About James Bunton
(HE / HIM)

I’m an independent audio producer / mixer working out of Studio B at Union Sound Company in Toronto, Ontario.

Please contact for rates and availability.
Cheers!
- jB

I like to work with a hybrid system that I find combines what both the analog and digital worlds have to offer.  Here are some of the things that I use when tracking and mixing projects:

AUDIO INTERFACE / CONVERSION:

  • Antelope Orion32

  • Mytek Digital Stereo192 ADC

  • Mytek Digital StudioClock192

  • RME MADIface USB

MONITORING:

  • Adam S3H Dual 7” Active 3-Way Midfield Monitors

  • Adam T10s Subwoofer

  • Auratone 5c Supercubes w/ Samson Servo 120a

  • Avantone Active Mixcubes

  • Dangerous Monitor ST

  • Hear Technologies Hear Back System

  • Rolls HR70 Digital Transmitter

  • TC Electronic Clarity M Stereo

  • Yamaha NS-10Ms w/ 2x QSC Model 1100 Amplifiers

EQUALIZATION:

  • APHEX 109 Parametric EQ (Amplexus Mod)

  • API 5500 Dual Equalizer

  • Eckmiller HV55 Passive Filters x 2

  • Ingram Engineering EQ50 Tilt Equalizer x 2

  • Kush Clariphonic Parallel Equalizer

  • Manley Mini Massive Stereo EQ

  • Neumann W492 Equalizer x 4

  • Rupert Neve Designs 551 Inductor EQ

  • Rupert Neve Designs Portico II Equalizer

  • Shure SR107 Equalizer

  • WesAudio _HYPERION Parametric Equalizer

COMPRESSION:

  • DBX 118 Dynamic Range Enhancer

  • DBX 119 Decilinear Compressor

  • DBX 560A Compressor / Limiter

  • Klark Teknik DN504 Quad Comp Limiter

  • Manley Variable Mu Mono Limiter Compressor

  • Pendulum DS-500 Opto De-Esser

  • Pendulum OCL-500 Opto Compressor

  • Rupert Neve Designs 535 Diode Bridge Compressor

  • Rupert Neve Designs Portico II VCA Compressor

  • Symetrix 501 Peak-RMS Compressor / Limiter

  • UREI / JBL 7110 Peak-RMS Compressor / Limiter

  • Valley People 440 Compressor / Limiter

  • WesAudio _RHEA Stereo Vari-Mu Tube Compressor

  • Whitby Abbey Analogue Custom G-SSL Style Stereo Compressor

OUTBOARD PROCESSING:

  • Amplexus Music Custom Carnhill Colour Box

  • Antares AVP-1 Vocal Producer

  • Aphex 104 Aural Exciter Type C2 With Big Bottom

  • Boss SE-50 Stereo Effects Processor

  • Califone Cassette Recorder 5270

  • D.A.V. Stereo Image Parallel Processor

  • DBX 120x Sub Harmonic Synthesizer

  • GE Silhouette Cassette Recorder w/ Custom Vari-Speed

  • Mode Machines F-106 Juno-Filter

  • Realistic Stereo 1/8" Reel To Reel

  • Rupert Neve Designes 542 Tape Emulator x 2

  • Sony MDS-E12 MiniDisc Recorder

  • Standard Audio Level-Or MK2

  • Studio Projects VTB-1 V Series

  • Tascam 112 Cassette Deck

  • Tascam M-06 Mixer

  • TEAC MB-20 Dual Channel Strip Box (mod by Josh Snider)

  • TEAC Model 2 Mixer

  • Vintage Maker Little One 8 Custom Summing Mixer

  • Webcor Regent Tube Mono 1/8" Reel To Reel

MICROPHONES:

  • AEA A840 Active Ribbon

  • AKAI M-7 x 2

  • AKG C414 B-ULS x 2

  • AKG C451B

  • APEX 210 Ribbon

  • ART AR5 Active Ribbon

  • Beyerdynamic M160 Double Ribbon

  • DPA 4060 x 2

  • Lawson L47MP / FET (With upgraded M7 capsule by Fox Audio Research)

  • LOM basicUcho x 2

  • Mr. Bin Binaural Head by Inspekto Gadjet

  • Rode NT-SF1 Soundfield Ambisonic Microphone

  • Sanken CMS-7s MS / Stereo Condenser

  • Shure 57

  • Shure SM7a

  • Sony ECM-260F x 3

  • Sony ECM-53

  • Sony ECM-989 Stereo M/S

  • Sony ECM-MF5 Stereo

  • Unisphere I 565SD x 2

  • Unisphere PE588

PEDAL EFFECTS:

  • Drivebreaker Overdrive from Kyoto

  • Dunlop Tom Sholtz Rockman Guitar Ace Headphone Amp

  • Electro-Harmonix Big Muff (Op Amp)

  • Empress Reverb

  • Foxgear Squeeze Compression Pedal

  • Hologram Infinite Jets Resynthesizer

  • Milkman The Amp 50W

  • MXR M134 Stereo Chorus

  • MXR Micro Amp

  • Pladask Draume Artificial Reverb

  • Pladask Fabrikat Granular Synthesis / Sample Playback

  • Pladask Taken Arrhythmic Delay

  • RYRA Klone

  • TC Electronic Ditto X2

  • Walrus Audio Mako ACS1

  • Zvex Box Of Rock Distortion

  • Zvex Lo-Fi Junky Chorus

  • Zvex Wooly Mammoth Fuzz

OUTBOARD EFFECTS:

  • Bricasti M7M Stereo Reverb Processor

  • Gibson Digital Echoplex

  • Hughes AK-100 Sound Retrieval System

  • Omnisonix, Ltd. 801 Omnisonic Imager

  • Quantec QRS/XL Room Simulator Reverb

  • Radial Tank Driver w/ Various Spring Reverb Tanks

  • Roland SDE-330 Dimensional Space Delay

  • Roland SDX-330 Dimensional Expander

  • Roland SRV-330 Dimensional Space Reverb

  • Roland RSS-10 Sound Space Processor

  • Roland RSS-303 Ambience System

  • Sony DPS-R7 Reverberator

  • Sony DRE-S777 Sampling Reverb

  • Ursa Major 8x32 Digital Reverb

  • Ursa Major MSP-126 Muti-Tap Stereo Processor x 2

  • Ursa Major Stargate 626 Digital Reverb + Effects

  • Vantage EM-650 Analog Echo

  • Yamaha DSP-100 Digital Sound Field Processor

PREAMPS / DIs:

  • API 3124+

  • Heritage HA73jr

  • Neptune Model 820 8 Channel Preamp / Mixer

  • Rupert Neve Designs 511 x 2

  • Rupert Neve Designs Portico II Channel

  • Phase 3 MP-2

  • SHURE M67 x 4

  • Sound Devices MixPre-D x 2

INSTRUMENTS:

  • Acetone Rhythm Ace FR-2L

  • Alesis HR-16 Drum Machine

  • Critter And Guitari Organelle

  • Fender EOB Signature Stratocaster

  • Fender Precision Bass

  • Grendel Drone Commander

  • Jaymar Mini Wooden Piano

  • Kay '63 Acoustic Guitar

  • Kay Parlour Size Acoustic Guitar

  • Korg Volca Beats

  • Martin D-18 Standard Acoustic Guitar

  • Modal Electronics ARGON8 8 Voice Wavetable Synthesizer

  • Oberheim DX w/ MIDI I/O MOD

  • Peavy Spectrum Digital Bass Sound Module

  • Roland DDR-30 Digital Drums

  • Roland JU-06 Boutique

  • Roland R-8 Human Rhythm Composer

  • Roland RD-100 Electric Piano

  • Roland TR-08 Rhythm Composer

  • Roland TR-09 Rhythm Composer

  • Yamaha CP70 Electric Grand Piano

  • Yamaha RX5 Digital Rhythm Programmer

  • Yamaha Stage Custom Hip Drum Kit

  • Yamaha HandySound HS-500

PLUGIN EFFECTS:

  • Aberrant DSP, Audio Thing, Baby Audio, Brainworx, Cableguys, Celemony, Eventide, Fabfilter, Freakshow Industries, HOFA, Izotope, Nugen, Plugin Alliance, Soundtoys, SynchroArts, UAD, Valhalla, Waves, plenty more…

VIRUTUAL INSTRUMENTS:

  • Arturia V Collection 8

  • Errorsmith & Native Instruments Razor

  • GForce ImpOSCar

  • GForce MTRON Pro

  • GForce Oddity

  • GForce Oddity 2

  • GForce String Machine

  • LA Scoring Strings

  • LA Scoring Strings (First Chair)

  • Native Instruments Kontakt (Various)

  • Native Instruments Massive

  • Native Instruments Reaktor (Various)

  • Native Instruments Una Corda

  • Sonic Projects OPX-II

  • Spectrasonics Keyscape

  • Spitfire Stuff

  • TAL U-NO-LX

  • XFer Serum

  • Others…….