Bob Clearmountain’s career is a testament to his extraordinary talent and unwavering commitment to excellence. His work has shaped the sound of modern music, earning him a place among the greatest mix engineers of all time.
A page which previously appeared on Bob’s own web site he listed his outboard effects, with comments on each, rather interesting!
- 3 x Yamaha SPX-990 Multi-effects Processor Not well-known, but versatile and sounds great.
- 1 x Yamaha Pro-R3 Reverb Very smooth and rich for long ‘verbs.
- 1 x Eventide H-3000 Mult-effects/Harmonizer The old standby – lots of cool stuff in there (when it’s working) Great sampling.
- 2 x Eventide H-3500 Mult-effects/Harmonizer Pretty much same as above.
- 1 x Eventide DSP-4000 Mult-effects/Harmonizer Excellent for tuning vocals, “tape” flanging and many other things.
- 1 x Yamaha D5000 Digital Delay The best DDL ever made.
- 3 x Roland SDE-3000 Digital Delay The second best DDL ever made.
- 1 x AMS DMX 15-80S Digital Delay Vintage 80’s DDL, I still use it every day.
- 1 x AMS RMX 16 Reverb Classic digital verb, a bit grainy and dark. Used Occasionally.
- 2 x Lexicon PCM-70 Multi-effects Processor “Concert Hall” with some mods is the bomb on piano.
- 1 x Lexicon 480L Multi-effects Processor Not my favourite, but very expensive.
- 1 x Antares AMM-1 Mic Modeler. Makes most any mic sound better, or worse, which sometimes is better (or not).
- 1 x Ursa Major SST-282 Space Station. Disgusting, grungy early digital ‘verb, for a raggedy garage band sound.
- 1 x Ursa Major SST-206 Space Station. New version of above. Not so disgusting. ok – good night.
- 1 x MXR Phaser/Flanger Rack (2 of each in 4-unit rack). Classic analogue effects from the 70’s – quite rare these days.
Bob Clearmountain has been working closely with his Wife’s company, Apogee to produce a series of VST plugins that give you his effects through a VST plugin. The main plugin is the Clearmountain’s Domain which provides his reverb/digital delay sounds in a plugin.