The Phil works out of his own studio, Sirius B. It is capable of producing something as small as a single song demo to an entire album, or even a complete musical.
The studio is based around an 8-core Apple MacPro running Logic Pro X software with MOTU’s latest AVB converters. Preamps are by Focusrite, including their highly regarded Liquid Channel, and supported further down the signal chain with plug-ins by Accusonus, Apple, IK Multimedia, Lexicon PCM, Native Instruments (including Guitar Rig 4 Pro), Overloud, Rob Papen, Slate Digital, Sonalksis and Waves Diamond and others, as well as Celemony‘s Melodyne. Monitoring is by Genelec and KRK.
The studio has a large selection of plug-in instruments too, including:
Arturia:
Analog Lab 2, ARP2600 V, B-3 V, CS-80V, Farfisa V, Jup-8V, Matrix-12 V, Mini V, Modular V, Piano V, Prophet V, SEM V, Solina V, Spark, Spark VDM, Stage-73 V, Synclavier V, Vox Continental V and Wurli V
AAS:
Strum GS-2
Best Service:
String Essentials KP2
EastWest/Quantum Leap:
Goliath, Hollywood Orchestra (Diamond Edition), Ministry Of Rock, RA, Storm Drum 2, Storm Drum 3, Symphonic Choirs (Platinum) and Symphonic Orchestra (Platinum)
Ilio:
Memphis Horns
Korg:
Legacy Collection
Musiclab:
RealGuitar, RealLPC, RealStrat,
Native Instruments:
Abbey Road Drummer (Vintage, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, Modern), Action Strikes, Action Strings, Absynth 5, Alicia’s Keys, Balinese Gamelin, Battery 4, Berlin Concert Grand, Complete Orchestral Collection, Cuba, Damage, Drumlab, Evolve Mutations 1 and 2, Evolve R2, FM8, George Duke Soul Treasures, Kinetic Metal, Kontakt 5, Kontour, Maschine Drum Selection, Massive, Molekular, Monark, New York Concert Grand, Polyplex, Pro53, Razor, Reaktor 5, Reaktor Prism, Reaktor Spark R2, Retro Machines Mk2, Rounds, Scarbee A200, Scarbee Clavinet/Pianet, Scarbee MK1, Scarbee Pre-Bass, Pre-Bass Amped, Jay Bass, MM Bass, MM Bass Amped, Rickenbacker Bass, Scarbee Vintage Keys, Scarbee Funk Guitarist, Session Horns Pro, Session Strings Pro, Skanner XT, Studio Drummer, The Gentleman, The Giant, The Grandeur, The Maverick, Upright Piano, Vienna Concert Grand, Vintage Organs and West Africa
Nine Volt Audio:
Chopped Guitar, Downtempo Guitars vol 2
Novation:
Bass Station, V-Station
Rob Papen:
Blade, Blue, Predator, Punch, RG, SubBoomBass
Spectrasonics:
Omnisphere 2, Trilian, Stylus RMX (+ Back Beat, Burning Grooves, Liquid Grooves, Metamorphosis, Retro Funk, New Orleans Strut)
Spitfire:
Albion
Synthogy:
Ivory 2 Grands Pianos, American Concert D, Italian Grand and Upright Pianos
Toontrack:
Superior Drummer 2 (+ New York Studios vols 1, 2 & 3, Custom & Vintage, Metal Foundry, Music City USA, Roots vols 1 & 2), EZdrummer (+ Drumkit From Hell, Funk Masters, Jazz, Latin Percussion, Nashville, The Classic and Vintage Rock expansions)
UVI:
Workstation (+ Plugsound Pro, Retro Keyboards expansions)
Vir2:
MOJO Horn Section
Zero G:
Impact Designer, Rise Designer, Whoosh Designer, Zodiac
Hardware keyboards and modules are by
Dave Smith Instruments, Hammond, Korg, Roland.
Microphones are by companies including
Rode, SE Electronics and Shure.