Yeah, this post is heading fast toward huge! Ok, my turn...not as long as some, but almost long enough!
Mine:
-Intel PIII-700mhz System with 320mb ram, 20GB data drive and 40GB 7200rpm audio drive, Matrox Millentium Dual-head 32mb video card driving a 14" primary 800x600 and a 20" 2ndary 1280x1024 fixed frequency display (I love this ability in Sonar!)
-Frontier Design Dakota Pro Audio for dual ADAT I/O, S/PDIF and dual Midi Ports
-Creative Labs SB Live, just for another Midi port
-Cakewalk Sonar (I have Pro Audio 9 and Cool Edit, but I'm quickly growing attached to Sonar)
-Roland VS-840D (modified EX...replaced 100mb zip with 810mb HD)
-Fostex VM200 Digital Mixer
-Behringer 24-port 1/4" patch bay
- 3 x CAD 10 Microphones
-Digital Music Corp MX8
Midi Patch Bay
-Kawai K3 synth
-Radio Shack/Concertone Keyboard
-Classic
Roland MT32 Sound Module
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Roland GR1 Guitar Synth module
-BC Rich Bich guitar armed with
a GK2A midi pickup for the GR1
-Hondo/SD Curlee Bass (I've had since High School around 1980)
-Jackson 5-string Bass
-Old Ibanez Beater bass
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Zoom 506 Bass pedal
-Ampeg SVT-350 Bass head (and the original SVT 300w since High school!)
-Old
Stage 15" cabinet with EV200 speaker Since college
-Generic 4x10" cabinet
-Generic cab with 1x15" EV200 speaker and 2x?? 12" speakers
I also use the singers PA:
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Mackie CR1604-VLZ mixer
-Crown Power Base-2 amp
-Alesis 3630 dual-channel Compressor
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Alesis Microverb 4
-SM57 Mic (on bass drum)
-his Vocal mic (uncertain)
I'm sure I'm missing something. In fact, my Wife and I have already discussed doing an inventory this weekend, to track all models and serial numbers for updating our insurance info.
My band is called Hung Jury. We record most of our practices, as a band. We are working with a new line-up. We did some recording over a year ago with a different drummer and guitarist. You can find it on MP3.com as Hung Jury of Virginia. That was all done in Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 and Cool Edit Pro. I didn't have the Fostex mixer or the Dakota at that point. I was working with
the Lexicon Core2 Pro Audio card, which was great for the time.
Now, I take most of the inputs directly into the patch bay and feed them from there into
the Fostex VM200 mixer. The exception is the 4 XLR inputs from micing two guitar speakers, the Bass drum and the Snare drum. Everything else goes to the patch bay, for easy changes/patching such as more mics on the drums or plugging various instruments in to override what might normally be plugged into a given channel on the VM200.
The only thing usually coming from the singer's PA to the patch bay is direct lines from vocal channels. I have a direct from the Bass and Guitar there, should I want to add them from time to time.
From the VM200, all audio runs into the computer via ADAT into the Dakota's A1-8 channels. They also return the same way for monitoring or playback. The monitor outputs are fed to the patch bay. From there I can feed them to the stereo or to the PA for listening or mixing. However, due in about 1 week, I have a pair of
Roland DS-90a powered studio monitors coming. With them, I will feed the S/PDIF out of the Dakota and/or the VM200 mixer directly to the speakers, and thus be digital from the A/D converters of the mixer all of the way through the system and to the D/A converters of the DS-90a's. This should prove very low noise, and much better mixing in the future!
Also,
the Roland VS-840 is used for recording outside of the studio, then fed into Sonar on the computer via S/PDIF input on the Dakota card. I love this ability! On top of that, the Dakota still has a full 8 channels of digital ins and outs in another ADAT port pair that I haven't figured out what do use them for yet!
As for all of the midi equipment....that will be incorporated soon. I am learning the mixer and the VS-840 currently...plus getting used to Sonar. I use the Midi through the SB Live for syncing the VS-840 and Sonar when I dub the recordings off of the VS840. It can only move 2 tracks at a time, so if there are more than 2, this works great for perfect alignment! I also use one of the Dakota Midi I/O's for the VM200 mixer. I can control Sonars Console Faders and knobs at mix time via Midi.
In my near future, I plan to frame off a portion of the studio for an engineering booth. You'll see my post elsewhere looking for advice and ideas. This will get the mixing of live music especially into a quiet controlled environment.
Have I said enough yet? The next thing is to actually put out some music. I have been creating by myself lately. It's been tough coordinating 4 guys this year. We have alot of pieces, but nothing complete to show for the past 7 months.... Soon, I hope!
(It all looks impressive, at least to me...but I'm still learning how to use most of it!)
plus i spend too much damn time at this website!!!!!!!