Transformer Room
Recording Studio
Gear/Instruments
below
is a list of what gear and instruments were used on Thomas Simon's latest
recordings...
Inside The Transformer Room you will find a combination of analog and
digital
recording devises....
such as:
Tascam 38, 8-track 1/2" tape machine
Fostex D-108, 8-track, digital hard-disc recorder
Alesis HD 24 hard-disc recorder
Mac G-3 power book, digital performer, Seck 1882
MK2, 18 channel (+ 4 Aux. ch.), analog mixer...
with
3 two channel
dbx 266 XLcompressors
ART & Lexicon digital effects processors....
Yamaha NS 10M monitors
and so on....
Thomas' favorite microphone to track vocals/strings with, is the Rhode NT1....
instruments used on his
recordings and live performances....
guitars:
gibson SG, late 70's model
gibson Les Paul, studio (early 90's)
gibson Les Paul, standard (late 70's)
harmony silvertone (late 70's, probably)
epiphone 12 string (80's)
takamine acoustic guitar...
Thomas Simon uses alternate tunings...
guitar amps:
Vox AC 30 combo, vintage 70's model
Sovtek Mig 100 with a rebuilt ampeg b12 bottom ( the bottom was found on the
streets
of NYC, just when one was needed, back in the days of the beginning)...
efx pedals:
electro harmonix/sovtek Big Muff distortion (first re-issue)
electro harmonix/sovtek Small Stone phase shifter
boss DD2/6 digital delay
boss RC 20XL loop station
bass gear:
1975 fender jazz bass
w/ GK head
SWR bottom
keyboards:
Korg M1, put through various infinite reverbs....
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"ThomasSimonWalkAbout's" field recordings were done on location world wide,
using a
TCD D-8 dat recorder wth a Audio-Technica AT 822 stereo microphone.