Equipment

My outboard gear consists of Grace 101 and Studio Projects VTB1 pre-amps; FMR Audio RNC1773 compressor and Alesis Nanocompressor and Alesis Nanoverb.

Dynamic mic selection - Shure SM57, SM58 plus PG52 & PG56 drum mics; Sennheiser E845; ATM63, plus some random cheapies.

Large diaphragm condensers - Studio Projects C1, C3 and Audio Technica AT2020.

Condenser mics - sdsystems LCM89 sax mic, Rhode NT4 stereo and AKG C1000S.

For piano, I adore the Yamaha Motif Rack ES sounds. My keyboard is an Alesis QS8-1. Between the QS8-1, Motif, Soundfonts and samples I have a huge range of sounds and loops.

I have set up, a fully mic'd Pearl Professional DX series kit fitted with Ddrum Redshot MIDI triggers on the snare, toms and kick, into a Simmons TMI Trigger MIDI Interface.