Our recording studio has a versatile and unique selection of instruments, amps, microphones, plugins, sample libraries, and signal processors to make sure your songs are captured not only at the highest fidelity, but with the character of a classic. From clean and pristine to warm and fuzzy, your tone is safe at Mixed Metaphor.

SIGNAL PROCESSING

  • Manley ELOP+ Electro-Optical Limiter

  • Heritage Audio SUCCESSOR Stereo Bus Compressor

  • Dangerous Music D-Box

  • Neve 551 Inductor EQ (x2)

  • Rupert Neve Designs DI

  • Radial ProRMP Reamp

  • Universal Audio UAD Powered Plugins (a lot of them)

  • Izotope RX9 Audio Restoration Suite

  • Tuning: Melodyne, Antares Autotune

  • Plugins: SoundToys, FabFilter, Arturia, Sonnox, BabyAudio, AberrantDSP, Waves, etc.

PREAMPS

  • Heritage Audio HA73 (x2, Neve 1073 clone)

  • Hairball Audio Lola (with BA512 opamps)

  • Neve 511 (x2)

  • AEA RPQ500 Ribbon Pre

  • CAPI VP26 (x2, 1970s API Clone)

  • UAD Apollo Unison (x4)

  • Focusrite Clarett+ OctoPre

MICROPHONES

  • Pearlman TM-1 Tube Condenser LDC

  • AEA R92 Ribbon Microphone

  • Singular Audio f48 Large Diaphragm Condenser

  • Telefunken M80 dynamic

  • Oktava MK-319 LDC

  • 1970s Beyerdynamic M160 ribbon

  • Lauten LA-120 SDC Stereo Set

  • Electro-Voice RE20

  • Miktek Drum Mic Set

  • Cascade Audio X-15 Stereo Ribbon Mic

  • Shure SM57s

MONITORING

  • Dangerous Music D-Box Monitor Controller

  • Focal Alpha 65 (x2)

  • Beyerdynamic DT880 Pro Semi-Open Headphones

  • KRK KNS 8400 Headphones

  • Sonarworks SoundID Room configuration

DAW

  • Logic Pro X.

AUDIO INTERFACE

  • BURL B2 Bomber ADC

  • Universal Audio UAD Apollo (+ Satellite Quad for additional processing)

INSTRUMENTS

  • Too many to list!

    • guitars: acoustic, electric, bass

    • acoustic piano

    • strings: upright bass, cello, violin

    • drums: vintage 70s Ludwig kit and various percussion

    • synthesizers: Moog, Dave Smith, Roland, Sequential, Oberheim

    • drum machines: 808, 909, DFAM, Roland SP-404

  • Arturia virtual instrument collection

  • Spitfire string sample libraries and virtual instrument collection

  • Oblique Strategies

AMPS

  • Fender Princeton Reverb Tweed (1x12”)

  • 1960s Ampeg Gemini-I Tube (1x12”)

  • Vox AC4TV

  • 1960s Penncrest Tube (Valvco)

  • 1960s Gibson Kalamazoo Tube Bass Combo (sealed 2x10")

  • 1960s Silvertone 1482 (1x12")

  • Ampeg SGT-DI