Studio Gear
February 5th, 2011
Mixers
Mackie ONYX 1640 - 16-channel analog, with 24-bit/96kHz FireWire I/O
Mackie CR1604-VLZ - 16×4 channel analog
Yamaha O1V - digital console
Audio Interfaces
Alesis io|2 - portable 2-channel 24-bit/48k USB audio interface
Black Lion Audio Digi 002R – Signature Series - “Black Lion Signature Racks sound better than an actual ProTools HD rig”
Echo Layla - 20-bit multitrack recording system – no longer in use
Focusrite OctoPre MkII - 8-channel pre-amp
Mackie ONYX 1640 Firewire Card - 16-channel analog, with 24-bit/96kHz
Microphones
ADK A-51 - large-diaphragm condenser
AKG C1000S - condenser (2)
AKG C3000B - large-diaphragm condenser (2)
AKG C418 - clamp-on hypercardioid condenser (4)
AKG D112 - large-diaphragm dynamic [kick drum mic]
AKG D2100 - dynamic (3)
Cascade VX20 - large-diaphragm condenser
Shure Beta 57A - dynamic
Shure Beta 91 - condenser boundary [kick drum mic]
Shure SM57 - dynamic mic (2)
Shure SM90 - omnidirectional condenser boundary
Outboard
Alesis 3630 - dual channel compressor limiter
Aphex 104 - aural exciter
Aphex 109 - parametric equalizer
Behringer MDX1800 - 8-channel recording limiter
Behringer MDX2100 - dynamics processor
Behringer PX2000 - 48-point patch bay
BSR EQ-3000 - equalizer / spectrum analyzer
dbx 286A - mic preamp / processor (2)
Furman PQ3 - parametric equalizer
Lexicon MPX100 - dual channel processor
Pioneer CT-W302R - dolby b,c hxpro dual cassette deck
Sony CDP-C545 - cd player
Sony DTC690 - digital audio tape deck
Sony STR-D565 - surround sound amplifier
* most of my outboard gear has gone unused since I upgraded from the Echo Layla to the Mackie ONYX 1640 and from Cubase VST 3 to Cubase SX3
Speakers
Bose 201 - direct reflecting speaker (2)
Mackie HR824 - high resolution studio monitor (2)
Pioneer S-HF21-LR - bookshelf speaker (2)
Software
All software used at Drifting Sun Sound is fully liscensed
Digidesign Pro Tools 8 - music recording & production system
Native Instruments Guitar Rig 4 - amp modeling software
Sony Sound Forge 8.0 - two-track digital audio editor
Steinberg Cubase SX3 - music recording & production system
Wave Machine Labs Drumagog 5 - drum sample replacement software
Antares AutoTune 1.0 * - vocal pitch correction software
* I bought the first version of this software almost 10 years ago, but I DO NOT have it installed anymore… I do not want to make that kind of record.
Control Surface
Tascam US-2400 - 24 track DAW fader controller
Miscellaneous
AKG K44 - stereo headphones (2)
Boss DR5 - drum machine
Dell XPS - dual core computer
Direct Sound extreme isolation headphones
Hughes and Kettner Red Box - direct box (2)
Oz Audio Q-Mix HM-6 - headphone matrix amp
Sony MDR-V600 - stereo headphones
Ultrasone Pro 650 - stereo headphones