tonekitchen.be

music production, mixing and mastering

Tools

My axes of choice.

Recording and mixing

  • Apple Macbook Pro M4 Pro 2024, Pro Tools HDX-1
  • Pro Tools Ultimate, Ableton Live Suite, Reaper, Logic Pro X
  • Digidesign ICON D-Command 24 fader control surface
  • Thermionic Culture Fat Bustard valve summing mixer
  • Avid HD I/O 16×16
  • Cranesong HEDD 192

Microphones

  • AKG D-112, C-1000
  • Behringer ECM-8000 (x2)
  • DPA 4091 (x2)
  • Groove Tubes GT1A
  • JrF c-serie pro+ contact mics
  • Line Audio CM3 (x2)
  • MBHO MBD 219 SC
  • Neumann M269c (x2) vintage valve mics
  • Nohype SRM-1 stereo ribbon
  • Oktava M-219, MK-012 modded (x2)
  • Placid Audio Copperphone
  • Realistic PZM (x2)
  • Royer R-121 (x2)
  • Sennheiser MD-504 (x3)
  • Shure SM57, SM7B, 545SD Unidyne, 565SD Unisphere
  • Soundelux E250, U195
  • Soundman OKM II (x2)

Preamps

  • Phoenix Audio DRS-8
  • API 3124
  • Chandler TG-2
  • Langevin Dual Vocal Combo
  • Line Audio 8MP

Instruments

  • Fender Rhodes Stage 73 Mark II
  • Wurlitzer EP-200
  • Hammond A-102 with Leslie 145
  • Hohner D6 Clavinet
  • Casiotone VL-1
  • Nord Stage 3, Nord Wave
  • Sequential Prophet 5
  • Moog Minimoog Voyager
  • Korg MS-10, Prologue 8
  • Roland Juno-106, MC-707
  • Oberheim Matrix-1000
  • Rickenbacker model 330 guitar
  • Fender Blues Junior valve guitar amplifier
  • Austin steel string acoustic guitar
  • Assorted percussion

Monitoring

  • Kii Three/BXT Professional reference monitors
  • D-Max Super Cubes
  • Yamaha NS-10s powered by Hafler P3000
  • IK iLoud Micro
  • Avantone Soundcubes
  • Sennheiser HD-600 headphones powered by Lehmann Audio Black Cube Linear Pro
  • Audio-Technica ATH-M40X (x5)
  • Audio-Technica ATH-M30X (x2)

Dynamics

  • Alan Smart C2
  • Drawmer 1968ME valve compressor
  • Empirical Labs Distressor EL8-X (x2)
  • Langevin Dual ELOP
  • Purple Audio MC-77
  • Thermionic Culture Phoenix valve compressor

Equalizers

  • Chandler Tone Control (x2)
  • Empirical Labs LilFreq
  • Kush Audio Clariphonic
  • Speck ASC-T (x2)

Miscellaneous

  • Thermionic Culture Vulture LE
  • Little Labs IBP Jr. (x2)
  • Little Labs Redeye
  • Korg SDD-1200 Dual Digital Delay
  • Roland RE-201 Tape Echo
  • Vermona RetroVerb
  • Line 6 M9 stompbox modeler
  • Korg Kaoss Pad
  • A bunch of stompboxes by ZVex, Tech21, Moog, Digitech, Sovtek, EHX, MXR, …

Plugins

  • A seemingly infinite amount by all the usual suspects, and then some. And then a lot, in fact…