My physical studio space tends to change around depending on needs – it is scalable and modular, so depending on what the project is and requirements for sound, it morphs by design. Different projects mean I can produce bands, artists, albums and singles in the studio. Or if I only need a basic setup while I am working on audio programming or coding and working remotely it saves maintaining a high-end recording studio. I enjoy it that way – it means more time for music and ergonomic flexibility depending on needs of the situation and people involved.
I have access to professional sounds studios in Wellington where I have collaborated with many artists and worked with the owners/ sound engineers to produce high-end post production audio – for example: Park Road Post, The Armoury, The Surgery. If the requirement is to go one step further and if there is project budget and also delivery requirements, then access to this level of production is achievable.
Here are some highlight photos from over the years and a gear list below.
Studio Gear & Instruments
DAW (Digital Audio Workstations)
Logic Pro, Reaper, Ableton Live, Cubase, Protools
Main Studio Gear
Custom built Windows PC
Intel Core i7 (16 cores) 32gb ram, 12gb RTX GPU
Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 (3rd Gen)
RME Fireface 800 (optical I/O expander)
Other
iMac Mid 2010 upgraded and modded running Linux for interesting experiments, audio code testing, programming.
Monitoring
Custom Modded Truth B2031A’s
400w Earthquake Sub Woofer.
Control Surface
Akai APC40 mk2
Studio Components
Modded Tube Mic Preamplifier
Modded Rodes NT2 Condenser Microphone
Zoom H5 Studio
ART Multiverb Alpha 2.0 (Early 90s Multi Effects)
Digitech GSP 21 (Late 80s Guitar Processor)
Digitech Studio Twin (Mid 90s Multi Effects)
Hardware, EQ, Compression, Sonic Enhancers
Instruments
Fender Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Fender Bass
Fender Rumble 150 Bass Amp
Guitar Effects Pedals & Amps (Various)
Ensoniq SQ1
Roland Juno 106
Roland Juno Di
Roland MC-505
Novation SL Mk1
Muse Receptor 2
Line6 Pod Go, Pod HD500
Interesting Things
Tascam 4 track tape machine
A large collection of random noise making objects which I will go into further once I get around to going into it further.