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!
• Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 audio interface
• Apple iMac (27-inch, 2020, 3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7, 2TB SSD)
  • 2nd Thunderbolt Display mounted on Ergotech VESA Freedom Arm
• External Storage:
  • Western Digital 12TB My Book Duo drive, RAID
  • Lacie 10TB drive – for video editing
  • Samsung T5 SSD drive
• Reason Studio's Reason Suite 12 recording software – with SSL-9000 mixing console emulation & rack
  • A boatload of Rack Extensions
  • VST software synths:
    • Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2.6
    • Arturia Pigments 2.0
    • Korg Wavestation
    • iZotope Iris 2
• Other Software:
  • 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)
• Denon AVR-S920W Integrated Network AV Receiver, 125W x 7 channels
• Speakers:
  • JBL Professional 305P MkII 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