While I’ve been dabbling with making patterned noise since the mid-1990s, the acquisition of an Apple MacBook in 2007 and a copy of Logic Pro really solidified my “studio” efforts. While I’ve used Cakewalk, Reaper, Ableton, and Pro Tools, nothing makes as much sense to me as Logic and I highly recommend it.
For those of you who enjoy knowing how music can be made, I will now enumerate my wares.
Digital Audio Workstation
DAW: Early 2011-era 15″ Macbook Pro, 2.0 GHz i7, 8 GB RAM (vertically monolithic, care of a Henge Dock)
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Storage
- Main: 256 GB Crucial SSD, SATA 3, 6GB/s
- Media: 1 TB Western Digital HDD, 7200 RPM
- Backup: 2 TB Western Digital HDD, Time Machined
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Audio Interface:
M-Audio FastTrack UltraBehringer U-Phoria UMC202HD -
Inputs
- 3x SM58s, 1x SM58A for vocals
- 2x SM57s for amps/instrument miking
- 1x Rode NT1A for anything, really
- 1x
M-Audio Axiom 25Alesis Q49 MIDI Controller - 1x midiplus AKM320, 32-key MIDI Controller
- 1x Fender Mustang Rock Band MIDI Controller
- Sequencer: Apple Logic
Outputs: For my main speakers, I use the KRK RP-8s. When I need it to be quiet and closer to my ears, I don some AudioTechnica ATH-M40FS Sony MDR-V6 ‘phones.
Instruments
I’m a guitarist, first and foremost, so I’ve got a few of them in various styles:
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Guitars
- Fender American Stratocaster electric (amp: Fender mini-amp, fx: Digitech RP7 Multi-FX board)
- Samick steel-string acoustic
- Ovation Applause acoustic-electric
- Ovation acoustic-electric
- Crafter acoustic-electric classical
- Generic classical
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Basses
- Fender Squier P-Bass electric (amp: Behringer BX1200 Ultrabass 120W 1×12 Combo)
- Laguna Laguna LAB5CE acoustic bass acoustic-electric
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Strings
- Violins (2x)
- Cello
- Mandolin
- Ukelele
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Keys
- Steinberg & Sons Upright Piano
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Winds
- Harmonica
- Yamaha YRS24B recorder
- Wooden flutes (2x)
- Hoehner 32B melodica
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Percussion
- Bongo
- Shaker
- Tambourine
- Other
The room I record in is a downstairs bedroom, but it works well enough for my purposes.
