ShrunkenHeads - South London Recording Studio

Mic Preamps/Mixers

Alice 828
Alice 20 Channel Mixer
Alice 8 Channel with Limiters
Broadhurst Gardens Preamp
Canford Stereo Mic Preamp
2x Vortexion Tube Preamps (both modded for 3x outputs)
2x Glensound 4 channel Preamps
2x Ampex 662
4x RFT Tube Preamps
Behemoth 4 channel Mic Preamp
14x D&R Stylyx mic preamps

Studio Hardware

2x AKG Phantom Power Units
2x Symetrix Headphone Amps
1x Audimax 4440a compressor
3x Symetrix Compressors (565e/425/525)
2x Aphex 661 Tube Compressors
1x Drawmer LX20 Compressor
1x 4 Channel Cathedral FET Compressor
1x 4 Channel Klark Teknik Compressor
1x Toa Stereo Limiter
2x Stereo and 1x Mono Art Tube EQ
1x Stereo 622b Orban Parametric EQ
1x TC 2240 Parametric EQ
1x Victor Custom Workshop Studio Valve Saturator

Ribbon Mics

2x Reslo ribbon
3x Large Tannoy ribbon
3x Closed Back Tannoy ribbon
3x Bang and Olufsen BM5 Ribbon
1x Bespoke Made Ribbon

Valve Mics

1x Rode K2 valve mic (fitted with vintage bugle boy)

Condenser Mics

4x Calrec CM654d
1x AT 4033a
2x Line Audio CM3
2x Josephson C42
1x Beyer MC740N
2x PZM Plate Mics (hotwired)

Dynamic Mics

1x Shure 545
1x Shure SM57
1x Shure SM7
1x Beyer M88
1x Beyer M69
1x Sennheiser MD421
1x Sennheiser MD403
2x AKG D25
1x Peavey PVM 520TM
1x Philips Dual Diaphragm

Vortexion

Valve mic preamps as used by Joe Meek, The Who and every other discerning engineer - we have 3.
Full, Fat, Beautiful and Delicious!

RFT valve mic preamps

Circa 1938. Beautifully open and rich. We have 2 pairs, each set with different valves for tonal variation. Lovely with ribbon, dynamic or condenser mics.

Behemoth

Spec built circa 1950 for a radio station - we have the only two ever built. Both have been modded for individual outs as have the valve equalisers. Fantastically rich for tracking - the transformers compress beautifully - and also superb for mixing through - if you want that original all tube colour flavouring your mix.

Glensound

Outside broadcast mixer built for Welsh BBC and modified to have 4 individual outputs. Extremely high grade microphone preamplifiers - crystal clear but with rich, sweet colouration from the transformers. Magnificent on vocals and acoustic instruments.

Alice Mixers

We have 4 - and they are all incredible at what they do. The 3 smaller units are used mainly for recording - 2 have Belclere transformers at their inputs (like Neve preamps) and one has a set of Sowters - this one also has limiters on every channel so is angelic on acoustic instruments. The larger unit is mainly for mixing - we like punishing the limiters at the output for the pixie dust and energy they imbue.

Mixing

We have a whole gamut of interesting professional outboard from top digital reverbs to valve spring reverbs to tape echos to analogue delays - to modulatory devices - valve and solid state compressors and equalisers - plus a bunch of very fine plugins if you're in a hurry. We also like very much the wild creative element so have lapsteels, octave guitars, analogue synths, wind organs and all manner of squeaking honking paraphernalia to scratch that itch!