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Nov 03 2017

My Studio Gear and How I Use Everything

Monitors:

M-Audio BX8s and an M-Audio SBX10 Subwoofer – I’ve had these monitors since 2011, so I really feel confident with what I’m hearing through them. Although I reference through different mediums when mixing, the BX8s really provide a flat frequency response that is true to the source material.

Analog Synthesizers:

Analogue Solutions Telemark – The Telemark was my first step into analog synthesis and a big one at that. It was a lot to wrap my head around at first, but I’m slowly starting to tame it as time goes on. My hope is to eventually build a eurorack system that I can incorporate the Telemark into.

Analogue Solutions Europa Sequencer – Purchased the Europa alongside the Telemark to run external tempo clock to the Telemark.

Moog Voyager Electric Blue – Hands down my favorite piece of gear so far. While monophonic, the Voyager proves to be very versatile in its sound design capability. I tend to use it for bass sounds, but you can get really creative with your routing to come up with great leads or wild sound effects.

Midi Controllers:

Ableton Push – My main midi controller. Seamless connectivity with Ableton Live allows for lots of inspiration when working on music.

Novation Launchkey 25 – Standard USB midi keyboard

 

Audio Interfaces:

Universal Audio Apollo Twin – Two mic/line preamps, two line outputs, Hi-Z input and headphone output and real-time UAD plugin processing, perfect for a mobile set up.

Universal Audio Apollo 16 Mkii – 16 channel interface with A/D conversion and real-time UAD plugin processing

Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 (2)

Preamp:

Audient asp880 – Using the same preamps as the ASP8024 that I worked on through college, I knew what to expect when purchasing this preamp. The variable impedance switches are a great feature and provide a high level of versatility. I typically have my drums running through this preamp, but will free up a channel to run a vocalist without hesitation. I hope to soon expand my tracking capabilities with a second asp880 to utilize all 16 channels of my Apollo 16.

 

Amp:

Kemper Profiler Rackmount Amp Head

 

Headphone Distribution System:

Behringer Powerplay HA8000 – 8 channel headphone amp, great for allowing band members to hear themselves while recording

Microphones:

Yeti Blue – Used as a talkback mic due to its handy mute button

Rode NT1A – Extremely quiet large diaphragm condenser, main vocal mic

Sennheiser e835 – Versatile dynamic mic, usually on snare top

Shure SM57 – Another very versatile mic. Currently on my hihat, but also typically used to mic a guitar cab

Shure PGA52 – dynamic kick drum mic

Shure PGA56 (3) – toms

Shure PGA57 – snare bottom

Shure PGA81 (2) – overhead mics

Instruments:

Pearl 5 piece drum kit

Schecter Stiletto Custom-5

Ibanez RG

Fender American Professional Telecaster

Fender CD-60S Acoustic

Acoustics:

Auralex ProPanels

Auralex StudioFoam

Auralex MudGuard Vocal Shield

Auralex ProPads

Other:

Livewire 16ch Rack – 16 channels running from the live room through the wall into the control room to the asp880

Radial Pro D2 – 2 channel instrument passive DI box

Tune bot Studio – Drum tuber that allows you to match lug pitches, tune to notes and save your tunings

UAD-2 Octo Satellite – Accelerator that allows you to run more UAD plugins in larger mixes

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Written by Rafael San Inocencio · Categorized: Blog

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