Splashing Out in The Pool – We unveil an incredible collection of outboard provided by Johan Ekelund

This month we’re ushering in a brand new era at our ever-evolving tracking studio, The Pool, in London SE1. The Pool’s longstanding partnership between Miloco and producer Ben Hillier is thrilled to now welcome on board Johan Ekelund, producer and co-founder of the Kobalt Music Group, and a selection of his enormous shipment of rare outboard equipment.

This new £80,000 investment in gear means that The Pool now rivals the most famous studios in the UK. It now provides over 50 Mic Pres and EQs, a collection highlighted by 18 vintage Neve Preamps; 9 x 1079s and 9 x 1272s, in addition to two Telefunken V76/80 preamps.

Here are the new EQ’s on offer. We have 2 x API 550s, 2 x API 550As and 2 x API 560Bs. Then there’s the NTI EQ3, 2 x Lang PEQ-2As, Pultec HLF-3C and MEQ-5.

We have 9 new Compressors: 2 x Neve 2254/As, Urei 1176 & 1176LN, and Altec 436C, Universal Audio 175-B and 2 x API 525As, and have heavily enhanced the selection of Delays and Reverbs too, with a Fairchild Reverberation II Model 659 & 659A, Ursa Major Space Station SST-282, AMS RMX16, EMT 244 and Lexicon Super Prime Time. Last but not least, a Moog 12 Stage Phaser MKPH processor is also now on the spec.

As far as tracking rooms go The Pool now has pretty much everything. Johan’s contribution joins that already provided by Ben; a vast collection of esoteric gear in its own right. This world-class spec lives in a studio boasting a huge live area, control room and drum booth, all of which are designed for maximum sound quality and vibe…

You can view The Pool’s equipment spec by clicking here.