Sonny Doveton Studio

Acoustically designed by Arup with a separate vocal booth. The recording system is PC-based with Sonar X3 DAW. The following mic preamps allow for 16 track recording. RME Totalmix enables endless configurations of microphone and instrument signal routing and monitoring.

Microphone preamps:

  • RME Fireface UFXPlus 4x mic 8x Analogue
  • RME Octamic XTC 8x mic
  • Neve Portico 5024 4x mic
  • Mackie 1642 – VLZ Pro mixer

Keyboards:

  • Yamaha C5 grand piano
  • Yamaha CP 73 digital stage piano
  • Hammond B3 1974 with pedals / 2 speed modified Leslie 22H cabinet
  • Fender Rhodes piano and Petersen preamp
  • Hohner Clavinet D6
  • Wurlitzer electric piano
  • Minimoog. Midi capable
  • Prophet 5 rev 3. Midi capable
  • Moog Source w/midi retrofit
  • Arp 2600
  • (Roland MPU 101 for CV and gate)
  • Hammond 44 Melodica
 

Outboard gear:

  • Cranborne ADAT 500 Series rack
  • Fredenstein 500 Series valve preamp
  • AMS RMX – 16 500 Series stereo reverb
  • SSL Ultraviolet 500 Series stereo equaliser
  • SSL G-Comp 500 Series stereo compressor
 

Modules:

  • Kurzweil PX 1000
  • Roland D 550
  • Yamaha TX7

Microphones:

  • Neumann U 87
  • AKG 414
  • 2 X Royer 122
  • Rode Nt4 stereo
  • ATM25
  • 2 X AT 4330
  • 2 X AT2031
  • 3 x Shure sm 58
  • 2x Shure sm 57
  • 2 x Shure sm 57 beta

Studio monitors:

  • Genelec 803A
  • JBL 15″ 3-way with Perreaux PMF2000 amp

Pedals:

  • Mutron Bi Phase
  • Mutron 3 envelope gen
  • Roland 201 Space Echo
  • Cry baby wah
  • Roland Chorus
  • C.Bass Auto compressor
 

D.I. boxes:

  • ARX Audiobox
  • L. R. Baggs Para Acoustic
  • Behringer Ultra DI x 2