GTown Stüdio was overhauled in 2020 into a professional drum studio. Individual drum tracks to full albums are now recorded here.
The Goods…
Primary Drums: 9×12″ DW Collector’s Series Rack Tom, 16×18″ DW Collector’s Series Floor Tom & 18×24″ DW Collector’s Series Bass Drum. All with Aquarian Drum Heads.
Primary Cymbals: 15″ Istanbul Agop Sultan HiHats, JoJo Mayer Signature 22″ Sabian AAX Omni Crash/Ride, 18″ Meinl Cymbals Byzance Dual Crash, 16″ Meinl Cymbals Byzance Dual Crash, 16″ Zildjian K Custom Special Dry Crash, 10″ Meinl Cymbals Byzance Dual Splash, Creative Percussion Hex Stax x2, Istanbul Agop Clap Stack
Snare Drums: 7×14″ Jalopy Aluminum Snare, 6.5×14″ Tama Starclassic Birch/Maple Performer, 5.5×14″ Gretsch Mike Johnston Brooklyn Standard Maple/Poplar, 5×14″ Masters of Maple Trash Talk Musicares Seamless Aluminum, 5×14″ Ludwig Acrolite, 3×14″ Tama Brass Piccolo, 5×12″ Tama Club Jam, 12×9″ Remo Mondo Black Earth
Additional Drums & Cymbals: 7×18″ Tama Club Jam Bass Drum, 8×12″ Rogers Rack Tom, 15×16″ Rogers Floor Tom, 14×22″ Rogers Bass Drum, PDP Concept Classic 16×22″ Bass Drum x 16×16″ Floor Tom x 9×13″ Rack Tom, 15″ Sabian AAX Freq HiHats, Ralph Peterson Signature 22″ Meinl Byzance Jazz Symmetry Ride, 14″ Paiste Signature Heavy HiHats, 22″ Zildjian Heavy Ride, 16″ Zildjian Brilliant Medium Thin Crash, 12″ Istanbul Mehmet Custom Sultan HiHats, 22″ Paiste Stewart Copeland Signature Blue Bell Ride, 16″ Istanbul Mehmet Custom 16″ Medium Crash
Percussion: Glockenspiel, Baldman Percusion Junk Hats, Buffalo Drum, Meinl Groove Bell Cowbell, Djembe, Tambourine, Schlagwerk Shakers, Cajon, Mini-Darbuka, Rain Stick, Triangle
Mics: Coles 4038 x2, AKG C214, Beyerdynamic M160, Beyerdynamic M201, Earthworks SR25mp x2, Earthworks DM6, Shure SM57 x3, Shure Beta 52a, Shure SM7B, Heil PR48, Audix D6, Audix D2, Audix D4, Darwin Audio Lo Fi Beer Can Mic
Recording & Editing Equipment: 16-track recording through AVID Pro Tools Carbon & Arturia AudioFuse 8Pre interfaces, Mackie Big Knob 3×2 Studio Monitor Interface, Pro Tools Studio
Other Instruments: Trumpet, Trombone, Piano, Synthesizer, Electric Bass, Double Bass, Alto Saxophone, Acoustic Guitars, Harmonica
Other Gear: VicFirth Drumsticks, Tune-Bot, Moongels, DW Hardware, Tama Cobra Harware, Prologix Practice Pad, Roc-N-Soc Nitro Drum Throne, DB-90 Dr. Beat Metronome, Adam A7X and Yamaha HS5 Studio Monitors, Ultimate Ears Pro UE-11 & UE-6, Canon EOSM50 x2 with Sigma & Canon Lenses, GoPro cameras, Cherry Hill Drums HiHat Clutch and Cymbal Fasteners, Cloudlifter Mic Activator, Lowboy Beaters
Endorsed by nobody, but I recommend all the gear I use (or I wouldn’t be using it). Specifically, Ultimate Ears, Lowboy Beaters and Aquarian Drumheads have been extremely supportive to One Drummer Drumming, Mike’s Drum Tracking & GTown Stüdio.
Note: Excess new and used gear from the studio is available in the GTown Studio Reverb Shop at this link.