EQUIPMENT AND RECORDING
The toolbox
Whether tube, transistor, vintage, ultra-modern, colored or transparent La Forge offers a wide range of equipment.
Outboard by: Dangerous Music, D.W. Fearn, elysia, Empirical Labs, Golden Age Premier, ShadowHills...Microphones by: Beyerdynamic, Cloud, Electro Voice, GAP, Josephson, Royer, Sennheiser, Shure...
Plugins by: fabFilter, Flux, Fuse Audio Labs, Metric Halo, , Neold, Plugin Alliance, Soft Tube, Sound Toys, UAD, Waves...Complete list on request.
Console: Trident 75 series
Monitoring:
D-A converter:
Dangerous Convert-2
Speakers:
NHT Pro-A20 System
Yamaha NS-10T (on A100a)
- Wiring by Vovox and MTI GmbH
Recording formats
La Forge offers:
- 16 simultaneous tracks analog to digital "Live" recording on DAW at 24 bits/44.1kHz to 96kHz, or on 1" inch tape.
- Unlimited track-by-track recording on DAW (Logic Pro X or Pro Tools) at 24 bits / 44.1kHz to 96kHz.
- Mixes delivered in 24-bit stereo format from 44.1kHz to 96kHz.
NB: La Forge uses 1" SM900 tape from RTM
Backline
La Forge provides the following instruments:
Guitars:
- Gibson 'Les Paul' Special (P90)
- Fender 'Stratocaster'
- Martin 000-18 "1937" GE (folk)
- Martin N-20 (nylon)
- Vintage and modern effect pedals
Guitar Amps:
- Fender 'Princeton Reverb' Black Face
-Fender 'Princeton Reverb' Black Face clone (by VHM, Paris)
- Fender 'Champ' Silver Face
- Music Man 100-RD head
- Bedrock head (AC30) 50w
- Pignose amplifier
- 2x 12" Mesa Boogie cabinet
Keyboards/Synths:
- Fender Rhodes MKI 73
- Piano 'honky-tonk' Magnus Focké (circa 1930)
-Korg MS-10
-Yamaha CS-05
-Roland Juno-106
- Roland MKS-30 + remote
Drums:
Tama Starclassic Complete Kit
22x16” BD + 10”/12”/16” Toms
Snare Tama Starclassic Maple 14”x6.5”
Snare DW Custom Maple Standard
Snare Tama Kenny Aronoff 14”x5.5”
Charley Meinl 14” Medium Hi-Hat + Paiste 15” Masters Dark
Crash 16” Meinl Pure Alloy medium crash
Crash 18” Meinl sand medium crash
Crash 18” Trash Crash
Sand Ride 20” Byzantium Vintage
Percs:
Wide selection of small percussions, shakers, tambourines, bells, bongos, etc...