Michael Kates: Gallery

Arthur must have said something

"This one goes out to all the ladies..." Sound Stage mixing room, Fall '03.
"What did you say? I can't hear you! Ha ha ha!" (note: never do this in real life)
Neal all tweaky on Chuck Ainlay's SSL 9000, mixing All Our Lives
Helene and ??, Folk Alliance '08, photo by Laurie McClain. Yes, it is the same shirt. I really do have others!!

Gear used on Here We Are

Santa Cruz OM/PW, Neumann M-147
Santa Cruz Vintage Southerner relaxing at home
Santa Cruz Vintage Southerner in a contemplative moment
Tacoma Papoose P-28
Rivera Chubster 40 pumping out decibels
Speaker upgrades: Tone Tubby, Celestion
Vox AC30 1x12 about to move some air
Analog delay on aux send for mixdown, details upon request
Passive direct boxes
ETA, Ampeg, Avalon, Forcusrite, DigiTech, Lexicon, Oz Audio, Tascam
Line 6, Emu, Kurzweil
Tube Tech CL1-B compressor, used on lead vocals
Effects pedals pose for a rare group shot
Overdrive/delay for Legacy on "My Heaven"
Heavy distortion for Legacy on "My Heaven"
Stereo chorus setup for lap steel
The new baby: American Std. Telecaster
G&L ASAT Semihollow, no longer with us
G&L Legacy, tone monster
Les Paul Studio Gem, basically a '56 Goldtop without binding
Les Paul rig for "My Heaven"
'94 Paul Reed Smith CE-24, recently departed
Another view of the PRS CE-24
1964 Rickenbacker "Electro" model 105 lap steel
Rickenbacker lap steel, another view
Yamaha P-150
Top (L to R): Shure SM57, Shure SM58, Sennheiser MD-421. Center: Neumann M-147, Neumann KM-184 pair, AT-4047, Peluso 22-47LE, Peluso 22-251. Bottom: Earthworks SR-77 pair
22-251 custom calibrated for Helene by John Peluso
Neumann M-147 setup for "Shabbos Come In" vocals
Neumann KM-184 pair, XY stereo
Earthworks SR-77 pair w/ accessories
Audio Technica AT-4047, background vocal session