02Gear wall
Every synth, drum machine and microphone in the room
91 machines and pieces of outboard, all patched and ready when you walk in. Analog polysynths next to digital classics, drum machines next to a rack of vintage microphones, plus the routing that gets everything into the DAW in one take.
This is the collection you play during a synthesizer session at One Monastery Road Studio (OMRS) in Moortsele, Belgium. Nothing here is behind glass.
SYNSynthesizers27
- Oberheim TEO-5
- Warm analog pads and sweeping lead lines
- Access Virus C
- Trance leads and supersaw chords that fill the mix
- Moog Minitaur
- Deep sub-bass that sits underneath everything else
- Korg multi/poly
- Modern analog-style pads and punchy electronic basses
- Korg monologue
- Fat mono basslines and screaming lead parts
- Korg M1
- House pianos, bell pads and classic late 80s hits
- Korg opsix
- Digital FM basses, glassy bells and experimental leads
- Korg microKORG
- Vocoder vocals and compact virtual analog sounds
- Korg Poly 800
- Wobbly 80s string pads and nostalgic chords
- Korg Monotron
- Filter sweeps and noisy little effects for texture
- Kurzweil K2000
- Cinematic textures and layered digital sound design
- Yamaha DX7 IIFD
- Bright FM electric pianos, bells and glassy chords
- Yamaha DX11
- Hollow FM basses and metallic plucks
- Yamaha EX5R
- Sampled and physically modelled instruments in one rack
- Yamaha AN1x
- Smooth virtual analog pads with expressive ribbon bends
- Roland Jupiter-Xm
- Jupiter and Juno sounds for lush chords and arpeggios
- Roland FA-06
- Full-band arrangements and quick keyboard work
- Roland XP-10
- 90s dance stabs, organs and house chords
- Roland U-20
- Late 80s pads and sampled beds for atmospheric tracks
- Behringer MS-1 MK1
- Acid basslines and simple mono leads with hands-on control
- Behringer MS-5
- Aggressive dual-filter bass and experimental drones
- Behringer DeepMind 6
- Warm analog chords with built-in chorus and delay
- Behringer Solina String Ensemble
- String layers for disco, soul and dreamy pop
- Modal Cobalt 5S
- Digital-analog leads and slowly evolving pads
- ASM Hydrasynth Explorer
- Morphing wavetable pads and expressive aftertouch playing
- IK Multimedia UNO Synth
- Quick analog ideas on the road or on the couch
- Donner B1
- 303 acid lines and squelchy bass sequences
KEYKeyboards5
- Studiologic SL990 Pro
- Weighted 88 keys for piano parts and MIDI playing
- Nektar Panorama P6
- Hands-on mixing and synth control while the DAW runs
- Roland EM-50
- Arranger parts, demo ideas and 90s GM sounds
- Bontempi PM 746
- Toy keys for lo-fi hooks and sampling material
- Bontempi BT805
- Plastic keyboard textures for lo-fi tracks and sample food
DRMDrums & percussion7
- Arturia DrumBrute Impact
- Analog drum grooves with grit for techno and electro
- Roland TR-08
- 808 kicks, claps and hats for hip-hop and house
- Roland TR-505
- Cheap 80s drum samples for lo-fi and early house
- Yamaha RX8
- Punchy digital drums for 90s pop and dance
- Alesis SR18
- Practice grooves and drum parts with a built-in bass
- Boss DR-880
- Full drum arrangements with modelled amp sounds
- Sonor Cajon
- Hand-played percussion for acoustic and unplugged takes
STRGuitars & bass5
- Fender Squier Stratocaster
- Chords, riffs and clean guitar layers
- Pearl Telecaster
- Twangy riffs and rhythm guitar parts
- Yamaha G-90
- Acoustic strumming and fingerpicked parts
- Yamaha BB300
- Round passive bass for grooves and basslines
- Mahalo MJ3 Tenor
- Ukulele plucks and light melodic colour
MICMicrophones15
- Lewitt LCT 440 Pure
- Lead vocals and acoustic instruments that need detail
- AKG P220
- Vocals and guitar cabs, with pad and bass cut for loud sources
- Rode NT1-A
- Quiet vocals and voiceover work with very little noise
- Rode M3
- Snare, guitar cabs and room spots
- AKG Perception 100
- Backing vocals and percussion that need an extra condenser
- Shure SM57 (x3)
- Snare, guitar cabinets and anything loud
- AKG C1000s (x2)
- Drum overheads, acoustic guitar and percussion
- Shure Beta 58A
- Loud vocals and sources that need tight rejection
- Shure SM58
- Talkback and rough vocal takes
- Stagg MCO-6W
- Room capture and multi-pattern experiments
- Sony F-96 (duo set)
- Vintage colour on drums and guitar amps
- Philips N8302
- Lo-fi character on percussion and samples
- Philips N8207
- Gritty vintage tone on amps and drums
- Maruni UMC-7105 (x2)
- Stereo room mics with a Japanese vintage flavour
- sE Electronics RF-X (x2)
- Taming room reflections around vocals and amps
OUTOutboard & routing13
- Audient ASP800
- Eight clean preamps for tracking drums and full bands
- Tascam US-20x20
- The hub that gets every mic and synth into the DAW
- MOTU Express 128
- Routing MIDI to the whole synth collection at once
- ART Pro VLA II
- Smooth tube compression on vocals and bass
- Behringer Tube Composer T1952
- Warm glue on drum buses and full mixes
- Behringer Tube Ultrafex T1954
- Adding air and presence to dull takes
- Behringer MDX1400
- Controlling dynamics and cleaning up noisy sources
- Behringer EX2200
- Widening synths and stereo tracks
- Ecler QEM 16-2
- Shaping frequencies on the way in or out
- Custom Fender spring reverb
- Drippy spring ambience on guitars and synths
- Yamaha O2R
- Summing and mixing bigger sessions in the room
- Yamaha O1V
- Quick digital mixing for smaller setups
- Fame W-228
- Holding the outboard rack together
AMPAmps & monitoring7
- Vox AC30UH
- Classic british crunch for guitar tracking
- Marshall A10
- Warm practice tones and quiet amp takes
- Koch Loadbox-II
- Cranking tube amps silently, straight into the DAW
- Roland DB-500
- Bass monitoring and DI-style bass tones
- ADAM Audio T7V (pair)
- Detailed nearfield monitoring for mixing
- KRK Rokit 8 G2 (pair)
- A second reference for low end and club checks
- Millenium BS-500 (pair)
- Decoupling the monitors from the desk
FXEffects9
- Boss ME-50B
- Multi-effects for synths and bass in one pedal
- Boss BC-1X
- Even bass levels in busy mixes
- Boss LMB-3
- Keeping bass and synths under control
- SolidGoldFX Beta Bass
- Tube-style grit on bass and synth lines
- MXR M84 Bass Fuzz Deluxe
- Fuzzy bass riffs with a clean blend underneath
- EBS OctaBass
- Sub octaves for basslines and thicker synths
- Arion MDI-2
- Vintage distortion bite on bass
- Seymour Duncan Double Back
- Parallel compression for punchy bass and drums
- Boss BCB-60
- Keeping the pedal chain powered and patched
CTLControl3
- Steinberg CC121
- Hands-on mixing and EQ work in Cubase
- Mackie Big Knob
- Switching between monitors and talkback
- Korg SQ-1
- Sequencing synths and modular-style patterns
Looking for something specific? Mail play@omrs.be and we tell you whether it is in the room or coming in with the next batch of gear.