Equipment
As the quality of a recording studio equipment is a major factor that determines the quality of music, Oxford Recordings studio provides a variety of top-quality equipment.

Equipment List
MICROPHONES
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- Neumann U87i
- Mojave MA200
- AKG 414 XLS – pair
- Beyerdynamic m160
- Lauten Audio LA120 – 2 matched pairs
- MXL Ribbon Pair – modified and upgraded by Manny Nieto (OG Microphone Co)
- Audio-Technica – dual diaphragm kick drum microphone – dynamic and condenser
- Sennheiser 421
- Audio-Technica 230 – 3
- Studio Project FET condenser
- Vintage microphones
- AKG d24
- AKG 224e
- EV re16 – 2
- EV re10 – 3
- EV re20
- EV 665 – 3
- Shure 545 SD – 4
- AKG 451e with omni and cardioid capsules
PREAMPS
- Neve 1073 DPA
- SSL Alpha VHD 4-Channel (2 racks)
- Useful Arts Swarm 4-channel Rack
- Sony Mx-20 – 1972 – 8 to 4 i/o (transformer i/o) – upgraded by Sean Hur with faster opamps
- Chameleon Labs 7602 – 1073 pre and eq
- Cloudlifter Cl-1
- Universal Audio 710 Twin-FInity
- Studiomaster 12 to 1 Mixer – Mid 1970s – upgraded by Sean Hur with line outputs for each channel
DI Boxes/Splitters
- Countryman Type 85 – purchased from Eric Valentine
- Radial Pro D2 (Stereo DI)
- Vintage Sescom SM-1A DI – Purchased from
- T-Bone Burnett
- Radial Bigshot Active ABY
- Radial ProRMP Passive Reamper
- Switchcraft RMAS1 – Transformer isolated Passive 1 to 3 Microphone splitter
OUTBOARD
- Purple Audio MC77
- SPL Tube Vitalizer
- Klark Teknik KT-2a – Upgraded with Black Lion T4BLA Optical Cell
- Aphex Expander/gate – purchased directly from world renowned mixer and engineer Eric Valentine
- Vintage Digitech RDS 4000 Digital Delay (lofi)
- Vintage Klark Teknik DN-500 Compressor/Limiter
- Vintage Alesis Micro Limiter
- Akai Reel to Reel Tube Preamp – 1963
PLUGINS
- Bundles from Soundtoys, Plugin Alliance, and over 50 UAD plugins
RECORDERS
- AD/DA Convertors
Apollo X16 with HEXA core processing
Apollo X8p with HEXA core processing - Software
Pro Tools
Logic Pro
Luna
Ableton
- Monitoring –Adam AUdio A7v monitor pair with Sub
INSTRUMENTS
Guitar
- 1978 Gibson Les Paul Custom
- 1982 MIA Fender Telecaster
- MIA PRS McCarty
- 2001 Modified MIA Fender Stratocaster
- 1964 Ampeg M-15
- Magnatone (Laub) 460 – early 70s
- Fender bassman head – 1976
- Vox AC30 head
- Custom 100 watt hand-wired Marshall Plexi style tube head – made by a Canadian amp builder (Phaez)
- Akai Reel to Reel Tube Amp – 1963
- Egnater Tweaker Head
- Fender bassman 2×15 cabinet – 1980s – vintage JBL d140F & vintage Eminence (unknown model)
- 1×12 cab – Benson amps speaker
- 4×12 cab – Marshall 1960a from mid-80s
- Rhodes 2×12 cab – late 60s – great for Rhodes and guitar
- Numerous pedals – if you’re looking for something specific, please ask
Bass
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- Vintage Tokai Hard Puncher (p bass deluxe) – La Bella flatwounds
- 2002 Fender Deluxe P-Bass with upgraded pickup, bridge, and tuners – Round wounds
- Schecter Bass VI – La Bella Flatwounds
- Ashdown Little Bastard Head – 30 watt all tube
- Fender bassman head – 1976
- Oliver B120 – Tube Bass Combo with Upgraded Vintage JBL D140F speaker
- Ampeg b25b mid 70s 2×15 bass cab – upgraded celestion speakers
Piano
- Made in UK – Knight K10 upright – 1970 – incredible instrument – often compared to the Yamaha U1
- 1975 Rhodes Electric Piano
- 1964 Hammond D152 (big brother of the b3) and Leslie 147
- 1978 Lowrey Holiday Organ – similar tone to Farfisa with numerous analog effects, spring reverb, and an analog drum machine
- Late 70s – Yamaha CP30 – Electric Piano sounds in between Rhodes and Wurlitzer – but design is actually a polyphonic and touch sensitive synthesizer – previously owned by Christine McVie of Fleetwood Ma
- Synthesizers:
- Behringer Deepmind 12 analog synth (Juno copy with additional digital recall)
- Behringer Pro1 analog synth (replica of Sequential Circuits Pro-One)
Drums
- 1964 5×14 Supraphonic snare
- Magstar brass snare: 6.5×14
- 1971 6.5×14 Supraphonic snare
- Pearls Masters Custom Maple snare – 5.5 x14
- Kits:
- 1969 Ludwig Standard drum kit with coated emperor heads
- 1988 Yamaha 5000 Series with clear heads (modern deep rock sound)
- Newer Ludwig kit with clear heads and 26 inch kick drum
- 21-inch sweet ride, 18-inch sweet crash, and Zildjan new beat 14 inch-hats
Pedals:
o Vintage MIJ boss oc-2 analog 8ve
o Vintage Ibanez ue-303b analog multi-effect (chorus/flanger, filter, compressor):
o DOD rubberneck analog delay
o Vintage Boss CH-1 Analog Chorus
o Vintage 82 Boss Analog Flanger
o Digitech Whammy IV
o EHX Hog Mk1
o Meris ottobit Jr – bitcrusher, LP filter, sequencer
o Meatbox subharmonic synthesizer
o EQD Aqueduct Vibrato
o EQD afterneath mk 1
o Digitech timebender digital delay
o Maxon cp9 pro + compressor limiter
o EHX POG Mini digital 8ve pedal
o Digitech polara reverb – lexicon algorithms
o Barber Linden EQ – Ampeg Style EQ – Great for Bass recording
o Subdecay Vagabond Analog Tremolo – Harmonic and Standard
o Assortment of overdrive and distortion and fuzz pedals:
1. Potential Audio – Nard Distortion
2. EHX Double Muff
3. Malekko Downer Saturator, Pitch shifter, Filter
4. Tryke 8ve fuzz
5. Zvez mastotron fuzz
6. Fuzzrocious Cat Tail (rat style)
7. EHX Big Muff Germanium
8. Benson preamp
9. Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret
10. Blackstar Tube OD
11. Custom hand built fuzzes – information available upon request