Tommy Lee
Mötley Crüe drummer
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Tommy Lee's Studio Equipment
Used mainly on room microphones to find nice tones. This can be seen as part of the rack-mountable equipment in the studio in this video.
Used for parallel compression on entire drum buss on occasions.
In a video from Produce Like A Pro, Tommy Lee mentions that he owns an Alesis ML9600 Masterlink but rarely uses it, as he typically bounces down tracks within Pro Tools.
In a YouTube interview on "Produce Like A Pro," Tommy Lee's studio setup features the MOTU Traveler audio interface, noted as part of his live rig.
Used as a noise reduction unit for the snares. The interviewer says "So this is the Dolby A type, so there's a pair of these." The label is incorrect and this unit is infact the model A-361 not A-301.
Two of these can be seen along with the two Mercury EQ-H1's as part of the rack-mountable equipment in the studio in this video.
Two Aphex 230 channel strips which are dormant sitting in the studio rack.
When there are two engineers in the studio this midi keyboard is for the second computer.
In a video by Produce Like A Pro, Tommy Lee is shown using the API 550b Lunchbox 4b in his Atrium Studio, as discussed during an interview with Smiley Sean.
This can be seen as part of the rack-mountable equipment in the studio in this video.
In the video "Tommy Lee's Atrium Studio and Smiley Sean Interview" by Produce Like A Pro, Tommy Lee's Manley Stereo Variable Mu is visible as part of his studio's rack-mounted equipment.
Tommy Lee has two of these and uses them for vocals, snare and occasionally room recording.
Used for vocal tracking, the studio has two classic 1176's, two re-issues and two silvers for a total of six 1176's.
This can be seen as part of the rack-mountable equipment in the studio in this video.
In a video interview on "Produce Like A Pro," Tommy Lee's Atrium Studio is shown to house a DBX 902 De-esser Module, which, although rarely used, is part of his gear collection.
This can be seen as part of the rack-mountable equipment in the studio in this video.
At 1:48, Next to his Pioneer EFX-500, Tommy Lee is seen with a Native Instruments Maschine.
Two Chandler limited Little Devil's equaliser can be seen in the studio.
"56 channel SSL G plus which is pretty darn beautiful."
In a video interview by Produce Like A Pro, Tommy Lee mentions using the Manley Massive Passive Stereo Tube EQ primarily on the mix bus, although its use has decreased due to the availability of an SSL console.
In the YouTube video "Tommy Lee's Atrium Studio and Smiley Sean Interview" by Produce Like A Pro, Tommy Lee is shown using the Aphex 204 as part of his recording studio rack.
Used for testing the guitar through multiple different amplifiers.
Two of these can be seen as part of the rack-mountable equipment in the studio in this video.
This can be seen as part of the rack-mountable equipment in the studio in this video.
Used for parallel compression on the drum bus of the recording.
In the YouTube video "Tommy Lee's Atrium Studio and Smiley Sean Interview" by Produce Like A Pro, Tommy Lee uses the Empirical Labs EL7 FATSO Jr. for room recordings.
Used for tracking when other session drummers record with Tommy Lee and don't hit the Kick, Snare and Tom's with as much force as Tommy Lee does normally.
Tommy Lee has two VOXBOX channel strips which is used for drum kit overheads.
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