Neil Speers | Studio Submission

[Neil SpeersParticipant]

Your Name - Neil Speers

Where your studio is based - Calgary AB

Your Bio - 40 plus years of music, and the last 10 or so in a serious, original music kind of way. For my original music, I'm now mixing jazz textures with the grit of blues guitar. As well, I play bass in traditional (New Orleans) jazz band and in a blues-rock band.

DAW of choice - Logic Pro X is main DAW although I also have Cubase and Harrison MixBus

Genres you primarily work with - Blues and jazz mix, traditional blues, singer/songwriter

Favourite Plugins
Waves Doubler2/4
Waves Kramer Tape
Waves NLS Channel/Bus
Tokyo Dawn Labs Kotelninkov compressor
Focusrite Red 2 EQ
Focusrite Red 2 Compressor
Boz Digital Labs Sasquatch kick Machine
Metric Halo Transient Control
Eventide Stereo Room
Waves Abby Road Studio 3

Gear List (doesn't have to be 100% complete!)
ART T4 Tube Mic
RODE NT1
AKG c100s
Shure Drum Mics
AKG D112
AT 3035 (x2)
RODE M5-MP
Focusrite Clarett 8pre
ART PRO MPA II
Lexicon MPX500
Golden Age Pre 573
FMR RNLA
HRK EQ5169
DBX 580
DBX 266xs
Yamaha HS8
Sennheiser HD 280
Arturia Minilab mm II
Presonus Faderport
Mackie Big Knob
Yamaha P45
Kemper Profiler
Guitars (lots), Mandolin, Basses, Guitilele, Cigarbox Guitar, Violin (I'm learning to play), Effects
Alesis Nitro Digital Drums
etc

What Equipment do you have your eyes on currently (full list) -
Neve Mic Preamps
API Mic Preamps
1073 compressors
LA-2A compressors
Roli Seaboard Keyboard
Burl Audio B32 Vancouver interface
Neumann U87
Neumann U47
AKG 414
Shure 57 Beta
Adam A77x Monitors
Sonarworks 4
updated room treatment
Lifetime access to PALP

Facebook & Instagram Links -
Facebook.com/HardwireSpeers
instagram.com/HardwireSpeers

Any other cool things about your studio we should know? Is it in an old church? Does your gear have history? Anyone notable recorded there? Etc.
- hopefully, I'll be the famous person who has recorded there - it is a project studio. It does take up about half the upper floor in my townhouse.

Photos of your Studio

[Liara StavloParticipant]

Wow, that's a good number of pedals! Favorite?

[Neil SpeersParticipant]

Sorry late response - haven't been on here awhile.

My favourites are the
Earthquaker Afterneath - ambience, reverb, etc
Keeley D&M Drive (on a pedalboard, so not shown) - overdrive and boost
Garagetone Axle Grease - analogue delay, super open sounding - best delay I've heard that doesn't use tape and super cheap.

[Neil SpeersParticipant]

Also not showing the other 6 or 7 guitars I have 😀

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