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
- Last updated on .