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G's Louise that sounds good

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G's Story

G's Louise is a professionally designed studio built into a residential house in Kensington, Brooklyn. Whether it's recording a full band or a single vocal, audio post-production or mixing, our engineers deliver excellent results in a relaxed and inspiring setting. G's Louise is also available to qualified guest engineers and producers.  

G's recording equipment

 

Microphones

Preamps

Condensers: 

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  • Gefell UM92.1S Tube Condenser  

  • Neumann U87ai 

  • Neumann KM184 x2 

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Dynamics

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  • Sennheiser 421 x2 

  • Shure SM57 x3 

  • Shure SM58 

  • Shure SM7B x3 

  • AKG D112 

 

Ribbons

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  • AEA R84 

  • Royer R10 

  • Beyerdynamic M160 x2 

  • Beyerdynamic M260 

Converters

  • Apollo X6: Latest generation conversion from Universal Audio 

  • Apollo 16 Mk2 

  • Audient ASP 880 

Monitoring

  • Focal Shape65 Speakers 

  • Behringer P16 personal cue system 

  • ADM V1603 Console: 16 channels of transformer coupled, discrete op-amp based microphone preamplifiers. Quality on par with any of the other famous console makers of the time (1984). The pres have a subtle but lovely fingerprint. Faders allow for a variety of gain staging. 

  • Rupert Neve Designs Portico II Channel. Preamp from RND’s 5088 console.  

  • Manley Langevin Dual Vocal Combo: 2 silky sounding preamps from Manley 

  • Audient ASP880: 8 transformerless preamplifiers 

  • Universal Audio Unison Preamps: 4 

Outboard

  • 16 channels of ADM 4 channel console EQ. 

  • Neve Portico II Channel: High-pass filter, 4 band EQ, De-esser, Compressor/Limiter, “Silk” texture.  

  • Manley Dual Vocal Combo: 2 channels of high and low shelving EQ and Manley Elop style limiters 

  • ADM 1346: versatile VCA compressor from 1970s 

  • DBX 160XT 

  • Roland Space Echo RE-201 

Software

  • DAWs: Protools, Ableton, Logic 

  • Software Synthesizers and Virtual Instruments: Keyscape, Omnisphere, Arturia, BBC  

  • Plugins include: Selection of Universal Audio, Complete Plugin Alliance, Fabfilter, Soundtoys, Izotope RX, Ozone 

G's Instruments

Piano

 Steinway Model O from 1922: Beautiful 5’11” piano—this is Steinway’s “living room grand piano.” Not as imposing as a concert grand, but larger and fuller than your typical baby grand. Fully restored and well maintained—modern playability, gorgeous aged character.  

Percussion

  • Vintage Ludwig 3 piece kit from 1960s, gold sparkle wrap. 20” kick drum, 16” floor tom, 13” rack tom. 

  • Tama hardware including 3 cymbal stands, hihat stand, Tama Iron Cobra 900 pedal 

  • Lyons Snare, Yamaha Piccolo Snare

  • Paiste Hi Hats, Bosphorus Crash/Ride Cymbal 

  • Yamaha Glockenspiel 

  • X8 djembe, Meinl bongos, Meinl shekere, assorted woodblocks, triangles, tambourines, clave, castanets, cowbell, assorted sticks, mallets, brushes. 

Synthesizers

  • Sequential Prophet~6 

  • Moog Sub37 

  • Yamaha DX7 

  • Korg Microkorg 

  • Korg Minilog 

Guitars

  • Fender Stratocaster (American) 

  • Fender Precision Bass 

  • Musicman Sub Bass 

  • Supro 2020BM Electric Guitar 

  • Gibson Jumbo Acoustic 

  • Cordoba Luthier Series Spanish Guitar 

Amplifiers

  • Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue 

  • Fender Vibrochamp (1972) 

  • Supro Royale 1x12 

Address

Ditmas Ave and E 7th St

Brooklyn NY 11218

Phone

347 - 480 - 9488

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Email

gslouisenyc@gmail.com

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