Hit Factory

Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Will Johnson

HIP-HOP SUPERPRODUCERS POKE AND TONE, AKA TRACK MASTERS, COME BACK WITH A VENGEANCE, SETTING UP PRODUCTION ASSEMBLY LINE AND CREATING 230 SONGS IN THREE MONTHS

Gang's All Here

The Track Masters' production assembly line included equipment from Manhattan's Battery Studios, as well as gear from Frequency, The ARE, Ace 21 and Just Nyce.

Computers, DAWs, recording hardware

Apple Mac G5s running OS X
Digidesign Pro Tools|HD3 Accel system
Apple Logic Platinum 6
Steinberg Cubase

Consoles, mixers

API 7800 Discrete 4 Buss Master Module, 8200 Discrete 8 Channel Summing Mixer
Euphonix CS3000 console
SSL SL 9000 J Series, 4064 G Series consoles

Mic, mic preamps, EQs, compressors, effects

Avalon E55 EQ, M22 preamp
dbx 160 compressor
Eventide H3000 Ultra-Harmonizer
Focusrite ISA 115 EQ
GML 8200 Parametric Equalizer
Klark Teknik DN360 EQ
Lexicon PCM 70 digital effects processor
Neumann U 87 mic
Neve 1064, 1073 preamps
Pultec EQH-2, EQP-1A EQs
Telefunken V72 preamp

Software, plug-ins

Bomb Factory Plug-In Bundle
Native Instruments Komplete 5 bundle
Propellerhead Reason workstation, ReCycle audio loop groove tool
Steinberg Hypersonic 2 Music Workstation
Spectrasonics Atmosphere, StylusRMX, Trilogy VST instruments

Keyboards, instruments

Fender Rhodes electric piano
Hammond B3 organ
Line 6 Variax 600, Variax 700, Variax Acoustic 700, Bass 700
Korg microKORG synth, Triton synth workstation
Open Labs MiKo synth workstation
Roland Fantom synth workstation
Wurlitzer electric piano

Sampler/drum machines, turntables

Akai MPC2000XL, MPC4000 sampling workstations
Ensoniq ASR-10 sampler
Technics SL-1200 turntables

Monitors, headphones, amp

Boxer monitors
Bryston 4B power amp
Genelec 1031 monitors
Sony MDR-V700DJ, MDR-7509 headphones
Yamaha NS10 monitors

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