RENTALS – I’ve spent so much time with this stuff in the shop, it’s time to hit record!!

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I’ve decided to open my racks up for rental in town and in at the studio

It’s VERY reasonably priced
http://www.WTFYW.ca/RENTALS

The whole thing started with Jägermeister. Kill Bennedy, may he rest in peace, said: “Every studio I go to has the best of the best, and sometimes it’s really just too good. Sometimes I need nasty, gritty and shitty”

I’ve tried to maintain a combination of both amazing and horrible. Some things I consider: “rack-mounted plugins without a computer”

Everything comes with Recall sheets and Mogami breakout snakes (XLR and TRS) Each rack has a EDAC90 on the back for quick connection. I’m working on LF and TT patchbays…

REVERB RACK

-AKG BX-5 – Spring Reverb
-PEAVEY Peavey Addverb III
-TC ELECTRONICS TC Electronics – FireworX
-Yamaha Yamaha SPX90 Reverb
-ROLAND Roland – SRE-3000 Reverb with delay trick
-Yamaha Yamaha SPX900 Reverb
-Warp Factory ELECTRIX – Flanger / Vocoder

Reverb RACK

Reverb Rack - Recall Sheet

DELAY RACK

LEXICON PCM42
LEXICON PCM42
DELTA LABS EFFECTRON II ADM1024
DELTA LABS EFFECTRON II ADM1024
TC ELECTRONICS D-Two
DELTA LABS EFFECTRON I ADM1020
LEXICON PCM41
IBANEZ HD1000 – Delay / Harmonizer
ROLAND Roland SDD-320 Dimension D

delay

DELAY RACK

COMP RACK

VALLEY PEOPLE Valley People 610
TC ELECTRONICS FINALIZER
BSS DPR-402 
BSS DPR-402 
UREI UREI LA4 Compressors (STEREO PAIR)
DBX DBX 902 – De-Essers
DBX DBX 902 – De-Essers
DBX DBX 900 – APHEX Aural Exciter
DBX 911 – Noise Reduction
DBX 911 – Noise Reduction
DBX 911 – Noise Reduction
DBX BBE 702

COMP rack

COMP RACK

Neve Desk

I recently saved this Neve desk from imminent scrapping. I needed a work surface while designing something and it was perfect.
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It’s now got a new purpose at my home office. Its a little weird in terms of rack screws and such.
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The wieght of the steel rack weighs its do to apear floating
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Here are some pictures of Neves with the side desk attached. I’m still on the hunt for a picture of the desk this originally came from.

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Transfering Records in reverse

I was given a 78 to transfer. When I transfer something one of a kind I do 3 passes. The first is dry, dusted as the client delivered.

The second is wet (Ultrasonic bath if possible)

The third is in reverse. I find it cuts the pops and skips differently. EX: if you have a scratch in one direction it MAY not show up in the reversed transfer. Edit together and whadaya get… bitty bopity boo.

  • Here is the same scratch forward (top) and transfered in reversed and reversed in PT (Bottom)

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  • I use a Stanton STR8-100 with a SPDIF out. It has a button that simply reverses the direction of playing, it is rock solid. It’s got the direct drive faults, but non the less sounds great.

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