Room & Equipment

Room & Equipment

The Room

I have sold my home and studio in Pomfret and downsized. I can still record, and have a small recording space set up. For ensemble recordings, I use my living room, which sounds very good. It's a LEDE-certified home with 12"-thick walls, so has excellent sound transmission reduction. 

The Gear

Computers:
Hex Core AMD (6x3.2GHz) with FrontierDesign Dakota card
Internal BluRay burner

Speakers: 
Nearfield Mains: Yamaha MSP5

Console & Mic Pre: 
Console: Behringer X18 Air

Microphones: 
Rode NT1
AKG 414B ULS (matched pair)
Sennheiser ME66 shotgun
Fostex M20RP (MS Stereo ribbon)
EV N/D257
Shure SM57 & 58
Blue En.Core 100

MIDI gear: 
Casio CZ-1
Oberheim OB-3 Hammond module
Yamaha P1000

Software:
Cubase 6
Vegas Video Pro 16
DVD Architect 6
Finale 12
Sibelius 8.5

Linear Recorders:
Fostex FR-2LE

Other Outboard Gear: 
Art TubeMP Mic pre

RNC compressor

Piano: 
1989 Yamaha C3 6-foot Conservatory Grand
with full sostenuto
Completely rebuilt, sounds amazing, a joy to play