Studio
A comfortable space to create — with great instruments and gear
Catapult Sound is a full service, professional recording studio on a quiet street in North Wales, PA — about an hour north of Philadelphia. We're a good mix between analog and digital recording, offering 24 tracks of simultaneous recording (Pro Tools), a large format analog console, plenty of outboard gear and a wide range of instruments to choose from.
Our live room is large enough to comfortably fit an entire band, and the control room features a couch for your sitting pleasure. We have lounge for band members to relax in with a couch, a tv, and both Wii and Playstation 2. We also have WiFi for web stuff. There are several bars and restaurants in town and a large park one block over.
Equipment & Gear
A sea of knobs
Recording & Monitoring
| 1 | Neotek | Series IIIC Console, 28x24x2 |
| 2 | Focal | Twin6 Be |
| 2 | Yamaha | NS10 |
| 2 | Avantone | MixCube |
| 2 | Avid | HD192 (24 AD, 24 DA) |
| 1 | Avid | Pro Tools 12 HD Native |
| 1 | Waves | Ultimate Subscription |
| 1 | Soundtoys | Soundtoys 5 |
| 1 | Valhalla | Reverbs |
| 1 | Celemony | Melodyne 4 |
| 1 | Izotope | RX Elements |
Microphones
| 1 | Pearlman | TM-1 |
| 4 | Shure | SM57 |
| 1 | Shure | SM7 |
| 1 | Shure | SM58 |
| 1 | Shure | Unidyne*** |
| 1 | EV | RE20 |
| 2 | Beyerdynamic | M160 |
| 1 | Beyerdynamic | M260*** |
| 2 | Earthworks | TC30* |
| 1 | Royer | 121* |
| 2 | AKG | C414 XLS |
| 1 | AKG | D112** |
| 2 | Neumann | KM84* |
| 2 | Neumann | KM184 |
| 3 | Sennheiser | MD 421-II |
| 1 | Blue | Woodpecker** |
Outboard
| 1 | Great River | 2 Channel Mic Pre* |
| 2 | AML Neve 1073 | Mic Pre w/EQ |
| 2 | Emperical Labs | EL8 Distressor* |
| 1 | Avalon Design | Vt 737 sm* |
| 1 | UREI | 565 Filter Set |
| 2 | UREI | LA-4A |
| 1 | Analog Bros | Leveling Amplifier* |
| 1 | Orban | Equalizer Model 672A |
| 2 | Yamaha | SPX90 |
| 1 | Yamaha | REV500 |
| 1 | SPL | Transient Designer |
| 1 | dbx | 162 Stereo Compressor |
| 1 | dbx | 165 Compressor/Limiter |
| 2 | dbx | 160x |
| 2 | FMR Audio | RNC Compressor |
| 2 | Purple | MC77 Limiting Amplifier |
| 1 | Symetrix | CL-150* |
| 1 | Universal Audio | M610 Tube Preamplifier |
| 2 | SCA N72 | Preamplifier |
| 2 | SCA A12 | Preamplifier |
| 1 | BBE | Sonic Maximizer |
| 1 | UREI | Feedback Supressor |
| 1 | Fulltone | Tube Tape Echo |
Instruments
1971 Ludwig Standard Kit
Guitars & Bass
| Danelectro | U2 (for slide) |
| Danelectro | 12 String |
| Fender | 51 Nocaster Custom Shop |
| Fender | California Telecaster w/Bigsby |
| Fender | Telecaster Deluxe w/P90s |
| Fende | Squire Bass VI |
| Nash | S57 |
| Partscaster | Telecaster |
| Partscaster | Jazzmaster |
| Partscaster | Jazzmaster w/Humbuckers |
| Gibson | Les Paul R8 w/Bigsby |
| Gibson | Custom Shop ‘62 SG Standard |
| Gibson | ES-335 ’59 Custom Shop Historic w/Bigsby |
| Gibson | ES-335 '59 Custom Shop Historic |
| Gibson | ES-335 '58 Memphis VOS Sunburst |
| Gibson | ES-335 '58 Memphis VOS Natural |
| Gibson | RD Artist |
| Gibson | J100 |
| Gibson | Hummingbird |
| Takamine | F310 |
| Takamine | F340S |
| Rickenbacker | 360 |
| Rickenbacker | 360/12V64 (strung as a 6 string) |
| Rickenbacker | 4003 |
| Gretsch | Country Classic II |
| Paul Reed Smith | Custom 24 |
| Guild | Archtop Acoustic |
| Guild | X-702 |
Drums & Percussion
| Ludwig | Classic Maple, Bass Drum – 14x26 |
| Ludwig | Classic Maple, Tom – 10x13 |
| Ludwig | Classic Maple, Floor Tom – 16x16 |
| Ludwig | Classic Maple, Floor Tom – 16x18 |
| Ludwig | ’71 Standard, Bass Drum – 14x22 |
| Ludwig | ’71 Standard, Tom – 9x13 |
| Ludwig | ’71 Standard, Floor Tom – 16x16 |
| Ludwig | ’71 Standard, Snare – 5x14 |
| Ludwig | Supraphonic Snare – 5x14 |
| Ludwig | Supraphonic Snare – 6.5x14 |
| Skippack Drums | Mahogany Snare – 6.5x14 |
| Paiste | 2002 15” Sound Edge Hi-Hats |
| Paiste | 2002 17” Crash |
| Paiste | 2002 18” Medium Crash |
| Paiste | 2002 20” Crash |
| Paiste | 2002 24” Ride |
| Paiste | Giant Beat 24” Ride |
| Zildjian | K Custom Hybrid 13 1/4” Hi-Hats |
| Zildjian | K Custom Hybrid 20” Ride |
| Sabian | HHX Evolution 18” Crash |
| Matador | M201 Bongos** |
| Meinl Percussion | Marathon Series Congas** |
| Various | Shakers, Eggs, Triangles, Wind Chimes, Sleighbells, etc…** |
Keyboards
| Baldwin | Acrosonic Spinet Piano |
| Mellotron | M4000D |
| Roland | Juno 106 |
| Moog | The Rogue |
| Ensoniq | EPS-16 |
| M-Audio | USB/MIDI Keyboard |
Amps & Cabinets
| Ampeg | SVT Classic |
| Ampeg | SVT-410 |
| Ampeg | Reverberocket |
| Catapult Sound | Supro inspired 2 6V6 Amp |
| Dr Z | MAZ 8 |
| Fender | Silverpanel Pro Reverb** |
| Fender | Silverpanel Twin Reverb |
| Fender | Blackpanel Princeton |
| Fender | Blackpanel Showman |
| Fender | Silverpanel Bandmaster |
| Fender | Vibratone |
| Fender | Tweed Champ |
| Fender | Vibro Champ |
| Mojotone | 2x12 (Blackpanel Style) |
| Magic | Z Combo |
| Marshall | 2204 (50 W) |
| Marshall | 4x12 |
| Matchless | DC30 |
| Matchless | 30/15 |
| Matchless | ESD212 |
| JMJ Amps | JMJ 30 (AC30) |
| Roland | Jazz Chorus 120** |
| Weber | Tweed Twin |
| Weber | Tweed Bassman |
| Gorilla | GG-20 |
Effect Pedals
| Electro-Harmonix | Deluxe Memory Man (Big Box Reissue) |
| Electro Harmonix | Deluxe Memory Boy |
| Electro Harmonix | Big Muff Pi |
| Electro Harmonix | Small Clone |
| Electro Harmonix | Mel-9 |
| Electro Harmonix | Small Stone |
| Ibanez | AD9 |
| Ibanez | TS9 Tubescreamer |
| Ibanez | TS10 Tubescreamer |
| Peterson | Strobostomp (3) |
| Ernie Ball | MVP Mini Volume Pedal (2) |
| Paul C | Tim |
| Rimrock Effects | ‘Lil MO |
| TC Electronic | Flashback Mini |
| TC Electronic | Hall of Fame Reverb Mini |
| TC Electronic | Ditto |
| Empress | Comressor |
| DIY | Tap Tremolo |
| DIY | Vibrato |
| DIY | Super Duper 2-in-1 |
| Danelectro | Big Spender Spinning Speaker |
| Analogman | Bi-Comprossor |
| Analogman | King of Tone |
| Klon | Centaur (Silver) |
| Pro Co | The Rat |
| Boss | Heavy Metal HM-2 |
| Boss | Digital Metalizer MZ-2 |
We've been fortunate to have generous friends keep some gear at the studio, like Analog Bros (*), Brett Kull (**) and Doug Solovitz (***).