Studio Gear

All drum tracks are recorded in my purpose-built drum studio, which is acoustically treated. Coupled with top-of-the-line Universal Audio converters, preamps and microphones, you can be guaranteed a killer drum sound.

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“As a mixing engineer, your recordings sound fabulous, which makes my work so much easier.”

Neil G
Songwriter & Studio Owner, UK

Rack-mounted audio equipment, glowing purple lights, Universal Audio interface, knobs and displays.

Universal Audio & Audient Preamps

A black microphone with a gold connector, in front of a wooden sound-dampening panel.

Coles 4038's Matched-Pair

Close-up of a studio rack with a Distressor compressor unit, waveform visuals, and mixing console.

Universal Audio Plugins

Drum kits

Yamaha Recording Custom
Tom: 10", 12", 14", 16"
Kick: 22"

Sonor S Classix
Toms: 12", 14", 16"
Kick: 24"

Carrera Custom Drums 
Toms: 10", 12", 14", 16"
Kick: 22"

Sakae Trilogy
Toms: 12", 16"
Kick: 22

Snare drums

Sakae Trilogy Snare - 14 x 6.5”
Sonor Benny Greb Snare - 13 x 5.75”
Ludwig 400 Supraphonic Snare - 14 x 5”
Ludwig LB400B Chrome Over Brass Snare - 14 x 5”
Ludwig Black Beauty Snare - 14 x 6.5”
Yamaha Recording Custom Aluminum Snare - 14 x 5.5” 
Carrera Terrier Snare - 13 x 3¾”

Electronic drums

Roland TD-12 V-Drums electronic drum kit

Percussion

Shakers
Tambourines
Bongos
Congas
Cajon
Chimes
Triangles
Woodblocks
Cowbells

Cymbals

Sabian Cymbals


14” Sabian Artisan Hats
14” Sabian Groove Hats
15” Sabian Artisan Hats
18” Sabian HHX-Evolution Crash
18” Sabian HHX-O-Zone Crash
18” Sabian Legacy Crash
18” Sabian HHX Complex Thin Crash
19” Sabian Artisan Crash
19” Sabian HHX-Xtreme Crash
22” Sabian Legacy Ride
22” Sabian HHX Complex Medium Ride

Meinl Cymbals

14” Byzance Vintage Sand Hats
18” Byzance Vintage Thin Sand Crash
20” Byzance Traditional Thin Crash
22” Byzance Sand Ride

Misc.

13" Zildjian Mastersound Hats
14" Zildjian K/Z Hats
16" Paiste 2002 Fast Crash
18" Paiste 2002 Crash
22" Paiste 2002 Wild Ride

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Studio quality drums tracked through industry-leading preamps, converters and microphones.

White and black swirled snare drum with chrome hardware, a gold badge, and a stand.
Sakae Trilogy

14x6.5"

A close-up of a wooden Sonor snare drum with chrome hardware in a music store.
Sonor Benny Greb

13x7.75"

Silver Yamaha snare drum with chrome hardware on a stand.
Yamaha Aluminium Recording Custom

14x5.5"

Chrome-plated Ludwig snare drum with logo, in a drum kit.
Ludwig Black Beauty

14x6.5"

A close-up of a snare drum with a dark wooden body and silver hardware, in a drum set.
Carrera Terrier

13x3¾

Shiny chrome snare drum, with gold badge, mounted on stand, in studio.
Ludwig LB400B COB

14x5"

Microphones

Dynamic

Audix i5 (2)
Audix D2 (2)
Audix D4 (2)
Audix D6 (1)
Yamaha Sub Kick (1)
Shure Beta 52a (1)
Shure Beta 91a (1)


Condensers

Shure SM81 (2)
Audix CX112B (1)
Beyerdynamic MC-930 matched-pair (2)
Warm Audio WA-47jr


Ribbons

Coles 4038 matched-pair (2)
Beyerdynamic M160 matched-pair (2)

Hardware

Universal Audio A/D & D/A converters

Universal Audio 8P QUAD utilising Unison Technology

Audient ASP880 preamps

Tannoy studio monitors

Software

Waves Plugins
iZotope Plugins
Slate Digital Plugins
Universal Audio Plugins
Steven Slate Drums Platinum
Addictive Drums 2 + expansions
Toontrack Plugins including Superior Drummer 3, EZ Drummer + expansions