Armando Avila
Producer |
Grammy Award Winning producer Armando Avila, a Vintage King client, was gracious enough to share with us some of his favorite pieces of gear.
Armando has worked with RBD, Aleks Syntek, La Quinta Estacion, Belinda, Allison, Moderatto, Gloria Trevi, Natalia Lafourcade, Alejandra Guzman, OV7 and many others. Enjoy! |
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Armando's Favorite Gear |
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1970's Black Face 1176LN
As everyone, I love it on Bass, vocals, mono drum mic, etc, etc. |
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Retro Instruments Sta-Level
For me it shines on Bass, drum aux and of course on vocals (my favorite right now with its fast release mod).STA-Level (RETRO): For me it shines on Bass, drum aux and of course on vocals (my favorite right now with its fast release mod). |
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AMS RMX 16
I love it on drums (especially on Snare) and some times the ambience patch works great on vocals and acoustic guitars. |
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Gefell UM900
Sounds great on everything. |
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LA3A
I always have a pair patched on my acoustic guitar tracks |
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Vintage Neve 1073
What can I say? |
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A Pair of Roland SDE3000
Hard panned L & R, they sound great on vocals. |
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Pultec EQP1a
Mine is always attached to my main vocal track, some times even without eq at all. |
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EDAX MEQ5-e
Beautiful on clean and distorted electric guitars.EDAX MEQ5-e: beautiful on clean and distorted electric guitars. |
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SDD3000
Always between my vintage Strat and my Vox AC30 (As used by The Edge!). |
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Eventide H3000
I have H910, H949, and Eclipse, but for vocals widening nothing can touch the H3000 (Dual 910 patch!!) |
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Ibanez SDR 3000
Great ping-pong slap delays and some times its gate reverb blends nice on snare. |
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Roland DC30 Analogue Delay
I grew up listening to this effect on my father's music, it was hard for me to find it again, and when I was able to buy it, it was worth all the research over the world to get. |
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Inward Connections Vac Rac TSL-3 Stereo Limiter
I got my TSL 3 after reading about it in some Audio forums, then I asked Mike Nehra about it and he sent me the first one. After listening to my vocal tracks, acoustic and electric guitars through it, I immediately ordered a second TSL 3, because the first one is now busy with my main vocal tracks, so I desperately need another one for my electric guitars, and now that I think about it, I need a 3rd one because nothing sounds like a Vac Rac on acoustic guitars too!! I have some of the finest compressors and limiters and this is by far one of my favorites, I can't replicate what it does with any other device. |
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Barefoot Sound MicroMain27
I installed the MM27s, and the first thing I noticed was their weight, oh my god they weigh a lot!! Also, their construction is amazing, built like a tank but at the same time the design is so beautiful.... So I finished my mix and after some listening in my car and my boombox I send it to the label without surprises, the mix was exactly as I mixed it at my place. C'mon! this was my first time with those speakers and I was able to deliver a mix that translated really well to other systems!!! |
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