Ben Eggehorn

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The Studio

 

Ben owns and operates a state-of-the art audio recording and production studio in Monrovia, CA (just 10 miles east of Pasadena). Built around an Avid Pro Tools HD2 Accel system, it melds the best of today's technology with tried-and-true classic gear of days gone by.

 

The studio features a main room with 2 adjoining isolation booths and is capable of hosting a live rhythm section. In addition, a 32" LCD client video monitor is viewable from any of the three tracking areas for composing or recording audio for video. All rooms and the mix position are acoustically treated and climate controlled. A mini-fridge, WiFi internet access, cable TV, XBox 360, multi-function laser printer, restroom (w/ shower) and outside garden patio are available for client convenience. 

 

 

EQUIPMENT LIST:

 

Recorders:

 

Avid Pro Tools HD2 Accel w/ 192IO (expanded: 16 in, 8 out) running Pro Tools 10 HD

Fostex D5 DAT

TEAC 1/4" 4 track & 2 track reel to reel tape recorders

Sansui SC-1110 cassette recorder

 

Console:

 

Digidesign ProControl (w/ custom wireless producer talkback switch)

 

Audio/Video Monitoring:

 

Focal Twin 6be (pair)

Avantone Active MixCubes (pair)

Yamaha NS10 (pair)

 

Behringer Powerplay Pro headphone amplifier

(4) custom 4 output headphone distribution boxes

(4) Sony MDR-V600 headphones

Sony MDR-7506

AKG K240 headphones

M-Audio Studiophile Q40 headphones

Metrophones isolation headphones

 

Gateway FPD2485 24" LCD (primary)

Gateway FPD2485 24" LCD (secondary)

Sony Bravia KDL-32SL130 32" LCD TV (client)

 

Avid Mojo DNA

 

Microphones:

 

Korby KAT tube mic system (w/ 47, 67m and 251 capsules)

M-Audio Sputnik

(2) AKG 414B-XLS (matched pair)

(2) Oktava MC-012

Sennheiser MKH 416-P48

(2) Royer R-122

Royer R-121

Shure SM7b

(3) Sennheiser MD-421

AKG D112

Shure SM-57

Shure 520B "Green Bullet" ('57 vintage) 

custom 8" woofer mic

 

Preamps:

 

9 ch. Brent Averill API 312 (w/ vintage 2520 opamps)

2 ch. Brent Averill Neve 1272

Martech MSS-10

Siemens (Telefunken) V72

4 ch. Peavey VMP2

 

Dynamics:

 

ADL 1500C/L stereo tube compressor/limiter

API 2500 stereo bus compressor

(2) Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor compressor/limiters 

DBX 163x compressor

 

Effects/Misc.:

 

Hughes AK-100 SRS Sound Retrieval System ** New! **

Sansamp PSA-1

Shure Level-Loc ** New! **

(2) Little Labs IBP

Reamp V2

ADL 200 stereo tube DI

Whirlwind DI (passive)

 

 

- All microphone lines and outboard gear are accessible via (2) 96 pt Bittree TT patchbays.

 

- Studio is wired with premium Mogami and Canare cabling, and Neutrik connectors.

 

Instruments & Amplifiers:

 

Steinway grand piano (late 1800's vintage)

Gretsch 5-piece drum set (early '70's vintage, standard sizes)

+various snares, drums, cymbals and misc. percussion

Roland TD-3SW V-Drum kit

Line6 Variax 500 guitar

Line6 Variax 700 bass guitar

Hammond M-111 organ

Orcoa Concert organ

Masterfonic accordian

 

Fender Vibro Champ ('64, blackface)

Fender Bandmaster head (silverface)

Fender Dual Showman head

Kustom 150 combo

Acoustic Model 450 head

Ampeg B15 head (vintage)

Eden 15" bass cabinet

Lee Jackson 4X12" cabinet

Leslie cabinet w/ Leslie Combo mic/instrument interface pedal

Line6 Bass POD XT Live pedal board ** New! **

+various guitar pedals and effects

 

M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 note weighted keyboard MIDI controller

Evolution MK-461C 61 note keyboard MIDI controller

Behringer FCB1010 MIDI foot controller

 

Computers:

 

STUDIO1

Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz CPU

6GB RAM

Matrox M9140 quad-head video card

Startech 3-Port PCI-e firewire 400/800 card

10k RPM SATA (WD Raptor) media drives

...running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit edition

 

Lacie D2 301906U BD/DVD/CD Burner (external)

 

STUDIO2

Intel Pentium 4 3GHz CPU

4GB RAM

ATI Readeon 4650 dual-head video card

LiteOn iHES208-08 2 BD-ROM, DVD/CD Burner (w/ LightScribe)

...running Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit edition

 

- Computers are protected by an APC Smart-UPS 1500 battery backup system

 

- Data is protected by a dedicated 3TB external backup drive

 

DAW Software:

 

Avid Pro Tools 10 HD ** New! **

- Avid ProTools Instrument Expansion Pack

- Avid DigiTranslator 2.0

- Avid MP3 Option

- Avid HEAT Option

 

Basehead SFX Database v.3 ** New! **

 

iZotope RX 2

 

Sony CD Architect v.5.2

 

 

 

Plug-ins:

 

Avid Channel Strip ** New! **

Avid Dfi, LoFi, RectiFi

Avid Eleven

Avid Reel Tape Saturation ** New! **

Avid Reverb One

Avid ReVibe

Avid Smack

Avid X-Form

Audio Ease Speakerphone 2

Abbey Road Brilliance Pack

Cranesong Phoenix

d16 Devastator

DUY Z-Room

Eventide Omnipressor ** New! **

Focusrite d2/d3

FXpansion VST to RTAS Adapter 2.0

iZotope Vinyl

iZotope RX 2

Kush Audio UBK-1 ** New! **

Line6 Amp Farm 3

Line6 Pod Farm 2 Platinum

Massey CT4

Massey DRT ** New! **

Massey DTM

Massey Tapehead

Massey TD5

Ohmforce Frohmage

Ohmforce Ohmicide

Ohmforce Ohmygod

Ohmforce Predatohm

PSP Nitro

PSP PianoVerb

reFuse Lowender ** New! **

Sansamp PSA-1

Softube TSAR-1

Sonnox Inflator ** New! **

SoundToys Devil-Loc Deluxe

SoundToys Decapitator

SSL Duende Native Drumstrip

Steven Slate Trigger EX

Steven Slate VCC ** New! **

URS A Series ** New! **

URS A-Mix EQ ** New! **

Valhalla FreqEcho

Valhalla Room

Valhalla Shimmer

Waves Mercury Bundle V8, including:

- 360 Surround Tools

- The Jack Joseph Puig Artist Signature Collection

- The Chris Lord-Alge Artist Signature Collection

- The Eddie Kramer Artist Signature Collection

- CLA Classic Compressors

- The Tony Maserati Artist Signature Collection

- Aphex Aural Exciter

- Dorrough Meter Collection

- JJP Collection

- API Collection

- Diamond Bundle

- Bass Rider

- GTR3 

- H-EQ

- IR1 & IR360

- Kramer HLS Channel

- Kramer Master Tape

- Kramer PIE Compressor

- L3-16 Multimaximizer

- L3 Multimaximizer

- LoAir

- MaxxVolume

- OneKnob Series

- V-Series

- Vocal Bundle

- Vocal Rider

- Waves Loudness Meter (WLM) ** New! **

- Waves Noise Suppressor (WNS)

- Z-Noise

Waves SSL Collection V8

Waves The King's Microphones

 

 

Virtual Instruments:

 

Abbey Road 60's Drums

Acoustic Samples HipGig Drum Kit

Acoustic Samples Old Black Grand

Art Vista Virtual Grand

Avid Hybrid

Avid Strike

Avid Structure

Avid Transfuser

Avid Velvet

Avid Xpand

FXpansion BFD2 (expanded) 

FXpansion Orca

GForce M-Tron Pro (expanded)

-ChamberTron ** New! **

-OptiTron EX

Imperfect Samples Braunschweig Upright Piano Pro

Imperfect Samples Hohner White Baby Grand Piano (Complete)

KV331 Synthmaster

Native Instruments B4/B4II

Native Instruments Battery 3

Native Instruments FM8

Native Instruments Guitar Rig 5 (expanded)

- Rammfire

- Reflektor

- Solid Mix Series

- Traktor's 12

- Vintage Compressors (VC76, VC2A, VC 160)

Native Instruments Kontakt 5 ** New! **

Native Instruments Kore 2 Player

Native Instruments Massive

Native Instruments Reaktor 5 Player (expanded)

- Prism

- Skanner ** New! **

- Spark

- The Finger

Native Instruments Studio Drummer

Native Instruments Vintage Organs

Propellerheads Reason 2.5

Spectrasonics Omnisphere

Spectrasonics Stylus RMX

Steven Slate Drums EX