456 Audio is centred around a small-format API console with 32-channels of Avid HDX I/O and the latest Pro Tools Ultimate system, and monitoring with the fantastic ATC SCM45As.
We’re now open and taking bookings. See below for technical details.
Preamps:
8x API channel preamps
8x Neve 1073
2x AEA RPQ
2x H2 Audio (Helios) 2128
Compression:
API 2500
API 527 (x2)
dbx 160VU (x2)
Empirical Labs Distressor
Locomotive Audio 14b
Neve 33609
Summit Audio TLA100
Urei 1176
EQ:
API 550A (x2)
DAV BG-503 (x2)
Rupert Neve Designs 551 (x2)
Console:
API ‘The Box’
-8 API preamps & input channels
-16 channels of API summing
Converters etc.:
Avid HDX 16×16 I/O x2
Digidesign 192
Otari MTR90 MkII (2-track tape)
Intruments/Other:
Yamaha UC3 Upright Piano
Roland RE-201 Space Echo
Dave Smith Instruments Prophet REV2
Moog Minitaur
Yamaha YCD-25
Drums:
70s Gretsch kit
20″ Gretsch bass drum
24″ Gretsch bass drum
Pearl Masters kit
Various snares incl. Black Beauty, Grestch, Pork Pie, more…
Various extra percussion available
Microphones:
AEA R88
AEA R44
AKG 414EB vintage (x4)
Beyerdynamic 201
Coles 4038 (x2)
Earthworks TC30k (x2)
Electrovoice RE-20
Flea U47
Josephson e22s (x2)
Josephson C42 (x2)
Neumann U87 vintage (x2)
Sennheiser MD421 (x4)
Soyuz 1973
Shoeps CMC6 (x2) + fig8 capsule
Shure SM7B
Shure SM57 (x4)
Shure SM58 (x2)
+extra character and dynamic mics
Monitoring:
ATC SCM45A
Yamaha NS10s
Guitars:
Fender Telecaster MIJ 90s
Gibson “The Paul” ’78
Rickenbacker 620
Amplifiers/Cabs:
Ampeg SVT ’72
Ampeg 8×10 cab
Fender Reissue Princeton Reverb (w/ Alnico Blue)
Fender Pro Reverb ’87
Flynn Amps Plexi 45
Leslie 122 Rotary
Orange 2×12″ cab



