The Alamo

The Alamo is a recording studio located in Melbourne’s south-east, dedicated to providing high quality recording and mixing at an affordable rate for Australia’s vibrant independent music community.

The Studio Gear:

Console:
NEVE V1 Series 24 Channel Console

Recording:
PRO TOOLS 11 / CUBASE 7 / REASON 6.5
(1) ANTELOPE AUDIO Orion Converters (32 Analog Channels In/Out)
(1) RME HDSPe Madi Interface
(1) OTARI MX5050 1⁄4” 2 Track Analog Tape Machine
(1) ARTURIA 32 Key Controller
(1) UNIVERSAL AUDIO UAD2 Quad Card
Plugins from UNIVERSAL AUDIO, WAVES, ARTURIA, SOUND TOYS, SLATE, TOONTRACK, IZOTOPE & CELEMONY

Monitoring:
(1) ADAM S3A Midfield Monitors (Pair)
(1) DYNAUDIO BM6A Nearfield Monitors (Pair)
(1) ADAM SUB8 Subwoofer
(1) HEAR TECHNOLOGIES Hear Back System
(2) AKG K141 Headphones
(3) AKG K240 Headphones
(1) EXTREME ISOLATION EX25 Headphones

Mic Preamps/Eqs:
(2) API 512c Mic Pre
(2) HAIRBALL AUDIO Lola Mic Pre
(1) UNIVERSAL AUDIO 610 Tube Mic Pre

Compressor/Limiters:
(1) UNIVERSAL AUDIO LA2A Levelling Amplifier
(2) EMPIRICAL LABS EL8X Distressor
(1) REVISION A “Blue stripe” 1176 Limiting Amplifier
(1) G-SERIES Bus Compressor

Microphones:
(1) AEA R84 Ribbon
(1) AKG C414EB Condenser
(1) AKG C414XLS Condenser
(1) AKG C451B Condenser
(1) AKG D112 Dynamic
(1) BEESNEEZ Arabella Tube Condenser
(1) BEESNEEZ Elly FET Condenser
(1) BEYERDYNAMIC M69 Dynamic
(1) CHAMELEON LABS TS-1 Tube Condenser
(2) COLES 4038 Ribbon
(2) EV RE20 Dynami
(1) EV RE27 Dynamic
(2) NEUMANN KM184 Condenser
(3) SENNHEISER MD421 Dynamic
(1) SHURE SM7B Dynamic
(1) SHURE Beta57A Dynamic
(4) SHURE SM57 Dynamic

Effects:
(1) ALAMO 2574 Spring Reverb
(1) LEXICON PCM70 Digital Effects Processor
(1) ROLAND RE-201 Space Echo
(1) THERMIONIC CULTURE Culture Vulture Tube Distortion
(1) UREI Model 920-16 Cooper Time Cube Delay
(1) URSA MAJOR Space Station SST¬282 Reverb/Echo

Guitars:
(1) DANELECTRO '1964' DC-1 Shorthorn Bass
(1) FENDER '1967' Mustang
(1) FENDER '64 Precision Bass
(1) GIBSON '58 Les Paul
(1) GIBSON '63 ES-335TD
(1) GIBSON J-45 Acoustic
(1) GRETSCH '1964' G6122 Country Gentleman
(1) NASH T63 Telecaster
(1) RICKENBACKER 330

Amps:
(1) FENDER ‘57 Deluxe
(1) FENDER ‘65 Deluxe Reverb
(1) FENDER Silverface Bassman Head
(1) GIBSON GA-5T Skylark
(1) MATON Vibrasound V202
(1) ROLAND JC-120 Jazz Chorus
(1) MESA BOOGIE Triple Rectifier Head
(1) AMPEG SVT-VR Head
(1) AMPEG SVT-410HE Cab

Keys/Synths:
(1) FARFISA Compact Organ
(1) MOOG Minimoog Voyager Electric Blue Edition
(1) ROLAND SH-101 Synthesizer
(1) ROLAND TR-09 Drum Machine
(1) ROLAND TB-03 Bass Line Synthesizer
(1) ROLAND VP-03 Vocoder
(1) YAMAHA VSS-30 Sampling Keyboard

Drums/Cymbals:
(1) LUDWIG '1964' Super Classic Kit (22x14 / 13x9 / 16x16)
(1) GRETSCH Broadkaster Kit (20x14 / 12x8 / 14x14)
(1) GRETSCH ‘1963’ Round Badge Snare (14x5.5)
(1) GRETSCH ‘1965’ Round Badge Snare (14x5.5)
(1) LUDWIG '1984' Acrolite Snare (14x5)
(1) LUDWIG '1965' Pioneer Snare (14x5)
(1) PREMIER '1960's Royal Ace Snare (14x5)
(1) PREMIER '1960's Royal Ace Snare (14x4)
(1) ROGERS '1975' Dyna-Sonic COB Snare (14x5)
(1) ISTANBUL 14`` Light HiHats
(1) ZILDJIAN 15`` K Light HiHats
(1) ZILDJIAN 18`` A Avedis Crash
(1) ZILDJIAN 19`` Kerope Crash
(1) ZILDJIAN 19' Armand ``Beautiful Baby`` Ride
(1) ZILDJIAN 21`` K Custom Organic Ride

Pedals/Misc:
(1) BOSS CE-1 Chorus
(1) BOSS DM-2 Delay
(1) CAROLINE GUITAR COMPANY Kilobyte Delay
(1) COOPER FX Generation Loss
(1) DEATH BY AUDIO Evil Filter
(1) DEATH BY AUDIO Interstellar Overdriver
(1) ELECTRO HARMONIX 16 Second Delay
(1) ELECTRO HARMONIX Big Muff Pi Fuzz
(1) ELECTRO HARMONIX Hum Debugger
(1) ELECTRO HARMONIX Small Stone Phaser
(1) HORIZON DEVICES Precision Drive
(1) HUDSON ELECTRONICS Broadcast
(1) IBANEZ TS808 Tubescreamer Overdrive
(1) J. ROCKETT Archer Overdrive
(1) JIM DUNLOP Germanium Fuzz Face
(1) MOOG MF-102 Ring Modulator
(1) PROCO Rat (Keeley Mod) Distortion
(1) SIEGER AUDIO MP11 Overdriver
(1) SPACEMAN EFFECTS Saturn V Harmonic Booster
(1) VOX V846 Wah
(1) WAY HUGE ELECTRONICS Green Rhino Overdrive
(1) WREN & CUFF Tall Font Russian Fuzz
(1) ALAMO RECORDINGS Custom Jensen Transformer Re-Amp Box
(1) RADIAL JDI passive DI
(1) TECH 21 Sansamp Programmable DI