At Hollow Body Studios we carefully considered the purchase of each and every piece of equipment so that we would be able to offer our clients major label quality at affordable rates. The first thing you'll notice is that we try, whenever possible, to link equipment in our list to reviews of that product from respected industry professionals. This way, you know proof positive that you're going to be recording / mixing / mastering with top of the line, industry respected professional equipment.

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Our new microphone and mic preamp / compressor additions put Hollow Body right at the pinnacle of professional studios. Neumann, Avalon, Universal Audio and Apogee are simply the best you can get anywhere for your recording needs. Check out the most famous studios and you won't find many without Neumann and Universal Audio equipment and Apogee converters. You'll also see that some of the equipment we use, like our ART Pro VLA Tube compressor have won awards as top in their class by leading magazines in the industry. While others, like our Waves Ultramaximizer (mastering limiter, gain maximizer) have simply been called "the best." No real studio would be complete without an authentic vintage Hammond organ. At Hollow Body, we have one. The Hammond M-3, the B-3's "little brother." Additionally we have the rare Dynacord Leslie simulator. This is simply a great Leslie sound, comparable to the actual cabinet. We had to buy this unit oversea's in Germany - that's how hard it is to find here in the U.S.

First and foremost is our "industry standard" Pro Tools recording system. This system offers 32 - tracks of 24-bit, up to 96khz of digital recording bliss. Remember, you'll be recording using the same basic software that almost all the major labels and recording studios use.

Next, we figured, if we're going to be mastering and mixing from the "industry standard" system, we better well use the "industry standard" Yamaha NS-10M near-field monitors. And we also better have among the best mastering programs (including the most amazing limiting, compression, eq and reverb) available to make our client's cd's the best (and loudest for you gain-heads!) they can be. At Hollow Body Studios, we also offer the ability to mix your songs down to 1/2" 2-track reel to reel format. This really fattens up your recording. There's a reason why most major studios and producers take this critical step to perfect their records.

We offer plenty of tube processing, eq, compression and some great condenser microphones as well to give you that warm, up-front sound you hear on your favorite recordings.

On your right is a list of our equipment.

Microphones:
Neumann UM57 (Vintage Tube 1960'S)
Neumann U87 (Vintage 70's)
Neumann TLM-103
Rode NT-1000 Condenser
Rode NT4 - Stereo Condenser
Shure SM81's (2)
AKG D112 (1)
Shure SM58's (2)
Shure SM-57's (3)
Shure Beta 2.0 (1)

Mic Pre Amps

Solid State Logic (SSL) XLogic Superanalogue 4 - Channel Preamp(s). (4 of the legendary XL 9000 K Series, world renowned preamps)

Avalon AD2022
(Generally considered among the best pre's in the world)

Apogee - Mini Me
(Bob Clearmountain's favorite preamp! Amazing Pre Amps and the best analog to digital Converters out there. )

Universal Audio LA-610 Mic Pre / Compressor - Limiter

Other Outboard Gear:
ART Pro VLA Vactol / Tube Leveling Compressor
(Winner 1998 Electonic Musician Editors Choice Award)
ART Tube EQ
Aphex 204 Aural Exciter and Optical Big Bottom
DBX - 263X DeEsser
DBX 266 Compressor / Gate
Behringer - AutoCom Pro Compressor / Gate
Behringer - Eurorack
Korg Tone Works Ampworks (Various guitar effects)

Piano / Organ / Keyboards:
Hammond M-3 Organ
Dynacord Leslie (the best Leslie sim. you can buy)
Melodigrand Upright Spinet Piano
Yamaha P60 Digital Piano
Alesis NanoSynth (Wide Range of piano / organ and more)
Kaysound MK-4902 Midi Keyboard

Monitors:
Yamaha NS-10's
Onkyo - Model 20

Amps:
Peavey - Classic 20 - All Tube
Peavey - Classic 30 All Tube
Roland JC90 Jazz Chorus
Laney RBG 400 bass combo amp 120 Watts

Drums:
Groove Percussion solid maple Jazz kit.
Zildjian 14" High hats, Zildjian thin crash,
Zildjian 20" Ping ride, Sabian Crash.

Guitars / Bass
Gibson ES175 (1980)
Fender Telecaster Custom 1973
Fender Telecaster - 50's reissue
Guild Starfire 3 - 1967
Danelectro 12 string electric
Harmony 70's bass (like Fender)
Gibson J45 Rosewood
Gibson WM-45 (Mahogony)
Martin OM16 GT
Dobro Brand Resonator