The Studio
My home studio consists of:
- Fender Classic Series '70s Stratocaster Electric Guitar, Olympic White, Maple Fretboard, customized with:
- Graph Tech String Saver saddles and TUSQ XL slotted nut & string trees to reduce string friction
- Ilitch Electronics PGNCS-S Noise Canceling System to eliminate hum – better sounding versus noise canceling pickups
- RAB Audio ProRack 61 desk featuring two 3U rack bays and retractable keyboard tray
- Nektar Panorama P6 MIDI keyboard with built-in Reason integration – best keyboard for Reason IMHO!
- Nektar Panorama P1 MIDI controller with built-in Reason integration
- Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 audio interface
- Elgato Stream Deck XL controller– with 32 customizable LCD keys – launches unlimited actions with a tap
- Apple Mac Studio M2 Ultra – (2023, 64 GB memory, 2TB SSD)
- Two Apple Studio Displays mounted on VIVO VESA Monitor Arms
- External Storage:
- Western Digital 12TB My Book Duo drive – (6 TB RAID)
- SanDisk 12TB G-DRIVE – (Time Machine backup)
- Lacie 10TB drive – (for video editing)
- WD_BLACK 4TB NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD drive in an ACASIS 40Gbps Enclosure – very fast R/W speeds!
- Samsung T5 SSD drive
- OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock – 14 Ports
- Reason Studios Reason 13 MIDI & audio recording software – with SSL-9000 mixing console emulation & rack
- A boatload of Rack Extensions
- VST software synths:
- Arturia Pigments 5.0
- Cherry Audio DCO-106 (Juno 106 emulation)
- iZotope Iris 2
- Korg Wavestation
- Korg wavestate native
- Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2.6
- UJAM Virtual Drummer – Solid 2, Heavy 2, Phat 2
- Other Audio Software:
- iZotope Ozone 11 Advanced – mastering software suite
- iZotope RX 10 Audio Editor – the ultimate noise reduction tool
- Apple Logic Pro X (although I rarely use it, preferring Reason instead)
- Denon AVR-S920W AV Receiver, 125W x 7 channels
- Speakers:
- JBL Professional 305P MkII near-field monitors, powered
- JBL L100 Century bookshelf speakers (purchased in 1973), customized with:
- L100 Crossover Upgrade Kit from Jantzen Audio – designed by Troels Gravesen (added in 2012) – superior sound versus original JBL crossovers
- L100 Replacement Quadrex Foam Grilles (Black) from Sculpted Foam Innovations (added 2018) – absolutely identical to the original JBL grilles
- Sony SSCSE Dolby Atmos-enabled speakers
- Yamaha NS-SW050BL subwoofer, 8-inch, 100W powered
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