About

Z Minor Sound

Greetings one and all.
We are Z Minor Sound, a recording studio located in Salinas, CA. Our philosophy is to archive sounds in the way they were performed and to polish them with equalization, compression, modulation, reverb, and delay. We strive to achieve a  product where the energy of the music is still intact.
We have a working class selection of microphones and preamps which are capable of achieving a great sound. We welcome all styles of music and look forward to working with artists of all walks of life.

Gear List

Microphones:

1 Custom modded tube mic with Peluso u47 transformer and capsule
1 Shure sm7
3 Joly Mod Oktava 319′s
4 Russian Octava 012′s
1 shure beta 57
1 sennheiser 421
1 audio technica at4040
2 Modded MCA SP1
1 Shinybox ribbon mic
1 ElectroVoice 664
1 shure beta 58
2 shure sm58′s
4 shure sm57
1 shure beta 52
1 cascade fathead
1 modded apex 210 Ribbon Mic with cinemag transformer
1 heil pr20
2 audix i5
1 akg d112
1 akg d220
1 apex 215 dual ribbon
2 sennheiser e609
2 eggstatic harmonica mic
1 homemade subkick mic
1 custom old telephone receiver in a Newcastle brown ale can
1 AKG d202
1 AT pro 37r

Preamps:

1 avalon u5
1 grace design 101
7 channels of custom built preamps using old transformers
1 dbx 376
1 dbx 760x (2 channel)
art pro mpa with upgraded tubes (2 channel)
art pro mpa gold with uprgaded tubes (2 channel)
soundcraft spirit m12 (12 Channel Mixer)
1 EH 12AY7
1 Studio Projects VTB1
4 channels of Symetrix sx202
2 channels of Aphex 107
1 Little Labs Red Eye reamp box
1 Line 6 pod
3 dbx 163 (used as di’s or compressors or both)
2 ART TUBE MP with upgraded tubes
1 presonus tube pre with upgraded tube

Dynamics:

2 ART Pro VLA
2 RNC
1 Alesis microlimiter
1 dbx 266
1 dbx 166

Conversion:

2 Echo Audiofire12s