Welcome to Berkeley Road

A Philadelphia recording studio with a focus on percussion

BERKELEY ROAD Gear List

 

DRUM KITS

1960’s Ludwig Super Classic Mahogany/Poplar/Maple (22x14, 13x9, 16x16)

1960’s MIJ Luan (22x14, 12x8, 16x15)

Early 2000’s Gretsch Renown Maple (22x18, 10x8, 12x10, 14x14)

Early 2000’s Gretsch Catalina Club Natural Mahogany (18x14, 12x8, 14x14)

 

SNARES

1940’s WFL No. 902 White Marine Pearl Maple (14x6)

1960’s Ludwig Acrolite Aluminum (14x5.5)

1960’s USA Kent Single-Tension Maple (13x5)

1970’s Slingerland Gene Krupa Sound King COB (14x6.5)

1970’s Ludwig LM-400 Supraphonic COB (14x5)

1970’s Kent Blue Pearl Luan (14x5)

1980’s Ludwig Black Galaxy “Blackrolite” Aluminum (14x5.5)

Early 2000’s Yamaha Copper Nouveau (14x5.5)

Early 2000’s Yamaha Stage Custom Steel (14x6.5)

Early 2000’s Gretsch Catalina Club Natural Mahogany (14x5)

Early 2000’s Pearl Firecracker Steel (10x5)

 

MISC.

Early 2000’s Ludwig Musser Orchestral Glockenspiel

1970’s Remo Rototom set (6/8/10)

1930’s Leedy Single-Tension Pre-Badge Kick (25x10.5)

Early 2000’s Gretsch Catalina Club Maple Floor Tom (16x16)

Pedals by DW, Ludwig, Tama

 

ELECTRONICS

Nord Drum 3 Modeling Percussion Synthesizer Multi-Pad

Casio CTK2400 61-Key Keyboard

 

CYMBALS (vintage and new)

100+ assorted Sabian, Zildjian, Meinl

 

AUX. PERCUSSION (vintage and new)

Meinl Headliner Series Siam Oak Bongos (8”, 6.75”)

Misc. tambourines, shakers, cabasa, Vibraslap, woodblocks, maracas, cowbells, kalimbas, mini steel tongue drum, shekeres, sleigh bells, castanets, triangle, and other sound makers

 

AUDIO

MacBook M1 Pro, 16GB unified memory, 1TB SSD

Logic Pro X (Rosetta) DAW

Universal Audio Apollo x8p Heritage Edition Interface (x2)

Furman M-8x2 Power Conditioner

Mackie Big Knob Passive 2x2 Studio Monitor Controller

UA Unison Preamps: API Vision, Neve 1073/1084, Avalon VT-737, UA 610A/610B, V76, Helios 69

UA Compressors: Teletronix LA-3A/LA-2A, 1176 Classic, Pultec, Fairchild Tube, Empirical Labs Distressor, DBX 160, UA 175/176 Tube

UA Effects: Thermionic Culture Vulture, Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb, Lexicon 480L Digital Reverb, DreamVerb Room Modeler, EP-34 Tape Echo, Oxide Tape Recorder, Pure Plate Reverb, Galaxy Tape Echo

Additional plugins by: Fab Filter, Metric Halo, Sonnox, Sound Radix, Sound Toys, Waves, Valhalla DSP

Kali LP-6 Monitors

Shure SE315 In-Ears

Sony MDR-7506 Closed Back Headphones

 

MICROPHONES

Condenser Microphones

Mojave MA-300 tube

United Studio Technologies UT FET47

Warm Audio WA 47JR

Oktava MK-012 (matched pair)

Rode NT5 (matched pair)

BLUE Yeti Pro

 

Ribbon Microphone

Stager SR-2N

 

Dynamic Microphones

Sennheiser MD 421 II (2)

Beyerdynamic M 201 TG

1980’s Electro-Voice 635A (2)

Miktek PM10 (2)

AKG D112

Shure SM57 (2)

Shure Beta 52A

1940’s Turner Model 99 Vibe-Master