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City and Colour | “The Hurry and the Harm” | Producer, Engineer, Mix, String Arrangements *Platinum Record (Canada) |
Dine Alone Records |
City and Colour | “Little Hell” | Producer, Engineer, Mix *2X Platinum Record (Canada) |
Vagrant |
Death Cab for Cutie | “Narrow Stairs” | Mix *Grammy Nomination *Gold Record (US) |
Atlantic |
Bloc Party | “FOUR” | Producer, Engineer, Mix, String Arrangements | Frenchkiss |
Bloc Party | “Four More” E.P. | Producer, Engineer, Mix | Frenchkiss |
Bleached | “Can You Deal?” | Producer/Engineer/Mix | Dead Oceans |
At The Drive-In | “Vaya” | Producer, Engineer, Mix | Fearless |
At The Drive-In | “In Casino Out” | Producer, Engineer, Mix | Fearless |
At The Drive-In | “This Station is Non-Operational” | Producer, Engineer, Mix | Fearless |
The Mars Volta | “Tremulant” | Producer, Engineer, Mix | GSL/Universal |
Weaves | "Weaves" | Mix | Kanine/Buzz Records |
Matt Costa | “Yellow Coat” | Producer, Engineer, Mix | Dangerbird Records |
Lady Bird | "We" | Mix | Alcopop |
Criminal Hygiene | "Run It Again" | Producer/Engineer/Mix | Dangerbird Records |
Tigercub | “Abstract Figures In The Dark" | Producer/Engineer/Mix | Alcopop Records |
Tigercub | “Evolve Or Die EP" | Producer/Engineer/Mix | Alcopop Records |
Cheekface | "Too Much To Ask" | Mix | New Professor Records |
Moaning | "Uneasy Laughter" | Producer, Engineer, Mix | Sub Pop |
Moaning | "Moaning" | Producer, Engineer, Mix | Sub Pop |
Ramonda Hammer | "I Never Wanted Company" | Producer/Engineer/Mix | New Professor Records |
The Sounds | “Weekend” | Producer, Engineer, Mix | Warner Sweden |
Drew Thomson Foundation | “Drew Thomson Foundation” | Producer, Engineer, Mix | Dine Alone Records |
Casper Skulls | “Mercy Works” | Mix | Buzz Records |
You + Me | “Rose Ave” | Mix, Musician *Platinum record (Canada) *Gold record (Australia) |
RCA/Dine Alone |
Projector | “Superstar” | Producer/Engineer/Mix | Roadkill Records |
No Devotion | “Permanence” | Producer/Engineer/Mix | Collect Records |
Does It Offend You, Yeah? | “Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You” | Producer, Engineer, Mix | Cooking Vinyl |
Frank Turner | “Poetry of the Deed” | Producer, Engineer, Mix | Epitaph |
Two Gallants | “Two Gallants” | Producer, Engineer, Mix | Saddle Creek |
Two Gallants | “The Throes” | Mix | Alive! |
Two Gallants | “The Scenery of Farewell” | Producer, Engineer, Mix | Saddle Creek |
Knapsack | “This Conversation Is Ending Starting Right Now” | Producer, Engineer, Mix | Alias |
Male Bonding | “Nothing Hurts” | Producer, Engineer | Sub Pop |
Piebald | “Accidental Gentlemen” | Mix | SideOneDummy |
Melvins | “Stag” | Producer, Engineer, Mix | Atlantic |
Peggy Sue | “Fossils and Other Phantoms” | Producer, Engineer, Mix | Wichita/Yep Rock |
Meet Me In St Louis | “Variations On Swing” | Producer, Engineer, Mix | Big Scary Monsters |
Polysics | “Karate House” | Mix | Ki-oon/Sony Japan |
Polysics | “Now is the Time!” | Mix | Ki-oon/Sony Japan |
Polysics | “Polysics or Die!!! | Mix | Ki-oon/Sony Japan |
The Mountain Goats | “All Hail West Texas” | Engineer | Merge |
Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez | “Manual Dexterity Soundtrack Vol. 1” | Engineer | GSL |
Ikara Colt | “Modern Apprentice" | Producer, Engineer, Mix | Fantastic Plastic/Epitaph |
Panthers | “Things Are Strange” | Producer, Engineer, Mix | Vice |
The Icarus Line | “Mono” | Mix, Additional Production | Crank!/Buddyhead |
Future Shock Studio is Alex Newport's fully equipped, state of the art studio based in Yucca Valley, CA.
Below is a comprehensive list of the studio's gear. [Click the "+" or headings below to reveal more].
28 channel 1970's console
All mic amps, subgroups and master section fully transformer-balanced.
Fully refurbished in 2019.
Avid Pro Tools 10 HD TDM : 40 in/48 out
[4] Avid 192 I/O
[1] Apogee Big Ben Word Clock
[1] Tacam 488 MK II 8 track cassette portastudio
[1] Akai S1000 stereo sampler
[mic pre / EQ]:
[18] Trident Trimix transformer-balanced mic preamps with 4-band EQ and HPF
[1] Neve 1073 mic preamp / EQ / DI
[1] Universal Audio 6176 610 tube mic preamp/EQ/1176 compressor
[2] Louder Than Liftoff Chroma mic preamp/tone amps with Royal Blue modules
[1] DBX 530 parametric EQ
[dynamics]:
[1] Alan Smart C2 Stereo Compressor
[1] Urei 1178 FET Stereo Peak Limiter [vintage 1970's]
[1] Urei 1176 LN Peak Limiter [Rev "F", vintage 1970's]
[1] Universal Audio 6176 1176/610 channel strip
[1] Audioscape Opto LA2A tube compressor
[1] SPL Transient Designer 4 Dynamic processor
[1] Empirical Labs EL-8 "Distressor" Compressor / Limiter
[1] Empirical Labs "Fatso Jr" Stereo Analog Tape Simulator / Compressor
[1] Handsome Audio Zulu Stereo Analog Tape Simulator
[2] Colour Palette with 15 IPS Tape Saturation
[1] Shure Level-Loc Limiter
[1] Field Electric stereo "Level-Loc" Limiter
[2] Alesis Microlimiter Limiter
[2] Lindell Audio 7X-500 FET Compressors
[1] Drawmer LX20 stereo Compressor
[2] DBX 902 de-essers
[1] Solid
State Logic CF82E33 Stereo TB Limiter
custom racked from SSL console cards
[effects]:
[1] Eventide H3000 SE Multi-FX/Harmonizer [upgraded to H3000 D/FX specs]
[1] Roland Space Echo RE-201 Spring Reverb/Analog Tape Echo [1970's]
[1] Simms-Watts Echo Dek Tape Echo [1970's]
[1] Sound Workshop 242a Stereo Spring Reverb
[1] Fostex 3180 Stereo Spring Reverb
[1] Fisher SpaceXpander Spring Reverb [1950s]
[1] Hughes AK-100 Sound Space Processor
[1] Rodec Restyler stereo analog filter
[1] Roland SRV-330 Dimensional Space Reverb
[1] Yamaha SPX-90 II Digital Multi-FX
[1] Korg KP-3 Kaoss Pad Effects Sampler
[1] Neumann U67 tube condenser
[2] Mojave MA-300 multi-pattern tube condensers
[1] AKG D112
[1] AKG D1000E
[2] Avenson Audio STO-2 Omni condensers
[1] Coles 4038 ribbon microphone
[1] Audio-Technica AT4033 condenser microphone
[2] Oktava MK-012 condenser microphone
[1] Shure Beta 56A
[1] Shure SM7A
[1] Shure SM48
[2] Shure "Unidyne III" SM57 [1970's]
[1] Shure SM57
[1] Shure SM57 [transformerless mod]
[1] Sennheiser E 604
Fender U.S. Telecaster [1995]
Fender '62 RI Stratocaster [1995]
Fender U.S. Jazz Bass [2001]
Klira SM-8 60's Jazzmaster copy
Martin DM acoustic guitar
Moog Prodigy analog monophonic synth [1978]
Arp Quartet analog polyphonic string synth [1979]
Roland Juno-1 analog polyphonic synth [1980's]
Korg M-500 analog monophonic synth [1970's]
Yamaha CS-5 analog monophonic synth [1970's]
Korg Trinity Pro 76 synthesizer-workstation
[1] Akai S1000 stereo sampler
Kurzweil K1000 wave synth [1980's]
U-he Zebra 2 synthesizer
Akai MPC 2000XL Studio Plus sampler-workstation
Akai MPK-49 Midi Keyboard Controller
Mattel Synsonics analog drum synthesizer
Fender Twin Reverb Silverface [1973]
Silvertone 1472 10w tube combo [1962]
Orange OR15H 15w tube head
Wizard Amplification 2X12 cabinet Vintage 30's
Roland Cube-40 Chorus 40w solid state combo
Blackstar Stereo 10 10w stereo guitar amp
Ampeg B2R 250w bass head
Ampeg SVT410-HLF 4X10 bass cabinet
Ludwig
Classic Maple drum set / blue sparkle
24 X 16 bass drum, 16 X 14 floor tom, 18 X 16 floor tom,
12 X 10 rack tom, 13 X 11 rack tom
Zildjian 20" Medium Ride '60s
Zildjian "A" Custom 16" Crash Cymbal
Zildjian "A" Thin Crash 16" Cymbal
Zildjian "New Beat" 14" Hats
Zildjian "A" Custom 20" Ride
DW 5000 kick pedal
Tama Bell Brass 6.5 X 14 Snare
Pork Pie "Big Black" 6.5 X 14 Brass Snare
Old Violin
EHX Holy Grail Plus Reverb
EHX Poly Chorus Stereo Analog Filter / Chorus / Flanger
EHX Canyon delay / reverb / looper
EHX Pog polyphonic octave generator
EHX Memory Toy analog delay
EHX Big Muff [V3, 1970's - originally from Conny Plank studio]
EHX Small Stone Analog Chorus
EHX Graphic Fuzz EQ/Distortion/Sustainer
Hologram Electronics Infinite Jets guitar resynthesizer
Pigtronix Infinity looper
Old Blood Noise Endeavors Minim Ambient Machine
Zvex Super Duper 2-in-1 Hard On boost/distortion
Zvex Mastotron fuzz
UMI Buzz Tone Volume Expander fuzz [1960's]
Fulltone OCD [V1.5] overdrive
Modtone Harmonic Tremor Tremolo
CMC Rangemaster treble booster
Copilot Orbit Frequency Modulated Fuzz
Fender Blender Octave Fuzz
Superglops Foxx Tone Machine Fuzz
Devi Ever Shoegazer Fuzz
Honda Soundworks/Far East Electric 1407 Crazy Fuzz
Boss PS-5 Super Shifter
Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble
Boss DS-1 Distortion
Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion
Boss BD-2 Blues Driver distortion
Boss BD-2 Blues Driver with "phat" mod
Boss CS-3 compressor
Boss ODB-3 Bass Overdrive
Rat overdrive
Mooer Blues Crab distortion
Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer
Dan Armstrong Green Ringer Octave / Ring Mod Fuzz
Danelectro Fab Tone Fuzz
Cry Baby Wah in hideous neon pink
Kojima Custom Boost/Overdrive
Roger Mayer Axis Fuzz
Fuzz Face
Whirlwind A-B Box
Mogami/Neutrik and Canare/Neutrik Microphone Cables
All tie lines, mic lines, and outboard gear wired with ridiculously expensive Mogami/Canare and Belden cable
Sony MDR 7506 Headphones
Simon Systems headphone distribution boxes
Crown D75 Headphone power amplifier
Whirlwind Director DI box
Radial SGI studio guitar interface