LITTLE BOXES THAT MAKE ME HAPPY 


{DISCLAIMER I:}

I am not paid in any way to endorse any of this stuff.

{DISCLAIMER II:}

I do not have a studio proper. I am a studio. Everywhere I go can become a studio, and everywhere I work ends up being a studio (if it isn't a studio before I get there). If you're curious about some 'real' studios that I like, they can be found within the links.

RECORDING

Most of my work is based around a Metric Halo 2882 and Logic Pro 9. However, I have spent the better part of a decade working with ProTools, and am also comfortable working with both RADAR and analog tape. If something records and plays back noises, I can usually figure it out.

I enjoy using Focal monitors and Grado headphones, but usually end up referencing with a number of other hi-fi (and low-fi) stereo systems.

MICROPHONES

I own a very modest collection of microphones, which includes the standard favorites (Shure, Sennheiser, Electro-Voice, etc) and some more esoteric options (Oktava, Sony). In the event that a 'fancy' microphone is needed, I generally rent / borrow them from somewhere. I also have a small pile of 'junk' microphones from old tape recorders and other devices that have proven very useful on many occasions.

OUTBOARD

Some of the more interesting, non-top secret stuff I've collected:

API 512c (2)
API 550b EQ (2)
API 525 compressor (2)
Aphex 104 Aural Exciter Type C2
AKG BX-10 Spring Reverberation
AKG BX-20 Spring Reverberation
Audio Pulse Model 1 digital delay
dbx 163x compressor (3)
dbx 263x de-esser
Deltalab Digital Delay
Dukane compressor / limiter
Digitech 3.6 delay unit (with sample rate mod)
Eventide 955 Digital Delay
Electro-Harmonix 16 Second Delay
Electrix Filter Queen
Electrix MOFX
Ibanez AD-202 analog delay
Krohn-Hite 3550 high / low / band-pass filter (2)
Lexicon Super Prime Time
Lexicon Varispeech
LA Audio CX2 compressor / destroyer
Roland RE-201 Space Echo (with infinite loop mod)
SAE 1800 Parametric Equalizer
ReVox B-77 1/4" tape recorder (with slow speed mod)
Shure Level-Loc Audio Level Controller
Symmetrix 525 compressor / gate (2)
Tapco 4400A Spring Reverberation
UREI 950 Ambient Noise Controlled Amplifier
Valley People dyna-mite compressor / limiter / gate (2)

Numerous multi-effects processors, guitar pedals, and other devices.

INSTRUMENTS

Akai MPC 2000xl
Akai S1000 (2)
ARP Odyssey (version 3, orange and black)
ARP Omni 2
Buchla 200e (email for a list of modules)
Casio VL-Tone
EMU Drumulator
Electro-Harmonix 2880 Super Looper
Elektron Sidstation
Epiphone Casino (new, not old)
Korg MS-20
Korg MS-50
Korg ER-1
Nord Modular Keyboard
Fender Rhodes
Future Retro Mobius
Roland MC-202
Roland MC-4b
Roland TR-505
Roland TR-606
Roland TR-707
Technics SL1200MK3 turntables

Also: tiny keyboards, drum machines, MIDI controllers, sound modules, synchronizing and interfacing devices, shakers, tambourines, bells, signal generators, laboratory and test equipment, PA junk, homebrew electronics, and other assorted noisemaking devices.