Broome Recordings is located in Avondale, West Auckland.
The Studio consists of 2 rooms (a dedicated control room and a live room) which are separated by a large bifold door. There are also isolation booths for amps. Previous clients include: Aaradnha, Avantdale Bowling Club, The Circling Sun, Dianne Swann, Hello Sailor, Home Brew, Hollie Smith, Jenny Mitchell, Molly Payton, Saltwater Criminals, Six60, Tami Neilson and more. Please visit the discography page for a full list of clients.
Studio Personnel
Head Engineer: Tom Broome
Engineer: Jacob Brown
Engineer/Studio Assistant: Cello Forrester
Mics
1 x RCA 44bx Large Ribbon
1 x Beesneez BU47 (Neumann u47 clone)
1 x Stam Audio SA47F (Neumann u47 FET clone)
1 x AKG 414B-ULS (vintage)
1 x Phillips EL6023 (Original AKG D12)
1 x AKG D14 dynamic
2 x Mojave ma-200 tube condenser (Neumann u67 clone)
2 x AEA R92 Ribbon
1 x Shure SM7B
1 x No-Hype Audio Stereo Ribbon Mic
2 x AKG C 451EB
1x Electro-voice 635a
1x Sony ECM50
2 x Gabriel Audio 414 with CK12 capsule (AKG c414 clone)
4 x Shure 57
Instruments
Various items including guitar pedals and vintage Fender & Gibson guitars are available at request - please enquire.
Keys
Fender Rhodes Mark 1
Hammond B3 & Leslie Cabinet
Upright Piano (Kimball Artist Console)
Roland Juno JU06a
Behringer Model D (Minimoog Model D clone)
Roland Saturn 09 Synth
AKAI SG01K Synth
Yamaha DX7 Synth
Guitars/Amps
1970’s Ibanez ‘lawsuit era’ Gibson SG guitar
1980’s Ibanez Blazer bass guitar
1967 Fender Twin Reverb
Fender Bassman Silverface
Jansen Bassman Amp w Hughes & Watt Cabinet
Bell & Howell 385 Amplifier with Cabinet
Ashdown MAG CT410 bass amp
Drums
Gretsch ‘Brooklyn Series’ drum kit (22” 12” 16”)
Gretsch ‘Brooklyn Series’ snare 14”x6”
Ludwig Supraphonic Snare 14”x5”
1960’s Beverly 20”x14” Bass Drum
Various Zildjian ‘Kerope’ ‘K Dark’ and ‘Special Dry’ series cymbals
When booking Full Studio - a range of K Drums kits and snare are available pending availability
Preamps:
16 x Yamaha M916 ‘Japaneve’ Console Channels
4 x Rupert Neve Design Portico
2 x Chandler TG-2
2 x AEA Ribbon Pre
2x Drawmer 1969 Vacuum Tube
4 x Focusrite ISA
2 x Rupert Neve Design DI box
Dynamics:
1 x Urei 1176LN Silverface (rev H)
2 x SSL Buss Compressor (clone)
2 x Drawmer 1969 Vacuum Tube Compressor
4 x Shure m267 ‘Level Loc’ 4 channel mixer/Limiter
Effects
Roland 501 Chorus/Tape Echo
Various guitar pedals/tape machines
Recording/DAW
UAD Apollo 16
Pro Tools
Fostex Model 80 - 1/4” 8 track tape recorder
Ableton Live 10
Logic
Monitoring
Kali Audio IN-8 speakers
Yamaha NS10-m speakers
Hafler P4000 Transnova Amplifier