Music Production
Nell Forster is a Brisbane based Australian music producer and engineer who is currently active within studio production and live sound engineering. Having graduated from her degree in Music Technology in 2015, she has progressed to become the sole owner and operator of The Moon Room Recording Studio, boasting an impressive collection of high end vintage and modern outboard gear and microphones. She has also been hired to engineer sessions at numerous other recording studios both in Brisbane and in Melbourne and has an extensive list of clients.
Since moving on from her role as Production Manager and Booking Agent for The Bearded Lady, West End during 2016 - 2019, Nell continues to work as a freelance sound engineer for various venues and festivals throughout QLD’s south east and northern NSW.
Studio Clients
Full Power Happy Hour
Galapogos
God Of The Goats
Harrison Knight
Haters
Havea
Hugo Stranger And The Rattlers
Jai Sparks
Marcus Blacke
Melissa Fraser
Mudshadows
Occults
Pack Animals
Paddy McHugh
Pat Kenny
Ragtone Ramblers
Ramblin' Ash
Rhyece O'Neill
Rival Territory
Sammm.
Sanfeliu
Sarah Stockholm
Screwjacks
Slow Songs
Spook Hill
Stapylton Street
Sweet Formidables
The Duke
The Goldhearts
Water for Whiskey
Wolf Wolf Wolf
Zong
Amaringo
Bartley's Folly
Being Jane Lane
Belligerent Goat
Ben Shock
Black Dog Cat Band
Black Sun
Bloodletter
Bricklayers
Bronwen Gray
Brothers Bukowski
Cameron Milford
Cassowarys
Dennis Duigan
Edith Thomas Furey
Freight Train Foxes
The Moon Room
Studio Equipment
Outboard:
Allen & Heath GS3000 analogue console
Lynx Aurora 16 AD/DA converter
Bryston 3B SST2 Pro Stereo Amplifier
Quested H-108 monitors
Aurora Audio GTQ2 MKIII dual channel (Neve 1073 type mic pre/EQ designed by Geoff Tanner)
Tube Tech CL-2A dual channel tube/opto compressor (LA2 inspired)
Alan Smart C2 dual channel compressor with crush feature
Ampex A440C line amps (modified by Geoff Squires) (2x)
Wunder PEQ-1 (custom pre)
MCI 500 dual channel mic pre/EQ
Auditronics 501 dual channel mic pre/EQ
Focusrite ISA 220 (Classic Rupert Neve channel strip)
Focusrite RED2 dual channel EQ
API 5500 dual channel EQ
Focusrite RED3 dual channel VCA compressor
Daking FET II compressor (2x)
Teletronix LA2
Valley People Dynamite compressor
Universal Audio La4 (2x linked)
ADM 1530 duel channel EQ
Condenser Microphones:
Neumann KM74
Audio Technica AT5040 Quad rect. diaphragm
Beez Neez Arabella Producer mutli-pattern valve (U47 inspired)
C414 TL-II mutli-pattern
AKG C451/CK1 SD pencil
Beez Neez “LULU” FET pencil cardioid (2x)
OPR ELAM C12/251 multi pattern valve
OPR 84 pencil cardioid (2x)
Sennheiser e901 boundary plate
Dynamic Microphones:
Sennheiser MD441
Sennheiser MD421
Sennheiser E902
Sennheiser MD409 U3
Sennheiser E906 (2x)
Sennheiser E604 (2x)
Audix D6
AKG D112
AKG D40
Beyer Dynamic M88
Shure SM57 (2x)
Electro Voice RE10
Ribbon Microphones:
Beyer Dynamic M-160 cardioid
OPR The Grill (R-121 inspired)
