STUDIO
theLAB is a state of the art recording studio and audio production facility in Los Angeles, California. Featuring 15ft ceilings, expansive hardwood floors and over 700 sq ft of space; the studio is known for its vibrant sound and versatility. With just one step into theLAB Studio, the essence of diverse and eclectic influences become obvious. Whether it's 'Abbey', the studio's 1930's grand piano, or the studio's stark ambiance of postmodern appeal; it's easy to derive the inspiration and definitive tastes of theLAB. This same passion and attention to aesthetic is brought to the entire slate of artists produced here.
Connoisseurs of vintage recording equipment know that no two units of the same make and model sound exactly alike. Tubes, capacitors, and other components (not to mention natural aging) give each piece its own personality. Whether it's the studio's 70's vintage console, or stacks of outboard gear, vintage amplifiers, drum kits and keyboards; the unique blend of hand selected vintage equipment, combined with the latest modern technological tools, gives theLAB an unsurpassed sound that is quintessentially its own.
GEAR
Digital Recording System:
Avid ProToolsHDX 8i/o
Digidesign ProToolsHD3 24i/o
Digidesign 192 Converters x2
Apogee DA-16 Converter
Apple G5
Console:
28 Channel Vintage Trident Analog Console
Monitors:
Yamaha NS-10
Manley SGM10/Tannoy Gold
Mic Pre’s & Equalizers:
1 Universal Audio 6176 Channel Strip
1 Neve 1073 Pre (BAE)
5 Focusrite ISA-110 Pre
8 Teac model 3 Pre
1 Millennia Tube/Solidstate EQ
1 Manley Massive-Passive Tube EQ
1 GML 8200 Stereo EQ
1 Orban 622b EQ
2 Pultec Tube EQ
2 Electrix Filter Factory
Compressors:
2 Universal Audio Bluestripe 1176
2 Universal Audio 1176LN
1 Manley Vari-Mu Stereo Compressor
1 Requisite L2M Limiter (Stereo LA2A)
2 Teletronics LA3A Limiter
1 Tube-Tech CL1A Tube Comp
1 Tube-Tech SMC Multiband Comp
1 GML 8900 Stereo Compressor
1 SSL Stereo Bus Compressor
Reverb/Delays/Modulation:
1 Eventide H3000 Ultraharmonizer
2 Electrix Mo FX
1 Electrix Warp Factory
1 Roland 555 Tape Echo
1 Tel-Ray 60’s Vintage Variable Delay
1 Knas Ekdahl Spring Reverb
1 Enjoy Electronics Reminder Filter/Delay/Reverb
1 Dimension D Chorus
Alesis ModFX Bit Reducer
Aleses ModFX Flanger
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Microphones:
Akai DM13 (x2)
AKG ATM25
AKG C1000
AKG D12
AKG D112
Audio Technica AT4040
Blue Blueberry
Cascade Fat Head Ribbon (x2)
Charter Oak SA538 (U47 Copy)
Electro Voice Blue Raven
Electro Voice RE15
Electro Voice RE20
Gauge ECM84 (x2)
Joe Meek JM37 (x2)
Oktava MK-012 (x2)
Rode NT2
Rode NTK
Sennheiser e604 (x3)
Sennheiser e609
Sennheiser MD421 (x2)
Sennheiser MD441 (x3)
Shure SM57 (x2)
Shure SM58
Shure SM7
U47 Copy
KEYS:
1931 Vose & Songs Grand Piano
1928 Gulbransen Upright Piano
1960 Hammond M-3 Organ
1967 Lowry Tube Organ w/ Leslie
1980 Lowry Magic Teenie Genie Organ
1975 Fender Rhodes Mark I
1966 Wurlitzer 200A Electric Piano
Honer Melodica
Clavinet
RMI
Casiotone CT-401
Bleep Labs Synths
Moog Source
Roland Juno
Roland JX3P
Korg MS20
Korg LP-10
MonoPoly copy
SH-101 copy
TB303 copy
DRUMS:
60’s Ludwig Drum Kit (20, 14, 13, 12)
70's Ludwig Drum Kit (22, 16, 13, 12)
70’s Yamaha Birch Drum Kit (24, 16, 13)
80’s Yamaha Maple Drum Kit (22, 12, 13, 16)
Ludwig Acrolite Aluminum Snare (5.5x14)
Black Beauty Copy Brass Snare (6.5x14)
Slingerland Vintage Metal Snare (6.5x14)
Noble & Cooley Orange Wood Snare (7x14)
Tama Vintage Metal Snare (5x14)
Ludwig Vintage Metal Snare (5x14)
Zildjian Vintage Cymbals (24, 22, 20, 18, 13)
AMPS:
Epiphone Modded Valve Jr. Tube Head
Fender Excelsior 1x15 Tube Combo
Fender Deville 4x10
Fender PA115 (4 Ch Fender Twin Amp Head)
Marshall Artist 3203 (30 Watt Vintage Plexi )
Silvertone 1484 Tube Head
Vintage Thirty 1x12 Custom Cabinet
Vox AC30
Vox LS40 4x10 Cabinet (x2)
Ampeg SVT Classic Tube Head
GUITARS/BASSES:
Ayers Custom Jazzmaster Clone Electric Guitar
Fender Telecaster Electric Guitar
Fender Thinline Telecaster Electric Guitar
Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar
Fender Jazzmaster Electric Guitar
Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Special Electric Guitar
Gretsch G5120 Electric Guitar
Gibson J160 Acoustic Guitar
Martin 000CX1 Acoustic Guitar
Martin D12GTM Acoustic Guitar
Fender Jaguar Baritone Guitar/Bass
Fender Mustang Bass Guitar
Epiphone Jack Cassidy Bass Guitar
Rickenbacher 4004L Bass Guitar
Danelectro 5 DC Bass Guitar
and more...
Various Handpicked Vintage Pedals/Effects