Ok, since I’m in the process of moving rooms and setting things up again I had to do an inventory.
Not included of is the box or the rest of what is ITB.
INSTRUMENTS
ROLI Seaboard Grand Stage
LUNA Acoustic-electric Ukulele
Vorsin Electric Ukulele
Squire Affinity Telecaster
DAW
Reaper
Cakewalk by BandLab
Tracktion T7 (just got this to try out)
MIXER
Behringer Eurorack UB1202 Mixer
MICROPHONE
Oktava MK 319 Microphone (borrowed )
MONITORS
JBL LSR305 Monitors
AKG 240 Headphones
INSTRUMENTS
Fender Stratocaster (MIJ 1985/86?)
Kramer Baretta I (1989?)
Squier Stagemaster deluxe
ME4 Lyon by Washburn (I find I like this cheapo guitar)
C. F. Martin Stinger Strat-clone
Ibanez IMG 2010 (MIDI guitar without the MIDI equipment)
Ibanez EX series bass
Ibanez Talman acoustic/electric
Yamaha G-55 classical
MAudio Keystation 49e midi controller
TOYS
Line6 PODxt
BOSS OD-1 Overdrive (an OD-1D)
BOSS TW-1 Touch Wah
BOSS GE-7 EQ
BOSS-MT2 (yeah… the Metal Zone!)
HUSH Pedal
Squier Champ 15 amp
Behringer GX110 amp
Lots of free VST’s
One thing that’s held its own for years is the Main I/O…a discontinued Line 6 UX8 interface.
I bought it because Todd Rundgren made a album released cd ARENA using it, and from a room in his house…not his famous studio. No outboard, just mics and software. Reading about it this morning. I also tried numerous other interface boxes and none were any better and some worse. ($180 excellent deal and tank metal built)
REAPER is the DAW. ($60? great price)
Monitors…DYNAUDIO BM5A, which are 145mm/6in~ woofer and Esotec Tweeter. 90w and 50watt. ($175 a pair! great deal…mint)
KRK V6 with Focal tweeters…and a Grace Design headphone amp with Beyer 880 250ohm
The Rest:
Outboard and Mics change a lot.
Outboard pre, comps… LA610 SE and ART TPS and a RANE 22(2qty MS1).
My verdict is none of them really sound any better than plugins but they might have a tiny clarity or its placebo?
2018 went through LDC’s and currently SM57/58, KSM27 AKG2000b, and a Rode NTV on the way for my first tube mic.
guitars…
30yr old Squier Bass (did bass shoot outs this year) also have a winner- Peavy Fury… new Fender 51 MIJ that’s the best guitar Ive ever owned and an acoustic that’s 10+yrs old? Takamine…
Line6 Pro rack guitar… some amps around but are my sons live stuff.
use Wiki Drummer for drummers…my jams. really a fun thing to do, Drummers from all over the globe toss up drum tracks that they did and users can download them and overdub for free.
the room is downsized, usage is downsized, quality of gear is better than when I was 15 and couldn’t afford anything and played all the time? go figure?
Nothing special, it’s just the spare bedroom in my house these days.
Dell i7 laptop
Audient iD22
Focal CMS65s
Harrison Mixbus 32c
And a little mic locker;
2x AT4050s
SM7b
RE20
Audix i5
2x SM57
1x SM58
At some point I’m going to get an ADAT 8 channel mic preamp to expand my inputs, but the main thing that’d improve my studio at the moment is a bigger room.
I keep a list in OneNote with my gear and how much I paid for it. I buy almost everything on sale or used. It’s cool to see what other people are using! So let’s see…
Software
REAPER (this is the DAW I use)
FL Studio Producer Edition (I don’t use this anymore, but I bought the software back in grade school when it was still called Fruity Loops. The company gives free lifetime updates so it was an inexpensive upgrade to buy the full fledged version, before I had heard of REAPER.)
Komplete 9 Ultimate
Izotope Production Bundle 2
SoundToys 5
Sonarworks Reference 4 Headphone Edition and Waves Nx (for headphone calibration and room modeling. Basically my best attempt to compensate for mixing on headphones.)
A number of other misc. plugins and virtual instruments.
Microphones
Shure SM57 (This was my first microphone from freshman year of college! It still gets used regularly.)
Rode NT1-A (This was my go-to microphone for years, until I got the Oktava MK 319. Now I don’t use it much.)
Oktava MK 319 (I’ve been using this on vocals for the past year or so, and I quite like it.)
MXL MCA SP1 (I use this occasionally… it was really inexpensive and it’s not bad.)
MXL R144 (I bought this because I wanted to try a ribbon mic. My room sucked though, and I’ve never used it on anything. I’d like to try it again after I have my acoustic treatment up.)
MXL 604 pair (I bought these for acoustic guitar, but I couldn’t get anything to sound good. I want to try these again as well, when I have my acoustic treatment up.)
Instruments
Martin GPCPA3 acoustic guitar
Lucero LC100 classical guitar (This is the instrument I play the most.)
Fender American Stratocaster Deluxe (I got this for free! I won a giveaway from a site I had a membership with at the time called JamPlay. The guitar that I had actually won was out of stock, so they asked me to pick a different one at the same price-point, so I got to choose. I freaking love this guitar.)
Parker PDF85
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Special SS (My wife bought this bass because she wanted to play the bass. It’s cliche, but after realizing that it would take time and effort to learn it she gave up, lol. So now I have it to use instead.)
Pearl Roadshow 5-piece New Fusion drum kit
Audio Interfaces
Audient ID14
Avid Eleven Rack (I route this into the ID14 via optical input.)
MIDI
Novation Nocturn (I had high hopes for this, but I couldn’t get it to work very well. It ended up being more trouble than it was worth. It was cheap though so not a huge loss.)
Novation LaunchPad S (This is in a box with the Nocturn.)
Nektar Impact GX61 keyboard
Nektar Panorama P1 (I have this on my desk ready to go, and went through the tutorial to learn how to use it. I really like it in theory, but I haven’t yet had the patience to develop a new workflow with this thing. Someday?)
Keith McMillen K-BOARD (This thing is cool. I like how small it is, too. I tend to just use my keyboard for most things though. And the velocity curves were disappointing.)
Pedals
Voodoo Ground Control Pro (To switch presets/fx on the Eleven Rack)
Mission EP-11 Pedal (Works with the Eleven Rack wah/volume fx.)
EHX Pitchfork
Ditto Looper
Joyo US Dream
Monitoring
Sennheiser HD 600 headphones
Bose QuietComfort 25 noise cancelling headphones (I bought these for a plane ride once, but I actually really like using them in the studio as well, either for tracking or for when I’m trying to listen critically and the laundry machine is on or something.)
Logitech - Z623 2.1 speakers (These are my “what would this sound like in the car?” type speakers.)
I know!!! I have no idea why its fascinating for our nerd-like brains to browse around other peoples toolboxes. The funny thing is it totally doesn’t matter what someone else uses, but our sheer curiosity seems to enjoy the process of exploring anyway!
Ignite Amps Emissary, plus their pedal/preamp emu plugs
LePou sims
Softube Metal Amp Room, Bass Amp Room
Waves GTR and PRS sims
probably some others that I can’t remember off the top o’ my head
IR’s from OwnHammer, RedWirez, JST, and various others found on the interwebs
Guitar Rack Goodies:
Avid Eleven Rack
Line 6 Helix Rack (with floorboard)
Voodoo Labs GCX loop switcher (to integrate analog pedal switching into Helix)
DIY Pedal Clones:
Big Muff Pi
ProCo Rat
Ibanez ST-9 (sorta rare TubeScreamer variant)
Friedman BE-OD
TC Integrated Pre
Klon Centaur
Vox AC30 top-boost channel
A bunch of boosts and drive pedals that weren’t necessarily based on a specific pedal, plus a delay pedal that is nice n’ lo-fi
Bought Pedals:
Bogner Ecstasy Red
Bogner Uberschall
Deadbeat Sound Visible Overdrive
Like My Pedals Creamsicle/ 4.K.T.O.D (dual drive, one side I think is TS based the other is Klon-based)
Caroline Météore (awesome lo-fi reverb)
DarkGlass B7K Ultra
ProTone Pedals Bass Overdrive
Guitars:
Ibanez RGIF7 with Fishman Fluence Tosin Abasi pickups
LTD BW-1 with Fishman Fluence Modern pickups
PRS SE277 with upgraded electronics
Ibanez acoustic
Squire 5-string bass
As the plan is to build out an actual studio in around 2 years time, I’m shifting my investments accordingly to start building up for that… new interface, pre’s, mics etc…
Mackie Onyx 400f x 3
Mackie Quad Gate/Comp x 2
Behringer T 1950 Tube warmer
Art TPS II
Presonus MP20
Rane MP44
Drawmer MX30 compressor
Behringer REV2496 reverb
Ashely GQX1502 equalizer
Homemade 4 channel mic preamp based off of TI INA163
Various keyboards and lots of homemade circuits and toys.
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