My
humble recording Studio consists of a custom built DAW, (Digital
Audio Workstation)built using an Intel C2D E6600 Conroe Processor.
It has 2GB of Corsair RAM, and an ASUS P5 Motherboard. I use a Radeon
Graphics card, and for audio I use a
Terratec DMX6 Fire Soundcard, along with
EGO SYS nEAR 05 Bi-amped monitors. There are 2 x SATA Western
Digital 80GB 16MB cache Hard Drives in the system. Along with a
further Western Digital 250GB 16MB cache SATA Hard Drive for my sample collection. My
Son owns
GD Computer Solutions, and he built the Computer I now
use. The computer is housed in an
Antec P182 case. A modular and near silent case that is idea for
the home studio. My setup has also had many tweaks to aid performance. Most of
which came from
Musicxp.net, a great site for info if you are setting up a PC
for audio use.
All my recording is carried out in either
REAPER, or in
Cool Edit Pro 2 (Now re-named
Adobe Audition). All Audio is recorded via a
tfprop3, this little unit, a three in one ( Compressor, EQ, Mic
preamp with 48v supply) must be the bargain of the Century. For FX I
often turn to the
Kjaerhus classic series of plugins. A great set of plugins and
FREE !
For working with any MIDI instruments, I use an
Edirol
PCR50 keyboard controller together with various VSTi to produce
my sounds. This is a fantastic portable unit that gives great
control over many aspects of the creative process. It can be used
via MIDI or USB connections. It has standard sized velocity
sensitive keys together with plenty of knobs, buttons and sliders
for controlling software, and so is ideal for my needs.