The Bordello Studio approach to recording has always been keep it clean, simple and cheap. The equipment chosen has these basic principles firmly in mind.

The following gear forms the basis of the Recording and Mixing set up.

A Pentium II 233 PC loaded with a Guillemont ISIS SoundCard driving Cakewalk Pro-Audio 8

Not the most powerful PC available, and not the highest spec'ed SoundCard either. But certainly adheres to the 'cheap' and 'simple' principles! The PC will be driving sequencer based programming only in the future, with dedicated Hard Disk Recorders handling the audio.

Yamaha AW16G Hard Disk Recorder

Brilliant unit. Nuff said. 16 tracks of digital, with real faders!

Ensoniq SQ1 Syntheiser

Most synth sounds and sequencer patterns you hear are MIDI driven by the SQ1. Again, not hi-tech, but very suitable for our requirements.

DigiTech Studio V2 Quad MultiEffects Unit

4 in, 4 out effects unit with some great sounds and very usable presets. Mainly used at MixDown - I rarely record using effects.

TL Audio 5050 Valve Pre-Amp Compressor

Great unit. Easy to use. Fantastic on bass and a dream on vocals. Almost all audio will go through this.

Rode NT2 Microphone, Audio Technica AT3035 and Shure SM-58 Microphone

The Rode and the AT3035 are simply the best buys in mic history. Vocals sound marvellous through them, and other audio as well. They complement each other brilliantly - the Rode is a warmer mike, the AT is very punchy with lots of prescence. The Shure is the workhorse - everything on Ravings was recorded through it, including vocals.

Alesis RA-100 Amp and Alesis Monitor One Speakers

You can pick these up really cheap, and they sound great. In the same mould as NS-10's, but with a less annoying top end and less fatigue on your ears over long periods.

Tascam DA-20 DAT Machine

DAT seems out of fashion now with CD Burners - but I still find it very convenient. It saves having to convert everything from Hard Disk recorders to PC hard Disk and then mixdown in the PC and burn to disc - it means I can use a more manual mixdown process which I find more intuitive.

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