In the spring of 2004, Francis built out his production recording studio, the "Slingshot". The studio is comprised of two rigs, one for record and mix engineering and the other for composing music.

ProTools TDM Recording / Mixdown Rig

• Mac Quicksilver G4
• Digidesign Pro Tools Mix3 6.2
• Digidesign 888/24 AD/DA Interface
• Avalon 737SP Mic Pre
• Neumann TLM103 Condensor Mic
• Event ASP-8 Monitors
• Mackie ONYX 1220 Monitor Mixer
• Waves Platinum TDM
• Serato PitchNTime
• Antares AutoTune TDM

Composing Rig

• Macbook Pro
• Logic Studio 8
• Ableton Live 6
• Propellerheads Reason
• Propellerheads Recycle
• Native Instruments Kore/Komplete 4
• MOTU Timepiece A/V
• Yamaha Motif6ES
• Akai MPC2000XL
• Roland RD500
• Roland Juno106
• Roland JV1080
• Korg MS2000