MC Thompson Productions
MC Thompson Productions
Music Production Services
Mobile recording at your location! Live tracking of up to 8 channels. Mixing, mastering, beat/track/jingle production, and session work. Contact me for more information.
Services
- Full-service mixing – from raw tracks and demo tracks to your final track ready for mastering.
- Mastering – want your track ready to rock and release? Basic mastering services to bring your track to commercial loudness levels and frequency balance.
- Mobile Recording at the location of your choice – includes microphones, stands, and associated cabling, audio interface & DAW-based recording; two headphone mixes provided. You bring the instruments/band and additional gear, I capture your performances.
- Session Instrument Tracking – hire me to play any of the following instruments on your next track (remote or live options):
- Keyboards (includes piano, organ, synths, etc)
- Accordion
- Drums
- Beat/Backing Track/Jingle Production – need a beat for your next hip hop tune or an instrumental for your next advertisement? At your service!
Previous Releases/Work Examples
Recording Equipment & Musical Gear
(Subject to Change)
HardWare
Recording Platform
- Focusrite 18i20 3rd Gen audio interface
- Presonus HP60 6-channel headphone amp
- 2019 Macbook Pro i9/32GB RAM/8GB AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
- JBL LSR-305P MKII monitors
- AKG & DirectSound Headphones
Microphones
- Audio-Technica AT-2035 [1] (large-diaphragm condenser)
- Presonus PM-2 [2 – matched pair] (small-diaphragm condensers)
- Antelope Audio Verge [2] (small-diaphragm condensers w/mic modeling options)
- Electro-Voice ND 257A [1] (dynamic)
- Carvin CM-67 [1] (2nd edition, not the 1980s model; dynamic)
- Shure SM-57 [1] (dynamic)
Instruments
Note – availability varies depending on location. Many are available only for remote or Ely sessions only, from May-August annually.
Synths/Keyboard Instruments
- Yamaha Motif XF8 w/AcousticSamples Piano Library
- Yamaha MODX7 w/Purgatory Creek Vintage Keys Collection, Synthogy American Grand
- Yamaha YS-200
- Yamaha CVP-305
- Yamaha CLP-130
- Yamaha PSS-470
- Yamaha YPG-235
- Yamaha PSR-295
- Yamaha B2 Upright Piano
- Roland Fantom 7 (2019)
- Roland JV-1000
- Kurzweil PC4 (88)
- Kurzweil PC3 (76)
- Hammond SK Pro 73
- Casio CT-370
- Technics WSA1-R
- Emu Proteus 1
- Korg N1R
- Korg X5DR
- Baldwin D-421A Digital Pipe Organ
- Allen ADC-220
- Kimball R-80 Broadway
- Kimball S-20 Valencia III
- Western Cottage Organ Company Reed Organ (tuned to 452hz)
- Novation Launchkey 37 MK3
- Novation Remote 25 LE
Guitars
- Squier Classic Vibe ’50s Stratocaster
- Line6 Variax 600
- ESP LTD MH-100QMNT – set up with 12’s for B Standard through C# Standard, upgraded neck pickup
- Squier Affinity Stratocaster with Roland GK-3 divided pickup (1998-2002 Korean build) + Roland GR55 Guitar Synthesizer unit
- Squier Bullet Mustang HH
- Washburn WI64
- Yamaha Pacifica 112V
- Yamaha APX600 steel-string
- Cordoba C4-CE nylon-string
Basses
- Jackson CBXNT DX IV
- Harmony H-906 Short Scale
- Irin 4-string fretless conversion
- Ibanez BTB-675 5-string
Pedals/FX/Amps
- Line6 POD HD-400
- Vox Stomplab IIB
- Roland GR55 Guitar Synthesizer (requires GK-3 pickup)
- Line6 M13
- Boss BE-5
- Joyo JF-14 American Sound
- Ibanez DS7 Tube Screamer
- Ibanez DS1 Distortion
- Ibanez CM5 Classic Metal
- ART CoolSwitch
- Digitech Studio S200
- Vox VT20x
- Fender Mustang I V.2
- Fishman Loudbox Mini with Bluetooth
Drums/Percussion
- Electronic
- Roland TD-17KVX Electronic Kit + BT-1 Bar Trigger
- Alesis SamplePad Pro
- Yamaha DTX 2.0 Module
- Yamaha KU100 Silent Kick
- Acoustic (hardware not provided)
- Yamaha Stage Custom Birch Snare
- Sabian B8X 14″ Hihats
- Sabian B8X 18″ Crash/Ride
- Sabian B8X 14″ Crash
- Remo Fiberskyn 14″ Frame Drum
- Meinl Woodcraft Professional Series Pickup Cajon w/internal piezo
Accordions
- Titano Virtuoso Converter (120-bass, 4/5 reed, dry-tuned, free bass)
- Borsini Vienna 723 (72-bass, wet-tuned)
- Iorio Accorgan Acoustic (120-bass, 3/5 reed, wet-tuned, midi capabilities, internal mics – original organ electronics removed)
Other
- Native American Double Flute in B Major/F# Minor
Software
Recording/DAW/Editing
- Steinberg Cubase 12 Pro
- Audacity
- Celemony Melodyne 5 Assistant
- Synchro Arts Revoice Pro 4.3
- iZotope RX7
- Spectralayers 8
- Steinberg VST Connect SE
- Waves Abbey Road Studio 3
- Kushview Element
- SoundID Reference & Sonarworks Reference 4
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Virtual Instruments/VIs
- Kontakt 6 with numerous libraries (piano, orchestral, synth, etc)
- Kinetic Treats
- Embertone Blakus Cello
- Session Strings 2
- Norrland Samples Solo Trumpet
- Sonuscore lo ki
- 8Dio 1985 Passionate Piano V1
- 8Dio Century Brass (Solo & Ensemble)
- 8Dio Century Artisan Brass Cimbasso
- 8Dio Fire Sax V1
- 8Dio Studio Series – Deep Solo Bass
- 8Dio Claire Flute
- 8Dio Free You
- 8Dio Shepard Tones
- 8dio The New Copperphone V1
- 8Dio Postapocalyptic Guitar
- Embertone Arcane
- Play Series Selection
- Analog Dreams
- Ethereal Earth
- Hybrid Keys
- Keepforest Ferrum Trailer Percussion – Free Edition
- Soniccouture Hammersmith Free
- Wavesfactory Old Tape Drums
- Yangqin
- Retro Machines Mk2
- Kontakt Factory Library
- Kontakt Factory Selection
- VSL Blüthner 1895 Baby Grand Piano – Standard
- Addictive Drums 2
- United Heavy
- United Pop
- Boutique Mallets
- Fairfax Vol. 1
- Session Percussion
- Reel Machines
- Funk
- Modern Jazz Brushes
- Modern Jazz Sticks
- Studio Rock
- + a variety of additional individual drum/percussion instruments
- XLN XO
- Steven Slate Trigger 2 Platinum
- Samples From Mars Collection
- Steinberg Groove Agent SE
- EastWest Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition
- Eastwest Hollywood Choirs Gold
- Plugin Alliance bx_oberhausen
- IK Syntronik 1
- IK MODO Bass 1
- IK MODO Drum 1
- IK Hammond B-3X
- IK Sampletron 2
- IK Miroslav Philharmonik 2 CE w/additional libraries
- Orchestral Percussion
- IK SampleTank 4 with additional libraries
- American Acoustic
- Cinematic Percussion
- iZotope Iris 2
- Waves Bass Fingers
- Spitfire LABS
- Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover
- Arturia CS-80 V4
- Addictive Keys Modern Grand
- Addictive Keys Modern Upright
- NI Session Strings 2
- Vienna Ensemble Pro 7
- Ample Sound APC
- Garritan ARIA Player
- Steinberg HALion Sonic SE
- Martinec KeeBass
- Kilohearts kHs ONE
- Applied Acoustics Systems Lounge Lizard Session 4
- Steinberg Padshop
- u-he Podolski
- Native Instruments Reaktor 6
- Orchestral Tools SINE w/various libraries
- AudioThing SR-88
- Steinberg Retrologue
- Reason Studios Reason Rack Plugin
- Steven Slate Drums 5.5 Free
- Applied Acoustics Systems Strum Session 2
- Dmitry Sches Thorn BEAT
- Applied Acoustics Systems Ultra Analog Session 2
- UVI Workstation with libraries
- AcousticSamples Academic Grand
- UVI Digital Synsations
- AcousticSamples AS FreePack
- Applied Acoustics Systems AAS Player with libraries
- All That Jazz
- Pop Rocks
- Swatches
- Take 3
- Etc…
Plugins
Amp Simulators
- Amplitube 5 with expansion packs
- MESA Boogie
- Fender 1
- Fender 2
- SVX 1
- SVX 2
- Metal
- Amplitube 5 Standard Collection
- Amplitube 4 CS Collection
- Softube Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555
- Audio Assault Grind Machine II
- Audio Assault Blacksun
- Plugin Alliance Ampeg SVTVR Classic
- Plugin Alliance bx_rockrack V3 Player
- Steinberg AmpSimulator
- Steinberg VST Amp Rack
- TSE Audio BOD Bass Overdrive
- Black Rooster Audio Cybress TT-15
- Native Instruments Guitar Rig 5 Player
Distortion & Lo-Fi
- Waves Berzerk Distortion
- Steinberg Bitcrusher
- Steinberg DaTube
- Softube Dirty Tape
- Steinberg Distortion
- Steinberg Distroyer
- iZotope Trash 2
- Waves Kramer Tape
- Steinberg Magneto II
- Steinberg Quadrafuzz V2
- Softube Saturation Knob
- Steinberg SoftClipper
- Arturia Tape MELLO-FI
- iZotope Vinyl
- Fuse Audio Labs VPre-2C
- Steinberg Grungelizer
- Klevgrand DAW Cassette
- BABY Audio Parallel Aggressor
- Caelum Audio Tape Cassette
- Wave Arts Tube Saturator Vintage
Dynamics
- AVA De-Esser
- AVA Multiband Compressor
- Bob Perry Audio BPA Gate
- Steinberg Brickwall Limiter
- Steinberg Compressor
- Waves dbx-160
- Steinberg DeEsser
- Softube Drawmer S73
- Steinberg EnvelopeShaper
- Steinberg Expander
- Acustica FIRETHECLIP
- Steinberg Gate
- Waves H-Comp
- Steinebrg Limiter
- Steinberg Maximizer
- Waves MaxxVolume
- MeldaProduction MCompressor
- Steinberg MidiGate
- Steinberg MultibandCompressor
- Steinberg MultibandEnvelopeShaper
- Steinberg MultibandExpander
- Waves OneKnob Pumper
- Steinberg Raiser
- Focusrite Red 3 Compressor
- Waves RVox
- Waves Sibilance
- Plugin Alliance SPL Attacker Plus
- Plugin Alliance SPL De-Verb Plus
- Steinberg Squasher
- IK TR5 Quad Compressor
- IK Black 76 Limiting Amplifier
- IK Stealth Limiter
- IK T-RackS One
- Steinberg Tube Compressor
- Native Instruments Supercharger
- Plugin Alliance Unfiltered Audio G8
- Steinberg VintageCompressor
- Steinberg VSTDynamics
- Waves MannyM Tone Shaper
- Waves OneKnob Louder
- Accusonus VoiceLeveler
- Black Rooster Audio Canary
- Kilohearts Limiter
- Kilohearts kHs Limiter
- Kilohearts Gain
- Kilohearts kHs Gain
- W.A. Production OutlawCM
Equalizers & Filters
- Harrison Consoles AVA LegacyQ
- Acustica BigCeil
- Acustica Ceil
- Acustica Celestial
- Acustica Coffee the PUn
- Voxengo CurveEQ
- Steinberg DJ-EQ
- Steinberg Frequency
- Steinberg GEQ-10
- Steinberg GEQ-30
- Waves H-EQ
- MeldaProduction MEqualizer
- iZotope Neutron 3 Elements
- Focusrite Red 2 EQ
- Steinberg StudioEQ
- Acustica Titanium3 Basstard
- IK TR5 Classic EQ
- IK TR5 EQual
- IK TR5 EQ 81
- Kilohearts 3-Band EQ
- Kilohearts kHs 3-Band EQ
- Plugin Alliance bx_boom
- Plugin Alliance bx_console Focusrite SC
- Plugin Alliance bx_masterdesk
- Plugin Alliance bx_subfilter
- Plugin Alliance bx_cleansweep V2
- Harrison Consoles AVA Mastering EQ
- Waves OneKnob Phatter
- Steinberg DualFilter
- Steinberg MorphFilter
- Steinberg StepFilter
- Steinberg ToneBooster
- Steinberg WahWah
- Audio Plugin Union coreFX Volume Former
- Waves MetaFilter
- Togu Audio Line TAL-Filter-2
- Black Rooster Audio VHL-3C
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Mastering & Tools/Utilities
- Waves Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain
- Waves Abbey Road TG Meter Bridge
- Flux BitterSweet V3
- Steinberg Lin Dither
- iZotope Ozone 9 Elements
- IK TR5 Metering
- IK TR5 Full Metering
- iZotope RX 7 De-click
- iZotope RX 7 De-clip
- iZotope RX 7 De-hum
- iZotope RX 7 Voice De-noise
- iZotope RX 8 Breath Control
- Waves X-Click
- iZotope Relay
- Steinberg Mix6To2
- Steinberg Mix8To2
- Steinberg MixerDelay
- Bob Perry Audio BPA Listener
- MeldaProduction MRatio
- Steinberg SMPTEGenerator
- Steinberg TestGenerator
- Steinberg Tuner
- Steinberg VST MultiPanner
- Steinberg VST AmbiDecoder
- Steinberg VST AmbiConverter
- Steinberg MixConvert V6
- Steinberg Renderer for Dolby Atmos
- Kushview Element FX
- Steinberg LoopMash FX
- Synchro Arts Revoice Pro Link
- Kilohearts Snap Heap
- Non-Lethal Applications Snapshot
- Sonalksis FreeG
- Vienna Ensemble Pro Audio Input
- Plugin Alliance bx_meter
- Plugin Alliance bx_solo
- Steinberg SuperVision
- PreSonus VU Meter
Modulation/Spatial
- Steinberg AutoPan
- Steinberg Imager
- Steinberg MonoToStereo
- iZotope Ozone Imager 2
- Steinberg StereoEnhancer
- Kilohearts Stereo
- Kilohearts kHs Stereo
- Steinberg Chopper
- Steinberg Chorus
- Arturia Chorus JUN-6
- Steinberg Cloner
- Steinberg Flanger
- Steinberg FX Modulator
- Steinberg Metalizer
- Steinberg Phaser
- Steinberg RingModulator
- Steinberg Rotary
- Steinberg StudioChorus
- Steinberg Tranceformer
- Steinberg Tremolo
- Steinberg Vibrato
- IK TR5 Leslie
- Kilohearts Chorus
- Kilohearts kHs Chorus
Pitch/Vocals
- Antares Auto-Tune Access
- Waves Tune Real-Time
- Waves Tune
- Steinberg Pitch Correct
- Steinberg VariAudio 3
- Celemony Melodyne 5 Assistant
- Auburn Sounds Graillon 2
- MeldaProduction MAutoPitch
- Eventide Quadravox
- Aegean Music Pitchproof
- Steinberg Octaver
- iZotope Nectar 3 Plus
- iZotope VocalSynth 2
- iZotope Vocal Doubler
Reverbs
- Reverb Foundry Tai Chi
- iZotope Neoverb
- Native Instruments RAUM
- Arturia Rev PLATE-140
- Relab Development LX480 Essentials
- Softube TSAR-1R Reverb
- Waves LoFi Space
- Waves OneKnob Wetter
- Waves Abbey Road Chambers
- Acon Digital Verberate Basic 2
- Waves H-Reverb
- Waves IR1 & IR-L
- MeldaProduction MConvolutionEZ
- Exponential Audio PhoenixVerb
- PSP PianoVerb
- Steinberg REVelation
- Steinberg REVerence
- Steinberg RoomWorks & RoomWorks SE
- IK TR5 CSR Plate
- IK Sunset Sound Studio Reverb
- Waves TrueVerb
- Waves IR360
- u-he Protoverb
- Klevgrand R0Verb
- Acon Digital ReverbSolo
Delays
- Softube Tube Delay
- Fuse Audio Labs Bucket-500
- Waves H-Delay
- Steinberg ModMachine
- Steinberg MonoDelay
- Steinberg Multi-Tap Delay
- Steinberg PingPongDelay
- Steinberg StereoDelay
- W.A. Production SphereDelay
- Waves CLA EchoSphere
- Kilohearts Delay
- Kilohearts kHs Delay
Miscellenous/Other/Multi-FX
- UJAM Finisher Micro
- IK MixBox
- Native Instruments Reaktor 6 FX
- Reason Studios Reason Rack Plugin Effect
- Wavesfactory SK10
- Wavesfactory SnareBuzz
- KSHMR Essentials Kick
- Antelope Audio Verge Mic Emulations
- Waves RBass