Our Gear

West Triad studios located in Venice California is a state of the art, extraordinarily comfortable facility located three blocks from the beach.  Mark Schulman (PINK, Billy Idol, Cher, Velvet Revolver, Sheryl Crow), Julian Coryell (Jewel, Leonard Cohen, Carol King) and Erich Gobel (Black Sabbath, John Mayer, Ray Charles) have created a facility that combines API, Neve (Phoenix Audio), Telefunken and TL Audio mic pres with Apogee converters, vintage/modern mics, vintage/modern compressors, six drum kits, 25 snare drums, 80 cymbals, an array of vintage guitar amps, guitars, pedals, keyboards, a MAC Pro 8 Core computer, Protools and Cubase software.

The floor and walls are floated, the electronics are discreet, the rooms are tuned and the ceilings are vaulted with skylights. Download a pdf of our studio plans.  We have created a unique system for recording drums  in a dry drum booth and leaving the door open to mic the big room with two sets of stereo mics enabling you both a tight dry drum sound and a huge ambient real room sound.

Here is a list of our gear:

COMPRESSORS:

  • (2) CBS VOLUMAX 410
  • (3) EL8 DISTRESSOR
  • (2) DBX 163
  • (2) DRAWMER DL 241
  • UNIVERSAL AUDIO 1176
  • (2) VALLEY PEOPLE DYNAMITE

COMPUTER:

  • MAC PRO 8 CORE 3.0

CONVERTERS:

  • APOGEE AD16X 
  • M-AUDIO 2626

E.QS:

  • (2) API 550 A
  • BLONDER TONGUE AUDIO BATO
  • (2) PHOENIX AUDIO GTQ2  

MIC PRES:

  • (2) TELEFUNKEN V72
  • (6) API 512
  • (2) API 512 C
  • (2) PHOENIX AUDIO GTQ2 (NEVE)
  • (2) TL AUDIO VALVE E.Q.

MONITORS:

  • YAMAHA NS-10'S
  • EVENT 2020P

OTHER

  • ART SGX 2000
  • CROWN D150A
  • ROLAND R-8 
  • TASCAM DA-20

PLUG INS

  • MUSE RECEPTOR KOMPLETE
  • NI AKOUSTIC PIANO
  • NI B42
  • WAVES

SOFTWARE

  • PRO TOOLS M-POWERED 7.5
  • CUBASE 5.5

MICS

  • (3) AKG 414  
  • AKG D-112
  • AUDIO TECHNICA 4050
  • (2) M-AUDIO PULSAR 2
  • (2) MARSHALL 2001
  • NEUMANN U-87
  • NEUMANN TLM 103
  • NEUMANN M147 TUBE
  • (2) SENHEISER 421
  • SOUNDELUX ELUX 251 
  • SOUNDELUX U-95 S
  • SHURE 353 RIBBON
  • SHURE V77 STEREO
  • (4) SHURE KSM 44
  • (2) SHURE KSM 32
  • (2) SHURE KSM 27
  • (2) SHURE SM 81
  • (2) SHURE SM 137
  • SHURE SM 7
  • (6) SHURE BETA 98
  • (2) SHURE SM 57 
  • SHURE BETA 52A
  • SHURE BETA 57
  • SHURE BETA 56 
  • SHURE SM 58

STOMP BOXES

  • AKAI HEAD RUSH
  • BOSS AUTO FILTER
  • BOSS DD5
  • BOSS TU-2 
  • BOSS CE-5 
  • BOSS RC20 LOOP STATION
  • DEMETER COMPULATOR
  • DOD VIBRO THANG
  • DOD HARMONIC ENHANCER
  • FULLTONE ULTIMATE OCTAVE
  • LINE 6 OTTO FILTER 
  • LINE 6 VERBZILLA
  • MXR DISTORTION + 
  • MXR DYNA COMP
  • SANS AMP
  • VOODOO LABS SPARKLE DRIVE
  • VOODOO LABS  SUPER FUZZ
  • (2) ZVEX BOX OF ROCK

DRUM SETS:

  • 2 GRETSCH USA CUSTOM KITS:
    8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 toms;
    26 x 18, 24 x16, 20 x 20 bass drums
     
  • GRETSCH NEW CLASSIC KIT:
    8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18 toms;
    22 x 18, 24 x 18, 26 x 18 bass drums
     
  • GRETSCH NEW CLASSIC PROTYPE KIT:
    10, 12, 14, 16, 18 toms; 
    22 x 18 Bass drum
     
  • GRETSCH RENOWN MAPLE:
    10, 12, 14, 16 toms;
    22 x 18 Bass Drum
     
  • GRETSCH ROUND BADGE VINTAGE KIT:
    13, 16 toms;
    22 x 14 bass drum;
    6.5 x 14 snare
     
  • MAPEX PROTOTYPE AMERICAN (KELLER SHELLS):
    10, 12, 14, 16 toms;
    24 x 16 bass drum
     
  • TAMA IMPERIAL STAR DRUM KIT (90s):
    12, 13, 16 toms;
    22 x 14 bass drum;
    Steel snare drum 14 x 6.5
     
  • SLINGERLAND JAZZ KIT (90s):
    12, 13, 14, 16 toms;
    18 x 14, 20 x 14 bass drums
     
  • PEARL BIRCH KIT:
    12, 14 toms;
    20 x 16 bass drum 

SNARE DRUMS:

  • 2 GRETSCH Mark Schulman Signature 13 x 6
  • 2 GRETSCH Mark Schulman Signature 12 x 6
  • GRETSCH CUSTOM BRONZE 14 x 6.5
  • GRETSCH SOLID MAPLE 14 x 5
  • 4 GRETSCH HAMMERED BRASS 14 x 6.5
  • GRETSCH MAHOGANY 14 X 5
  • GRETSCH 1963 MAPLE 14 x 6.5
  • LUDWIG 1923 NICKEL OVER BRASS 14 x 4
  • SLINGERLAND RADIO KING 40s 14 x 6
  • PORK PIE MAPLE 10 x 6
  • MAPEX BRONZE 14 x 6.5
  • MAPEX METAL 14 x 5
  • MAPEX BLACK PANTHER MAPLE 14 x 6.5
  • TODD CREATED WOOD BUBINGA 12 x 5
  • TODD CREATED WOOD MAHOGANY 12 x 5
  • PETERSON AUSTRALIAN HARDWOOD 14 x 5
  • O' BRIAN BLOCK FREE FLOATING 14 x 6.5
  • NOBLE & COOLEY 14 x 4
  • YAMAHA PROTOTYPE SPRUCE 14 x 6
  • LUDWIG SUPRAPHONIC (70s) 14 x 5
  • PEARL FREE FLOATING BRASS 14 x 6.5
  • PEARL MAPLE 12 x 6
  • PEARL 13 x 5 MAHOGANY

CYMBALS:

  • SABIAN (TOO MANY TO LIST!)
  • 3 PAIR ZILDJIAN NEW BEAT HATS
  • ZILDJIAN 60s A THIN HATS
  • 2 ZILDJIAN PING RIDES
  • PAISTE 602 14” HATS
  • PAISTE 602 18” PAPER THIN CRASH
  • 2 PAISTE 2002 CRASHES (16" 18")
  • STAGG (EVERY PRO CYMBAL IN CATALOG)

GUITARS

  • ARIA PRO 2 
  • 1973 FENDER JAZZ BASS
  • 1963 GIBSON MELODY MAKER 
  • 1972 GIBSON LES PAUL CUSTOM
  • 1976 GIBSON LES PAUL CUSTOM
  • 1989 GIBSON LES PAUL  CUSTOM
  • 1990 GIBSON ES-175 
  • GIRL GUITAR
  • GUILD PILOT FRETLESS BASS
  • 1968 GUILD STARFIRE BASS
  • HAMER DAYTONA
  • HAMER DUO-TONE 
  • HAMER MONACO
  • HAMER NEWPORT 
  • MARTIN M-00 
  • MARTIN CUSTOM SHOP 0015
  • (2) OVATION ELITE
  • TAKAMINE NYLON STRING

GUITAR AMPS

  • 1963 FENDER VIBROLUX
  • 1972 FENDER TWIN 
  • 1974 FENDER DELUXE
  • 2005 FENDER PRO JR.
  • MARSHALL 4 12 SLANT CABINET
  • MESA BOOGIE DC-3
  • 1976 MUSIC MAN 210    

KEYBOARDS

  • AKAI S3000
  • CASIO CZ-1 
  • MUSE RECEPTOR KOMPLETE
  • ROLAND JX3P 
  • ROLAND XV-3080
  • STEINWAY L GRAND PIANO
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