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 12 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