The photos in my studio are about 1-year old and need to be updated. I have a couple newer pieces. Just replaced my dbx compressor with
a Behringer T1952 Tube and would like to pick up the T1953 Mic Tube Preamp. I also just replaced my small Yamaha (which I used for writing and transporting) with a larger one. It is a nice warm inviting space...I get lots done in there.
I just upgraded the video card in my PC with a 64MG NVIDEA, made a huge difference in performance. Even though the PC is a 933Mghz, I'm not looking to upgrade the processor for a while. With 512RAM, the faster video card and two hard drives at 7200 RPM's it runs fast enough. I stripped off all email, internet and web design software off of it so it's just dedicated to music, CD burning and CD cover design. I have a 2.6 Ghz wireless laptop for everything else. Everything gets initially recorded into a Roland VS-840EX, no compression or anything. Then it gets sent into the PC, through the mixer, compressor and BBE maximizer via the Echo Mia for final mastering. I have the Echo also routed into my mixer for playback. The other sound card is for everything else, but it's also nice to use it for "test" listening. I test listen on the PC and also on a small boom box that's in the studio.
I have Cuebase SX but still have yet to truly master it. I'm using Adobe Audition 1.5 to record and do some initial clean-up. Then it's into WaveLab 4.0 for the final mastering. I do want to get into using Cuebase more, but don't find it as user friendly.
I picked up a big chunk of my gear from my "mentor" who is a comercial studio owner in the area.