gear
The writing project, with its rough renditions ("composition versions"), has now transitioned into more of a genuine recording project.
Meaning that it's time to think gear. For me, anyway, and although I know a lot of y'all couldn't care less about such things, there are a few gearheads in every crowd. So here is a list of gear I'll be using in this project.
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(Click on small picture to see larger photo. Guitars from left to right: Rodriguez Model A, Peavy Fury 6QT bass, Carvin DC400, Brian Moore i21.13 (on chair), Morris W616. Not pictured: Takamine EG523SC-12; Squier Jazz fretless bass. See bottom of this page for a pic of the Tak.)
digital audio workstation
Custom Studiocat workstation (E6850 processor, Asus P5 motherboard, 4 GB x 1066 Mhz RAM, Win XP Sp2)
Lynx One audio-MIDI interface
Cakewalk 7.0.2 Producer Edition
other hardware
Presonus VXP preamp/processor
Groove Tubes Brick pre-amp
Event Tuned Reference (TR-5) powered monitors
Eventide Eclipse multiprocessor
BOSS GS-10 guitar effects processor / digital USB interface
Vox Tonelab SE
Roland GI-20 guitar-to-MIDI converter
Behringer UB802 mixing console
instruments
Ibanez JS1000 electric guitar
Carvin DC400 electric guitar
Brian Moore i21.13 synth-ready electric guitar
1976 Morris W616 acoustic guitar
Rodriguez A classical guitar
Takamine EG523SC-12 12 string acoustic guitar
Peavy Fury 6QT electric bass
Squier Vintage Modified Jazz fretless bass
Yamaha PSR-350 keyboard
mics
Groove Tubes GT-66 large condenser
Carvin CM90E small condenser
soft synths & samplers
Miroslav Philharmonik
Garritan Personal Orchestra
Dimension Pro
Roland TTS-1
PSYN II
Pentagon I
Roland GrooveSynth
Tone 2 Firebird
FXpansion Orca
BFD drums
East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Choirs
Z3Ta
Kong Audio winds
Etc.
wish list
Every project studio musician has a wish list of things that would really upgrade his studio and ultimately, the artistic product. Here are a few things I'd like to step into eventually:
Fretless bass (preferably Music Man Stingray)
AKG C414 microphone (there are numerous variations, but they are minor)
Pearlman TM-1 microphone (at around $1750 US, it looks pricey, but experts put its transparency and sound in the same league as the Neumann U47, which is many times the price, and considered a standard-setter). Preferably with an A-Designs Pacifica preamp to pair it up with....
Takamine EG523SC-12
(click on photo to view larger image)