Studio Inventory...

THE STUDIO NOW...
Updated 18th November 2006

Inta-Audio SOS Workstation
Running Cubase SX3 - and verious plugs ins...
This is the heart of my studio, I have always used Cubase for sequencing mainly midi, but with computer audio becoming so powerful I had to move on and I now use a lot of audio. I use soft synths a lot with my external midi kit but the main use for audio for me is effects and mastering. I even record all my midi tracks but into the computer for EQ/FX.

Mackie Onyx 400f - Firewire Soundcard - This has amazing preamps and the sound is amazing!

Mackie control - After having my 01X i couldnt be would out a control surface and this is the ultimate control surface!

Korg Triton LE
A great synth, It has a lot of sounds covering most genres of music, I use this as my controller keyboard and couldn't be without it.

Novation KS5
A new addition to the studio, in the first day I did two tunes with it, It has a load of really dirty synth sounds perfect for dance music, unlike the Triton it is based around making your own sounds. I was surprised how easy it was to use for a synth, I can see a load more tracks being made with this.

Roland JV2080 (with Bass and drums Board
I have had this baby for nearly 7 years! I only use it for the bass and drums board because the sounds are so real and warm. You'll find that 99% of my funkier tunes are bass lines from the JV2080. There are tons of other sounds on here too but I never seem to get round to using them. I can never see me getting rid of this.

HHB Circle 5 studio monitors with Samson 260 servo amp
An absolutely great set of monitors with an overpowered amp for solid sound quality. The best monitors I have heard.

Korg Electribe ER-1 drum machine
A great little drum machine, I used to use this in every hard house production I did before, but seemed to stop using it in my funkier productions. It's a great drum machine and you can make your own drums sounds, but for some reason I hardly touch it now.

Korg Electribe EA-1 Synth
Some of the sounds on here are awesome, but for the same reason as the ER-1 I haven't used it for a while. It's one of those things I never get round to! I would probably say this is one of the dirtiest synths I have heard.

Emu Orbit V2
I hardly ever use this anymore, I borrowed it from Dave @ Inta-audio ages ago. I mainly used it for the percussion sounds. I guess this will be heading back to Dave's house now. Thanks Dave.

Zoom 1204 FX Unit
Before the days or Cubase SX, the Yamaha O1X and O1V I used to use these effects processors. I found nothing wrong with them at all and they did there job very well. They are not needed now, same.

Yamaha REX 50 FX unit
I borrowed these off a friend about 10 years ago but he left the company I was working for. Tim, if your reading this it's here waiting for ya!

EQUIPMENT I HAVE HAD IN THE PAST..

Yamaha O1X Digital Mixing Desk / Soundcard / Control Surface...

Spirit by soundcraft studio 16ch mixing desk
A massive analogue desk, I used to love just looking at this. The warm sound it created is sadly missed.

Yamaha RM1X synth
Not a bad synth, it just didn't work out.

Midiman 8x8 midisport interface
With all the midi equipment I had I needed this 8in 8out midi interface and it performed flawlessly for years. The O1X has 2 midi ports so I didn't need it anymore.

Yamaha O1V Digital mixing desk
I loved this desk, but after seeing the O1X I had to have it, the O1X takes everything from the O1V and adds so much more.

Korg M1 Synth
A splendid synth with nice keys, and with the famous piano sound.

Roland W30 Synth
The synth/sampler that the Prodigy used to use, but to tell you the truth I just didn't get on with it!

Technics PX9 full size electric piano
This beast dominated my studio for a while, I used it as my main controller and it was great to use fully weighted keys. I had to sell it because I needed the room!

Numark CDN34 CD mixing decks with Vestax PMC25 mixer
I sold these when I was desperate for money, what a croc!

Evolution MK149 midi controller keyboard
Controllers have moved on so much from this little thing, but it was great at the time.

Spirit Absolute 2's Monitors

Alesis 3630 Compressor

KAM KCD990 CD mixing decks

EMU ESI4000 Turbo sampler, upgraded memory, 250mb zip drive, internal pc scsi cdrom drive, 10 Emu cds roms

Studio Pics

Pics of the studio

Early 06

Tweaking the cut off...

Top: Novation KS5, Bottom Korg Triton

The studio when I had the Yamaha O1V

A very early shot of my studio when it was analogue - 16ch Spirit Desk, Roland W30, Absolute 2's

Same as pics above but with my old Technics PX9 full size electric piano.