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[Jester_Fu]

Yes, this is one of the favourite threadsfrom ITM for the busy body producer, and those who like to get their wang out in public.

I'll show you mine if you show me your's :-[



Equipment List...

Synths:
Yamaha DX7
Yamaha TX7 * 2
Yamaha AN1x
Novation Bass Station
Novation Drum Station
Novation K-Station
Alesis DM5
Akai S3000
Korg Legacy Collection with MS20

Processing:
Symetrix 501 * 2
Lexicon MPX500 * 2
Behringer SNR2000

PC/Audio Interface:
Motu 828 MkII
Motu Midi Express 128
Intel Pentium 4 3GHz with 2GB DDR2 533 & Raid 1 over SATA
Dual Dell 19" TFT's, spanned
Cordless mouse and keyboard + USB keypad
Cubase SL3

Mixing/Mic Pre's/Monitors:
Soundtraks Midi Solo 32/8/6
Behringer Ultrapatch Pro
Spendor SA200's
Beyerdynamic DT990Pro's
Sennheiser HD475

[Spectrum]

Haha... was waitin' for this thread to show up. ;D

That (mixing) desk is just superb. I know I've asked you before (and forgotten)... Do you ever mix down anything through it these days, or is it used to tweak sounds on their way into Cubase?

/ Cues me to get my wang on.

[Jester_Fu]

Yes, you've asked that before :bang:  ;D

I use it all of the time. Most of my tracks are done purely in midi, with only vocals mainly being in audio. My VST synths are typically sent to seperate outs on the Motu. I mix down to the 8 busses as i make a track, and monitor on the monitor outs of the desk. When i go to mix down a track, i'll either record the 8 busses into Cubase, or seperate sounds onto the busses to record them as seperate channels... or as per "Wishful Thinking", i'll use the 8 busses out of the desk sttraight into the 828, and then the internal DSP mixdown on the 828 to make a stereo track. I generally don't use the levels in the motu during a mixdwon - it's all done on the desk.

The only other times i mix down are when i want to re-use a synth. I've only got a limited number of them, so i'll solo bounce it out to a group on the desk, and record that group into Cubase. I'll then send this straight to the main outs, in most cases, and use the mixer in cubase. I want to get either another 828 or 2 * ultralites, and then i'll use the proper 'tape' ouputs on the desk to get 24 channels of direct audio in and out of the PC/desk.

I love the desk - it sounds great, and really does manage to add something to most of the sounds... so it's used all of the time. When i strip down for travelling etc., i use the internal mixer on the 828 and then Cubase. If/when cubase gets proper sends, i'll probably start to use it more and get a HUI for it... moving to mic pre's and motu's for I/O and sell the desk. I think that's a while off, though.

[Spectrum]

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Yes, you've asked that before :bang:  ;D

Hehe... Just asking on behalf of the thousands of readers out there.

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I love the desk - it sounds great, and really does manage to add something to most of the sounds... so it's used all of the time. When i strip down for travelling etc., i use the internal mixer on the 828 and then Cubase. If/when cubase gets proper sends, i'll probably start to use it more and get a HUI for it... moving to mic pre's and motu's for I/O and sell the desk. I think that's a while off, though.

Yeah, I'd like to shift my 1604VLZPRO out of here, running every piece of gear directly into the Digi002 (or whatever interface is piggy-backed into the S/PDIF and ADAT ins), and possible move onto a control surface. Still, love the immediacy of an analog one-knob-per-function desk, and still not sure how well I'd navigate a controller (when the point'n'shoot action of a mouse is soooo quick). Anyway, we'll see.

Question though, could you please enlighten me on what's wrong with Cubase's sends? What can/can't they do? Cheers.

[Jester_Fu]

The sends - it's a bit of mucking around to get them to connect to VST effects etc. Easy to send them out of the box, though.
The inserts - they don't work real time. You need to get the audio into cubase, and then apply the effects.

[Spectrum]

The Accession Studio:

DAW:
- Apple iBook 1.33 GHz, with couple of external drives.
- Pro Tools LE
- Digidesign Digi002
- Assorted software, all registered, no warez, thank you.
- Edirol PCR-M30

Synths:
- Yamaha AN1x
- Kawai K5000S
- Yamaha FS1R
- E-MU Proteus 2000 (Composer, X-Lead, Techno, World ROMs)

MIDI Interface:
- Emagic AMT8

Effect Processor:
- Lexicon MPX 500 (Switches betweem digital insert for DAW, analogue send/return for desk).

Mixing Desk:
- Mackie 1604VLZPRO (used mostly as a mix sketch pad and glorified patch panel these days)

Monitors:
- Mackie HR824

Microphone:
- RØDE NTK

Furniture:
- IKEA

Beer:
- Pure Blonde... still! ;D

Wishlist:
- Novation ReMOTE SL 37 (sell PCR-M30)
- Digidesign MIDI IO for accurate timestamping (sell AMT8 that was supposed to do the job before Digidesign decided to not go ahead and support it.)
- Beyerdynamic DT 880 headphones (and flog these Sony showpony 'phones in the pic - that deliberately don't get a mention in the kitlist - to any DJ that wants 'em. They're not that bad, they're loud if need be, just not the detailed sound I was hoping for when I bought-before-I-heard at an (expensive) wholesale price).
- Digidesign Music Production Toolkit for 48 stereo tracks. (That's right, one must pay for that kind of 'standard' feature with Pro Tools LE. :bang: )

[Jester_Fu]

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- Beyerdynamic DT 880 headphones (and flog these Sony showpony 'phones in the pic - that deliberately don't get a mention in the kitlist - to any DJ that wants 'em. They're not that bad, they're loud if need be, just not the detailed sound I was hoping for when I bought-before-I-heard at an (expensive) wholesale price).

DT880's? Seriously? Have you back to backed them with the 990Pro's?? The 990Pro's are cheaper and have a much more detailed sound across the frequency range - especially the low end. The 880's do have a slightly, and ONLY slightly better mid... The 770Pro's, on the other hand, will give you almost the same DT990 response, at around the same cost, but fully enclosed. Seriously - phone Audio Telex in Aus and ask them where you can demo, and back to back the 880 and 990Pro's. I did, and left with the 990's for $100 bucks less and a whole lot more sound

[Spectrum]

Thanks for the heads up. Haha... sorry, yes, 990's probably what I mean...  :-[ a side-by-side comparison is a must do. I bought some AKG 'phones about 7 years ago, can't remember the model, it had dual drivers in each cup, and I thought they were rubbish. Thankfully, Turramusic were good to take them back. Anyway, will do a good listen around before my next purchase.  :cans:

[Cheyne]

  Ill post my pics up tomorrow !  my desk is covered in junk ATM ..

[Spectrum]

Here's how my studio was when I was still in Sydney around 5 years ago, and before I downsized to sqeeeze my whole existance into a campervan.

Hardware certainly looks more impressive than software (even if it's mostly Dehdringer® in those racks).

[Cheyne]

That looks hot mate ...

Yea agreed  .. I used to convince my self that I could get away with only using software ..  but its just not as fun or a impressive to look at then hardware ...

Hardware for the win ...

[elektronz]

http://www.v7music.c...ode=photo_image

heres my collection of keyboards
the left stand has from the top
yamaha djx1,then roland sh32 and korg microkorg
then me sy85
the right is yamaha psr 520 ,the little silver box is the yamaha qy70
roland mc303,,korg ea1
yamaha pss51 -- use with mc303
the boss sp505 sampling workstation is on the far right just out of piccy
all going through a studiomaster 8 channel
which go through fostex pm.05 monitors

havnt  wrote a tune on them for about 2 years when i turned to software only and use just this
http://www.v7music.c...ode=photo_image

its a hp dual core 2.13 gig ,2gig ram ,,400 gig hardrive + 320 external drive
philips lcd widescreen 19" monitor 
running fruityloops 6 plus umpteen vst`s and 50 gig of samps
all control by the edirol pcr-m30 
the tobacco is golden virginia 

[Spectrum]

A lot of gear! How much of that hardware gets any use these days?

[Cheyne]

Hardware is king !! ...    Nice gear man   ...   

[elektronz]

at the moment none of it ,,ive taken it all down and im redoing the room its all in .ive got a laptop i want to incorporate into it all and im after a bigger desk ..also want to add the sh101 which i can connect through the tr626 by the external clock in .i used to use an amiga 1200 with its midi box of 2 out 1 in and a through which helped better with syncing everything up tempo wise so i might dig that out  plus it wasnt a half bad sequencer for me rough 8 bit samples  ;D

[SilverStreak]

I'll get a photo of my new arrangement once my ex g/f brings my camera back, and post it here.

[Cheyne]

Eeekers ...    Another down side to a primarily software based studio ...  Your  "post a pic" ePeen status is about zero ...


Mine


List:

• Novation X-Station 25
  MOTU Ultralight
  DOD Grunge FX69
  KORG Electribe EMX1
  M-AUDIO BLACK BOX
  M-Audio Trigger Finger
  Alesis M1 Actives
  Senheiser HD25's
  Some Yumcha Mic
  Gibson Epiphone SG
  Gibson Epiphone Black Beauty 2006 (Not pictured)

[Captain Terrific]

Tis my lil setup - growing more and more by the day!

[Cheyne]

wtf ,,  is that an MS20 in the corner ???

[Captain Terrific]

yeah, don't fit on the desk...