J Mascis

J Mascis describes some features of his CAE Midi foot Controller at 18:23 in this video interview saying, “You can program these bottom five switches to switch at different pedals and you can assign every song a different number. So you could have the five pedals on the bottom switch on different things depending on the song if you wanted to do different things, which I do a bit."

GC: Do you compress the acoustics after you record them?

Mascis: Yeah, during recording and after, but on that album I'm not sure. I might have used a Universal Audio LA-2A.

GC: Do you use ADATs, analog or hard disk for recording?

Mascis: I use analog 24-track 2-inch. I also have some Tascam DA-88s I use occasionally. I limit myself to 31 tracks.

Used during the recording of Dinosaur Jr.'s Farm. First visible at 0:21 in this episode of Pitchfork's In The Studio.

"Interviewer: How did Bob's Place get put together? Did you buy your gear all at once or over time?

Mascis: At first I bought a house and then I started buying stuff. I had a couple things like some API graphic EQs I bought. I had Roland SRV 2000 reverb that I liked to use on the snare drum — those were my first two things I had. But when I got the house I decided that I should get some gear and start recording there. I never thought I would have a recording studio. It's like having your office at home — it always seemed like a bad idea, but then I realized that I couldn't deal with studios anymore and paying that much money and stuff. So I bought the 24-track machine that was the big thing to buy. I bought a couple of more things like mic pres and stuff."

J Mascis was using the MXR Custom Audio Electronics RS-10 MIDI Foot Controller before it was stolen on August 29, 2006, as noted by Mergerecords.

"J just got this, which is an old like, 50's, 60's compressor. It's called a Teletronix LA-2A (turns to Dinosaur Jr.) and you guys have been usin' that a bunch, right? Vocals and stuff? Yeah, so that's really an awesome piece of gear."

-John Agnello, producer for Dinosaur Jr., on the gear used for Farm

Visible in this live performance of Dinosaur Jr.'s "Sludgefeast". Shown up close at 0:12.