Things just heated up a bit in Atlanta (aka ATL or Hotlanta), at least at ZAC Recording. Owner, Jim Zumpano just purchased several more pieces of Mercury Recording Equipment full of warm tubes and warm tone. In search of the ultimate vocal chain for studio clients such as Usher, Outkast and Fergie, "Jim Z." and ZAC now own a pair of Mercury EQ-H1 Program Equalizers, a pair of Mercury 66 Limiting Amplifiers as well as a pair of Mercury Grand Pre Microphone Amplifiers to accomplish that task. After listening Jimmy said: "I was blown away... This is the stoutest, roundest chain in the world today - plus they look super bad ass!"

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Hand built, high quality recording equipment including all-tube/all-transformer equalizers, limiters and microphone amplifiers, as well as solid state equipment in the tradition of classic studio equipment from companies like Pultec, Fairchild, Telefunken and Langevin.

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Mercury AM16 and AM16/1 Transistor-Type Microphone Preamplifiers: Based on the Langevin AM16.

Mercury Grand Pre and GP1 Solid State Microphone Preamplifiers: The new, Alternative British Classic!

Mercury M72s/1 Studio Microphone Amplifier: single channel version.

Mercury M76m/1 Studio Microphone Amplifier: single channel version.

Answers by: Joe Chicarelli, Neil Dorfsman, Devin Powers, Brian Garcia, Jim Zumpano and more.

Mercury's 13 Questions is a chance for us all to learn more about some of the recording industry's best producers, engineers, musicians and creative souls.

Jim “Jim Z” Zumpano
Issue 4
Producer/Engineer and Owner of ZAC Digital, Stonehenge Recording, and Eclipse Audio Rentals in Hotlanta (Atlanta), Georgia.

Joe Chiccarelli
Issue 3
Multi-Grammy winner Joe Chiccarelli has worked with an impressive group of artists, including Elton John, Beck, U2, Herb Alpert, The Shins, Jonathan Richman, Brian Wilson, Joan Baez and Etta James, to name a few.

Devin Powers
Issue 2
If you've watched television in the last decade, chances are you've heard Devin's work. In addition to writing for TV and film, Devin produces and records tracks in Los Angeles. Right now he's working with Deanna Johnston.

GLOBAL WARMING!!!

Mercury Recording Equipment is happy to announce we have added more dealers to the Mercury family... and our way of “helping” with Global Warming, of Audio paths anyway. Although the Polar Icecaps are safe from our version of Global warming, many studios around the world are now going to be able to easily find the warm tone Mercury is famous for.

In addition to our good friend Matthias Flache at Vintage City in Germany, Mercury welcomes Bo and all at Golden Age Music in Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark), Daniel at Legacy Audio in Australia, and George and the crew at Steve’s Music in Canada.

In the USA, you can still buy direct from Mercury through Marquette Audio Labs or from one of our two US dealers: Atlas Pro Audio in Florida or Vintage King Audio with offices in Detroit, Los Angeles, Nashvillle and New York.