The Studio
My Recording 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!
- Reason Studio's Reason Suite 11 recording software – with SSL-9000 mixing console emulation & rack; supports Rack Extensions (RE) & VSTs
- Reason Studio's (Propellerhead) Balance audio interface
- Many Rack Extensions software synths, effects, and utilities
- VST software synths: Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2.6, Arturia Pigments 2.0, Korg Wavestation, and iZotope Iris 2
- iZotope Ozone 8 Mastering Suite software
- iZotope RX 7 Audio Editor (the ultimate noise reduction tool)
- Apple Logic Pro X (although I rarely use it, preferring Reason instead)
- M-Audio Studiophile AV 40 speakers, powered
- Apple iMac (27-inch, 2020, 3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7, 2TB SSD) with 2nd Thunderbolt Display mounted on Ergotech VESA Freedom Arm
- Western Digital 12TB My Book Duo drive, RAID
- Denon AVR-S920W Integrated Network AV Receiver, 125W x 7 channels
- 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)
- Yamaha NS-SW050BL subwoofer, 8-inch, 100W powered
- Last updated on .