Introduce yourself - your setup, what you do, etc.

condra

Hi.

Hate going first, but some1 gotta do it.

Im womoma, from Dublin.
I use Ableton Live 6 and various plugins and samples to make electronic/house/chillout tunes.
Favourite VSTs:
Albino and Battery
One of these days Ill make the effort to put Reason 3 to good use.

My setup consists of an apple macbook, a midi controller keyboard, some monitors, and a soundcard.
Ive been messin with tunes for about 2 years, and have recently started taking an interest in the DJ and performance side of things. Im a moderator on www.abletonlivedj.com

The plan for my setup in the next 12 months is to ad another [more portable] midi control surface, a decent mic, and perhaps some rack gear or keyboard synths.

Tunes available soon from www.myspace.com/womomasongs

I think monthly tutorial/discussion is a great idea. Some sample-tennis, competitions or online colab could be fun too.

"greets"

Doctor J

I'm Doctor J, former mod here, gave it up because I started working in GS Recs studio in town and didn't have time to contribute anymore between the studio work and a "real" job 9-5.

Did the whole C&G thing in Pulse over three years, part-time, did the ProTools 101 and 201 exams, I plan on doing the 210m exam in the near future.

Home rig is a Dell latutude laptop, Digi 002 and ProTools7. I use Reason 3 a bit but I'm more into rock and roll so it's all about micing stuff up for me. Studio rig is a Soundcraft spirit 32 channel split desk, Digi 002 linked to a Behringer ADA8000. Despite the digital setup, I'm very into the sound of imperfection, recording charater rather than the relentless persuit of crystal clarity. I love the sound of old Motown, early 70's rock, real musicians playing real instruments and as little studio trickery as possible. I like a bit of soul, music is meant to move people, not make them sit down and admire the impressive fidelity... IMO, of course

squibs

This is going to read like a behringer ad

I'm using a dell p4 2.4Ghz machine with 512Mb (upgrading this month)

My sound card is an Egosys Wami Rack (external converters, 4 in, 8 out, 4 midi IO, sp-dif, phantom power). It's about 5 years old now, but still gives very low latencey and I love being abe to see hardware volume meters.

I run Sonar 2 Studio (upgrading to 6 for xmas) and FL Studio professional. I use rayzoon jamstix for drums and a wealth of freebie VSTs and VSTis.
This week I have mostly been playing Oatmeal.

I have Tannoy reveal passive monitors, and behringer eurodesk (mx2004 or somesuch), behringer patchbay, roland jv1010 synth, zoom 1204 (for singers headphone mix) on one of the auxs of the desk. My main keyboard is a yamaha DJX and I also use a behringer umx25.

I have a jap strat, an epiphone SG and a Vintage Les Paul Copy, an encore base, a spanish guitar an acoustic and a banjo (which I can't even tune). I use a boss GT6 via spdif and occasionally a behringer V AMP. I've got a Fender pro chorus amp and a 10 watt Marshall.

I've been involved in computer audio since 1996, and playing guitar since 1991 - I am still grossly incompetent at both disciplines. When recording, I flit from trance to oldies rock and have dreadful taste in music. I used to play in an original indie type band and then a rock band that played rock classics at biker gigs. I am now too old for all that malarky and throw shapes only in the comfort of my studio.

cornbb

Here goes...

I'm an audio geek (a.k.a. programmer of music software) by trade and a bedroom musician by night. I've also (very occasionally) created my own plugins but don't get much time for it these days!

I mostly use software instruments and rarely record acoustic instruments, but my style of music suits that. I mostly create electronic music, in IDM, experimental and occasionally dance styles. My hardware setup is as follows:

Dell Inspiron laptop, 1GB RAM, 2.33GHz
EMU1616 cardbus external interface with onboard DSP, 16 in/out, S/PDIF, ADAT, phantom power, MIDI I/O etc
Tapco S5 active monitors
Sennheiser HD280Pro headphones
M-audio Axiom 25 MIDI controller
M-audio Keystation 49e MIDI controller
T.bone matched stereo set of SDC mics + accessories
MIDI CC knob box controller made for me by a friend
Fender Strat + several electroharmonix pedals
Crappy old bass
Crappy dynamic mic + associated stuff
Cheesy old Casio synth from 1981
A djembe that I intend to rig up with MIDI transponders someday...

Software used:
energyXT
Cubase SX 3
Ableton Live 5 (for creating loops)
Max/MSP 4.3 (for algorithmic rhythm patterns and melodies)
Pure Data
Csound (for sound design)
Soundforge (for editing)
SPEAR (for spectral sound design)
NI Kontakt 2.2 + samples
NI Absynth 3
NI Spektral Delay VST
GRMTools VSTs
Waves Diamond bundle VSTs (mastering & post production)

I use tons of free VSTs, these are some of my favorites:
Dr. Fusion drum machine + samples
Smartelelectronix Fitchsplifter, Sloper and Ambience

frobisher

I guess I might as well lay myself out too.
I trained in sound and music production in Scandinavia, were I worked as musician and sound engineer. I sing, write songs, play guitar, program a bit and stumble through whatever I need to in the studio like bass, keys etc. I've been working in various aspects of the live music/concert business a good few years and used to have a small commercial studio in town a few years ago with Logic on a mac synced up with a 16 track reel to reel. Nothing fancy but I learnt alot. I've also written a few articles for music magazines and used to review new musical equipment and write on basic studio techniques.

At the moment I'm getting back into music after a long break and am putting my studio back together. My present set up is:

System:
2.8 ghz P4, 1 gig RAM, 180 gig system HD, 320 gig 7200rpm firewire audio HD.
Reaper & VST's
Reason 2
ezDrummer
LynxOne converter for input
Benchmark DAC1 converters for output

Mics:
Nuemann KM-147
AKG C3000b
2xSM57s
2xSM58 betas

External hardware:
Emes Black monitors
Harrison power amp
Groove Tubes The Brick
FMR Really Nice Compressor
Alesis Monitor 1s
Sony headphones
61 key Axiom midi keyboard
Korg padKontrol
POD XT
Bass POD XT
Yamaha mono-synth CS-10 circa 1981 (tiny but a beast of a thing)
Rocktron intellifex (great hardware reverb!)
2 x Yamaha PM-1000 channel strips taken from the PM desks from the late 60's early 70's. These need to mounted (anyone good with a soldering iron want a nixer?!)
Behringer powerplay headphone amplifier
Allen & Heath Saber 24:16 desk. High quality big old analouge console from the late 80's.

Instruments etc:
Lowden O22 acoustic guitar (Mon cherie amour)
Yamaha acoustic guitar usually kept in Nashvill tuning
Caraqavuihno (guitar like small 4 string thing I picked up in Brazil)
Hohner active bass
Violin body Ibanez bass a la Sir Paul (rear pick missing!!)
Fender Telecaster
Vester stratocaster
70's LANEY session 120 guitar amp
loads of percussion toys
technics turntable-just in case.

eddyc

Hey good idea frobisher, nice to see that this board is comin back to life

My setup is,

a few guitars, electric and acoustic,
an m-audio audiophile usb
A desktop and a laptop which may be used live someday
Sonar 6, Reason 3 and Live 6
Loads of soft synths and fx, native instruments stuff, fxpansion BFD etc....

I'd like to see a bit of collaboration goin on on this board, say if a few heads have Reason, we could go back and forth on a tune , would be fun

Maybe get a gig together for people who compose electronic music on boards??

Who knows, cant wait to see what happens

Helix

im pete, ive been making tracks for about 6 years. i make a bit of everything, but predominantly eletroey housey stuff, but not the typical stuff thats flooding the market at the moment, i think meself anyway, that ive developed a sound that is pretty recognisable as my own over the years. ive had remixes out on media records and UMM italy for joy kitikonti

my setup is as follows:

Studio PC
64 Bit AMD 3300+ studio pc with 2gigs of RAM
ESI ESP 1010 Soundcard
ESI M8U 8 In/8 Out MIDI Hub
Cubase SX2
Reason 3
Soundforge 7
Melodyne
Tonnes of VSTS

Synths
Roland SH32
Akai SG01v
Yamaha AN1x
Korg M1
Novation KSR
Waldorf Pulse
Clavia Nord Lead 2
Kawai K1m
Control Synthesis Deep Bass Nine
Korg M3R

Other Hardware
Tannoy Reveal Aktiv Monitors
Akai MPC 4000
Yamaha 01V
Edirol PCR 50
Evolution UC33e
48 Channel Unbalanced Behringer Patch Bay
16:2 Behringer Line Mixer
Zoom RFX 2200 Multi Effects Unit
Yamaha Dual Channel Compessor
Behringer Effects Thingy

Miscellaneous
Harley Benton Bass Guitar
Epiphone Les Paul Special Electric Guitar
Various Guitar Pedals

DJing Stuff
Laptop with Ableton Live & M Audio Quattro soundcard
DJM 600
2 x Technics 1210 MK2's
Rane Serato Scratch Live

my myspace is at: http://www.myspace.com/h3lx

mike65

I'm FutureMusicCorp with my music hat on. Its ambient/space stuff with a sideline in atmospheres for visuals.

Very low level and cheap set-up based around a somewhat creaking AMD 950 chip and 450 mb SDram with the original Soundblaster Live card! :eek:

Hardware is confined to a Korg X5DR half-rack module which I hav'nt used in an age.

Software-
Soundforge 4.5
Samplitude Basic 5.02
Cubase VST 32
Atmosphere VSTi
Absynth 1
Soundfonts (hundreds)
Synth 1
M42
Energy XT
About a million other free plug-ins (lots of MDA stuff)

Music posted at www.artistserver.com/futuremusiccorp and www.soundclick.com/futuremusiccorp

Mike.

Howdy People..
Pa here, been messing about with the production side for almost 3 years..Used to play in a couple of bands before that..
Representin the West Coast(Ennis)..

My rig consists of:..
AMD 64 3something processor
2 gig RAM
Dual Monitors
EMU 1820 soundcard
Yamaha MSP5 Monitors
Behringer Ultragain Preamp
Behringer fcb1010 foot pedal
A Couple of mics..ones an AKG..
Novation Remote 25
AKAI MPD16
Yamaha psr something keyboard
A Bastardised Stratocaster copy..
Epiphone Les Paul
Takamine Semi Acoustic
Korg Microcube
Working on getting my hands on a kenton control freak..

And I run:..
Cubase SX2
Ableton Live 6
Reason 3
z3+a..(why cant every synth have that midi learn)
Battery 2
Absynth 2
Halion 2
Waves SSL..(Quality)
etc, etc..

Constantly looking for collabs/vocalists..Im enamoured with live at the minute and looking to get into the live side of things..And looking to soundproof the studio..

Bonzo2007

Hey guys,

Been @the studio stuff for good while now, built my own in the parents house. good acoustics and isolation and a decent booth/drum room.
I think acoustics make a huge difference!

any way i like a huge range of music as long as it feels good it is good

mainly in to the housey side now though, tec/deep/electro/vocal/funky etc... as long as its good:o

main gear is Dynaudio bm6a's near fields
presonus control station
lynx 2 4 i/o converters
Tascam fw1884 converters/control surface
Access Virus
SPL Gold MIKE
SPL Tube Vitalizer
TC PowerCore & Plugs
Wave Dimond or Platinum or which ever it is:p
Rode NT 1, 2 , 5's
Audio-technica 4043
Shures etc..
Steinberg Nuendo or cubase (depends if doin audio or midi/audio but there much of muchness now).
Reason 3.0
About 60 GIG of House/electronic based samples
All the usual VST-i's
etc etc......

Anyway im in galway/sligo and would be really interested in collaborating with like mind ppl. Singers/guitarists/bassists/keys/producers etc..

I play drums also if any1's up for the live thing????
would love to attempt some groovearmada/faithless/moloko/Nerv/prodigy type thing just for a laugh or some gigs.

bryan

steveland?

My bedroom:

Hardware:
Custom build PC:

AMD Athlon XP 2800+
1GB DDR RAM
80GB IDE HDD
120GB IDE HDD
320GB External WD HDD

Line6 Toneport UX2
Behringer MS-16 Active Monitors (perfectly sufficient for my current needs)
Sennheiser Evolution 815S Microphone
American Audio TTD-2400 Decks
American Audio MX-1 Preamp/Mixer

Instruments:
Maverick F1
Fender semi-acoustic (unsure of model)
G+L 5-String Bass
A collection of older cheap guitars from when I just started out
Yamaha PSR220 (broken at the moment, had it since I was a kid but does the trick for me when it's working)

Pedals:
Boss Distortion DS1
Marshall Supervibe
Behringer Bass Overdrive BSD100
Behringer VTone Acoustic Modeler-Driver ADI21

Amp:
Marshall MG30RCD

Software:
Abelton Live 5
Fruityloops
Audacity
Gearbox (Bundled Toneport software. Amp modeller, stompboxes etc)

sturgo

Howerya lads!

12" Powerbook
Macmini
Miglia - Harmony Firewire Audio Interface
Korg Microkontrol
Korg Padkontrol
M-Audio O2
Fender Strat (jap)
Boss Distortion / Overdrive


Ableton Live 5
Reason 3
Apple Soundtrack Pro

I DJ with Live by creating mixes on the fly with 100's of samples I've taken from various MP3s. I have Reason running via rewire through Live, which takes care of my drum loops.

I trigger the drum loops & patterns via the Padkontrol in Reason. I crossfade & trigger samples in Live with the Microkontrol.

Hope that makes sense.

I'm into every kind of music. And I mean everyinthg... But the stuff I produce sounds like a mix of Punk / Hip Hop / Breakbeat.


S.

counterpointaud

Hi all, missed this thread when I found the board first.

Currently working very strange hours due to doing a bit of FOH mixing and alot of late night tracking sessions at my studio.

Cool thread.

Music influence: (I'm gonna name the 1st 5 that come to me, prob what I was listening to today on the way home mostly)

Elliott Smith
Quantic
Blackalicous
Curtis Mayfield
Zero7
Marvin Gaye

Gear list:

Console:
Neotek ElanII 32 Channel with full patch bay

Digital Audio Workstation

Athlon64 3700+
2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 DDR RAM
Two SATA bays for audio drives in RAID array
DL DVDRW

Software:

Windows XP
Samplitude Professional 9
Waves Platinum Bundle
UAD-1 DSP Card ( x 3 )
PSP Vintagewarmer
Various others blahblah

Microphones:

RODE NT4 Stereo pair
Pearlman TM1 Tube Mic ( U47 Clone )
Shure KSM 44
AKG C414-BULS ( W/ Audio Upgrades Mod )
MXL 603s Stereo Pair
Shure SM57 ( x 2 )
Sennheiser e602
Sennheiser e604 ( x 4 )
Sennheiser e609
Sennheiser MD421
Beyerdynamic Soundstar MkII (One of my fav mics, keep an eye on evilbay)
CAD e100 x 2
AKG D112
Yamaha Subkick

Monitoring:

Mackie HR824 active monitors
Yamaha NS-10s
Sennheiser HD280 ( x 2 )
Remote Audio HN-7506
Eight channel headphone ampage by Behringer. Actually not THAT bad.


Converters:

Lynx Aurora16 A/D/A Converter
RME Fireface800

Outboard:

Tubetech CL1-B (Mmmmm. The bypass switch is the 'suck' button)
DBX 166 XL ( x 2 )
TC Electronic M350

Amps/Cabinets/DI's

Little Labs IPB
Fender Twin Combo
THD BiValve
Ampeg SVT Bass Head
ZVex NanoAmp
Vox Valvetronix
Sansamp DI
Vintage Marshall 4 x 12

Guitars/Effects

Fender Thinline Telecaster '72 RI
G&L Legacy
Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail - Reverb
Marshall 'The Guv'nor' - Overdrive
Fulltone Supra-Trem - Tremolo
Line6 DL4 - Delay
Crybaby - Wah
Ebow - Magnetic bow


Nice to meet you all.

Nathan

Carrigsound

Getting everybody to introduce themselves, nice idea. Ok, here we go:

I'm Liam of Carrig Sound

I played bass in rock bands for over 25 years and am a singer/songwriter, guitarist and drum programmer as well as a Sound Engineer.

I gained my Diploma in Sound Recording & Music Technology in London, and have done many other related courses. I've been working as a Sound Engineer for 15 years and hae recorded, mixed and mastered all sorts, ranging from poets, choirs & opera soloists, jazz, Salsa, rock and heavy rock bands, through to pop and karaoke.

My last studio in Cork closed last August (due to subsidence). We've happily found a new site and the building of the Control Room should start in January '07. Please check out the 'news' page on www.carrigsound.com which'll tell you how it's going.

Please see here for Carrig Sound's equipment list and pictures,www.carrigsound.com/equipment.htm

I look forward to chatting with ye all on boards.ie in the future.

Liam

zero19

I like the introduce yourself idea

Well i'm Owen from Kildare currently in Kerry doing the city and guilds sound engineering course through Fas,i would thoroughly recommend it! Very hands on and problem solving orientated.

I use lots of different equipment in the studio,The Jam Factory, and in Fas itself so i won't list it all!

My tutors name is Denis Loveitt.So far so good i'd like to think i'm learning fast!

thebookofbob

Well I've lurked here long enough so I'd just as well do an intro

I've been messing for years writing/playing a few hours a week outside work/family and practice as often live as I can. Old bird's side of the family has a string of guitarists & musicians I was pretty much the same. Started classic piano, went to guitar, did bands, forced to uni, work took over etc. etc.. emigrated from Wales 4 years ago ( sheep jokes, to follow etc.. )

I maintained my interest in it all along & when the PC explosion took off & you could suddenly get all the keyboards you dreamed of owning as a kid emulated on your PC I nearly shat my pants. I was still running a version of cubasis bought with a roland midi controller & having fun. So I suppose the last 2 years has been 4 or 5 hours a week learning cubase vst, then SX3 & plugins ( and probably only now getting my feet back on earth after getting lost in the plethora of what's available)
At this point I'd still regard myself as a bedroom musician doing it because, like angry people like to shout to release emotion , I learned music as a release at an early age & if I'm anything but tickidifeckinboo I've a head full a tunes and am a little unhinged until it's out.

I've maintained an absolute minimal setup all along as money is for the family. A fast PC , a ****ty old controller keyboard & a decent soundcard with various real instruments around the house for the kids to learn. Now a audiophile Maudio card, I knew my way around every squalk of a SW1000XG with the DX7 board but gave it up & went totally software based as that card had too much latency & not enough sample rate.

Musically I'm all over the place. I grew up with metal/punk, ended up in Psy/Goa trance land for years, progressed to D&B , then spent time in Classical Piano/Guitar & world music thanks to internet radio.
I don't know much about the engineering side of production, the two tools that have worked properly are my ears & my creativity so I hope to post a few snippets & give my opinion on what I hear. I do 20+ hrs of listening a week thanks to my wexford / dub drive.

Neurojazz

Ok - Where to begin (so i don't bore you all to death!)

My name is Matt Laws, a musician of about 15 years. Into pretty much any music to listen too and analyse from a production standpoint - I've had jobs in music shops, studios small and large and lots of live experience in small and large venues (upto about 15k people), basically a good grounding in loads of areas in the industry.

I've been lucky and also a hard worker in music always trying to squeeze the most out of cheap kit and have enjoyed the journey that music has brought to my life. I've gigged as a guitarist and Live PA (for the electronic music) also jammed in cover bands doing allsorts in many styles. I have a passion for shaping sound and making melody driven music and creating soulful non-verbal or vocal music - my main focus for making music is to create a unique accesable feel with modern equipment.

The act called 'Binary Finary' is my current commercial project ( www.binary-finary.com ) - this is an on-going project that is a platform for the melody driven electronic music. I also teach modern electronic music production techniques and dance music production.

I play guitar, keyboards, bass and some drums and guitar is my fun/let rip instrument and my focus for learning theory and song writing.


Ok, it took sometime to compile this current kit list

Event SP8 Monitors
Mopads
TC Powercore Firewire
Powercore NonLin Reverb
SSL Duende
Edirol FA-101
Summit Audio 2BA-221 Mic & Line Module
Rode NT2 Mike
Pop Filter
Shockmount
Guitar to midi
Alesis DM5 Kit
Digitech GNX3000
Hughes & Kettner Red Box
Steinberg Nuendo 3
Nuendo Keyboard
Musicman Axis
Joe Satch Guitar
Spectrasonics RMX Stylus
Spectrasonic Atmosphere
Spectrasonics Trilogy
Steinberg Hypersonic
Soundcraft mixer
Headphones 1
Headphones 2
Echo Indigo (for live work)
Edirol PCR-M1 (studio/live)
Spectrasonics Retrofunk S.A.G.E. Expander
Spectrasonics Liquid Grooves S.A.G.E. Expander
Ilio Skippys Noizbox S.A.G.E. Expander
Spectrasonics Backbeat S.A.G.E. Expander
Vintage Cheapy nice bass
Yamaha w7 (that paid for all the above kit!)
[URL="http://www.rockdirect.com/viewNotebook.php?pName=XTREME CTX PRO
"]Laptop 1- (studio) [/URL]
Laptop 2 - (Live)
Analogue Monster - (stuffed in attic)
Reason 3
Nexus
Vanguard
Virus TI

pgasm

hey im Dave - im a bass player/singer/pianist and im in a band called Melophobia for the last few years. Not gigging much these days unfortunately - but writing some tunes and recording as much as i can in my own little studio setup. I just set up my own studio and i am currently trying to make a living from it - its great fun and i love getting paid for doing what i love!

Heres a list of what i use.

DigiDesign Digi002 Rack: 18 in/18 out, high sample rate, 96kHz/24bit

MOTU 8 Pre: 8 mic preamps, A/D converter 96kHz/24bit.

10 Channel Mixer: Used as headphone and talkback mixer.

Boss BR-1600: Digital hard drive recording and mixing unit. Capable of recording MIDI and audio.

__________________________________________

Microphones: Shure SM58, Shure Beta 58, Shure SM48,

Shure SM57, AKG D190es, AKG D112, Rode NT5a

Sennheiser e840, Sennheiser e604, Samson C05 CL, M-Audio Nova, Behringer Dymanic Mics.

Outboard: Alesis, Leem, Sony MD, VCD Player, Lexicon, Line 6, Dunlop, Boss, DigiTech, Behringer.

Extras: Passive & Active DI Box, ReAmp


PC

Proccessor - Intel Pentium Dual Core 950, 3.40GHz, 800MHz FSB.

Memory - 4GB RAM.

Storage - 400GB Internal Hard Drive. 300GB Internal Hard Drive. 2 x 250GB External USB Hard Drive. 300GB External FireWire Drive.

Screens - 19" Xerox LCD Flat Screen, 2 x 17" TFT Flat Screen.

Monitors - M-Audio BX8a.

Soundcard - ASIO Digi002, 96kHz, 24bit resolution. & Intel High Definition Audio 7.1.

Graphics - 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 7600GS.


Software
We record all tracks digitaly using Digi Design's 002 Rack unit as our digital converter and Pro Tools interface. We can record a total up to 48 tracks and up to 16 tracks simultaneously. We have many editing tools and programs available on our Studio PC. The software below is installed and ready to use on our Studio Workstation.

Pro Tools: The leading audio recording and editing suite in the world. We use the 002 Rack and Pro Tools 7.3.


Reason 3: It's a virtual studio. Used for dance tracks, hiphop, samples, electric instruments, MIDI sequencing and much more.



Ableton Live: Is a complete proffesional audio creation and remixing suite. Our version of Live is adapted for Pro Tools.


Cubase SX 2: An alternative to Pro Tools. It can perform the same basic tasks as Pro Tools.


Fruity Loops 3: A MIDI Sequencer, sampler and Dance Track creator. Similiar to Reason.


Beatcraft: A great independant beat machine. Used for creating realistic drum beats in minutes.


T-Racks: A great mastering stand alone application. Analogue by design, with EQ, Compression and Limiting settings.

Massive: State of the art sytnehsizer. Can be used natively or with Pro Tools.
Plug-ins
We have a comprehensive collection of RTAS plug-ins such as EQ, Dynamics, Reverb, Amp Modulation, Multifx, Synths, Samplers etc...

Wave Labs Nomad

T-Racks Bomb Factory

Waves Wizoo

TL Altiverb

Focusrite Antares


Instruments etc....

Sonar Force 2003

Pearl Export

Fender Jazz Bass 1975 Re-issue

T.M. Vincent Piano

Yamaha CP33

Tanglewood acoustic guitar

Earlham Pro Series II Saxaphone

Electric mandolin

Yamaha EV204 Electric Violin

Yamaha DJX MIDI Keyboard
Amplifiaction & FX
Ashdown Bass Amp

Fender Acoustasonic Junior DSP

DigiTech FXRP6

Boss Distortion

Cry Baby Bass

HiKite

Hi folks,

My name is Enda, I used to play drums but now they're in storage until I find somewhere where I can leave them set-up permanently!

My studio is a MacBook pro running Windows XP, cardinal sin ;0) I use a few bits of software and even fewer bits of hardware. As I run www.futuresounds.ie, my kit list reflects a lot of what we tracked down to sell.

Software
Ableton Live 6 Ties it all together quickly
D Blue Glitch Chops it all up again
[URL="Http://www.propellerheads.se"]Reason 3.0[/URL] For Huge COMBINATOR Patches!
iZotope Trash: Multi-Band Distortion!
iZotope Ozone 3 Great Mastering Tool
iZotope Spectron Spectral Effects, effect harmonics only if you want
G-media impOSCar Serious Synthesis from a software plug-in
G-media MiniMonsta Even meatier!
G-media M-Tron I usually use this in Blended sounds
AAS Tassman Brilliant depth
AAS Lounge Lizard Have gotten some amazing bass sounds from this
AAS String Studio For the wierder side of life

Hardware
MacBook Pro 2.66Ghz, 160 gb drive partitioned : 100gb XP/60gb MAc.
Virus TI Polar Need I say anything?
Focusrite Liquid Mix Outboard DSP processing EQ's and Compression
Jazzmutant Lemur Multi-Touchscreen controller.
Novation Zero SL with Automap Automap rocks!
KRK RP6 Monitors Will get the VXT8's when they arrive!
Ultrasone PROline Headphones I love these cans!
Mindprint Envoice For those rare recordings!
M-Audio Sputnik Tube Mic The best they do so far.

As we distribute Focusrite, RME and Tegeler, I obviously I have heaps of deadly outboard gear to hand if I need it, but I mostly use Live 6 to get all our ideas down and the LiquidMix for processing, along with that short list of plug-in's. To be honest, the type of electronica we produce doesn't need much more. The Virus TI would eat you for breakfast and usually needs no further processing. I might use a summing mixer in the future but I'm happy with my lot at the moment, and when Reason 4.0 finally launches, I'll be as happy as Larry Gogan!

Speaking of high quality tunes (!), a friend and I have produced some and we're copyrighting at the moment, I'll post a link to them when I put them up on myspace. I'd really love to see them used with visuals, anybody out there with some short films needing some music?

I hope that explains my little set-up!

All the best,

Enda.

Run_to_da_hills

Frank Here, Known as the Biker DJ among Biking Circles, Have played at many MC/MCC Bike Rallys across the country over the years. Experienced in 70s80s90s. Rock, Metal and classic dance (Rave).


Large PA Rig Consists. (6kw +)
Crown Macrotech 3500 Driving two large Proel subs x 2400w Peak
Crown Macrotech 2400 Driving Trace Elliot mids x 4.
Crown Macriotech 1200 Driving mids/tops.
DBX Crossovers
DBX 2231 Graphic Equaliser

1200 Smaller Rig
Peavey 1200 Driving two full range DJS2 Speakers.

Club Standard DJ Equipment
Technics 1210 decks (Pair)
Pioneer CDJ Mk 2s (Pair)
Allen& Heath Zone 62.
Final Scratch #2.
Pioneer HDJ 1000 Head Phones.

SF includes Moving Head lamp,
Martin Destroyer Gobo x 3
Various Gobo x 3
Martin / Jem Technofog x 3
Bubbleking professional Bubbler.

henessjon

Hi Im In Dublin

I class myself as home project song writer, guitar and one finger keyboard.

I use an mbox pro tools 7.3.1..
Mac G5
Plug Ins
Samson Rubicon 6 monitors
Condensor mics SeElectronics/akg c3000

I got with it ableton and sampletank but just dont what to do with them??? I know there must be good resource for me there.

I really would like to become a sound engineer but Im on the treadmill a 9-5 job mortgage etc. so any course is out.

Im really slow at my projects because of my lack of skills knowledge ..

any help I can get would be great.

Now how Do I Mix and get the pro sound!!!!!!!!!

PaulBrewer

Hi, my name is Paul Brewer

I'm a ex Pro Engineer/Producer from Tullamore in Offaly.
Over the years I've made records with or toured with or played with or sold stuff to -

U2 , I sold that Korg Triton to the Edge!

Richie Kavanagh, I made a heap of albums and played on them!

Madness, Toured UK, Europe

Joe Dolan, made a few albums. May he Rest in Peace.

Iggy Pop, European Tour

Crowded House, UK Tour

That Petrol Emotion, UK, Europe, US tours and played bass

Something Happens, US tour

A Blur/Gorillaz(Damon), A stack of Keyboards

A Pixie (Frank), Stage Crew at Feile

Christy Moore, Recorded and Toured

Billy Bragg, Front of House

Ronan Keating, Recorded

Andy White, F.O.H

Kerry Katona, Recorded

-and many others both with and without Talent!

I may make a 'Without Talent' List in the future....


My day job is with a Pro Audio Dealer, Audio Warehouse in Dublin. www.AudioWarehouse.ie

I still do a bit of studio work , I've recently been mixing the Blizzards and Glen Baker.

I'm an average bass player and a bad guitar player with some nice guitars.
Have a look at www.bebo.com/mrpaulbrewer
for photos.

Nice to meet You!

Paul.

dav nagle

Hey ya all great site by the way,
Run a small little studio called Blackhorse Recordings...

I got some experience working in Vicar St along side some really nice engineers thanks to the production manager Ed. Then I Studied with Dave Slevin from Virtu studios. In between I record clients when I can catch them. Started recording demos at sixteen and up and began taking it seriously at twenty two when I took out a loan for some gear from Paul Brewer at Audio Warehouse. He is a sound chap.. At the moment I would like to meet people who would like to invest in renting a double room and perhaps setting up a studio ?

Multi-track:

. Digidesign 002

. Midi Controller - M audio key station pro 88
. Oxygen 8 V2
. Monitoring Genelec 8040 (a) bi amplified active near fields

. MAC PRO
. DVD-RW AND CD-RW
. RAM DDR2 8GB
. DUAL MONITOR 19 TFT, 37 LG GB
. BARRACUDA 750 GB..
. QUAD 2.66GHZ INTEL XEON .

Microphones
. SE electronics Gemini dual valve microphone
. B1 condenser,
. Shure SM57 X 3,
. Shure SM 58 X 2
. Akg complete Drum set


Software -
. Waves diamond
. Pro tools 7.4
. Reason 4
. Sound soap
. BFD 2

. Media Formats / Samsung cd/Dvd +/- Recorder
. Headphones 1 x Beyer Dynamic, 3 x AKG acoustics
. D.I. L.K Boggo

Backline

. Fender Telecaster (American series)
. Gibson Les Paul (Black beauty)
. Tangle wood TW 1000 Series
. Fender blues combo amp.

Racks:
. Line 6 Bass pod pro XT
. Line 6 Guitar pod pro XT
. Focus rite 8 channel Octopre Platinum
. Behringer Tube Compressor
. Behringer Power play pro 8 (8 way channel headphone amp)
. Lexicon MPX 110 Dual channel Processor

condra

Hmm I wasn't able to edit my message to update it.

Heres a pic of my current little setup:



It would be cool if anyone else could post a little pic with their info!

cornbb

Mm, thats a nice little setup! I have a 25 key axiom myself but a few more octaves wouldn't go amiss...

I can still edit posts with mod wizardry so let me know if anyone wants pics inserted or any other changes made.

Sunn

Hi, I'm based in Limerick.

Started producing just a little over 3 years ago. Using Cubase sx2 and reason 3 and a ridiculous amount of VST's and using a M audio Key Rig 49. Have KRK Rp-6's as my monitors. Its pretty basic compared to most but it does what I need it to.


I mainly produce electronic based music (ambient/club) but always try and incorporate as much melody as possible. I like doing other styles aswell and do short scores for films (imaginary of course ).

www.myspace.com/graemesun is where you can hear most of my stuff.

Feel free to add me and introduce yourself!

af_thefragile

Hey,
I'm not very experienced in all of this but i do have good knowledge.
Its only been a year since i had my first taste of production after doing a part-time sound-engineering and production course. This is where i learned most of what i know from.
Apart from that i'm a guitarist/vocalist/writer/lyricist.

Currently working on my first solo project which i plan to have completed by the end of this year. Its something along the lines of industrial/electronic/experimental thing. Influences range from NIN, Aphex Twin, Thrice, Radiohead and the likes... Gonna do all of this one by myself!

My setup is verrrry basic.
All i have is a beaten up macbook. 1.8ghz Intel core duo processor, 1250mb ram (soon to become 2gb).
M-Audio FW solo audio interface
Reason
Cubase SE (gotta get a new version of it)
A SM58 mic.
(though there's a few more stuff in my coll's music room that i sometimes make use of)

and thats bout it. Trying to make the most of what i've got...!!

PaulBrewer

Trying to make the most of what i've got...!![/QUOTE]

Aren't we all Bro! Welcome to the mayhem that is Music Production!!

frobisher

af_thefragile wrote: »

Hey,
I'm not very experienced in all of this but i do have good knowledge.
Its only been a year since i had my first taste of production after doing a part-time sound-engineering and production course. This is where i learned most of what i know from.
Apart from that i'm a guitarist/vocalist/writer/lyricist.

Currently working on my first solo project which i plan to have completed by the end of this year. Its something along the lines of industrial/electronic/experimental thing. Influences range from NIN, Aphex Twin, Thrice, Radiohead and the likes... Gonna do all of this one by myself!

My setup is verrrry basic.
All i have is a beaten up macbook. 1.8ghz Intel core duo processor, 1250mb ram (soon to become 2gb).
M-Audio FW solo audio interface
Reason
Cubase SE (gotta get a new version of it)
A SM58 mic.
(though there's a few more stuff in my coll's music room that i sometimes make use of)

and thats bout it. Trying to make the most of what i've got...!!

Welcome!

fitz

Ok, here goes.

I'm a solo artist from Celbridge, Co. Kildare.
I've played gigs with The Frames, Damien Rice (some lead guitar with him too back in the day), Mundy, sang with The Maryjanes, and play 0xegen in 2005.

I'm just got into the home recording on a serious level recently, and am working on a debut album.

I don't need to record more than two tracks at a time at home, so this setup is really working well for me. I can't get over how easy working with Logic on Mac is compared to other DAW's I've tried. The Solo 610 is a lovely piece of kit, particularly for someone who doesn't have the experience or know-how to get the full benefit of a more fully featured channel strip like the LA610, an Avalon 737 or something like that. Getting great results with it on vocals and acoustic (seems to pair really nicely with the TLM), and it's sweet as a DI too.

That's it I guess. I look forward to posting some of the new material I'm recording at home here for feedback!

PaulBrewer

fitz wrote: »

Ok, here goes.

I'm a solo artist from Celbridge, Co. Kildare.
I've played gigs with The Frames, Damien Rice (some lead guitar with him too back in the day), Mundy, sang with The Maryjanes, and play 0xegen in 2005.

I'm just got into the home recording on a serious level recently, and am working on a debut album.


I don't need to record more than two tracks at a time at home, so this setup is really working well for me. I can't get over how easy working with Logic on Mac is compared to other DAW's I've tried. The Solo 610 is a lovely piece of kit, particularly for someone who doesn't have the experience or know-how to get the full benefit of a more fully featured channel strip like the LA610, an Avalon 737 or something like that. Getting great results with it on vocals and acoustic (seems to pair really nicely with the TLM), and it's sweet as a DI too.


That's it I guess. I look forward to posting some of the new material I'm recording at home here for feedback!

Good gear Tony, and Welcome ! I think we may have met before, did you used work with Dave Slevin at some stage?

It's interesting that you have top notch mics and the UA mic pre is lovely. If you wanted to increase your quality overall look at improving your A to D, in my humble opinion you'd be surprised how much better all your other tools would sound then.

af_thefragile

^eek... Neumann mics!!
I'ld kill to own one of those... but its just too much for a broke student to ask for!!

I'm currently saving up to get Guitar Rig.
And maybe get the Mbox Micro. It looks pretty cool to have protools on the go without having to carry an audio interface around...
Battery is another software on my shopping list!

bedbugs

Ok, I'll bite...

Some nice gear on these forums. Can't compete! Or Compute!:)

PaQ Q6600 4GB RAM, Cubase 4.1, Reason 4.0, Saffire Pro 26 I/O, Liquid Mix, Novation 61SL, UAD-1, MCU Pro, M-Patch-2, NS-10s, Adam A7s, Melodyne Plugin, Soundforge 9.0, IK Multimedia Total Studio Bundle, SPEAR, Reaper, BFD

Rickenbacker 330, '75 Tele, '74 Jazz, Tak Classical, Taylor 214, Mountain Dulcimer and a Speak and Spell.

Wooden Spoons, Knives, Sharpeners, A Toaster, Pillows, Plastic Bags, Nice Sounding Paper for Ripping all miked up with...

2 x sE3
1 x SM57
1 x M-Audio Sputnik

I write music for moving pictures and I play with some bands.

fitz

PaulBrewer wrote: »

Good gear Tony, and Welcome ! I think we may have met before, did you used work with Dave Slevin at some stage?

It's interesting that you have top notch mics and the UA mic pre is lovely. If you wanted to increase your quality overall look at improving your A to D, in my humble opinion you'd be surprised how much better all your other tools would sound then.

Hey Paul.
Don't think I've worked with Dave, although there's a good chance we've met at some stage. I know the Mackie is the weak link. It's nice, but I'd love to replace it at some stage with an Apogee or something. It's not a huge priority for me at the moment though.

af_thefragile, you'd be surprised how much you can pick up a Neumann for....the TLM cost me €670 on ebay, brand new, with the shockmount.

af_thefragile

fitz wrote: »

af_thefragile, you'd be surprised how much you can pick up a Neumann for....the TLM cost me €670 on ebay, brand new, with the shockmount.

My whole current set up probably costs less than €600! Including my mac...:rolleyes:
Yup, i need to seriously start saving up over this summer!!

But i do think having a good condenser mic would always be a decent investment. The thought itself of the warm sound of an acoustic guitar and vocals recorded though that mic makes me drool...:pac:

PaulBrewer

af_thefragile wrote: »

My whole current set up probably costs less than €600! Including my mac...:rolleyes:
Yup, i need to seriously start saving up over this summer!!

But i do think having a good condenser mic would always be a decent investment. The thought itself of the warm sound of an acoustic guitar and vocals recorded though that mic makes me drool...:pac:

Condenser Mics are the only products that have really 'dropped' in price in the last 5 years if you compare quality against quality. Gawd Bless our Chinese brothers working so hard!

ogy

Just realised ive never filled this out, so here goes:):

i make music of all sorts, from electroacoustic stuff to guitar indie pop type stuff, dependent on whatever mood im in that day.

im currently finishing off a masters in music technology (3 weeks to finish thesis eeek!).

Guitar and keys would be my main instruments, though lately i've been playing a lot of bass. I play in a couple of different bands, covers and original stuff, though im trying to get out of the covers/pubrock/weddings thing, its been a neccesary evil for the last 2 years while in college. Nothing against playing covers that i actually like though:)

Have recorded an EP for a friends band and can't wait to do more of that kinda stuff when im finished college. Also teach music at weekends.

My gear is as follows:
Computer - Dell Inspiron 9300, Intel Centrino 2.13ghz, 2gb ram, 500gb iomega hardrive for audio.

Interface - Presonus Firepod

Monitors - Alesis M1 620s

Headphones - Sennheiser HD25

Midi stuff - M-audio Radium 61 key controller and Korg padKontrol

Keyboards/Synths - Microkorg and a slightly battered but still beautiful Wurlitzer 200A Electric Piano(oh yeh:))

Piano - Yamaha U-2

Guitars - US Strat, Mex Tele, Mex P-Bass (All Fender), Epiphone ES-335 and Martin DX1 acoustic.

Amps - Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb and Marshall JCM900 Stack

Effects Pedals - Ibanez TS808, MXR Distortion+, Boss SD-1 (overdrive), US Big Muff, MXR Dynacomp, MXR Phase 90, Boss DD-6 Delay, Boss TU-2 Tuner

Mics - What else but a trusty sm57 and its trusty friend the trusty sm58:)

Software - Cubase SX3, Max/MSP, Ableton Live 6, Kontakt, Battery, B4, Elektrik Piano, Waves Renaissance Bundle, loads of free plug-ins.

Think thats it!

Shopping list - a decent condenser (or 7:)), hopefully starting with an AKG C414 my mate is flogging if i get the cash together before he sells it. A decent stage keyboard/piano. A better interface (rme ff800 ideally), some nice preamps and other decent outboard gear. So the next €5,000 that randomly appears in a puff of spoke should cover that lot:)

johnnylakes

Mike...
West of Ireland...

I live room, 16 channel multicore
1 'Control Room'
PC
3GB RAM
Quadcore
Nuendo / Cool Edit / Cubase etc
2 x Presonus FP10
Solo Soundtracs 24 Channel Analog Desk
Behringer EQ
akgs / 57s etc
Sony, Mission, Highland monitors
Pioneer / Sony amps
Loads of other little ****....
Fender Twin, Deluxe, Mesa Boogie Mark iv
76 Strat, 79 Strat, 90 Tele, Epiphone Hollow body, Warwick 5 String Bass, GnL Bass, Eastwood Airline 3P DLX, Martin Acoustic, Assorted pedals..
Pearl Masters Custom..

There you have it

PaulBrewer

johnnylakes wrote: »

Mike...
West of Ireland...

I live room, 16 channel multicore
1 'Control Room'
PC
3GB RAM
Quadcore
Nuendo / Cool Edit / Cubase etc
2 x Presonus FP10
Solo Soundtracs 24 Channel Analog Desk
Behringer EQ
akgs / 57s etc
Sony, Mission, Highland monitors
Pioneer / Sony amps
Loads of other little ****....
Fender Twin, Deluxe, Mesa Boogie Mark iv
76 Strat, 79 Strat, 90 Tele, Epiphone Hollow body, Warwick 5 String Bass, GnL Bass, Eastwood Airline 3P DLX, Martin Acoustic, Assorted pedals..
Pearl Masters Custom..

There you have it

Welcome! What are Highland Monitors then? I've not come across them.

johnnylakes

How goes it..
You reputation preceeds you.. I will be in contact re acoustic tiling soon.. Richard Dowling (WAV Mastering) recommended you highly..
The monitors are Highland Audio Oran 4301. Not a 'studio' speaker persay as I can't really afford them right now as I am concentrating on getting my control room right. I just like the sound of them, they seem to be relatively uncoloured and true. Flicking between the different spekers through a Samson C Control..

PaulBrewer

Ah the ole "Reputation" or lack thereof!

If you know Richard's room you know Auralex then. His has been the most bass trapping we've ever installed! ... but that's because he has a big room.

johnnylakes

Indeed, the rep...
Ya Rich mastered some of my first recordings..nice set-up down there,reasonably priced too. Will try the ould carpet in the corners. Got lucky with the live room, sounds nice, have the options with rugs to change the 'sound' of it, but I know I am not hearing a true representation in my control room. Mostly in the low end...as per I hear you think !

PaulBrewer

johnnylakes wrote: »

Indeed, the rep...
Ya Rich mastered some of my first recordings..nice set-up down there,reasonably priced too. Will try the ould carpet in the corners. Got lucky with the live room, sounds nice, have the options with rugs to change the 'sound' of it, but I know I am not hearing a true representation in my control room. Mostly in the low end...as per I hear you think !

If you have R to give you advice you'll be doing ok. He's a good man with a Savage CV!

Experiment with a loose roll , it needs to be taking up a fair bit of space to reach down to those dangerous frequencies.

Best of Luck

johnnylakes

Thanks for all your help Paul...you will be hearing from me soon....

DamagedTrax

hi all,

producer/engineer/label owner here.

have production/engineering credits with damaged trax, stay up forever records, glitch recordings and a few other techno labels.

currently running cubase but recently bought PT7 m-powered.

m-audio fast track pro, mackie hr824, API COMP and 550a eq for tracking. all mixing done ITB with waves platinum and SSL. contemplating sonnox at the moment.

just thought id say hi.

le_tigre

Hey, I'm Niall. I grew up in the US, but returned to Kerry, where I was born, in late 2007.

I make electronic music, which is troublesome, because I don't really listen to that as much as I used to. I returned with my Elektron Machinedrum and Monomachine {the center of my studio}, JoMox Sunsyn, Vermona DRM1-Mk3, Focusrite Compounder, a small A&H mixer and a pair of Adam A7s, but life's been pretty crazy since I came back, and I haven't been of a mind to make very much music.

PaulBrewer

Welcome!

le_tigre

PaulBrewer wrote: »

Welcome!

Thanks!

DECEiFER

Hi, I'm DECEiFER, from outer space (aka Shannon). When I'm visiting planet earth (aka everywhere but Shannon), I like to think of myself as a recording enthusiast. Two things about me that should be known; I don't play an instrument and I don't read music.

I do this for fun, and have never *scammed* anyone into paying me for time spent. I'd prefer to hone my abilities and become a lot better at doing what I do, that is recording people who can play an instrument or three, before trying to make any money out of it. I first tried my hand at it in 2000 when I was in Transition Year at school, but because I'm utterly lazy, I only have slightly more than a handful of recordings (mostly unfinished at that) to my name to this day.

Right now I'm living in Tralee and am going to college to learn a thing or two about a thing or two. Anything in radio, music, and even film (as I discovered not so long ago), is of great interest to me.

I've showcased three songs that I have done in the last year on a thread, located here:
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055357482

So, thanks for reading, you can now wake up. I look forward to posting here!


EDIT: If by music production, you mean solely hands on music making, then I have probably posted in the wrong area. My definition of music production is like a record producer's or a sound engineer's.

Rockshamrover

Hi, I have been on here a while but only came across this section recently.

Time to fess up. I've been into music for years now (I'm nearly as old as old man Brewer) Did the band thing way back in the 1980s would you believe, Got my first recording machine back then, a Tascam 244.

The band broke up and we all went our seperate ways and got married and stuff (does this sound familiar?)

Me and the Bass player still stayed in touch and would jam every now and then. Just over a year ago I decided to begin messing about with recording again so I got Logic Express, which was great. I recently upgraded to logic Pro and love it. Me and my buddy are very happy beavering away attempting to write some songs and record them as best we can.

The film rights to this moving story are not available as it's going straight to DVD.

My Gear

USA Fender Strat
Gibson SG
Aria Pro 11 Bass
Novation Remote 49SL
Apogee Duet (thanks Paul)
IMAC 4GB RAM
AKG C 1000 S Mic
M-Audio BX8A Monitors (I know nothing about monitors)
Sennheiser HD 25-SP 11 Headphones.

Old and all as I am, I am still only getting to grips with the basics of recording but I have picked up an awful lot of tips and good advise (indirectly) from people on this site so thanks a lot and good luck.

Rockshamrover.

PaulBrewer

thesoundstudio wrote: »

Hello,

I am an experienced audio engineer / producer loooking for interesting new acts to work with. I have worked in London for the past 4 years working with some high profile clients, I have just opened a new project studio and would love to hear from acts. I have a portable rig also, so live recording and location also available.

Please do get in touch. Quotes per project, reasonable rates available

thesoundstudio@ireland.com

Best of Luck and Welcome .