“Mixed by Ilan”
means all your sounds will be touched by the gear you find on this website. We actually believe that analogue outboard gear isn’t digitally matchable yet when it comes to the critical levels. Driving a mix hot oftentimes gives you what software can’t get you. All the transistors, tubes, capacitors and transformers our gear is using are a part of the orchestra that plays your mix - the way you want it to sound.
Yes, Console 1 is a huge part of our workflow and we love the plugins oftube is creating. Anyways there is the right weapon for the right moment and we go down the road of a hybrid mixing studio, taking advantage of both worlds in the most efficient way.
If you’re curious how a particular track of your song would sound treated by this or that piece of our gear - just ask! Ilan will love to to help you out with advice and also loves to break habits and go new ways if the concept sounds promising.
After many years in the industry mastering became another field that Ilan used to satisfy many musicians around the globe. For mastering purpose we love tools like
Softube Weiss DS1-MK3 (plugin)
brainworx true peak limiter (plugin)
iZotope Ozone (plugin)
brainworx AMEK 200 & 250 EQ (plugin)
Acustica Audio Scarlet 4 (plugin)
brainworx Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor Class A (plugin)
Drawmer 1973 Multiband Compressor (outboard gear)
3DEQ Mastering Equalizer (outboard gear)
We’re also not scared of using mid/side tricks to even take advantage of our vast number of mono pieces of outboard gear for stereo bus applications.
ONLY THE REAL DEAL IS REAL
A SUPER CREAMY EQ
All FLAVORS OF COMPRESSION
YOU POSSIBLY NEED
GEAR WE USE
Cubase + Console 1 are the centerpiece of our hybrid mixing setup. Whereas we do offer (and love to use) a Neve 8816 Analogue Summing Mixer to add a little weight and dimension to your mix at the final step. Here is a list of other outboard gear we use:
Custom Made Stereo La2A (we love it’s custom Sowter transformers even more than the regular ones)
2x Distressor EL8 (the older version - we think it sounds better than the new one)
2x IGS ONE LA500
2x G-SSL Bus Compressor
Drawmer 1973 Multiband Compressor (a weapon that we also love to use for mastering purposes)
3DEQ Mastering Equalizer (Baxandall EQ)
Mäag EQ4
Pultec EQP 500x
Empirical Labs DerrEsser
Elysia Karacter 500
2x Don Classics NV73 Mic Pre (Vintage 1073 Clone)
AMS Neve 1073 500 Mic Pre + EQ Unit
2x Don Classics U76 (1176 Blue Stripe Clone)
lexicon pcm 80
Eventide H8000 FW