Commercial Music: Gear List

commercial music instructor pointing to sound board with a student watching
BC's commercial music program strives to provide their students with proper studio and sound equipment that will give them the experience necessary to be successful in the commercial music industry. Our studio boats this gear list.

About Commercial Music Program

MICS

  • Neumann TLM 103 large diaphragm condenser. cardioid. Vocals, guitar, wind
  • Shure SM7b dynamic cardioid. Flat response. Vocals, bass amp. Low output.
  • Mesanovic 2 passive ribbon mic. Figure 8. Vox, amp, strings, drum, piano. Hi’s.
  • Flea 47 (based on U47). condenser omni/cardioid. Tube. vocals and acoustic
  • EV RE20. dynamic, cardioid. Vox, kick drum, cab, toms
  • Shure beta 52a. Dynamic, super cardioid. Kick, bass.
  • Cascade fathead 2. Ribbon, figure 8. Drum, OH, room, amp, vox, keys,string
  • AKG C414, condenser, 5 polar. Vox, acoustic, piano, string, drm overhead.
  • Neumann U87ai. Condenser. Switchable polar. Vox, strings.
  • Royer 121 2x’s. Ribbon, figure 8, acoustic, amps, percussive, piano
  • Shure sm81 2x’s. Small dia, condenser, cardioid. Live sound. Acoustic, keys, OH
  • SE4400a. 2x’s Ld, condenser, switchable. Vox, string, piano, perc.
  • Coles 4038 2x’s. Ribbon. Vox, drums
  • Shure SM57 3x’s

BC Modular System

Top Row:

  • Sto: VCO
  • Intellijel Dixie II: VCO/LFO
  • Optomix: Lopass gate (VCA VCF)
  • Peaks: EnvGen/LFO
  • Dronebank: 5 triangle oscillators
  • shades: 3 channel red/white/blue mixer
  • nse 2hp: white noise generator
  • Magneto: verb/delay
  • WMD MMF: Filter. LowPass, BandPass and HighPass filter outputs.
  • nse 2hp: ADSR

Bottom Row:

  • Maths: filter
  • wobblebug: random voltage generator
  • rene: sequencer
  • Wasp Filter
  • Batumi: quad LFO
  • nse 2hp: clock divider/multiplier

BC Synths

  • 0 coast: monophonic patchable synth
  • Moog mother 32
  • Moog grandmother
  • Korg MS-20 mini
  • Korg volca FM
  • Korg volca beats
  • Korg SQ-1: Step sequencer
  • Korg Minilogue
  • Korg Little Bits
  • DSI Prophet 6
  • Arp Odyssey
  • Yamaha reface DX
  • Casio CZ-1000
  • Nord electro
  • roland TR-08
  • roland SH-01A
  • Fender Rhodes
  • Ableton Push
  • Launchpad

Outboard Gear

Dynamics:

  • Empirical Labs EL8-X Distressor 2x’s
  • Universal Audio 1176 (2x’s)
  • Teletronix La-2a (2x’s)

  • 500 series

  • API 512c preamp

  • NEVE 1073 preamp

  • NEVE 1073 eq

  • NEVE 2264 comp

  • DBX 560a

 Effects:

  • EVENTIDE DDL 500
  • Meris Mercury 7 reverb

Monitors:

  • Focal CMS 65

  • Genelec

  • Focal