From original Nomadland.com website.
The following is a listing of the equipment Michael used in his recording studio “The Speech & Hearing Clinic” in Mendocino, California.
Tape Machines
MCI/Sony JH 110 1″ 8-track w/ 8 channels of Dolby SR
Otari MTR 20 ―” 2-track
Otari MX 5050 ž” 2-track
Sony PCM 501 2-track F-1
Sony TCD-D10 Pro R-DAT
Alesis ADAT-XT
Mixers
Calrec M series 12×2 mixer
Mackie 8-buss for sub-mixing stereo effects, stereo synths, etc.
Soundcraft Series Two 12×4 located in the studio to allow Michael to control his own headphone mix
Mic Preamps
2-channel mic preamp by Millennia Media
2-channel tube preamp by James Demeter/Innovative Audio
2-channel Mic PreEminence by Studio Technologies
Equalizers
Audio & Design Scamp rack: assorted parametrics, quasi-parametrics, compressor/limiter, de-essers
T. C. 1140 4-band parametrics (4) (see Michael’s stage rig for more info on the 1140)
Sundholm 1/3-octave graphic with notch filters
Sundholm stereo 10-band graphic w/ notch filters
Orban 672A parametrics (2)
Assorted Rane graphics
Reverbs
Klark-Teknik DN-780
Yamaha REV-7
Lexicon PCM-60 (2)
Other Effects
T. C. 2290 Delay
T. C. 1210 Spatial Expander
Lexicon PCM-42 Delay
Orange County comp/lim/exp (2)
Microphones
Neumann M249B
Neumann M154 (2)
Assorted Calrec mics
Assorted others (Shure, AKG, Sennheiser, Beyer)
Control Room Monitor System
E. M. Long Elf system incorporating the following:
ELF system crossover
MDM-TA2 Time-Align monitors powered by Bryston 3B
ELF system sub-woofers powered by Phase Linear 700B
MIDI
Mac Plus/Opcode Studio Plus
Digidesign Sound Designer
Mark of the Unicorn Performer
Akai S900
Casio CZ-101
E-mu SP-12
Oberheim Xpander
Roland D-50
Yamaha DX-7
The Slow Series: Layover
In 1983, Michael Hedges’s friend Randy Lutge filmed him playing several of his songs slowly, so that others might more easily learn them. Watch him play “Layover” in this format.
The Slow Series: Two Days Old
In 1983, Michael Hedges’s friend Randy Lutge filmed him playing several of his songs slowly, so that others might more easily learn them.
Michael Hedges & the Harp Guitar
In 1984, Michael Hedges walked into a San Francisco guitar shop and discovered his next musical pursuit: an acoustic relic from the 1920s called a harp guitar.