Gear
The gear selection at 16 Ton Recording Studios is among the best in the city and our custom console, The Dymaxion-48, is the world’s largest, tube format console and unique to 16 Ton. Designed by Ian Gardiner, Steven Firlotte, and Danny White in Southern California, the Dymaxion is a monster tracking and mixing console. The console, a 24X8X48 split design is simple to operate, producing a powerful, signature sound that has been a part of major label gold records to the smallest of independent projects.
16 Ton Studio vintage and state of the art gear list:
MICROPHONES
1- AKG C-12 Circa 1953 (W/CLAUS HEYNE TELEFUNKEN ELAM 251 MOD
2- NEUMANN M-49b Circa 1963. Seq. numbered Matched Pair
2- SONY C-37A circa 1965
1- RCA 44BX RIBBON Circa 1948
1- RCA 77dx RIBBON Circa 1951
1- CAD e350
1- CAD e200
2- ROYER R-121 Ribbon
1- SENNHEISER E-602
2- SENNHEISER MDH-421
2- MOJAVE AUDIO ma-200
2- MOJAVE AUDIO ma-100
4- SHURE SM-57
1- AKG D-12E
1- AKG D112
2- EARTHWORKS QTC-40 Seq./Matched Pair
1- EARTHWORKS DRUM MICROPHONE SET (2-TC30, 1-SR25)
2- EARTHWORKS QTC-50 Seq./Matched Pair
1- EARTHWORKS SR-30
2- EARTHWORKS KICKPADS
1- EARTHWORKS PIANO MIC (Designed In-House)*ask for details
1- ELECTROVOICE RE-20
1- ELECTROVOICE RE-27
2- SHURE SM-58
1- BLUE BABY BOTTLE
OUTBOARD EQUALIZERS/MIC PRES
24-Dymaxian Tube Pre’s
12-Dymaxian 4 Band Parametric EQ’s
5- API 512-C
3- API 550A EQ
COMPRESSORS/LIMITERS
2- NEVE 32264 A VINTAGE COMP/LIM
3- UREI 1176 LN BLACKFACE SERIES F
1- UREI 1178 STEREO VINTAGE COMP/LIM
2- API 525
1- ALAN SMART C-1 STEREO BUSS COMPRESSOR
1- CHANDLER TG-1 ABBEY ROAD EDITION
2- EMPIRICAL LABS DISTRESSOR EL-8X
1- INWARD CONNECTIONS STEREO TUBE COMP
4- DBX 160
TAPE MACHINES/PROTOOLS
STUDER 827 24 TRACK 2 INCH TAPE MACHINE
DIGIDESIGN PROTOOLS TDM MIX PLUS
32-CHANNELS APOGEE AD-8000-SE CONVERSION.
DIGIDESIGN PROTOOLS DIGI OO2
VINTAGE AMPEX 350 MONO TAPE MACHINE
MONITORS
2- ATC SLM 150 PRO MAIN MONITORS (WITH MEYERSOUND
CP105 Control Room Equalization)
2 NHT CR SUBWOOFERS
2- TANNOY PBM 6.5
2-YAMAHA NS-10
TIME BASED EQUIPMENT/VINTAGE REVERBS
1-AKG BX-20 SPRING REVERB
1-TC ELECTRONICS M3000 REVERB
1-EMT 140 PLATE REVERB
1-YAMAHA
1-EVENTIDE H3000
VARIOUS VINTAGE GUITARS, BASSES, HAMMOND B-3, FENDER RHODES, KOHLER AND CAMPBELL GRAND PIANO, DRUMS, AMPS BY REQUEST ONLY.
