Sonicboost Gear and Instruments

Recording Equipment

Vintage Neve 32 channel console

Our studio is centered around our vintage 32 channel Neve 8108 console originally purchased by George Lucas for mixing films for the Star Wars franchise. This console was used to mix films in the Screening Auditorium in Building C. The Return of the Jedi, Willow, Indiana Jones and MANY other films were mixed on this very desk for Spielberg and Lucas Film! We are blessed to have this piece of history in our studio - and it SOUNDS like bliss - especially on vocals!

Audio Interface and Software

We are getting sounds to the computer from the Neve through Universal Audio Apollo audio interfaces. We have an Apollo x8p and an Apollo 16. We use Pro Tools. We are loaded up with plugins in addition to the beautiful sounding Neve 8108 console pres and EQs.

Mics

We have a generous selection of microphones by:

Neumann

Heiserman

Stam

AKG

Shure

Audix

and many many others.

Instruments and other gear

Mix Control

We use the Slate Raven system for controlling Pro Tools. It rocks. We also have the Avid Artist Mix and Avid Artist Control connected via Eucon to control our Pro Tools software.

Guitars, amps, pedals and Bass Guitars

This is something that is a frequently changing list:

1990 Taylor 815-C jumbo acoustic

1991 Gibson Les Paul Classic

1983 Fender Elite Stratocaster

Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay 5 Private Reserve

Vintage 1989 Zion Turbo Strat

Guild JF30 Acoustic high strung

Vintage 1964 Fender Bandmaster head and cab

Mesa Dual Rectifier with matching 4x12 cab

Vintage Boogie Mark IIA head and matching cab

Vintage 1967 Fender Vibro Champ

A seriously mind numbing list of pedals.

Vintage Keys

Rhodes Mark I Suitcase model Seventy Three Electric Piano

Kawai EP-308 Electric Piano

Hohner Clavinet / Pianet DUO

Kawai SX-210

Kawai D5

Moog Sonic Six

Yamaha CP60M

Outboard Equipment

Roland RE-201 Space Echo

Loads of 500 Series stuff - JLM Audio, DBX, Sound Skulptor, etc

DBX 160X

Stam SA-76

etc

Monitor Speakers

Yamaha NS-10M - powered by Crown DC300

Kali IN-5P

Headphones - various nice headphones - Sennheiser BeyerDynamic Audio Technica Sony, etc

Coming to Muscle Shoals AL in 2024