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Mastering Gear

I'll give this to you in signal flow. Some things will be listed twice because of their versatile functionality.

Clocking:
• MUTEC MC-3+USB Master Clock

Digital to Analog Converters:
• Crane Song HEDD Quantam
• Lavry 4496: M*DA 824
• Apogee Symphony I/O MK I
• Grace Design m905 Mastering D/A

Mid/Side Matrix & Width Processing:
• Dangerous Music S&M

Corrective EQ (pre-compression):
• Maselec MEA-2 Mastering Equalizer
• API 5500 Equalizer

De-Essing:
• Manley Labs VoxBox Variable-Frequency De-Esser

Transient Control Compression:
• API 2500 Compressor
• Maselec MLA-2 Mastering Compressor

"Color" and Taste Equalization:
• Manley Labs Massive Passive Tube Equalizer
• API 5500 Equalizer

Final Limiter:
• Manley Labs Variable-MU Limiter
• Maselec MLA-2 Mastering Compressor
• Empirical Labs Stereo Distressor (very rarely)

Analog to Digital Converters:
• Crane Song HEDD Quantam
• Lavry 4496: M*AD 824
• Apogee Symphony I/O MK I

Monitoring:
• Grace Design m905 Monitoring Controller
• Pass Labs x350.5 Amplifier
• Revel Ultima2 Salon2 Speakers
• Genelec 8040A Powered Monitors

Plug-ins:
• PSP Audioware
• Voxengo
• Waves (very rarely)

Cabling:
• Cardas
• Mogami Gold
• Canare StarQuad

Room Treatment:
• Custom Made Diffusers
• 4" Owens Corning 703
• 2" Roxul Rockboard 80
• Guilford of Maine Acoustical Fabric
• Auralex 2" Pyramids (mostly to add the room's distinctive orange accent)

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