LET YOUR EARS DECIDE
I could talk until I'm blue in the face about audio nerd stuff like gear, recording techniques, mixing tricks... Or, I could just play you some songs and let the sound speak for itself. I think that's probably a better plan.
Audio Samples
Tracked, Produced, Mixed, and Mastered by Nic Chaffee
Gear
Software/Hardware
Avid Pro Tools HD Native
Antelope Orion 32 HD
Mac Pro 2x3.46 gHz Intel Xeon, 128 GB RAM
Universal Audio UAD-2 Duo & Quad
Euphonix MC Control
Waves, UA, Soundtoys, and Slate plugins
Instruments
Yamaha GB1 Baby Grand Piano
Yamaha SG1500 Guitar
Fender Stratocaster
Yamaha LS6 Acoustic Guitar
Yamaha BB414 Bass Guitar
Yamaha Stage Custom Birch Drum Kit
Ludwig Supraphonic Snare Drum
Assorted percussion toys
Microphone Preamps
Avalon M5
Avalon U5
Universal Audio LA-610 MkII
Trident Audio S20 (2)
Shadow Hills The Equinox
Sytek MPX-4Aii (Burr/Brown mod)
Warm Audio WA-12
Amplifiers
GrooveTubes Soul-O 75
Fender Blues Junior (modded)
Walter Woods Bass Head
Leonardo Custom Bass Cabinet
Summing & Monitoring
Shadow Hills the Equinox analog summer
Stam SA4000 Stereo Bus Compressor
JBL LSR3428P studio monitor
JBL 3412 subwoofer
Yamaha NS10 studio monitors
Furman headphone distribution
Beyerdynamic A20 Headphone Amp
Photography & Video
Canon 5D MKII DSLR Camera
Canon 60D DSLR Camera
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L lens
Canon EFS 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 lens
Microphones
AKG C414-B ULS (2)
AKG D880 (3)
Avantone CK-7
Cascade Fat Head II ribbon (2)
Cascade Vin Jet ribbon
Cascade Gomez ribbon
Cascade X-15 stereo ribbon
Electro-Voice RE20
Oktava MK012 (2)
Sennheiser MD421 (3)
Shure SM57 (4)
Shure SM58 (5)
Shure SM81
Shure Beta 52
Slate Pro Audio VMS ML-1
Telefunken AK-47
Telefunken M-80 (2)
Yamaha SubKick