV2
- Waves Renaissance Compressor, Renaissance Bass, and RVox
- Waves Scheps Omni Channel
Acoustic Treatment
- Auralex Studiofoam wall panels
- Primacoustic ceiling cloud panels
- GIK Acoustics Acoustic Panels
- 4x Producer’s Choice acoustic blankets w/ stands
- SE Electronics Reflexion Filter PRO