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Recording and mixing
Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2GHz (details below), Digital Performer, MOTU 2408mkIII and 1224 (x3), Frontier Tango 24 and Tranzport, Mackie Control and Mackie Control XT, MOTU MTP AV USB (x2), Panasonic SV-3700 DAT
Effects
Lexicon NuVerb (x2), Eventide DSP7000, tc electronics Fireworx, Korg OASYS PCI (x2), Roland SRV-330, Vox ToneLab LE, Line 6 Pod Pro, Aardvark Aardscape
Plug-ins
Waves Platinum Bundle, AudioEase Altiverb and VST Wrapper, Audio Damage Liquid, Dr. Device, Mayhem, Mayhem, Discord, Deverb, Reverence, Ronin, Dubstation, Phase Two, 907A, and 914, PSP Vintage Warmer 2 and Nitro, Camel Audio CamelSpace and CamelPhat 3, Celemony Melodyne Studio 3
Mic pres, dynamics, and eq
Focusrite ISA 430 mkII channel strips with A/D converter (x2), Focusrite Green 5 channel strips (x3), dbx 266XL
Microphones
Manley Reference Cardiod, AKG C414 EB P48, AKG C480B/CK61 (x2), Earthworks QTC-1 (x2 - matched pair), Electrovoice RE20 (x2), Shure SM-81 (x2), Shure SM-57 (x2), Shure SM-58, Josephson Jecklin Disk
Monitors
Mackie HR824 monitors, Cambridge Soundworks "smalls" (why simulate cheap speakers when you can get the real thing?), Sony MDR-V6 and Ultrasone Pro650 headphones; Mackie Big Knob
Synths and samplers
Korg OASYS88, Korg OASYS PCI (x2), Korg Wavestation A/D, Korg Wavestation SR, Emu e6400 Ultra, Roland S-760, numerous sample libraries (details below)
Virtual instruments
Korg Legacy and Legacy Digital Edition, MOTU Mach 5, Native Instruments Reaktor 5, Propellerhead Reason 3, Synthogy Ivory 1.5, Spectrasonics Stylus RMX
Controllers
Yamaha KX88, Korg KONTROL49, Korg microKONTROL, DrumKat 3.5 (with HatKat, DW5000 and KAT mini Kick), PalmTree AirDrums
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Guitars
GFI SD10 pedal steel (6 pedals + 6 knees, custom copedant), vintage Mullen D10 pedal steel, Industrial Guitars Indy Rail, Rogue brass-body resonator, George Dennis optical volume pedal (plus a tele and acoustic on indefinite loan from my kind brother)
Percussion
Drums
Udo, conga and tumba, Remo Paulo Mattioli inline-tuning 13" djembe, Remo 14" Fiberkyn djembe, ashiko, small moroccan fish-skin ceramic doumbek, Daveed doumbek, naal, damroo talking drum, small and large surdos, Tycoon TK-35 cajon, Fat Congas string cajon, Gope cuica
Shakers etc.
Handmade seed pod, reed, and basket shakers, Meinl Spin Spark Shakers, Headed Spark Shakers, Luis Conte shakers (live and studio), and Skin Shaker, LP Cyclops shakers (small and large), One-Shot shakers (small, large, and studio), Salsa maracas, Soft Shakes, Multi-Guiro 2, and Afuche/Cabasa, large and small rain sticks, Rhythm Tech Engelhart Jingle Shakes, Meinl Kessings, traditional wooden guiro
Tambourines etc.
Rhythm Tech Pro tambourines (both steel and brass), Meinl brass jingles tambourine and brass Jingle Sticks, LP dimpled brass Cyclops tambourine and 25-bell sleighbells, LP RMV pandiero snare, Pearl Ganziero, Pandiero, Mini-Shakerine, and Mini-Ganziero, wooden and metal sistrums
Blocks and bells
LP Mambo cowbell, Deluxe Black Beauty cowbell, African clave, and Lu Bar Chimes (with TreeWorks Chime Damper), Pearl Elite woodblocks, Tri-agogo, Primero 6" cowbell, and low clave block, Rhythm Tech Engelhart 11" and 15" Ribbon Crashers, rosewood claves, Vietnamese Chun Mo (triple temple blocks), devil chaser, gecko clacker, variety of triangles, angklung
Other Gear
Mackie 1202VLZPro
EbTech Hum Eliminators (x3) and Line Level Shifter
Peterson Stroboflip and Strobosoft tuners
Extra Mackie 1202 (comes in handy!)
Lucid ADA-1000
Radio Shack sound level meter (ear protection)
Korg tuner (a different kind of ear protection)
Couch (comfy!)
Espressor machine (tasty!)
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Computer Hardware Details
Main system
PowerMacintosh G5 dual 2.0, 4GB RAM, 16x Superdrive, firewire DVD-RW, OSX 10.4
MOTU PCI-424, with one 2408mkIII and three 1224 interfaces
1.15TB of internal storage (drives 3 & 4 mounted via Sonnet Tempo SATA and Sonnet G5 Jive); backup via additional internal 500GB drive, plus three rotating pairs of external firewire drives (2 pairs 500GB and one pair 320GB)
OASYS PCI host
PowerMacintosh G4/800 (Sonnet processor upgrade), 960MB RAM, MacOS 9.2, Korg OASYS PCI
NuVerb host
Quadra 700, 20 MB RAM, MacOS 8.1
Lexicon NuVerb x 2
All computers routed through a Sony 21" monitor via an IOGear 4xUSB KVM switch.
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Software Details
OSX Software
MOTU Digital Performer 5.13
Waves Platinum Bundle 5
AudioEase Altiverb 6 and VST Wrapper 4
Audio Damage Liquid, Dr. Device, Mayhem, Discord, Deverb, Reverence, Ronin, Dubstation, Phase Two, 907A, and 914
PSP Nitro and Vintage Warmer
DSP Quattro 2
Peak 5
Jam 6
AudioFinder
Celemony Melodyne Studio 3
Propellerhead Reason 3 and ReCycle 2.1
Camel Audio CamelSpace and CamelPhat 3
Peterson StroboSoft
Native Instruments Reaktor
OASYS PCI Plug-ins
Harm Visser
Zarg Music
Orwell Digital
Norsez
Brandon Daniel
(And my own, of course!)
OS9 Software
Arboretum Hyperprism & Ionizer
Antares Auto-Tune
DUY Shape, DaD Valve, Max, & Wide
AudioEase Rocket Science bundle
Waves Platinum bundle
Transfer Station
Galaxy Plus Editors
Max/MSP
ReBirth
U & I MetaSynth
Delay Calculator
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Sample Libraries
PLEASE NOTE: I DO NOT TRADE SAMPLES. DO NOT ASK!
Akai
Best Service: Ethno World, Dance Mega Drum-Kits
Bolder Sounds: Vol. II Granular, Vol. 3 Bolder Pianos
Ilio: Skippy's Big Bad Loops, The Memphis Horns
Q-up Arts: Jason Miles Psychic Horns
Sampleheads: Dave Samuels Marimba & Vibes
Sonic Reality: Interactive Drum Kits
SoundEngine: Post Prepared Piano
Sounds Good: Drum Tools
Spectrasonics: Liquid Grooves Groove Control, Retro Funk, Metamorphosis
Universal Sound Bank: Raricussions, Mediterranean Instruments
Voice Crystal: Legacy (The Definitive Analog Sampler Vol. 1)
Wizoo: Platinum 24 Electronic Drums, Platinum 24 Latin Percussion
Yellow Tools: Pure Drums, Pure Guitar
Roland
Big Fish Audio: Ross Garfield The Drum Doctor Does Drums
Bob Clearmountain Drums II
Denny Jaeger Master Violin Library
Ilio: Trancefusion
Masterbits: Climax 7 Bass
Prosonus Strings Vol. 1
Q-up Arts: Kit Watkins Ambient Realms
Spectrasonics: Burning Grooves, Liquid Grooves, Distorted Reality, Bass Legends, Supreme Beats
Stylus RMX
Backbeat, Burning Grooves, Ethno Techno, Skippy's Noizbox, Stark Raving Beats
WAV and AIFF
Big Fish Audio: Pod (WAV/Acid)
Masterbits: Raver's Revenge (WAV)
Rarefaction: Etymology (AIFF)
Sounds Good: G-Soul, Laidback, Popped Vol.1 (Audio, WAV, AIFF)
Zero-G: dh v2.0 (Audio/WAV)
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OASYS
Korg: EXs3 Brass & Woodwinds
KARO: Philharmonic Strings, Granular Atmospheres, Movie Collection
Emu
Dan Dean Bass Collection Volume #2
Emu: Producer Series Vol. 2, Hollywood Sound Effects (Producer Series Vol. 3), Analogia (Producer Series Vol. 6), Old World Instruments (Producer Series Vol. 7), Platinum Phatt (Producer Series Vol. 8), Formula 4000 Techno Trance, Formula 4000 Earth Tones, Formula 4000 Analog Odyssey, Formula 4000 Hip-Hop Nation, Dance 2000, Definitive Series Millenium Synths, Emulator Sound Library 1-9
Q-up Arts: Holy Grail Piano
Rob Papen Techno Synth Construction Yard
Sampleheads: Dave Samuels Marimba & Vibes
Sonic Reality: American Heartland, Interactive Drum Kits, and Vintage Timetraveler
SampleCell
LemonSky Labs: The Rhythm Guitar Project
Sampleheads: Pocket Syndrome Vol.1
Audio
AMG: Tony Mason…Steamin', Keith LeBlanc Fresh Killed Meat
Big Fish Audio: Digeridoo, Rich Mendelson's Freaky Jazzy Funky, Roots of India, Helter Skelter, xperts of techno, Ross Garfield The Drum Doctor Does Drums , Ross Garfield The Drum Doctor's Drums 2,
Bolder Sounds: Vol. II Granular
BT Twisted Textures
e-Lab: Xstatic Goldmine 4
Greytsounds: Marco's Loop D' Loops/John Wilmer's Live Loops
PowerFX: The Drummers of Motown
Q-up Arts: Voices of Native America
Rarefaction: A poke in the ear with a sharp stick
Sampleheads: New York City Percussionworks, Pocket Syndrome Vol.1
Zero-G: Deepest India
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