BIG THINGS HAVE SMALL BEGINNINGS
Established in 2007 as a project music production studio, The Pancake Factory--private recording studio of Producer/Engineer/Field Sound-mixer extraordinaire Mike Hurst--has grown to
be a powerhouse. With two acoustically treated ISO rooms, an acoustically treated vocal ISO booth, 300sq.ft. acoustically treated live room, and acoustically partitioned control room, the Pancake Factory handles all the things. Like seriously. Music production, recording and mixing. ADR, voiceovers and audiobooks. Location audio services (ENG, sound mixing, IFB Monitoring). Post Audio mixing and editing, with 5.1 Surround Mixing Capabilities

For gear list, scroll to bottom. For location recording, click HERE 
CONSOLE
32x8 soundcraft ghost burr brown mods at C.A.L (woooot!) 

AD/DA/Input/Output  
Avid HD I/O 16x16 
Avid HD I/O 8x8 
ProTools|HD 10/11 

COMPRESSORS
​DBX 160XT
DBX 1046 (4ch)
Drawmer DL441 (4ch)
Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor
Rupert Neve Portico 5043 (2ch)

​MICROPHONES
Shure SM57 (x6)
Shure SM7b
Shure Beta 58 (x3)
Shure Beta 52
AKG c451 (x2)
AKG c414 XLII (x2)
AKG D112
AudioTechnical AT2020
AudioTechnica AT4050
Sennheiser MKH416
Sennheiser MD421
Royer R121
Royer SF-12 (2ch)
Neumann KM184 (x2)
Neumann TLM103
​ElectroVoice RE20
OUTBOARD MIC PREs
UA SOLO/610
UA LA-610 MKII
UA Twinfinity
Avalon VT-737
API 3124+ (4ch)
Daking MicPre IV (4ch)
Rupert Neve Portico 5012 (2ch)

Instruments
Ayotte Drum Kit (6pc)
Peace Drum Kit (5pc)

KEYS
Nord Electro 5
Yamaha S03
MicroKorg
Toy Piano
Glockenspiel
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Tons of amps for guitar: Fender, Ampeg, MesaBoogie, Marshall, Crate and Bogner

Tons of amps for bass: Acoustic, Ampeg, Yamaha, and Roland

Tons of specially modified guitars: Fender, Gibson, and Taylor

Tons of Basses. All Fender
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Softsynths
​Max/MSP
FOR VOICE-OVERS + ADR
Sound-proof ISO booth with video monitor for syncing and dubbing. We also have a JK Audio AUTOHYBRID phone patch for conference calls and phone patching for ad/spot monitoring and directing off-site, so the ad-exec and spot-producer can pester both the talent and studio engineer remotely.