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 The Natural Selection Lab, a professional, yet comfortable, recording studio is the focus of Dave Clayton's passion for the art of recording and mixing music.

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The concept behind its design is that of combining the convenience and power of today's digital recording technology with the warmth, presence, and feeling of analog equipment.

Sequencing / Mixing:

Logic Pro

Ableton Live

Reason

Bias Peak Pro

Universal Audio UAD DSP Powered Plugins

      1176LN solid state compressor

      LA2A tube compressor

      Neve 33609 solid state compressor

      Fairchild 670 tube compressor

      Neve 1073 solid state equalizer

      Pultec Pro tube equalizer

      Cambridge precision equalizer

      Moog Multimode Filter analog filter

      Roland Space Echo tape delay

      Roland Dimension D spatial enhancer

      Roland CE-1 analog chorus

      EMT 140 plate reverb

      EMT 250 digital reverb

      Precision Equalizer mastering equalizer

      Precision Limiter mastering limiter

      Precision Multiband 5 spectral band compressor / expander

      Precision Maximizer analog tape saturation

TC Powercore DSP plugins

Sonnox Oxford EQ precision equalizer

Sonnox Oxford Inflator loudness maximizer

Native Plugins

      PSP Nitro multimode filter

      PSP Vintage Warmer multiband analog tape saturation

      Amplitube Jimi Hendrix stomp box and amp emulation

      Amplitube Live stomp box and amp emulation

      Blue Tubes Analog Trackbox tube saturation

      British MCL-2269 solid state compressor

      British NEQ-1972 solid state equalizer

Hardware Effects

      Vermona Retroverb spring reverb and analog filter

      Moog MF 103 analog phaser

      Line6 Bass Pod bass amp emulation

      Roland RE-20 Space Echo tape delay emulation

Front End:

FMR Audio RNP8380 class A preamp

FMR Audio RNC1773 class A compressor

Audio Technica AT4040 condenser mic

Shure SM57 dynamic Mic

Shure SM58 dynamic Mic

2 MOTU 1224 audio interfaces

Monitoring:

Mackie HR 824 bi-amplified main monitors

Mackie HRS 120 powered subwoofer

DBX Driverack Studio monitor management System

Acoustically treated neutral recording and monitoring environments

Instruments:

Wurlitzer electric piano

Novation A Station synthesizer

Applied Acoustics Systems Ultra Analog VA-1 analog synthesizer emulation

Spectrasonics Atmosphere synthesizer sound module

Spectrasonics Trilogy bass sound module

Studiologic SL61 midi controller

Akai MPD24 midi controller

Behringer BCR2000 midi controller

Rane Empath DJ mixer

Technics SL-1200MK2 turntables