Gear
The in-house gear at Alex Le Carter's private studio in North Nashville, available for recording sessions: a Mic Shop MS47 Mark II tube microphone into a Neve 5211 preamp, a Rosler upright piano, a Musser vibraphone, a Sequential Take 5, and a full drum kit.
Microphones
- Mic Shop MS47 Mark II tube microphone
- Schoeps CMT 440, special/discontinued (2)
- Soyuz 023 Bomblet
- Shure SM7B (1970) with Cloudlifter
- Shure Beta 52
- Shure SM57 (2)
- Electro-Voice 644
- Electro-Voice 631
Preamps, Processing & Conversion
- Neve 5211 preamp
- Soyuz Lakeside preamp
- Empirical Labs EL8-X Distressor
- Lexicon PCM 42
- Antelope Oryx Discrete 8
- Rane acoustic processor
Monitoring
- Yamaha MSP7 studio monitors (2)
- Sennheiser HD 650
- Audio-Technica ATH-M50x (3)
Keys & Synths
- Rosler 109 upright piano
- Yamaha MODX7
- Sequential Take 5
- Korg M1
- Korg microKORG XL
- Casio Privia PX-300
Guitars & Bass
- G&L Legacy Tribute (left-handed)
- G&L ASAT Classic Tribute
- G&L ASAT Special (Tele model)
- Aria custom guitar
- Ovation 1112-1 acoustic
- Fender Jazz Bass (left-handed)
- Kala 1668 (2006)
Amps
- Fender Hot Rod Deluxe 40W 1x12 tube combo
- Fender Vibro Champ (1965)
- Vintage custom-built “TNT” bass head and cab
Drums & Percussion
- Premier XPK drum kit
- Musser M44 vibraphone
- Claves
- Agogo bells
- Shakers
- Tambourines
- Cabasa
- Güiro
- Wind chimes
- Chajchas
- Thumb pianos
- Triangles
Misc
- Zampoña (Bolivian panflute)
- Kalimbas
- Conch shells
- Recorders
- Fisher-Price toy flute
- Toy tiger xylophone
- Mouth harps
Pedals
- Fender wah
- Broken Arrow distortion
- Maestro compressor/sustain
- Recovery Phantom Operator
- Source Audio Collider Delay+Reverb
- Sonicake Dimension
Studio Accessories
- Aston Halo portable reflection filter
- Rycote InVision USM-VB shock mount
- Furman P-1800 AR power conditioner