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Brad Blackwood, Euphonics Masters Memphis , TN

Crazy Beast Studios, Minneapolis, MN

Dave Harris of Studio B Mastering in Charlotte, NC (has IBIS-Mastering version)

 


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Also check out Phoenix Live/Touring users

Alan Meyerson, top music scoring mixer -- Mix online interview

Tarquin Studios - Bridgeport, CT

Ross Hogarth and Hoax Productions - {Gov't Mule, Roger Waters, The Black Crowes, Shawn Colvin, John Mellencamp, R.E.M. and Jewel are some of the artists this Grammy-winning producer/engineer/mixer has had the joy of working with over his two decades in the recording studio.
Ross' wide varied experience and taste opened up all creative doors and usual and unusual possibilities. He's never allowed himself to be pigeonholed or trapped in any one musical genre as his studio work runs the gamut from the heavy metal insanity of Motley Crue and Coal Chamber to the Grammy-winning Keb' Mo' release Slow Down to recent releases by Melissa Etheridge (Lucky), Ziggy Marley (Dragonfly) and John Fogerty (Deja Vu (All Over Again)}

Doug Nightwine - Nashville, TN {The first mixer to rely solely on DigiDesign VENUE. Credits include PM/FOH - Joe Satriani,
PM/FOH - Kelly Clarkson, PM - Jason Mraz, FOH - Alan Parsons Live Project, FOH - Lee Ann Womack, FOH - The Moody Blues, FOH - Salt N Pepa, TM/FOH - Aaron Neville, TM/FOH - Gin Blossons, Pro Tool Eng. - Journey, and a whole lot more.}

Pete Davis of Native Management - London England, UK

Rex Bledsoe of Audiovilla in Nampa, ID

Kip Winger

Brian Steckler of The Stickhouse Productions in Meadow Vista, CA

Ambient Digital mastering

Studio A at Jazz at Lincoln Center -- JALC Studio A -- New York City, USA (Pro Sound News June 2007 page 28)

Live/Touring

D-Show users - Check out this thread on: ProSoundWeb sound reinforcement forums Favorite Digidesign D-Show Plug-ins

Steve Cross FOH for "Kid Rock: Rock-n-Roll Jesus" tour (2007/2008) - I have been using the Phoenix for a while now with great success. Now that I have an authorization on my Ilok...I will still be able to use it at the festivals we are going to hit in europe this summer. I don't think I can do a show without it.!!! (taken from e-mail May 23, 2008)

Greg Looper system tech and Orris Henry FOH - Van Halen (2007)

Jake Mann, FOH engineer with reunited Stray Cats, as well as monitors for ZZ Top (2007) - "I can't live without the Phoenix,” Mann says. “It is an amazing plug-in and I use it in more places than I would have originally thought. I spent some time talking with Scott Lillo from Crane Song, which was enlightening. The Phoenix will do wonders for your low-end instruments, and the overall effect of it on in-ear mixes is pretty amazing, too!” -- Mix tour Profile online

Brad Madix FOH for RUSH (2007/2008) - “Phoenix is a plug-in I'm really excited about,”
Madix says. “I'm not sure what it's doing, but it makes almost everything sound better." -- Mix tour Profile online

Brian Hendry, Monitor engineer Stevie Nicks (2007/) -- "Phoenix Crane Song Luster on Nicks" -- Mix Tour Profile online

Eddie Mapp, FOH for Evanescence (2007) - ".....the Crane Song Phoenix Tape Saturation plug-in, as “it helps warm up everything in the digital domain.” (taken from FOH May 2007 and online)

 

 

 


 

STC-8 Discrete Class A Stereo Compressor Limiter

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Steve Law, FOH for Keith Urban tour 2007 (taken from (Pro Sound News June 2007 page 58)
"Crane Song's STC-8 is employed for dynamics control on the bass guitar. "That's one of the finest bass guitar rigs out there," says Law, callng it a "magical piece."

Gerry Stinson Audio - St. Cloud, MN

Platinum Lab Recording - Nashville, Tn.

John Scrip :-) MASSIVE Mastering / Audiographics Unlimited /Hoffman Estates / Schaumburg, IL -- U.S.A. (has STC-8/M) See photos

Mr. Toad's - San Francisco. CA (check out this picture)

Chuck Ainlay of BackStage Studio at Soundstage Studios

Real World Studios, Village of Box in Wiltshire, England outboard equipment list

BlackCat Studios, Thadd

Dave Harris - Studio B Mastering -Charlotte, NC. (has STC-8/M Mastering version)

Tarquin Studios - Bridgeport, CT (has a STC-8/M Mastering version)

HISTORIC HENNEPIN THEATRE GROUP - Which manages - The State, Orpheum and Pantages Theatres in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Trevor Zylstrahief, Chief Engineer - Mars Musical Adventures Recording Studio

Jim Griffith, Hollywood [link]

Stephen Meyer, ESR Studios NY [link]

John De Carteret, Nova Recordings (STC-8/M Mastering version fully detented)

Galaxy Studios in Mol, Belgium
GALAXY REFERENCE MASTERING
Capricorn Room
VR Room
SSL ROOM

Brad Blackwood, Euphonics Masters Memphis , TN

LiveWire Remote Recorders, Toronto, Canada - Semi-trailer gear list

Thor Legvold, SMSD Mastering & restoration - Stavanger, Norway (STC-8/M Mastering version fully detented)

Daniel Miller, Mute Records - interview

Chris Ballew
(sideman for BECK, front man for the 'Presidents of the United States, Supergroup, The Giraffes) Tape OP May/June 2002

Lee Popa - FOH engineer for Macy Gray - Pro Audio Net Sept 2000
"I just used a Crane Song stereo compressor, which was great."

Dan Decker, Sound Impressions Portland, OR equip list

Berry Music Group Olathe, KS

Cotton Hill Studios, Inc. Albany, NY

Top Hat Recording Austin, TX

Sound Station Seven Providence, RI

Panda Productions Clearwater, Florida

Nettleingham Audio Vancouver, Washington

The Jam Room Columbia, South Carolina http://jamroomstudio.com/equipment.html

Dead Aunt Thelma's Studio Portland, OR

Mr. Toad's - San Francisco. CA

Sherwood Forest Recording Bedford, MA http://www.sherwoodforest.com

Renaissance Recording Studio Nashville, TN
[Renaissance's Website , Recording Tips ]

ESR Studios Port Washington, NY http://www.esrstudios.com/

Mixed Emotions Music Middleton, MA Gear list

Imperial Mastering, Pacheco, CA Gear list

Sound Inventments aka SI Studios and Mastering, Scranton, PA - Gear list

Athens Mastering, Athens, Greece Mastering Gear

Long View Recording Studios, North Brookfield, MA The Farm House Gear

Rick Hull Voiceover, Dallas, Texas - Studio

Horse-Drawn Productions, Chicago, IL - Gear list

Angel Mountain Studios, Bethlehem, PA

Phase One, Toronto Ontario Canada - Studio B Equipment List

Peter Duemmler - Merlin Sound, Neuwied Germany equipment

Gary Longest, MortarWorks - Richmond, VA

Sprocket Media LLC / The Burst Collective - Wauwatosa, WI



TRAKKER Class A Discrete Single Channel Compressor

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Steve Law, FOH for Keith Urban tour 2007 (taken from (Pro Sound News June 2007 page 58)
"Crane Song's Trakker is employed on Urban's vocals; Law calls it one of his favorite copressors. "It has the ability to pretty much stimulate anything that you want." he says, "It is an awesome-sounding device."

 

HISTORIC HENNEPIN THEATRE GROUP - Which manages - The State, Orpheum and Pantages Theatres in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Brian Lucey - Columbus, Ohio
http://www.bigfatcircle.com/studio/mg_html/servic es.html
Lucey used the HEDD and Trakker on "California Guitar Trio Rocks the west"

ESR Studios Port Washington, NY http://www.esrstudios.com/

Galaxy Studios in Mol, Belgium
SSL Room once there take the Virtual View and see the 6 Trakkers

Crazy Beast Studios, Minneapolis, MN equipment list (aka Gear Porn)

Mixed Emotions Music Middleton, MA Gear list


HEDD Harmonically Enhanced Digital Device

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Studio Dual, Cape Elizabeth ME - Gear List

Elicit Productions

Brian Lucey - Columbus, Ohio
http://www.bigfatcircle.com/studio/mg_html/servic es.html
Lucey used the HEDD and Trakker on "California Guitar Trio Rocks the west"

Dead Aunt Thelma's Studio Portland, OR http://www.thelmas.com/contact.html

Sherwood Forest Recording Bedford, MA http://www.sherwoodforest.com

Renaissance Recording Studio Nashville, TN [ Website , Recording Tips ]

Mixed Emotions Music Middleton, MA Gear list

Wildplum Recordings, Oakland, CA - Equipment List

Crazy Beast Studios, Minneapolis, MN equipment list (aka Gear Porn)


HEDD 192 Harmonically Enhanced Digital Device

Mr. Toad's - San Francisco. CA (check out this picture)

Gerry Stinson Audio - St. Cloud, MN

Randy LeRoy, Final Stage Mastering Nashville, TN

Silvertone Mastering, Inc. Saratoga Springs, NY

Nettleingham Audio Vancouver, Washington

Brad Blackwood of Euphonics Masters Memphis , TN

Bob Ludwig , Gateway Mastering Portland, Maine

Studio Dual, Cape Elizabeth ME http://www.studiodual.com/Equipment.html - New gear news

Mike Shipley, Independent engineer (Queen, Shania Twain, Sex Pistols, Def Leppard, Aerosmith etc.) -Audio Media article May 2001
"We used the HEDD 192 modified by Dave Hill, which emulates the harmonics you get from tape that you don't get from digital."

Gary Longest, MortarWorks - Richmond, VA

Digital Services Recording Studio - Spartanburg, SC

Thor Legvold, SMSD Mastering & restoration - Stavanger, Norway

Damon Whittemore-ValveTone Mastering - Portland, OR

Yiannis Zoumis - Zoumis Recordings - Crete Hellas, Greece

Dave Harris - Studio B Mastering -Charlotte, NC.

Flip Vanderputte of STUDIO BELVEDERE - Hoeselt - Limburg

Bill Hobson, Crowtown Studios -Edmonton, Canada

Dead Aunt Thelma's Studio Portland, OR

Ambient Digital mastering



FLAMINGO Discrete Class A Stereo Microphone Preamplifier

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Nettleingham Audio Vancouver, Washington

Dead Aunt Thelma's Studio Portland, OR

ESR Studios Port Washington, NY http://www.esrstudios.com/

Cellar Dweller, Fanwood, NJ - Gear page

Thor Legvold, SMSD Mastering & restoration - Stavanger, Norway


SPIDER 8 CHANNEL Discrete Class A Microphone Preamplifier, MIXER, A/D convertor

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Tardon - Mr. Toad's - San Francisco. CA (check out this picture)
"It just blew away my previous 9 years worth of recordings"

Digital Services Recording Studio - Spartanburg, SC

Eric Schilling - (engineer for Gloria Estefan, Julio Lglesias, Arturo Sandoval, Anthem and etc). According to Mix Magazine Janurary 2004 page 65.

Bill Hobson, Crowtown Studios -Edmonton, Canada
Hybrid Digital/Analog Projects --- "We use top of the line "Crane Song" processors to bring you the benefits of analog sound, even in the digital domain! When you've done all your analog tracks you can dub them to the Hard disk and put away your reel until mix down."



Analog Dither CD

"Black Crowned Crane" picture used with permission from 'International Crane Foundation'


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Tours (current and past) with Crane Song Gear

 

Daryl Bentfield -The Spill Canvas FOH - Using two (2) Trakkers and a HEDD 192 (Sept. 2007 - Nov 2007)

Michael Lapierre FOH for Brand NEW - Using a Trakker (Sept. 2007 - Dec)

J o h n W i l l i s of Production House (NI) Ltd - using STC-8 on the Van Morrison vocal and Sax (April 2006 - ?)

Sean Richards FOH for Metric using Trakker. Sometimes on vocal sometimes on guitar. (Fall 2005 - 2006)

Kevin FOH for Green Day is using STC-8 on "kick and snare" as September 2005.

Jamie FOH for 311 is using 2 STC-8s (a total of 4 channels) during the Spring, Summer, and now winter tour of 2005

Steve Law FOH engineer for Keith Urban is using a STC-8 on bass during the Winter/Spring/Summer tour 2005 (in the US, Europe and again in the US). Then in March 2005 Steve started using Trakker on Keith Urban's vocals. Check out this pictures - 1 & 2

Eddie Mapp - FOH for Evanescence during Spring / Summer 2004 used Trakker on Amy Lee's vocal. And then in July 2005 started using STC-8- during Papa Roach summer tour (We think on bass). 'Taking back Sunday' tour. See Eddie's Audio-Technica interview

  • Crobsy, Stills, Nash & Young - Reunion Tour 2000 & 2002 - STC-8
  • Neil Young w/ Pretenders (Fall 2000) -STC-8
  • Neil Youg solo accoustic (Spring and Summer 2000) -STC-8
  • Evanescence - Spring / Summer 2004 is using a Trakker
  • Mark Woodcock FOH for Merle Haggard - using Flamingo (mic-pre) and Trakker - June 2004 -- ?

  • 3 Doors Down - Spring / Summer 2004 is using STC-8
    Dave Matthews Band (Since 1999 using STC-8, later added HEDD version 1, and 5 Trakkers
    Celine Dion (1998 & 1999) -STC-8
    Lynard Skyard & ZZ Top -STC-8

  • Plant and Page -STC-8
  • Jimmy Page w/ Black Crowes -STC-8
  • The Who - (from 1992 to 2001) -STC-8
  • Bruce Springteen (STC-8 on MaxWeinberg's in-ear monitors) (1999 & 2002 & 2003)
  • Tragically Hip -STC-8
  • Janet Jackson - Summer 2001 & Spring / Summer 2002 -STC-8
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter -STC-8
  • Steve Earle -STC-8
  • The Cranberries - (Summer / Fall 2002) -STC-8
  • Roger Waters (Europe tour Spring & Summer 2002) -STC-8
  • Yes - (Summer 2002) -STC-8
  • Sheryl Crow (using STC-8 on Sheryl's bass channel and the other bass player's input) (Fall 2002 & May - Sept 2003)
    MICHELLE BRANCH - used a Flamingo mic-pre and a Trakker - (Fall 2002)
    THE OTHER ONES - Ultra Sound / Pro Media using STC-8 - Late 2002 \ Early 2003
  • Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Eighth Day Sound using STC-8 Summer 2003
  • Chevelle - using Trakker - November & December 2003
  • Primus - Fall & Winter of 2003 - according to MIX January 2004 Derek Featherstone "borrowed Crane Song compressors" we here at Crane Song are still checking to find out which compressors and how many.
  • HISTORIC HENNEPIN THEATRE GROUP - Which manages - The State, Orpheum and Pantages Theatres in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Has an STC-8 (compressor/limiter) and 2 (two) Trakkers.
    Which is available at any of the venues mentioned above, if requested.
  • Sound Central will be using STC-8, 2 Trakkers and a Flamingo in March 2004 during the Jewel tour
  • Norah Jones used a STC-8 during 2003 tour
  • Brian Bavido - Full Range Recording and Sound (FOH for Art Garfunkel, Dashboard Confessional, Lisa Loeb, Richard Marx, etc) uses STC-8
  • Steve Law FOH engineer for Keith Urban is using a STC-8 on bass during the Winter/Spring/Summer tour 2005 (in the US, Europe and again in the US). Then in March 2005 Steve started using Trakker on Keith Urban's vocals. Check out this pictures - 1 & 2
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  • PA / Sound Reinforcement companies
  • LD Systems of Houston, Texas has a STC-8
  • Midwest Concert Concepts, Inc using STC-8 on their "A rig"
  • Sound Central uses STC-8
    Eighth Day Sound Systems, Inc. of Highland Heights, Ohio (has two STC-8)
  • Audio Visions in the Minneapolis, Minnesota office (has two STC-8) Audio Visions also has a office in Omaha, Nebraska

Other Users

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