The Audio
Say what you will about Flip Arkulary, there's no denying he's been busy making music in the Pandemic Era. The former guitarist for The Half Hearts, singer for Exiles, and guitarist for Tyrannicals, opened his Duluth studio in 2019. During that time, he's engineered 13 music videos for Boxcar, Blake Shippee's solo album "It All Started from a Whisper" (produced by Erik Koskinen), two albums by Robyn Graves and the Sordid Affairs, plus sessions with Actual Wolf, Stardust Collective, Babie Eyes, New Salty Dog, "Misisipi" Mike Wolf, Breanne Tepler's song commercial for St. Louis Public Health, and more.
Dipper, Flip Arkulary's first solo album/space opera, began recording in 2020 with Actual Wolf (Eric Pollard) and had it's lo-fi edition release in August 2022. It features performances by Actual Wolf, Robyn Graves, Breanne Tepler, Kenneth Gregory Bressler, "Misisipi" Mike Wolf, and members of Stardust Collective.
Flip Arkulary was born in Duluth, MN on Aug 4, 1985 to Mitzi Doane and Stephen Arkulary. In his youth, Flip wrote classical music, had his compositions performed by Orchestras and Chamber Choirs even before his 18th birthday. He went on to studio composition with Macedonian Composer, Ketty Nez, at the University of Iowa. Flip would tour with The Death Ships as keyboardist, tour the country numerous times in The Half Hearts and Exiles. His first job out of college was working for then-Senator Barack Obama. He has performed at SXSW Musical Festival numerous times, and managed artists including Zoo Animal.
Today, Flip lives in Duluth with his two cats, Melody and Callie. Flip engineers albums, works as a media publisher, and is simultaneously making two follow-up Albums to Dipper.
However rare, live performances from Flip and his ensemble come complete with costumes, story arcs, and plenty of synthesizers.
The Studio
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Interfaces
Antelope Audio Orion Studio (12ch)
Antelope Audio Discrete-4 Synergy Core (4ch)
Computer
Mac Mini 2018 (2) i7 processor, 64GB Ram, infinite plugins
Daw (s)
Avid ProTools 12
Reaper (preferred)
Logic Pro
Preamps
Universal Audio 2-610
Universal Audio LA-610 MKII
Great River ME-1NV (2)
Altec 1599B Mixer (5 ch mono out)
Warm Audio 412 (4 ch API clone)
Warm Audio 273 (2 ch Neve 1073 clone)
Warm Audio 1176 clone (Eddie Ciletti modded to double as preamp)
Radioshack MPA-250 (for the lo-fiers)
Dynamics
UREI BL-40 Modulimiter (LA-3A and 1176 style circuits in one unit)
DBX 160x (2) Revive Audio Modded
Warm Audio 1176 clone
Klark Teknik LA-2A Clone
Aphex Aural Exciter Type B (the 80s Machine)
FMR Audio Really Nice Compressor
FMR Audio Really Nice Leveling Amplifier
Shure Level-Loc
Effects
Roland RE-150 Space Echo Tape Delay
EHX Bi-Filter Dual Analog Filter Processor
Roland SPV-355 Pitch-to-Voltage Synthesizer
Mu-Tron Bi-Phase BPII Reissue
Multi-Vox Full Rotor Leslie
Boss RX-100 Spring Reverb
Klark Teknik Roland Dimension D clone Stereo Chorus
Lexicon MX-400 Dual Stereo Surround Reverb Effects Processor
Antares ATR-1
Ashly GQX-3102
Lee “Scratch” Perry style 3 spring reverb
Eventide Timefactor
Eventide Modfactor
Eventide Pitchfactor
Eventide Blackhole
Hammond Leslie Pedal
Headphones
Audio Technica ATH M50x (8)
Beyerdynamic DT-770-Pro-250
Beyerdynamic DT-770 Studio 80 Ohm
Furman System
Amplifiers & Cabinets
Marshall JCM-50 Lead Combo with footswitch
Marshall JCM-600
Marshall JTM-30
Marshall MX112 1x12 cabinet
Ampeg V4
Ampeg VT-40 with footswitch (w/ spring reverb)
Sunn Solarus 4x10 (w/ tube tremolo)
Sunn Beta Lead with footswitch
Vox Handwired AC4
Marshall Class 5 Combo (heavily modded)
Hi-Watt Limited Edition Hi-5 5w Head 420 Logo Green Badge
Hi-Watt Limited Edition HG112 Cab Green Badge
Wurlitzer Spectratone Rotating Speaker
Quilter Tone Block 200
Quilter Blockdock 10C 100 watt cabinet
Quilter Overdrive 200 Dumble Clone
Peavey 4x12 (1980) (2 tall, 2 short)
Motion Sound Pro 3 Rotary Speaker
Orange OR15 (heavily modified)
Orange PPC112 60-Watt Guitar Cabinet
Traynor Cabinet (old)
Sunn Cabinet 1x15 (old)
Gretsch G5222 5w champ clone
Supro 1810R Blues King 10 5-Watt 1x10 Guitar Combo
Sovtek Mig50
Pignose Pro G40V 40 Watt Tube Head
Pignose 30/60
EHX Mig50 Reissue
1x8 mystery speaker
Peavey 6505 Mini Head 2ch 20-Watt Guitar Head
Peavey 1x12 cabinet
Hohner Hoodoo Box Harmonica Amp
Moog TB-15
Kingston P2NB 1x6 Amp
Epiphone Limited Edition 1939 “Century” All-Tube 18-Watt 1x12 Guitar Combo
Roland JC-120
Roland JC-55
Guitars & Basses
Gibson Les Paul Custom (1993)
Gibson Flying V (1983)
Gibson SG Standard (2016)
Gibson Nighthawk Sp-3 Special (1995)
Gibson Les Paul Special (2016)
Gibson SG Special (2014)
Fender American Standard Stratocaster (2007)
Fender Mexican Jazz Bass (1995)
Fender Mexican Precision Bass (2022)
Fender Mustang Bass (2022)
Squire 70s P Bass
Squire Offset Telecaster
Eastwood Sidejack Baritone Guitar
Italia Modena Sitar Guitar
Epiphone Jumbo
Epiphone Hummingbird
Guild D-25
Yamaha C40II Classical Guitar
Yamaha FG820 12-String
Lyre
Oud
Balalaika
Guitarele
Tim Kaiser Circular Harp
Kinnor Harp
Keyboards & Synthesizers
Baby Grand Piano
Mellotron M4000D Micro
Yamaha DX7
Yamaha Reface Series (DX, CS, YC, CP)
Roland Juno 106
Roland SPV-355
Roland S-10 Sampler
Roland SH-101 Monosynth
Roland Boutique JX-03
Roland Boutique VP03
Roland Boutique JD-08
Moog Sub Phatty
Moog Theremin
Korg Apr Odyssey
Korg Triton LE 61 Key
Korg BX-3 Tonewheel Organ (Hammond B3 Clone)
Korg SQ-1 Sequencer
Behringer Arp 2600 Blue Marvin
Behringer RD-8 (808 Clone)
Behringer Wasp Clone
Arturia Suite + Keystep 32 and Beatstep Midi Controllers
Tim Kaiser Instruments – Feedback Machine, Mini Synth, Drone Machine
Benidub Lickshot Dub Siren
Bontempi Reed Organ
Banjira Harmonium
Hohner Melodica
Drums
14 Snare Drums
1975 Lugwig Butcher Block Kit (huge)
2019 handmade Maple Kit from Wisconsin (over there)
Concert Conga
Surdo
Udkka
Various hand percussion, glockenspiel, bells, shakers, etc
Various Kick Pedals
Zildjian Custom Dark Cymbals and Hi Hats
14” and 10” Gongs
Sizzlers, Twizzlers, and Drizzlers
Microphones
Peluso P-414 (2)
Peluso P-87 (2)
Peluso R-14 Ribbon Mic
Peluso P-251 Tube Mic
Peluso P-47 Tube Mic
Peluso SR-14 Stereo Ribbon Mic
Sennheiser MD 441-N
Sennheiser MD-421 (2)
Sennheiser 251
Sennheiser e604 (3)
Shure SM7B (3)
Shure Sm57 (4)
Shure SM58 (2)
Shure Beta 57A
Shure 819
Shure Green Bullet
Audio Technica AT871r Boundary Mic
Cascade X-15 Stereo Ribbon Mic
Cascade Vin-Jet Ribbon Mic
Electro-Voice RE20 (2)
Electro-Voice 635a (3)
Electro-Voice RE50 (2)
Electro-Voice 664
Electro-Voice ND44
Placid Audio Copperphone (2)
Wasaphone MKII
Canned Sound Gleamer
AKG D112
Secret C12 Clone
Motorola Intercom Mics (2)
RCA Dictation Mic
Town & Mouth Report Lo-Fi Mic
Astatic D-104
Ampex Stereo Mic
Beyerdynamic M201TG
Royer R-101
Sony F-96 (2)
Sony F-7B
The Record Label
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