Gates of Dawn - Studio

Room

• 20’ x 10’ soundproofed room
• Fully treated with bass traps, broadband absorption, and clouds

Computer hardware + software

• Mac mini (M4)
• Logic Pro w/Logic Remote (controllable via iPad)
• Plugins by Universal Audio, Soundtoys, Line 6, Neural DSP, Arturia, Brainworx, Sonnox, and others
• UAD-2 Satellite Thunderbolt Quad
• Off-site backups with Backblaze

Input

I record at 24-bit/96 kHz

• Focusrite 18i20 Gen 4 (8 inputs)
• M-Audio ProFire 2626 (8 inputs)

Outboard

• 2x Golden Age Pre 73 MkIII
• 2x Klark Teknik 1176-KT
• Klark Teknik Mic Booster CM-1

Monitoring

• Kali LP-6 v2 (2-way)
• Pyle PCB4BK (1-way)
• Beyerdynamic DT 770 250 Ohm (x2)
• Sonarworks SoundID room correction

Microphones

Condenser

• Warm Audio WA-47jr
• Audix F9 (pair)

Dynamic

• Shure SM7B
• Shure SM58
• Shure PGA58 (x2)
• Audix F5 (x2)
• Audix F2
• Audix F6 (x2)

Ribbon

• sE X1 R

Instruments

Guitar

I use D’Addario NYXL strings on all of my electric guitars

• PRS S2 Custom 22
  • USA 57/08 pickups
  • Graphtech Ghost piezo system
• PRS SE Hollowbody II Piezo
  • USA 58/15 pickups
• Fender Player Stratocaster HSS
• Martin Road Series 000-12
  • Thomastik-Infeld Spectrum strings

Bass

• Custom Precision Bass
  • EMG Geezer Butler pickup
  • LaBella Low Tension Flatwound strings

Drums

I use Evans, Remo, and Aquarian heads

Kits

• Slingerland 12”/14”/20” (1960’s era)
• Tama Rockstar 14”/18”/24” (2000’s era)

Toms

• Yamaha Tour Custom 8x7” (maple)
• Yamaha Tour Custom 10x7” (maple)
• Yamaha Stage Custom 8x7” (birch, concert tom)
• Yamaha Stage Custom 10x7” (birch, concert tom)

Snares

I use Canopus wires and parts

• Tama Starclassic 6.5x14” snare (walnut/birch)
• Ludwig Classic 6x12” snare (maple)
• Canopus Yaiba 6.5x14” snare (birch)

Cymbals

• Sabian HHX Complex
  • 15” medium hi-hat
  • 22” medium ride
  • 19” thin crash
  • 20” thin crash
• Sabian AAX 12” Holy China

Percussion

• Hat Trick tambourine
• Meinl tambourine
• Meinl egg shakers

Misc.

• Furman power conditioning
• K&M microphone stands
• Seismic Audio and ProCo cables
• Radial Stereo DI
• Joyo Tidal Wave (SansAmp Bass Driver v2 clone)
• Radial Geddy Lee YYZ bass preamp
• DrumDial Digital
• Tune Bot Studio