GEAR
Console:
Soundcraft TS-12
Recorders:
Otari MTR90 MKIII (2” 24 track w/ Dolby SR XP noise reduction)
MCI JH-110A (1/2” 2 track)
Studer Revox A77-HS (1/4” 2 track)
Conversion:
Dangerous Music CONVERTER -AD+
Schiit Modius Maximus DAC
Monitoring:
Genelec 1031A (w Genelec 1092A sub)
Yamaha NS10M (w Hafler TransNova P4000 amp and Yamaha YST-SW315 sub)
JBL 4612OK (w The Fisher X-101-D tube amplifier)
Sennheiser HD600 (x2)
Beyerdynamic 770 (x3)
Sony MDR7506 (x3)
Furman HDS-6 (x6)
Microphones:
Coles: 4038 (x2), 4021G ‘Ball & Biscuit’
Beyerdynamic: M160 (x2), M201, M88
RCA: 44, BK-5B, Varacoustic *in repair
Steve Sank: RCA44BX Copy
Neumann: U87Ai, KM84
Gefell: UM70, M70 (x2)
Wunder: CM7 FET S
Pearl Microphone Lab: DC-96 (x2)
Blue: B1 [Schoepps 221b]
AKG: 414B-ULS (x2), D19C
Stam: SA-67 (x2)
Earthworks: TC40K (x2)
Sennheiser: MD441, MD421
Telefunken: TD200
Electrovoice: RE20, RE10
Shure: 55S, SM7B, Unidyne iii (x3 565, SM57 and SM58), Beta91a
DrAlienSmith: Alien8
Preamps/EQs:
Mercury M76m mono
Mercury M72s stereo
Manley Mic/Eq500
Manley Enhanced Pultec EQP-1A (x3)
RCA Orthophonic LMI-32215A (Joe Meek "cooker" eq with added UTC LS-12X input transformer for mic pre)
Altec 1561A/1563A Pre (x6)
Altec 1562A EQ (x3)
Capi VP28 Pre (x2)
Capi BT50 EQ (x2)
Summit Audio MPE-200 (x2 Pre/EQ)
Stam Audio 1073EQ+ (x2)
Sync Audio Big Bottle
Akai M8 1960s Tube Mic Pre (x2)
Realistic 40-2010 EQ
Radial JDI Duplex
Cloudlifter (regular, X and Z type)
Altec 1608A (5 channel mixer/power amp)
Heil HM88 (8 channel discreet mixer)
Dynamics:
Neve Portico II Master Buss Processor
Universal Audio 1176LN
Stam Audio 1176D+
Stam Audio SA-3A+ (2 channel)
Manley Variable Mu (2 channel)
Manley ELOP (2 channel)
EL8 Distressor (x2)
CAPI FC526 XFMR (x2)
Stam Audio SA4000 Bus Compressor
Standard Audio Level-Or (2 channel)
Valley People Dyna-Mite 410 (2 channel)
Spl Transient Designer (x3)
Inovonics 220 FET
Dbx 903 compressor (x2)
Dbx 902 deesser
Dbx 904 noise gate (x2)
Effects:
Ecoplate Stereo Plate Reverb
Roland RE-201 Space Echo
Multivox MX-201 Tape Echo
Revox A77 HiSpeed (Slap Back Delay)
Tel Ray Variable Delay (Oilcan) *in repair
Ibanez AD202 Analog Delay
Premier 90 Tube Spring Reverb
Demeter Real Spring Reverb
Deltalab Effectron II ADM1024
Alesis Midiverb II
Korg KP1 Kaoss Pad
Keyboards:
Baldwin Acrosonic Upright Piano
Hammond A100 Organ
Fender Rhodes Stage Eighty-Eight Mark I
Wurlitzer 200 Electric Piano
Mellotron M4000D
Roland Juno-60 Polyphonic Synth
Siel DK600 Polyphonic Synth
Sequential Prophet Rev2 Polyphonic Synth
Crumar Orchestrator Analog String Synth
Yamaha YC10 Organ
Suzuki Omnichord OM-100
Suzuki Omnichord OM-27
Hohner Melodica
Bass:
1968 Hofner 500/1
Rickenbacker 4001S
Fender P-Bass Custom Shop ‘62
Japanese Short Scale Jazz-style
Hans Kroger solid wood 3/4 upright bass
Electric Guitars:
1967 Hofner 4700/V2
1967 Ovation Thunderhead Deluxe (w/ DeArmond Dynasonic pickups)
1973 Ovation Breadwinner (w/ Ovation “toroidal” pickups)
Fender Toronado (w/ Seymour Duncan Antiquity Humbuckers)
Fender Telecaster (MIM w/ Seymour Duncan Antiquity ii Pickups)
Fender Stratocaster (MIM w/ Fender Custom Shop 69 Pickups)
DeArmond S73 (w/ Bigsby)
Epiphone Franken-Paul Jr (w/ 13guage flats and Lindy Fralin P90s)
1966 Guyatone MG-66 12 string (w/ gold foil pickups)
Danelecrto Baritone
Rouge STR-1 (electric sitar guitar w/ 60’s Danelectro pickups)
Acoustic Guitars:
Taylor 710 Cedar/Rosewood Dreadnought
James Goodall Spruce/Maple Jumbo
Gibson CJ-165 Spruce/Rosewood Compact Jumbo
1977 Herminio Salinas & Sons Classical
Alvarez Yairi DY72 Cedar/Mahogany 12 String
1960’s Decca 12 string used for Nashville tuning
1960's DeArmond Acoustic pickup
Roberto Sanabria Classical Guitar (with LR Baggs anthem pickup)
Pedals:
Jext Telez: White Pedal Fuzz
Maestro: Fuzz Tone FZ-1A (1968 vintage)
JHS: Firefly Fuzz
Dallas Arbiter: Fuzz Face
Hudson Electronics: Broadcast
ProCo: Rat 2 JHS “Pack Rat” mod
Stone Deaf FX: PDF-1 EQ/Distortion
Moog: MF-101 Lowpass Filter w/ EP-3
Mutron: Phasor III
Morley: EVO-1 Oilcan Delay
Vox: Fuzz Wah 1960s
Analogman: Beano Boost
Electroharmonix: Deluxe Memory Man, Q-Tron, Black Russian Muff
Pearl: CH-02 Chorus
TC: Shaker Vibrato
Boss: DD-3 Digital Delay, GE-7 Graphic EQ, TR-2 Tremolo, OC-2 Octave
Keeley: Compressor Plus
Jim Dunlop: Cry Baby Wah
Amplifiers:
Ampeg SVT (1969 blue line head)
Sunn Sceptre (head)
Silvertone Twin Twelve 1484 (head)
Traynor YBA-1 Bass Master (head)
Traynor YSR-1 Custom Reverb (head)
AIMS VT-100 (head)
Premier Model 88 (head)
Gibson GA-35 Lancer
Fender Twin Reverb Silverface
Ampeg Gemini II
Roland Jazz Chorus 160
Vox AC15HW1X
Leslie 32H (2 Speed)
Harmony H303A
Kay Model 704
50 watt amp attenuator
Cabinets:
Ampeg 8x10 SVT (1968)
Sunn 1x15 (JBL D130)
Ampeg 2x12 (Electro Voice SRO / JBL D120F)
Premier Model 88 (Jensen P15P)
Drums:
1962 Ludwig Super Classic (22x14, 16x16, 13x9)
1960s Gretsch (20x14, 16x16, 13x9)
1962 Ludwig Brass Super 400 Snare
1968 Ludwig Supraphonic 400
1965 Ludwig Jazz Festival Snare
1970 Ludwig Acrolite Snare
1960s Ludwig Modified Marching Snare
Istanbul Agop 30th Anniversary 22”
(light-2270g)
1950s Zildjian A 22” (light-2286g)
Zildjian K Custom Special Dry Ride 21" (heavy-2540g)
Bosphorus Master Series 20” (paper thin-1596g)
1950s Zildjian A 20” riveted (med light-1971g)
1970s Paiste 2002 20” (medium-2141g)
Istanbul Agop Traditional 18” (paper thin-1204g)
1960s Zildjian A 18” (light-1415g)
1950s Zildjian A 14” hats (paper thin-706g/724g)
1960s Zildjian A 14” hats (light 824g/906g)
Percussion:
Deagan No. 555 Vibraphone (1940s)
Jenco Tubular Bell Concert Chimes
2 WFL Timpani Drums (1940s)
LP Matador congas (11” 11.5” and 12”)
Kpanlogo (hand-made in West Africa conga-like)
Rodgers Glockenspiel
LP Cuica
Cuban leather maracas
Cuban wooden maracas
Gon Bops bongos
Surdo drum
Various other hand drums, tambourines, wood blocks; Brazilian, Caribbean and African percussion
PHOTOS
ABOUT
Oracle ​Recording Studio is located in The Lodge building at historic artist community Rancho Linda Vista in Oracle, AZ about an hour north of Tucson in the foothills of Mount Lemmon. Austin Owen is the house engineer and producer. The music is recorded and mixed on an analog Soundcraft TS12 console to a 24 track 2" Otari tape machine in an acoustically treated space surrounded by the stunning art collection of Arnold Nelson, 50 year resident of the community who has purchased pieces from almost every resident artist that the community has ever had. The ranch is nestled in the Sonoran high desert lush with cholla, prickly pear, mesquite, oak and cyprus. You can see the milky way every night and there are hiking trails right out the the back door. There is accommodation for up to 8 people and there's even a swimming pool.
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