Nestled in the glorious North Cornwall countryside is Propagation House. I’ve been working with the owner, Mark, to revamp and rejuvenate this well loved and established recording retreat.
The main studio is made up of a control room, 2 live rooms and an isolated dead room.
The accommodation can sleep up to 10 in 5 double en-suite bedrooms, a large farmhouse style kitchen and a conservatory (which is tied into the studio as the ‘extra live’ live room).
We have 2 Mac Pros, running Pro Tools HD and Logic (I use 9, but have X if you must…)
Desk
AML 1073 x 10 – custom built, one of a kind.
Other Pre Amps
JLM Dual 99v – 2 Channels of 75dB gain
Hairball Elements x 6 (2 x Gold / 2 x Copper / 2 x Bronze)
Avalon VT-737 Channel Strip
Focusrite ISA 828
EQ
API 5500 Stereo EQ
Great River Harrison 32 x 2
AML Pultec x 2 (Matched Pair)
Dynamics
Hairball 1176 x 4 (1 Old Rev D, 1 Rev A, 2 Stereo Linked New Rev D)
GSSL Stereo Mixbus Comp (Turbo)
BSS DPR-402
Yamaha GC2020
FX / Other
Roland SRE-555
Revox B77 Mk2
JB Stereo Spring Reverb
Melos Echo Chamber
Moogerfooger MF101
Dolby 361 Stereo Pair
Universal Audio 2192 ADDA & Clock
Avid Artist Mix
UAD / Fabfilter / Waves / etc
Microphones
All the usual suspects (57s / 58s / 421s / U87s)
AEA R88 – classic stereo ribbon + Cloud Lifter
Soundfield 422B – multi-capsule surround sound (B Format)
Sennhieser MD441 – incredible supercardioid dynamic mic
Beyer Dynamic m201 – hypercardioid dynamic
4 x Oktava 219 – respected Russian engineering from the 90s
2 x Neumann KM140 – SDC cardioid version
Neumann TLM 103 & 170R – low noise, transformerless mics
Monitoring
Quested H208 on an MC2 amp
Unity Audio Rock mk2
Auratones
All tied together by a Crookwood C3 relay switched and level matched controller. I really love it – has 2 channels of DA.
There are also some NS10s and some 1029As floating about as well.
Instruments
Drums – DW / Premier / Zildjan
Guitars / Bass – Fender / Yamaha / Epiphone / Takamine
Synths – MS20 / MS2000 / Nord
Amps – Blackface Twin / Sound City 50 / Leslie 760
Cabs – 2 x Marshall 1×12″ / Custom Built 4×12 & 2×12 with Celestion Vintage 30s
Miscellaneous selection of percussion.
