15ips » Projects http://www.15ips.com Doing it on tape. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:53:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Studio Inventory, Photos, Project List http://www.15ips.com/2010/01/31/studio-inventory-photos-project-list/ http://www.15ips.com/2010/01/31/studio-inventory-photos-project-list/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:47:40 +0000 Jeffrey http://www.15ips.com/?p=152 OK, so I haven’t shown any pictures of my equipment and my setup/studio/whatever. There’s a lot of ground to cover here, and many articles will be written about the restoration, repair and upgrade of my equipment. So to start, here is a list, followed by a whole gaggle of pictures.

It’s a total mess right now, because a lot of stuff is being repaired.

Studio Inventory

Mixers:

  • Tascam M-520 20x8x4 mixer
  • Tascam M-30 8x4x2 mixer in pieces, awaiting restoration
  • Tascam M-216 16x4x2 mixer in pieces, awaiting restoration

Tape Recorders:

  • Tascam 34b 1/4″ 4-track (x2) one functioning, one disassembled for complete restoration
  • Tascam 48 1/2″ 8-track needs relay replacements on all eight channels, pending op-amp and capacitor replacement/upgrade
  • Otari MX5050 MKIII-2 1/4″ 2-track
  • TEAC X10-R 1/4″ 4-track (quarter track stereo) the most disassembled of all my tape decks, currently on life support
  • Tascam 302MkII cassette deck
  • Marantz PMD 430 cassette field recorder

Noise Reduction for Tape Recorders:

  • dbx 150x (x6)
  • Tascam DX-4D (x2)

Monitors:

  • Yamaha HS-50M (x2)

Outboard:

  • dbx 166xl two-channel compressor/limiter (x2)
  • ART MPA Gold mic/line preamp (x2)
  • ART Pro Verb reverb unit

Sound Sources, Miscellaneous Input/Output:

  • TEAC AG-790 stereo receiver
  • Audio-Technica AT-PL120 turntable
  • Toshiba Hi-Fi VHS VCR
  • Alesis io26 firewire interface

Microphones:

  • Shure SM57 (x2)
  • Marshall MXL-604 small diaphragm condenser (x2)
  • Rode NT4 small diaphragm condenser, XY stereo pair
  • Rode K2 large diaphragm condenser
  • Naiant X-S miniature small diaphragm condenser, omnidirectional (x2)
  • Homemade piezo contact microphone (x4)

Patchbays:

  • Tascam PB-32W
  • TEAC PB-64 (x4)
  • Coming soon: DIY homemade normaling patchbay for accessory send/receive jacks on my M-520

Photos

TEAC X-10R, Otari MX5050 MkIII-2

TEAC X-10R, Otari MX5050 MkIII-2

Tascam M-520

Tascam M-520

Tascam 48-OB

Tascam 48-OB

Tascam 34b, In Pieces, Awaiting Restoration

Tascam 34b, In Pieces, Awaiting Restoration

Tascam 34b

Tascam 34b

Tape Shelf

Tape Shelf

Back of Patchbay

Back of Patchbay

Photo from a show, July 2008

Photo from a show, July 2008

Patchbays

Patchbays

Honey the Cat

Honey the Cat, an essential element of the studio

Cable Heap

Cable Heap

Behind the Tascam M-520

Behind the Tascam M-520

Behind the Console

Behind the Console

Behind the Tascam 48-OB

Behind the Tascam 48-OB

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