Recorders

Studer A820 2-inch 24 Track
ATR 102 1/2-inch 2 Track
MCI 1-inch 8 Track

Console

Vintage Sphere Eclipse C – 32 inputs. Channels 1 – 24 feature new P&G passive faders.

Monitoring

Big: Tannoy FSM 2×15 Soffited, powered by a Phase Linear 700b
Nearfield: Dynaudio Core-47
Headphones: Audio Technica ATH-M50x

Mics

C12 clone by Scott Hampton. Danish C12 replica capsule.
u67 clone (2) by Scott Hampton. Real Neumann K67 capsule.
AKG D112
Beyer m201, m88
EV RE20, 686
Josephson e22s (2)
Octava 012 (3)
Royer 121 (2)
sE Electronics VR2 (2)
Sennheiser 409, 421, 441
Shure KSM44, SM57 (4), 58 (2)

Microphone Preamps

Sphere Console Preamps –  Featuring their SPA-62 discrete opamp.
Neve 1272 clone (4) – Featuring original Neve 183 boards, 31267 and 1166 transformers.
Hamptone Silverbox – One of only a few 4-channel tube preamps made by Scott Hampton.
GML 8302 – Two channel discrete, transformerless preamp. As transparent and true sounding as it gets.
ADM 760 (2) – From a vintage ADM broadcast console. Uses ADM’s proprietary discrete opamp. Wonderful on guitars.

Dynamics

Inward Connections “The Brute” 500 Series Optical Compressor (2)
Westrek Limiting Amplifier (2-channel) – Custom built, just for me. An LA-3A clone every bit as nice as the original.
Talbotttronix LA-2A (2) – LA-2A clones custom built, just for me, by Mike Miller/Westend Studios, KC.
Empirical Labs Distressor
DBX 160xt
Valley People 440

EQ

The Sphere console is loaded with 16 of their famous graphic eqs and 16 parametrics.
Chandler Curvebender (Chandler Ltd’s flagship hand-wired stereo eq. We have 2 of these.)

Amps

Matt’s personal amplifier collection, for the most part, lives at the studio. Please talk with us directly about specific needs for your session, if you have any. We can let you know exactly what is available on a per session basis. Sometimes certain pieces are under repair or out on tour.

Digital Stuff

We have ProTools.