[Gary J.]

My studio is pretty simple, I use an iMac with an MBOX mini running Pro Tools LE 8. For my drums I use EZDrummer, I mic the bass and guitar amps with an MXL R144 ribbon mic when I'm playing those parts, for my keys and piano parts I use the software on Pro Tools, and for my vocals it's back to the R144. I use a pair of Sennheiser HD 280 Pro headphones and my stereo system to monitor with.

[BentonC]

Gary J., on 10 January 2012 - 10:10 PM, said:

My studio is pretty simple, I use an iMac with an MBOX mini running Pro Tools LE 8. For my drums I use EZDrummer, I mic the bass and guitar amps with an MXL R144 ribbon mic when I'm playing those parts, for my keys and piano parts I use the software on Pro Tools, and for my vocals it's back to the R144. I use a pair of Sennheiser HD 280 Pro headphones and my stereo system to monitor with.

Nice- what preamp do you use for the ribbon?

[Gary J.]

The preamp is built in to the MBOX mini, it's a gain knob on the front of the interface.

[Warren_Z_]

I keep it simple when I'm rehearsing/practicing.

I mic my Marshall with a 57, through an impedance matching adapter (about $15) , directly into the mic input of my computer's soundcard. I use an old version of Sound Forge to record but any free sound recording software will do.

For multitracking, I use Guitar Rig v4.

I also have an old Roland VS840 that got a lot of use back in the day, now gathering dust.

[david.sg]

Apogee Ensemble interface, Protools 9, iMac, Dynaudio mkII monitors, Glyph hard drive

I mostly use it for songwriting and making scratch tracks. I should probably invest in some good mics...

[BentonC]

david.sg, on 24 January 2012 - 11:55 AM, said:

Apogee Ensemble interface, Protools 9, iMac, Dynaudio mkII monitors, Glyph hard drive

I mostly use it for songwriting and making scratch tracks. I should probably invest in some good mics...

Sounds like a great setup! I love apogee conversion. Nice monitors too.

Have you taken a look at PT10 (I tried it for a bit, and ended up going back to 9...)

[Beat Poet]

Mackie Onyx Blackbird > Macbook Pro > Logic 9. My mics are a mixture of AKG and Shure. Monitors are Tascam VLM3s.

[thouston]

Wow, started this topic back in 2008, and forgot about it..well not forgot, but life's been crazy the past two years.

Since than I got a BOSS BR-800 and I uploaded a series of video tutorials on Youtube BOSS BR-800 overview.

I've also had time to learn more about PC recording using Reaper, SONAR LE and Ableton Live LE.

[RaysEpiphone]

Mac and MOTU mostly for me. I'm just used to it so it's what works best for me.

[thouston]

Well, I finally brought a new On Stage Workstation, as you can see I have my BR-800 and BR-1600 on it. I have my PC/DAW on another desk.

[BentonC]

RaysEpiphone, on 14 February 2012 - 08:09 PM, said:

I'm just used to it so it's what works best for me.

Sage advice. Whatever keeps you up and running is what counts ultimately!

[BentonC]

thouston, on 22 February 2012 - 06:51 AM, said:

Well, I finally brought a new On Stage Workstation, as you can see I have my BR-800 and BR-1600 on it. I have my PC/DAW on another desk.

What interface do you use for your DAW workstation?

[RaysEpiphone]

BentonC, on 22 February 2012 - 11:13 PM, said:

What interface do you use for your DAW workstation?

Looks like he's got a dedicated DAW, the interface, software, etc is all built into the one box. Its a Boss machine.

[Charles Obscure]

Last year my old 20" iMac G5 gave up the ghost (another logic board failure) and rather than fix it again I decided it was to upgrade to a 24" iMac 2.66 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo. Got a good deal on it through Craigslist, and later added the Dell 24" monitor as well.
DAW applications include Garage Band, which I use most frequently because of its ease of use, Logic Express, Reason and Riffworks. Input is primarily provided via USB 2.0 by a Pod HD desktop "bean" which I've found to be very versatile for guitar, bass and mic'ed vocals.
I recently got a Fender G-DEC3 Thirty which I've been having fun with, and when I find a tone that I really like, I can plug that into the DAW via USB. It all works well for what I need it to do, the trick is finding enough free time and inspiration to record stuff!

[RaysEpiphone]

Charles Obscure, on 18 June 2012 - 08:47 AM, said:

Last year my old 20" iMac G5 gave up the ghost (another logic board failure) and rather than fix it again I decided it was to upgrade to a 24" iMac 2.66 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo. Got a good deal on it through Craigslist, and later added the Dell 24" monitor as well.
DAW applications include Garage Band, which I use most frequently because of its ease of use, Logic Express, Reason and Riffworks. Input is primarily provided via USB 2.0 by a Pod HD desktop "bean" which I've found to be very versatile for guitar, bass and mic'ed vocals.
I recently got a Fender G-DEC3 Thirty which I've been having fun with, and when I find a tone that I really like, I can plug that into the DAW via USB. It all works well for what I need it to do, the trick is finding enough free time and inspiration to record stuff!

Cool looking set-up and room Charles, I got a great deal on a Quicksilver G4 in 2004 through a web based used Mac place, forget the name of the site but it sure feels great when you find a good deal on cool gear.

[Charles Obscure]

RaysEpiphone, on 18 June 2012 - 03:35 PM, said:

Cool looking set-up and room Charles, I got a great deal on a Quicksilver G4 in 2004 through a web based used Mac place, forget the name of the site but it sure feels great when you find a good deal on cool gear.

Sure does! I usually can upgrade and repair these myself as long as the parts are available. But at some point I had to make the jump from Power PC to an Intel processor, since many companies stop supporting older versions of their software. Definitely makes the DAW apps run more efficiently.

[RaysEpiphone]

Charles Obscure, on 19 June 2012 - 08:55 AM, said:

Sure does! I usually can upgrade and repair these myself as long as the parts are available. But at some point I had to make the jump from Power PC to an Intel processor, since many companies stop supporting older versions of their software. Definitely makes the DAW apps run more efficiently.

I'm in the same boat with you man, there is room to up-grade my current Mac Pro's hardware (and the G4's I own) but it makes better since to just get it re-done all the way or a new CPU (tower) altogether. I need to bring my OS to Snow Leopard at least to be up with what the web has going on, I'm to poor right now so I'll make dew with the highest form of Tiger.

[10K-DB]

Tascam 2488 24 trk neo,,Tascam CD-RW900SL Cd burner,,Tascam 424MK2 for analog stuff,,Digitech RP 10 effects processor,and a few "other" things.

[RaysEpiphone]

Scooter126, on 22 June 2012 - 03:09 PM, said:

Tascam 2488 24 trk neo,,Tascam CD-RW900SL Cd burner,,Tascam 424MK2 for analog stuff,,Digitech RP 10 effects processor,and a few "other" things.

Tascam makes great stuff man, I've got an old 788 machine that is so out-dated but it makes great sounding recording's! It needs to be fixed as I messed up the hard-drive buy not turning it off the right way, it is a picky box but still it would be very worth it to have it fixed as for a portable device it's real nice.

[mario12775]

My recording setup! click here!
Our first musicvideo click here!