The Studio

My Recording Studio

My home studio consists of:

• Fender Classic Series '70s Stratocaster Electric Guitar, Olympic White, Maple Fretboard, customized with:
  • Graph Tech String Saver saddles and TUSQ XL slotted nut & string trees to reduce string friction
  • Ilitch Electronics PGNCS-S Noise Canceling System to eliminate hum – better sounding versus noise canceling pickups
• RAB Audio ProRack 61 desk featuring two 3U rack bays and retractable keyboard tray
• Nektar Panorama P6 MIDI keyboard with built-in Reason integration – best keyboard for Reason IMHO!
• Nektar Panorama P1 MIDI controller with built-in Reason integration
• Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 audio interface
• Elgato Stream Deck XL controller– with 32 customizable LCD keys – launches unlimited actions with a tap
• Apple Mac Studio M2 Ultra – (2023, 64 GB memory, 2TB SSD)
  • Two Apple Studio Displays mounted on VIVO VESA Monitor Arms
• External Storage:
  • Western Digital 12TB My Book Duo drive – (6 TB RAID)
  • SanDisk 12TB G-DRIVE – (Time Machine backup)
  • Lacie 10TB drive – (for video editing)
  • WD_BLACK 4TB NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD drive in an ACASIS 40Gbps Enclosure – very fast R/W speeds!
  • Samsung T5 SSD drive 
• OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock – 14 Ports
• Reason Studios Reason 12 MIDI & audio recording software – with SSL-9000 mixing console emulation & rack
  • A boatload of Rack Extensions
  • VST software synths:
    • Arturia Pigments 2.0
    • Cherry Audio DCO-106 (Juno 106 emulation)
    • iZotope Iris 2
    • Korg Wavestation
    • Korg wavestate native
    • Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2.6
    • UJAM Virtual Drummer – Solid 2, Heavy 2, Phat 2
• Other Audio Software:
  • iZotope Ozone 11 Advanced – mastering software suite
  • iZotope RX 10 Audio Editor – the ultimate noise reduction tool
  • Apple Logic Pro X (although I rarely use it, preferring Reason instead)
• Denon AVR-S920W AV Receiver, 125W x 7 channels
• Speakers:
  • JBL Professional 305P MkII near-field monitors, powered
  • JBL L100 Century bookshelf speakers (purchased in 1973), customized with:
    • L100 Crossover Upgrade Kit from Jantzen Audio – designed by Troels Gravesen (added in 2012) – superior sound versus original JBL crossovers
    • L100 Replacement Quadrex Foam Grilles (Black) from Sculpted Foam Innovations (added 2018) – absolutely identical to the original JBL grilles
  • Sony SSCSE Dolby Atmos-enabled speakers
  • Yamaha NS-SW050BL subwoofer, 8-inch, 100W powered