Here are some photos of my home studio setup. The equipment is always evolving, as I buy & sell gear all the time. I originally built my setup around ADAT recorders, but I've been recording to hard disc for many years now. Hardware is always changing, but the current setup includes:
- Dynaudio Acoustics BM6A monitors
- Apogee Rosetta 800 AD/DA Converter
- RME HDSP 9652 I/O Card
- Intel Pentium D 830 (3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB), 1GB RAM
- Dual HP 19" Flat Screen monitors
- Universal Audio UAD-1 process card
- LaCie d2 Big Disk 400GB external hard drive
- Microphones:
- Royer R121 Ribbon Mic
- Shure SM57
- Sennheiser MD421-II
- Audix D6 Kick Drum Mic
- Heil Sound PR20
- Avant Electronics CV-12 Tube Mic
- Avant CK-1 Small Capsule FET Mic (pair)
- Monster Power HTS-3500 Power Conditioner
- Frontier Designs TranzPort controller
- Tascam FireOne for mobile recording
- Headphones by Ultrasone and Equation Audio
- plenty of guitar amps, and even more guitars
For software, I use the following:
- Cubase 5
- UAD Neve, Helix, and UA plug-ins
- Waves Plug-ins
- Sonic Foundry CD Architect, Sound Forge, ACID
- Sonalksys EQ and Compressor plug-ins
- Virtual Studio Systems Lyricist 3.0
- IK Multimedia AmpliTube guitar amp modeler
- Plenty of VST and DirectX Plug-Ins
For some examples of my digital audio production work for corporate applications, you can Download a Sample File here (in MP3 format)
All of the songs on Ten Story Love's CD were recorded and mixed at Brad's home studio. Visit the TSL website to hear excerpts of the music.
