For the gear-heads, here's a reasonably up-to-date list of the equipment at Northwind (for pictures, click on the "Photos" link, below):

Recording equipment and outboard gear

  • Mackie 24 channel 8 bus mixing desk with meter bridge
  • Gateway 3.3 GHz quad-core computer w. 24" LG monitor
  • M-Audio Delta 1010 recording interfaces (x 2)
  • Presonus Firepod recording interface
  • Roland VS2000CD 18-track digital recording system w. VS20VGA module and LG 19" monitor
  • Behringer UB2442FX-Pro 16x4 mixer
  • Mackie VLZ 24x4 mixer
  • QSC MX1500A power amplifier (x 2)
  • T.C. Electronic M300 dual engine digital effects processor
  • Two Alesis Midiverb 4 digital effects processors
  • Lexicon PCM-41 digital delay unit
  • Lexicon LXP-1 digital effects processor
  • Lexicon LXP-5 digital effects processor
  • Yamaha SPX90 digital effects processor
  • Digitech RDS 3.6 digital delay unit
  • Boss DE-200 digital delay unit
  • Digitech Vocalist VR vocal harmony processor
  • Behringer Multicom Pro-XL MDX4600 4-Channel compressor/limiter/expander/gate
  • DBX 165 compressor/limiter
  • Moog parametric EQ
  • Behringer Ultragraph Pro FBQ3102 dual 31-band graphic EQ
  • DBX 1BX dynamic range expander
  • DBX 224 noise reduction unit
  • JL Cooper PPS100 SMPTE/MTC time-code generator/synchronizer/event generator
  • BBE 822 Sonic Maximizer
  • Behringer Ultracurve Pro DEQ2496 digital EQ/RTA mastering processor (x 2)
  • Behringer Powerplay Pro-XL HA4700 headphone distribution amplifier
  • Behringer Ultrafex Pro EX3200 multi-band sound enhancement unit
  • Fostex M2050 8-channel line mixer
  • Roland Dimension D stereo chorus
  • PAIA Hyperflange analog flanger/chorus
  • Nikko Alpha II 240W power amplifier
  • Nikko Beta II preamplifier
  • Nikko EQ-1 stereo 15-band graphic EQ
  • Uni-Sync PMS-1 meter bridge
  • Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck
  • Sony CDP-M27 CD player
  • Panasonic DVD/MP3 player
  • Grado S125 studio headphones
  • Fostex T20 headphones
  • Behringer HPS3000 headphones (x 2)
  • Audio-Technica ATH-T44 headphones
  • Behringer Truth 2031A active near-field monitor speakers
  • Celestion D44 studio monitor speakers
  • Mirage 360 studio monitor speakers
  • StarTech 2-channel KVM switch
  • D-Link 2-channel KVM switch
  • M-Audio MIDISport 2x2 MIDI USB interface
  • M-Audio MIDISport 1x1 MIDI USB interface
  • Roland MM-4 4-port MIDI hub
The musical instruments & stuff
  • Korg Triton LE 76 keyboard
  • Korg M1rEX synth module w. lots of sound cards
  • Korg Wavestation, ditto
  • Korg 3100 (fully polyphonic analog synth. Way cool!)
  • Roland Juno 6
  • Yamaha RX-5 drum machine
  • Roland XV-5080 rackmount synth module
  • Roland JX-1080 rackmount synth module
  • Kawai K4r rackmount synth module
  • Roland D-550 rackmount synth module with programmer
  • Roland MKS-70 Super JX rackmount synth module with programmer
  • Roland S-550 rackmount sampler with monitor and controller (& over 1000 samples)
  • Roland S-770 rackmount sampler with monitor and mouse
  • Yamaha TX81Z rackmount FM synth module
  • Roland S-220 rackmount sampler
  • Yamaha MPC8 MIDI patch center
  • Digital Music Corp MX-8 MIDI patch controller
  • Roland PAD-80 MIDI drum pad controller
  • Roland M-160 16 channel rackmount line mixer
  • Ibanez SR505 5-string bass guitar
  • Ibanez SR400-EF 4-string fretless bass guitar
  • Fender Stratocaster Plus guitar
  • Custom-built Stratocaster with Seymore-Duncan PAF-59 and Dimebucker pickups (neck and bridge)
  • Fender Telecaster FMT-HH
  • Fender Blues Deluxe "tweed" guitar combo amplifier
  • Yorkville Sound x400 bass amplifier w. xs210 speaker cabinet and Altec 421A speaker cabinet
  • Rocktron Pro-GAP guitar processor
  • Roland GP-100 guitar effects processor
  • Fender Mustang II guitar amp
  • Seagull M series acoustic guitar with piezo pickup
  • Rode TR1-A large-diaphragm condenser microphone
  • Rode TR3 small-diaphragm condenser microphone
  • Sennheiser 840 vocal microphone
  • Apex 180 multi-capsule pencil condenser microphone (x 2)
  • Shure SM-57 dynamic microphone (x 2)
  • Shure SM-58 dynamic microphone (x 2)
  • Apex 770 dynamic microphone (x 2)
  • SHS OM-450 dynamic microphone
  • Behringer XM8500 dynamic microphone
  • Apex 125 dynamic percussion microphone
  • Apex 126 dynamic percussion microphone (x 6)
  • Apex 190 condenser percussion microphone (x 2)
  • Various effects pedals and stuff: Boss OD-1, Boss CEB-3, Marshall Jackhammer, Crybaby wah-wah pedal, that sort of thing...

Software
  • Reaper V3.2
  • Digidesign Pro Tools LE
  • Steinberg Cubase 7
  • Cakewalk SONAR 6
  • Cakewalk Guitar Tracks Pro 3
  • Adobe Audition v2
  • Audacity v1.2
  • Arturia ARP 2600V
  • Arturia MinimoogV
  • Fuity Loops
  • Acid 5 Express