Home of a heavenly host of gear and instruments any musician / musical bod who loves records, and the golden era of recording would be happy to share a room with. Based around the first SSL 4000 recording console to find its way to Australia. Usually the first thing to see a track is the Studer 827, via a bank of ancient Neve console channels, and one of the most loveable mic collections in the la
nd, from a host of vintage 47's and 48's to the whole range of Josephson's, and almost everything in between, with more ribbons than a 5 year old girls birthday. Its a musician / bands Xanadu, you can stay in the apartment, and forget the world is out there, and isn't that what we are trying to do ?(within reason)
Mixmasters has been the home to so many albums, it would be just silly to list them. From Original Adelaide icons (Daisy Heads, Lizard train, Krytapinzch etc etc, to national heroes (Jeff Lang, Pigram Brothers, Angels, Shane Howard, Dingoes, Large Number Twelves, Amanda Palmer, Yearlings, Audreys, Jackson Firebird, Laura Hill, Borderers, Huckleberry Swedes, Cindi Boste, Nigel Werne, the list goes on)
Owned, built and run by me (Mr Mick Wordley), I have been on a life long obsession with recording music, sonic landscapes, playing music, and producing music since school days, making it a full time endeavor for the past 30 odd years (very odd)
Its been a trip and a blast to work with many great musicians, producers and collaborators over the years. I have recorded all over the lands, also in
Can I invite you to my table of audio relics, that I have collected ? Don't want to bore you with geekism, but these are my (our) tools, and when they are ambient, they are "art", and feel nice to "be around'
You can hang a 72 Gold Top on the wall, and just because its not being played, don't mean its "idle", and doesn't belong (and serving a purpose)
So ...
Want (need) a Hammond ? ... next to the console is a 39 Hammond BC, feeding a Leslie in the "Leslie room", but played in the control room, with personal monitors
Piano ? in the studio stands a Yamaha C-2 (1982) 9 foot full concert grand, I am sure it has many children and is a proud mum, its sounds like a matriarch should. Maybe a Rhodes ? ... On the rear wall is a beautiful "suitcase" Rhodes ... or if you prefer, plug the Wurly into the Fender Vibrolux, or the 40's Magnatone, and let the trem "sing"
For those purveyors of microphones ...
In my cupboard lies:
X2 U-47 (VF-14), X2 U-48, X4 U-67, X2 KM-54, X6 Josephson E-22, X4 Josephson C-42, X2 Mojave MA-100, X2 SM-69, X2 KM-84, X2 Mercenary KM-69, X2 JZ 47 vintage, Josephson 715, 716, Josephson 700, RSM M/S, Calrec Soundfield, X2 U-47 fet, X4 AKG 414, X3 AKG C-12A, AKG 451's, X2 460's, Sennheiser MK-20, 421's .. Ribbons: AEA x2 440's, 840, 84, X4 R-92, X2 N-22, X2 R-88, Royer: SF-24V, 122-V, 121's, RCA 77's X3, Junior, Coles 4038 X2, STC biscuit, pair of Tannoy ancient ribbons, plenty of oldies
58's, 57's Beta's, SM-7B, AKG D-112, Heil's (plenty), Audix, blah blah
For Entree: (pre's)
X8 Neve 1064's, X4 Neve Ba-183, X2 Neve 3314 (broadcast), X3 Telefunken V-76, X4 Sytek MPX-4A, Trident 80 pair, Quad Eight X2, Avalon 2022, Avalon 737 X2, UA 6176 X2, X48 SSL console pre's
For Dinner (outboard)
X2 Pultec EQP-1A, Pultec ..
