SnackBox Studios

Casa La Doniccé’s SnackBox Studios is a fully operational production and audio recording suite located in Los Angeles, CA. The outfit consists of a one-man workforce focused on original composition and the use of live instrumentation recorded through the suite's high quality analog signal chain.

The setup employs a wide combination of acoustic and electronic instruments in conjunction with rare custom and modified processors and effects including both discrete and integrated circuitry using vacuum tubes, transformers, and bucket brigade sequencers to cultivate a distinct vintage quality which is highly sought in modern recording due to it's perceived 'analog warmth'.

The studio interfaces the physical processing capabilities of this boutique, vintage and modern combination of analog hardware with a selection of high-grade DSP equipment and fully-loaded digital workstations, thus offering the best of both worlds through this hybrid variety of audio production methods.

Housed in an individual micro-complex, the studio is the home of The Mighty Mighty Snack Box Brigade, who also serve as the engineering staff and session band for all Casa La Doniccé and Snack Box featured projects. The company may be small in size but it’s big when it comes to providing services including sound effects, voice-over, musical composition & scoring, live vocal & instrument recording, audio production and mixing.

Capitão Doniccé

Founder, Stylés Akira, is a veteran of the recording industry, having worked over a decade at firms including Sony Music, Bad Boy Entertainment, Def Jam and MTV Networks. He specializes in composition and production with a heavy emphasis on classical performance as well as—but not limited to—genres including Bossa Nova, Samba, Indie Rock, Hip-Hop, Electronic, Dance, Singer-Songwriter, and Alternative. His current musical catalog consists of over 250 original compositions which are open for licensed contract.

Studio

Equipment:

(2x) Apple Macbook Pro

Solid State Logic SSL 12 USB C Interface

Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 USB Interface

PreSonus Faderport Production Control Center

Behringer Studio M Passive Studio Controller

(2x) Adam Audio A7X Powered Studio Monitors

(2x) KRK Rocket 5 Pro Powered Studio Monitors

PreSonus Temblor T10 Powered Studio Subwoofer

Beyerdynamic DT-990 Pro Studio Monitor Headphones

AudioMX HS-5S Studio Monitor Headphones

Sony MDR-7506 Studio Monitor Headphones

Sony MDR-V150 Studio Monitor Headphones

(2x) Sony MDR-ZX110 Monitor Headphones

Custom Designed “Banana Booth” Sound Chamber

Teac (Vintage 1977) 3340s 4-Track Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder

Tascam (Vintage 1984) Porta One Ministudio

Marantz PMD-222 Portable Cassette Recorder

Handsome Audio Zulu Passive Analog Tape Simulator

Yamaha (Vintage 1976) PM-700 Analog Mixing Console

Soundcraft EPM8 Analog Mixing Console

Soundcraft EPM6 Analog Mixing Console

Soundcraft Notepad 12FX Analog Mixer

Collins (Vintage 1959) 212Z-1 4 Channel Mic Preamp Mixer

Louder Than Liftoff Silver Bullet Mk2 w/Locomotive Audio Fari-Mu

DIYRE G Bus VCA Compressor

Handcrafted Labs - Affinity A2 Stereo Mic Preamp

Handcrafted Labs Solution S2 Dual Channel Leveling Amplifier

M-Audio DMP3 Stereo Mic Preamp

Golden Age Project Pre-73 DLX Mic Preamp

Golden Age Project EQ-81 Parametric Equalizer

Golden Age Project Comp-54 MKII Compressor

ART Pro Channel II Tube Pre/Comp/EQ (Revive Audio Mod)

HRK MPQ568C Colour Mic Preamp w/EQ (500 Series)

HRK C572 Parallel Saturation Colour Processor w/EQ (500 Series)

HRK CP523V Valve Opto Compressor (500 Series)

EHX 12AY7 Tube Mic Preamp

EHX LPB-2ube Dual Channel Tube Instrument/Line Preamp

EHX Black Finger Optical Tube Compressor

EHX Tube EQ Vacuum Tube Equalizer

Shure (Vintage) M267 - 4 Channel Mic Preamp Mixer w/Limiter

Shure (Vintage) M67 - 4 Channel Mic Preamp Mixer

Shure (Vintage) PE68M - 5 Channel Instrument Mixer

Shure (Vintage) RM68 - 4 Channel Reverberation Mixer

Shure (Vintage) M63 EQ - Master Controller

(2x) Shure (Vintage) M610 Filter - Feedback Controller

Furman Sound (Vintage) MM-4 Mixer (4 Channel)

Furman Sound (Vintage) LC-3 Compressor/Limiter

(2x) Furman Sound (Vintage) RV-1 Reverberation System w/EQ + Limiter

Cathedral Pipes Durham In-Line Mic Preamp Boost

Cloud Lifter CL-2 Stereo In-Line Mic Preamp Boost

EHX V256 Vocoder 

MXR M222 Talk Box

(2x) DBX (Vintage) 160X Compressor/Limiter (Stereo Pair)

Fostex (Vintage) 3070 - Dual Channel Compressor/Limiter

Alesis 3630 - Dual Channel Compressor/Limiter

ART Pro VLA II - Dual Channel Opto/Tube Leveling Amplifier

Klark Teknik 2A-KT Optical Tube Leveling Amplifier

Klark Teknik 76-KT FET Compressor/Limiting Amplifier

Tascam (Vintage) PE-40 - Four Channel x 4-Band Parametric EQ

(2x) Klark Teknik EQP-KT Parametric Tube EQ (Stereo Pair)

Behringer SX3040 V2 Stereo Sonic Exciter

Behringer (Vintage) Edison EX-1 Stereo Image Processer

(2x) 3U Audio Warbler MKVID Multipattern LDC (Stereo Pair)

(2x) Neat Mic Worker Bee MDC Cardioid Mic (Stereo Pair)

(2x) MXL R77 Classic Ribbon Mic (Stereo Pair)

(2x) GLS Audio ES-57 Dynamic Cardioid Mic (Stereo Pair)

(2x) Golden Age Project FC-4 MC Multi-Cap Mic (Stereo Pair)

Golden Age Project R1 MKII Classic Ribbon Mic

Electro Voice/Blue Cardinal LDC Cardioid Mic

Blue Mic Spark MDC Cardioid Mic

CAD Trion-8000 Multipattern Large Diaphragm Tube Mic

Wasaphone MKII LoFi Dynamic Cardioid Mic

MXL V67P LDC Cardioid Mic

Little Blondie SDC Omni Mic

Shure SM58 Dynamic Cardioid Mic

(2x) Radial JCR Studio Re-amper

(2x) Radial JDI Passive Direct Box w/Jensen Transformer

(2x) Pyle Pro PDC21 Passive Direct Box

Pyle PHE 400 Hum Eliminator

ART DTI Dual Transformer/Isolator

VOX AC4TV All Tube Combination Amplifier

Orange Crush 12 Solid State Combination Amplifier

(4x) EHX Switchblade A/B-Y Channel Selectors

M-Audio EX-P Expression Pedal

Little Bear G1-Pro Tube (12AX7) Overdrive

EHX Operation Overlord Stereo Overdrive/Boost/w EQ

(2x) EHX Analogizer (Stereo Pair)

EHX Op-Amp Big Muff π

EHX Germanium 4 Big Muff π

EHX Double Muff

EHX Satisfaction Plus

Fulltone GT-500 FET Distortion + Overdrive/Boost w/Dual EQ 

Donner Stylish Fuzz Distortion

JOYO JF-01 Vintage Overdrive

EHX Flanger Hoax Flanging Phaser Modulator

EHX Attack Decay Reverse Tape Simulator

EHX Good Vibes Analog Modulator

EHX Small Stone Phase Shifter

EHX Deluxe Electric Mistress Flanger

EHX Neo Clone Chorus

EHX Doctor Q Envelope Filter

EHX Riddle: Q Balls Envelope Filter

EHX Wiggler Dual Tube (12AX7) Vibrato/Tremolo

EHX Mainframe Bit Crusher

Behringer Bi-Phase Dual Analog Phase Shifter

Pigtronix Mothership Analog Synthesizer Pedal w/Ring Modulator

Zeppelin Design Labs Quaverato Harmonic Tremolo

JOYO JF-09 Tremolo

Dunlop Cry Baby Classic FET Wah Pedal 

Boss EH-2 Enhancer

Empress ParaEq 3-Band Parametric Equalizer

MXR M76 FET Studio Compressor

(2x) EHX Deluxe Memory Boy Analog Delay w/Tap Tempo

(2x) T-Rex Replicator D’Luxe Analog Cassette Tape Echo w/Tap Tempo

(2x) Deltalab Effectron II ADM 1024 Digital Delay, Flanger & Chorus

Anasounds Element Spring Reverb w/3 Tanks (Le Bon, La Brute, & Le Truand)

Surfy Industries SurfyBear Metal FET Spring Reverb Tank

Chase Bliss Generation Loss mk2

Strymon Deco Tape Saturation & Doubletracker

Strymon Volante Magnetic Echo Machine

Strymon Nightsky Time-Warped Reverberator

TC Electronic Flashback 2 Digital Delay & Looper

TC Electronic Hall Of Fame 2 Digital Reverb

EHX Mod Rex Polyrhythmic Modulator

Hologram Electronics Microcosm Multi-effects Granular Glitch Pedal

(2x) Donner Harmonic Square Digital Octave Pedal

Instruments:

Epiphone Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar

Epiphone Wildkat Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar w/Bigsby

Fender SSS Player Stratocaster Electric Guitar w/Tremolo

Squier HSS Bullet Stratocaster Electric Guitar w/ Tremolo

Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Electric Guitar w/Tremolo

Rogue RLS-1 Lap Steel Guitar

Squier J Bass 4-String Electric Bass Guitar

Luna Short Scale Tattoo 4-String Electric Bass Guitar

Fender Acoustic Guitar

Yamaha C40 Nylon-String Classical Guitar

Ashthorpe 6-String Banjo

Luna Soprano Ukulele

The Music Maker 15 String Lap Harp

Roosebeck 12 String Lily Harp

10 String Rosewood Lyre Harp

Carlo Robelli Violin

Wentworth Musical Saw

Yamaha Venova Soprano Wind Instrument

Lafayette Straight B-Flat Soprano Saxophone

Lade Curved B-Flat Soprano Saxophone

Glory E-Flat Alto Saxophone

Jean Baptiste B-Flat Pocket Trumpet

Mendini B-Flat Trumpet w/Jo Ral TPT-2A Bubble Mute

Mendini B-Flat Baritone Horn

Hawk B-Flat Clarinet

Mendini Concert Flute

Lupaca Chromatic Siku Zampoña 38-Pipe Pan Flute

13-Pipe Peruvian Pan Flute - C Major

Armenian Duduk - A Major

Hurricane Harps S32 32-Key Melodica

17 Key/8 Button Accordion

M-Audio Axiom 25 Midi Keyboard Controller

Korg MicroKey 37-Key Midi Keyboard Controller

Williams Allegro II 88-Key Weighted Digital Piano Keyboard

Yamaha MODX6 61-Key Hybrid Sampler/FM Synthesizer Keyboard Workstation

Akai Professional MPC One Standalone Sampler and Sequencer Module

ASM Hydrasynth Desktop Wave Morphing Polyphonic Synthesizer Module

Arturia Minibrute Monophonic Analog Keyboard Synthesizer

Arturia MicroFreak Paraphonic Hybrid Keyboard Synthesizer w/Vocoder

Behringer DeepMind 12D Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer Module

Behringer Pro-800 Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer Module

Behringer CAT Duophonic Analog Synthesizer Module

Behringer Model-D Monophonic Analog Synthesizer Module

Behringer WASP Deluxe Monophonic Analog Synthesizer Module

Behringer CRAVE Monophonic Analog Synthesizer/Sequencer Module

Behringer TD-3 Monophonic Analog Synthesizer/Sequencer Module

Behringer RD-6 Analog Drum Synthesizer/Sequencer Module

Behringer Rhythm Designer RD-8 Analog Drum Synthesizer/Sequencer Module

Behringer Rhythm Designer RD-9 Analog Drum Synthesizer/Sequencer Module

SOMA Laboratory The Pipe Mouth Controlled Synthesizer Module

Korg Volca FM Digital Synthesizer Module

Korg Volca Keys Analog Synthesizer Module

Korg Volca Bass Analog Synthesizer Module

Stylophone Analog Synthesizer Module

Otamatone Deluxe