to all DAW people...post your setups here!!!

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*gloat* I am very proud of this

... but really I have you guys to thank for this awesome setup. Particular thanks to sjoko2.

New PC:
-Asus A7V 1600+ XP Motherboard
-AMD Athlon 1.4GHz CPU
-IBM 60GB IDE hd
-IBM 40GB IDE hd
-Sony 52X IDE CD Rom
-Matrox G550 32MB Video Card
-512 MB Dimm
-Daewoo 19" Monitor
-Plextor CDRW 24X

OS: NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a (what SawStudio wants most)

And now for the three best parts:
Soundcard- RME Hammerfall 9652
Converter- Lucid 8824 AD/DA
Recording Sftwr- Saw Studio Lite (IQS); Plugins- Saw Studio Standard Plugins + Saw Reverb & Leveler

I also have an old MAC 7500 loaded with
- Digital Performer 2.0 that I use for Midi/Sequencing
- SampleCell - dont use anymore
-Pro Tools 16bit - dont use anymore

Opcode Studio 6 midi box (yikes old)

Synths:
-Waldorf Pulse
-Nord Lead2 Rack
-Korg M1 + 2 cards
-Roland JV 30 keyboard (yikes)

Reverb Units:
-Lexicon PCM91 (yeah!)
-Realistic Reverb Box (huh?)
-some other cheap ones

Preamp:
-Vintech (nice)

Other Effects Units/Boxes:
-Tech21 Sans Amp, and Comptortion Pedals
-Pod Line 6
-Some DOD and Boss pedals
-Roland Space Echo

Monitor Speakers:
-Tannoy

Guitar Amp:
-Marshal combo box (a little broken)

Mics:
-Neuman TLM103 (nice!)
-Shure SM57 &SM58

I also have a Whisper Room which I use for vocals (nice)

AND some other stuff!

NEXT Purchases:
-Gigastudio 160
-Lucid GenX Word Clock
-Another PC box
-Maybe another monitor?
-More plugins?
-TC effects box?

I just love my expensive hobby -- JK
 
Jeez, you guys have some cool toys. Being a pro Musician, I of course have the cheapest set up here ( other than the violins), must be nice to make money:

Celery 566
256 ram
Sonar (just arrived, whoopee!)
Wavelab
Fruity-Loops
Lots of Plug-ins
Darla 24
CD Burner

Alesis Quadraverb
Midsport 2x2 interface
Spirit Mixer
Roland JV1010
Alesis Nanosynth
Tannoy Monitors
Avlex Condenser Mic

2 Bad ass Violins
6 string and 12-string guitars
Piano (yup, a real, geniune,acoustic piano)
Harmonica
Conductor's Baton
Noisy Cat named Simon
 
p3 laptop xp
cubase vst 5
a mic

I can hear everyones screams of jealosy.

but, hey, I'm having fun.
 
Alot of it is based toward live sound as I need the income from playing gigs and providing sound for other bands in small venues to help afford my recording gear.

So far:

PentIII 800Mhz

Cool Edit 1.2a (legit)

Various DX Plugins

Behringer Eurorack MX2004A (I know)

Mackie HR824 Monitors (Ex display models- best buy ever)

HK Audio E.L.I.A.S. 1K powered speaker system

Zoom RFX-1000

M-Audio Delta 44

Pearl Export drum kit

Hughes and Kettner 200w bass amp and cab

Johnson Millennium 50w w/J8 foot controller

Sennheiser e855 dynamic mic
Sennheiser e845 dynamic mic
Sennheiser e602 bass drumcab dynamic mic
Sennheiser e604 snare om dynamic mic
AKG D880 dynamic mic
AKG C1000 condensor

Musicman bass, USA Strat, DeArmond M-77T and M-65, Takamine Acoustic, Korg Triton.


Because the shitty Behringer mixer has NO PHANTOM POWER(!!!) I need a good preamp so I can stop using the C1000 with the battery and get a good LD condensor. So I am currently saving for...

Joe Meek VC1Q - £349.99 sterling at Digital Village, UK

Neumann TLM103 - £479.99 sterling at Digital Village, UK
 
mine

Machine
-Duron 800Mhz
-Echo MIA (for audio)
-SB (for MIDI)
-Behringer Ultragain MIC2200, preamp
-Yamaha stereo amp
-Tannoy Reveal Monitors
-Sony MD

Guitar
-Washburn, Les Paul
-Johnson J-station
-Marshall 50W all tube, 25th year birthday edition combo,
the grey beaty

Mics
-Shure SM58
-Audio Technica Stereo Condenser
-Lofi Shure from 70ties
-2 shure cheapos
 
Started a couple of months ago (except the basic PC)


PIII733MHz, 10GB, 128MB - mediocre numbers I know - but except for HD space (too much HalfLife and Diablo)I have no issues

WinXP Pro
Standard + SubW& 2 Better speakers (not quite monitors..)
Roland RH-50 Headphones
Cakewalk ProAudio9
Roland XV-88 Synth (My precioussss....)
Roland UM-1 USB MIDI Interface
Audio Jacks to SBLive Value
Roland Expression and Hold Pedals

Now that my savings have started recovering after that synth etc, I'm about to hit them again with, probably, the following:


M-Audio Audiophile 2296
Shure SM58
M-Audio Audio Buddy (Comments?????)


God knows there's plenty of acoustic guitars, at least one piano accordian, and harmonicas, and half a violin lying around amongst relatives' places. Once I get the soundcard, mic and pre, I guess the audio recording can go bezerk.
After all, at least when it comes to pop, it can be those odd little instrumental sound samples that make your song hey.
 
ehhh..might as well post mine....

computer rig:
PIII 700
384 mb ram
20G WD 7200 ATA/100 HD - connected to ATA/100 PCI IDE controller
Delta44 (in next year will either a.) purchase Delta1010 or b.) purchase another Delta44)
SB Live! Platinum for midi

software:
Cubase VST 5.0
various plugins
Soundforge
FruityLoops
Acid 3.0

mics:
AT drum kit-pac (4 mics - though many believe otherwise, compare very favorably to SM57s IMHO)
2 Rode NT3s

other gear:
Behringer MX1604 (yeah, yeah I know -but it works great for me and my limited budget)
BlueTube 2 channel tube preamp

other stuff:
Yamaha 6piece Beech Custom kit (10,12,14,16,22)
Pearl 13x3 piccolo snare; Pearl 13x5 Omar Hakim signature snare
80's Tama 5 piece Swingstar
various cymbals (13" AZildjian New Beat hats; 16" AZildjian Medium-Thin crash; 17" AZildjian Medium-Thin crash; 12" AZildjian splash; 10" Sabian splash; 20" AZildjian medium ride; 20" Sabian china [cracked but still sounds good]; 16" A Zildjian medium crash; 16" Camber crash/ride [sounds killer recorded])
various percussion/sound effects (cowbells; tambourine; dholak; train whistle; maracas; mixing bowl; etc.)
Fender Precision bass
AriaPro bass
Peavey Basic 112 75W bass amplifier
some crappy acoustic that won't stay in tune
a cheezy midi controller keyboard that serves my minimal keyboard skills and needs

buying in the near future:
Hafler M5 monitors
Hafler TA1100 power amp
(am currently using crappy sony bookshelf speakers run through a Harmon-Kardon power amp)
some large-diaphragm condenser
Slingerland vintage 4 piece (if I can find one that isn't ridiculously overpriced!!)
djembe
 
550MHz PIII
10 gig 7200 HD :( Too SMALL!!!!
Motu 828
Logic Platinum
Soundforge
Oooooodles of plugins
Valley Audio Dynamite 3 outboard stereo compressor/lim/gate
Presonus Bluetube mic pre
At 4033 condenser
Old Shure unidyne B dynamic mic
Carvin 100watt guitar stack
Carvin Electric guitar
Tom Shultz rockman and bassman
Peavy bass (borrowed)
Ovation Elec-acoustic guitar
Event monitors

...and still workin on it!
 
Heres my set-up

Comupter,

- Pentium III 500 MHz
- (1) 40 gig Maxtor 7200 RPM (audio)
- (1) 20 gig Western Digital 5400 RPM (OS)
- (1) Sony 12x cdrw
- (1) Accer 50x cd
- (1) 100 mb Zip drive
- (1) Delta 1010
- (1) Digi 001 PCI interface card
- (1) 19" Sony monitor
- (1) 15" KDS monitor
- (1) Matrox G450 Dual head 32Mb video card

Software,

- Pro Tool LE 5.1.1. ( Runs great on PC level)
- Frooty loops 3.3
- T-Racks mastering software
- Cubase
- Digi plug-in bundle, D-Verb, focusrite, ECT

Outboard,

- Furman rack conditioner
- Neutrik patchbay
- JVC dual cassette
- Art dual mono effects processor
- Lexicon MPX 500 processor
- Behringer GQ 31 dual 31 band eq
- Behringer XR4400 multigate
- Behringer MX 2442A console

Keyboards,

- Yamaha Motif
- Yamaha PSR 540
- Roland Juno 106

Mic's,

- Neuman tm 107 (2)
- Shure SM 57 (6)
- Octava MK 319 (1)
- Audix CD 11 (4)

Monitors,

- Event PS-6 (pair)
- Event PS-8 (Pair)

Thats my setup.

Carter
:p
 
Hi there,

My humble set-up

ComputerStuff

P166, 80 MB RAM, Win98SE
1,5 GB HD (150 Mb left)
40 GB Maxtor 7200 rpm diamondmax HD installed but is not working yet.
Audiowerk2 soundcard using Logic Audio composer (=Logic 3.6) as audio+midi sequencer.
Midiman 2in/4 out PC midi interface

Somehow I can record and play some audio tracks with this system. And get decent results. It's almost like working on my old Fostex 4-tracker you got to work really hard to make it sound good.

Next month I hope to get a new system based around Logic Audio Gold. Probably pentium and thinking about Mac. But I think I can get a decent specified audio PC with Logic Gold (major upgrade) for the price of a G4 (733 Mhz) and no new software ! Wintel wins again ? By the way, talked to an Mac salesperson the other day he told me Apple is kind of mysterious in supplying discounted "old models" when a new series arrive. My guess is that at one break even point they retract older models from the market in favor of selling the new ones. Maybe that's why macs are so expensive you also pay for the ones they probably destroy !

Outboard:

Samplers/Synths:
Akai S5000 sampler fitted with USB so controllable with Ak.sys software from the PC.
Akai S950 sampler (12 bits grainey sounding machine)
Yamaha SU700 groove sampler, fun but expensive toy, should have bought a MPC2000XL or computer instead at that time.
Roland MC-303 GrooveBox, big fun, but sounds in general are not of really good quality.
Roland TR-626 rhythm composer

FX processors:
Alesis Quadraverb
Alesis Midiverb III
Alesis 3630 compressor
Alesis MEQ 230 equalizer

Mics:
SM57
SM96

Others:
Fatar SL61 master keyboard
PRS custom, helluva guitar
Peavey 5150 amp
Marshall speakercabinet
a Fernandes Bass
Event 20/20p monitors
Spirit Folio SX mixer
Mackie 1202 micro series mixer
Behringer patchbay

And that's it really,
Cheers BigBee
 
Couldn't resist.......

Computer
AMD K7 650MHz
ASUS K7V mobo
384 MB PC133 RAM
(2) WD 15.3 Gig 7200RPM HDs
Matrox G400Max Dualhead
Plextor 8X CDR drive
Zip 250
Hitachi 19" monitor

Sound Cards
Gadget Labs Wave 8/24
Sound Blaster 16

Software
Win2K OS
Vegas Audio 2.0
Sound Forge 5.0
Various Plugins

Gear
Alesis Studio 24 Mixer
Behringer Ultragain 2200
Behringer Autocom
Rolls 48pt patch bay
Samson Servo 550 power amp
Yorkville YSM-1 Monitors
Rane HC-6 Headphone amp
(3) SM57
(2) MXL 603
AT4033
Beta 52
Beta 58

Instruments
'65 Gibson Melody Maker
'83 Fender Telecaster
Takamine FD360SC A/E
Rivera S120 Head w/4X12 celestion cab
'70's Slingerland drum kit

Well, thats pretty much all the stuff I use - got a bunch of crappy mics and a 4track, etc. that don't see much use anymore.

The main things on my wish list are: a good monitoring environment, a new place to play (my landlord isn't renewing our lease 'cause of the noise), a multipattern LD condenser and SOME DECENT MIC PRES.
 
Pentium 533Mhz
40 and 13 gig HD
Crappy Sound Blaster Card
Sweet Delta 1010 Card
Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.03
Cool Edit Pro (something or other)


Mackie 1642 VLZ PRO
Presonus ACP-22 Dual Compressor
Art Dual MP Pre Amp

AKG D112
Shure SM57
3 Sennheiser E604s
Rode NT1
Audio Technica 3525
Audio Technica ATM 10a
Sennheiser MD421 (an older one)

And the best peice of equiptment: RCA Stereo (HAHAHAHA!!)

Wish List:
Monitors (Obviously), looking at the Event PS6
12 or 16 channel 100' snake
Some kinda of A/D converter for S/PDIF, lookin at ART DI/O
Acoustical Treatment, anything for my basement
Another 2 channel compressor, something decent, nothing big
 
where's this post been all my life? LOL. Lots of helpful info here too that I could use. Whoever brought this post back, I thank you. :)
 
Ok, Here goes-

Computer-
PIII 733 w/ 512 rambus, 100 Mhz bus, Sony CD-R,
21" Triniton, nVidia Riva TNT2 graphics card
Windows XP Home
SB 16 Live (disabled)

Sonar XL

Sound Card-
M-Audio Delta 1010

Mixer-
Mackie 1642 w/ rack ears
QuikLok tilt-top rack mixer stand

Monitors-
Mackie HR824
Sony MDR-7506

Microphone-
AT-4033/SE

Synth-
Yamaha S-80
QuikLok stand

QuikLok tilt-top rack mixer stand

Guitar-
80's vintage Vega flatop


Heres the punch line - Everything (except the PC and the guitar) is less than 2 weeks old. I've been lurking here for quite a while, finally went out 2 Saturdays ago w/ the Visa - (it's still smoldering in my back pocket!)

Any advice on explaining all this to my wife?
 
my recording setup looks somethin' like this:

- a ghetto blaster from 1981
- shiny spoons


Just like the good 'ol days eh?

Rock on!
 
DAW or Duh

I bought a gateway p4 with windows xp. BIG MISTAKE! I can't get my aardvark Q-10 up yet and I have to replace the cheap damn motherboard they put in this thing. They put an elpaso 82845 chip set in this and i needed the 82850 chip set.
Whatever you do, don't ever do a mail order form one of the big guys and if you do, make sure you know what chip set is in there and see if it is stable with the digital gear you're getting. and make sure there are no driver problems with it, that it's compatable with Win XP
 
HP Pavilion Intel Celeron 600mhz
320mg Ram
Windows 98se
20gb Quantum Fireball HD
Delta 44
HP 9100 CD writer

N-tracks
Goldwave
Acid Music 2.0
Various plugins

Fender 57RI CIJ Strat
Dixon bass
Applause acoustic guitar
Yamaha DX21
Yamaha RX11
Rode NT1
Alesis Midiverb II
Alesis Nanopressor
Yamaha G50 112 II Amp
Ampeg V4 "Old and VERY heavy"
Line 6 Pod ver 2.0
Zoom 505
Dunlop Crybaby wah
Boss delay pedal
Hohner "A" blues harp
Yamaha MT-100 cassette
 
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1.8ghz P4
1024 MB RDRAM
intel GB850 Mobo
40 gig 7200 rpm system drive
80 gig 7200 rpm A/V drive
matrox G550 dual head video card
matrox rt2500 real time premiere card
pioneer DVR-AO3 2x DVD R 1x DVDRW 8x CD R 8x CDRW
dual 19 inch monitors
built it LAN and SOUNDCARD muhahahahaha

x3 ..but 2 of the set ups dont have the DVD burner.

outboard gear is:

jvc dvs2u miniDV/SVHS deck
APEX A1500 DVD player
sony Hi8 deck
GoVideo dubbing VCR
sony umatic 3/4 deck
sony bvw-1400 betacam SP deck
13 inch panasonic NTSC monitor
...ETC

im not even going to go into software... 3/4 of my investment was software... it hurts to think abou it..

- eddie -
 
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