Music:
Member Since: 11/10/2006
Band Website: www.spectrestudio.com
Band Members: To prevent detection, the leaders of Spectre are randomly assigned numbers in the chain of command. Currently,
Number 1. Reno Nepaul
Number 2. Sac-le-Newt
Number 3. King B
Number 4. T-roy
Influences: Client List: Hey Marseilles, Oh Yeah, Hell Yeah, The Dino Hawk Collective, Inked In Blood, Tree Roots in the Basement, Phil O'Sullivan, Cody Madison, Von Beck, Tommy Gunn and The Damage Done, Endeverance, Cody Madison, Don't Tell Sophie, Go Roku, Trip the Light Fantastic, Mon Frere, Stella by Starlight, Brent Amaker and the Rodeo, The Nouveau Rich, Left Alive, Don't Die Cindy, Friday Mile, Brandon Bee, Cake Records, Tooth and Nail Records, Facedown Records, EMI, Divulge Records, J-shirt Records, Click! Network Cable, Choke Productions.
Sounds Like: Features:
Ampex 1200 2" Deck with 16/24 track headstocks.
Previously from the record plant in NYC. Used on Lenon and Yoko's Double Fantasy.
Quad Eight 16 channel all discrete console.
Previously from The Village Recorder in Santa Monica. Used on Steely Dan's Countdown to Ecstasy, Kiss's Alive, etc.
Stereo All Tube HHR FAT-man compressor
Mic list:
(2) Microtech-Geffell UMT-800 FET large diaphragm condenser
(3) Neumann KM-84 small diapraghm condenser
(2) AKG C451 Small diaphragm condenser
(2) Audio Technica 4040 Large Diaphragm
(2) Shure SM-7 Dynamic
(2) EV RE-20 Dynamic
(1) Sennheiser E-602
(1) Sennheiser MD-421
(5) Shure SM-57
plus like 20 random little funky weird microphones we've collected over the years including a hand built condenser microphone in a soup can. We call them our secret weapons.
Monitoring
We use Yamaha HS-80M Near field Monitors (the new version of the NS-10's) and Tannoy Little Gold Monitors powered by Audio Forte amplification with (2) 15" powered subwoofers in the big room.
Instruments
We spend most of our time on instruments. We figure if the instrument your recording sounds good by itself...it's more likely to sound good recorded. Who knew?!?
Drums -
Custom Aaron Mlasko Kit with 22" kick drum, and 2 rack and 2 floor toms (size 10", 12", 14" and 16".
Yamaha Custom Maple Kit with 24" kick drum, 2 rack and 1 floor tom (size 12", 14", 22".
Amplifiers
1972 Fender Pro Reverb
1964 Gibson Titan Head
1985 Epiphone Solid State Amplifier
2005 Vox AC-30 Reissue
Ampeg SVT-Classic All Tube Head
Ampeg SVT 8x10" cab
Marshall JCM-900 closed-back 4x10" cab
Keyboards
1974Fender 88 key Rhodes
Roland XP-Organ
1968 Yamaha Stage Piano (Nancy Wilson's Touring Piano)
Juno
Solovox 1 octave organ and tube amp/speaker
(2) leslie cabinets
Whurlitzer Piano
Guitars
too many to list individually - right and left haded, gibson hollowbody's, custom telecasters, a 1920 era gibson acoustic, es-135's, es-335's, jaguars, a les paul black beauty, a rickenbacker bass, P-bass, J-bass...ill stop here.
Now the computer stuff...
Nuendo 2.2 with a dual 1.8 ghz rack-mounted PC optimized for recording.
2 Gigs of RAM
Pro Tools also available upon request.
(1) 42" LCD screen with direct-tv, picture-in-picture, etc. basically, an editing dream.
(2) 19" LCD screens - for mixer and plug in windows.
Waves Platinum Plug-in Bundle
Cakewalk's "Perfect Space" Convolution Reverb
Lexicon "Pantheon" Reverb
Numerous Soft-synths, Samplers, and Sample Libraries including:
-Native Instruments Kontakt
-EastWest Colossus
-EastWest Symphonic Choirs
-Native Instruments B4
Record Label: MAJOR LABEL RECORDS
Type of Label: Major
