Locomotive Audio are a new recording gear manufacturer from St Louis, USA, who debuted their products at the AES convention in Los Angeles last fall. As well as catching our eye — we'll have a review of their single-channel 14B compressor coming soon — they also caught the eyes and ears of some of the industry’s best.
The Locomotive Audio Official Endorser Roster now includes:
- Bob Horn - Grammy winning mix engineer and producer (Usher, Akon, P. Diddy, Macy Gray, Michael Jackson)
- Rick Camp - Iconic FOH engineer (Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, Mary J. Blige, Beyonce, Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind & Fire)
- Frank Rogers - Multi-Platinum Producer, songwriter and musician (Darius Rucker, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton)
- Walter Millsap III - Producer, songwriter, engineer and arranger (Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys, Timbaland)
- Keith Harris - Grammy winning producer, musician and songwriter (Black Eyed Peas, Robin Thicke, Madonna, Usher)
- Andrew Williamson - U.K. based FOH engineer (Lawson, The Script, Scouting for Girls, Belle & Sebastian, Iggy Pop)
- The Stereotypes - Songwriting and production trio (Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, Ne-Yo, Mary J. Blige, Chris Brown)
- Hector Delgado - Producer, recording engineer and songwriter (Babyface, The Fugees, Missy Elliot, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne)
“We’ve been fortunate enough to get our products into the hands of the right people at the right time,” noted Eric Strouth, Founder of Locomotive Audio. “Our endorsers’ favor of Locomotive Audio is just a testament of how working hard and bringing an honest, sonically stellar product to the market can turn into a success story.”
Locomotive’s “old school” approach places emphasis on quality over quantity in its painstakingly handmade and handwired tube recording equipment. This ethos is also echoed in its current offering of only two products, a two-channel mic preamplifier and mono vari-mu style compressor.
The Locomotive Audio 286A preamplifier and 14B compressor are available now directly from their website.
