Wheel of Misfortune
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Bill Murphy
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and the Mars Volta leap headlong into the signal-processed unknown
E-Clat: Portrait of a Gear Explosion
Computer, DAW, recording hardware
Once dubbed the E-Clat Portable Morgue Disaster Unit — shorthand for the home studio Omar Rodriguez-Lopez has used to record numerous solo projects for the exceedingly eclectic Gold Standard Laboratories label — E-Clat is now a fully blown home studio located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where Rodriguez-Lopez did most of the editing and track sequencing for The Bedlam in Goliath. (And this isn't even the whole list. Did we say it was fully blown?)
Apogee Big Ben studio clock
Apple Mac G5 Dual (2 GHz and 1.8 GHz) and MacBook Pro (2.3 GHz)
Digidesign Pro Tools|HD3 with Digi 003, 002 and Mbox Mini
Console
Neve 10-channel sidecar with 3116 mic pre/EQs
Trident 75 series console
Tape machines
Ampex AG-440B 1-inch tape machine (8-track)
Studer A800 2-inch tape machine (24- and 16-track head stacks)
Tascam ½-inch tape machines (4-track, various)
Plug-ins
Bomb Factory bundle
Waves Platinum bundle
Mics
AKG C 12, C414 and D112
Audio-Technica AT4050
Neumann U 67
Royer R-121 and SF-12
Shure SM57 (10), SM58 (2) and SM7
Sennheiser MD 421
EQs, compressors
API 550B EQ (2)
Neve 1073 EQ (4)
Universal Audio LA-2A compressor (2)
Urei 1176 compressor (5)
Effects
Boss VB-2 Vibrato
DeltaLab Effectron (3)
Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man
Eventide H3000 Ultra-Harmonizer
Fulltone Echoplex
Ibanez WF10 Wah Fuzz
Korg KP1, KP2 Kaoss Pad (4)
Maestro Echoplex (4), Ring Modulator
Mutronics Mutator
Roland RE-201 Space Echo (8), RE-501 Chorus Echo and RE-101 Space Echo
Symbolic Sound Kyma X effects
Instruments, amplifiers
Ampeg SVT-VR bass heads (2), 810 cabinets (2)
Fender Twin amp
Harmony combo amp (8-inch)
Ibanez custom guitar
Lakland Skyline Darryl Jones bass
Ludwig stainless steel 5-piece drum kit (vintage)
Marshall Plexi (1967), 4-by-12 cabinets (2)
Orange AD140 head with cabinet
Supro combo amps (with 8-inch, 12-inch and 15-inch speakers)
Tama Bubinga 5-piece drum kit
Vox AC30 amp (3)
Drum machines
Electro-Harmonix DRM16
Korg ER-1 Electribe R
Roland TR-707
Yamaha QY100
Zoom RT-223 RhythmTrak
Synths, keyboards
Access Virus A
ARP Axxe
Clavia Nord Lead 1
Electro-Harmonix Bass Micro-Synthesizer
Farfisa VIP-233 combo organ
Fender Rhodes 88 Suitcase, 73 Stage, 73 (silver top) and Piano Bass (orange top)
Hammond A-100 (with two Leslie 31H speakers) and M-101 organ
Hohner Clavinet C, D-6, Clavinet/Pianet Duo and Pianet T
Korg MicroKorg, MS-10, MS-20, Trident, Triton Studio and VC-10 Vocoder
Mellotron M400 and MkVI
Moog CDX, Minimoog, Satellite, Sonic Six and Taurus II
Roland Juno-106, JP-8080, SH-1000, SH-2000 and VP-333 Vocoder Plus
Wurlitzer 200A electric piano
Monitors
ATC SCM20s (on loan from Rich Costey)
Yamaha NS-10s
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