Magpie Studios - Ashford

Anchor Baby Recording Company is set in it's own peaceful garden, overlooking one of the most picturesque areas of the Kent countryside. It consists of a large live room (4m x 5m), a large panelled booth, huge control room (8m x 5m), machine room, lobby, kitchen and bathroom. This vast studio space makes the studio a great location if you have a large band but would still like to involve all members in the live session. The studio offers a unique sound unlike many others combining the best of iconic, vintage and new technologies. 

the gear

CONSOLE: 

1988 DDA DMR12. This is a large format 88 input vintage analogue console with upgraded op amps and fantastic sounding mic pre's.

DIGITAL CONVERSION:

MOTU HD192 AD/DA Converters x 2

COMPRESSORS, EQ and FX:

EVENTIDE OMNIPRESSOR / UREI 1176 / DBX 163x / SHURE M63 VINTAGE EQ / DRAWMER 1960 / IGS AUDIO LA2 CLONE / YAMAHA REV5 / YAMAHA SPX90 / PIONEER SR60 (modded).

MIC PRE's:

EISEN AUDIO API 312 CLONE / GAP 1073 CLONE and 573 EQ/ RIGG 001 custom made 2 channel Neve style mic pre with Lundahl transformers / SHURE M67 vintage custom modded 4 channel mic pre, used to record Woodstock in 1969 / AUDIENT ASP008  8 channel mic pre.

COMPUTER:

Custom designed, water-cooled quad core PC, 32gb RAM. Running Cubase Pro9.5, with plugins from Waves, Slate Digital, Fabfilter, Soundtoys, Stillwell Audio, SSL, API, Abbey Road, Andrew Scheps and hundreds more.

DRUMS:

• Gretsch Catalina Club Rock, 5 piece kit with mahogany shells. Sizes are 26" kick, 13" rack tom, 16" floor tom, 18" floor tom.

• TAMA Starclassic, 5 piece kit with birch shells. Sizes are 22" kick, 10" rack tom, 12" rack, 14" floor tom.

• TAMA Superstar. 5 piece kit. Sizes are 22" kick, 12" and 13" rack toms, 16" floor tom.

• Various snares from Orange County Custom Drums, Pacific Custom Drums, Gretsch, Tama, Hollywood by Meazzi (vintage 1960's), Pearl Sensitone, Premier, Mapex Black Panther.

MICROPHONES:

• Condenser:

• Neumann U87 (available on request)

• AKG C414 B-ULS x 1

• Aston Origin x 2

• Octava MK012 x 2 matched pair

• Octava MK419 x 1

• SE Titan x 2

• Rode NT5 x 4  (2 matched pairs)

• Shure SM7b x 2

• Shure SM57 x 4

• Shure Beta57 x 1

• Shure SM58 x 5

• Shure Beta 52 x 1

• Electrovoice ND/468 x 2

• Sontronics Halo x 1

• Sennheiser e604 x 5

• Sennheiser MD421 x 2

• Sennheiser MD21 (1960's) x 1

• Audix i5 x 1

• Audix D6 x 1

• Heil PR48 x 1

• Beyerdynamic M160 ribbon mic

• SE R1 ribbon mic

• Shure Beta91 boundary mic

• 3 x Pye Tulip 1950's mics

GUITARS/BASSES:

• Gibson Les Paul Standard (1997)

• Gibson SG Special - heavily customised with Bigsby trem &

• Seymour Duncan P-rail pickups

• PRS SE Custom 24

• Fender Jazzmaster (Jap 2010)

• Fender Telecaster (Jap 1989) fitted with Seymour Duncan Little 59 bridge pickup

• Fender Telecaster '72 Custom (reissue) fitted with Kent Armstrong Hotrail bridge pickup

• Fender Toronado (1998) - very rare

• Jedson Les Paul (Jap 1974) - very rare

• Kay Effector (late 70's) - very rare, with fully overhauled FX section and upgraded Tonerider pickups

• Teisco SSL 4-L 1960's guitar with 4 x Goldfoil pickups

• Danelectro Baritone guitar

• Martin acoustic guitar

• Fender Precision Bass (Roger Waters Signature) with Seymour Duncan SPB3 pickup

• Fender Jaguar Bass w/SPB3 and SJB3 pickups

• Fender Jazz Bass fitted with SPB3 and SJB3 pickups

• Ibanez acoustic bass

• Ovation acoustic bass

GUITAR/BASS AMPS:

• Marshall JCM800 2205 50w valve head

• Marshall JCM900 2500 SL-X 50w valve head

• SKOG JCM800 clone, 50w valve head

• Laney GH50L 50w valve head

• Cornford RK100 valve amp head

• Laney Supergroup 100w vintage valve amp head

• Laney Klipp 100w vintage valve amp head

• Peavey 6505 100w valve amp head

• Peavey XXL solid state amp head

• WEM Dominator III 15w 1970's valve guitar 

• Sound City L120 120w valve head

• Selmer SV Treble n' Bass 50w valve head 

• Selmer SV Treble n' Bass 100w valve head 

• Fender Concert Rivera series 2x10 valve guitar 

• Fender Quad Reverb 4x12 valve guitar combo 

• Vox AC30 2x12 guitar combo

• Selmer Futurama 3w transistor combo

• 2 x H/H IC100 guitar/bass amp heads.

• Maine 100w transistor guitar/bass amp head

• Cornford 4x12 speaker cab

• Orange 2x12 speaker cab loaded with Celestion

• Fender Deluxe 1x12 speaker cab

• Orange 8x10 guitar cab

• Hiwatt 4x12 bass cab

• Ampeg Heritage Series handwired bass head

• Ampeg SVT 4 Pro, rackmounted bass head

• Ampeg SVT200T vintage bass amp head

• Orange 4x10 and 1x15 speaker cabs

• Ampeg 1540HE 4x10/1x15 vintage bass cab

• Ampeg 4x10 half cab

• Leslie 825 speaker cab

MONITORING:

• EVENT ASP8 midfields

• Yamaha NS10-M nearfields (mk1 1978) powered by a QUAD 303 amp.

KEYS:

• Cresswell, Ball and Co upright piano.

• HH P73 electric piano (1970's) - Rhodes style

• Diamond 600 combo organ

• MicroKorg

• Hammond organ w/Leslie cab

• M-Audio MIDI keyboard

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