What equipment do you use?

[crystallions]

iMac G5 synced with a Mac Pro quad (I keep the sound libraries on the Mac Pro)Two screens - 16 & 19 inchesPresonus Firestudio828 mk3a couple of speakers (not sure what they are...)QSRM3RK2000RK1000 PXK2500X (this is a fullsize keyboard and serves as my midi controller)GPO (Garritan Personal Orchestra)JABB (Garritan Jazz and Big Band)EWQLSO Platinum XP (as well as the play version - have not installed it yet though)Stylus RMX + the extension packsI would like to learn how to tweak the sounds in the QSR, M3R, K2000R and K1000 PX. If anyone knows where to find manuals online for any of these let me know...Digital Performer 5.13 (for film scoring)Sibelius 4 (for notation work)I have a couple of microphones which are leftovers from when my husband ran a recording studio. Not sure what they are and he isn't here right now so I can't ask him... Once in a while I us my viola, violin or piano in my recordings - but not very often.I think that's it. ~ LydiaEDIT - I forgot some things... Kontakt 2 & 3Symphonic ChoirsBehringer BCF2000And I thought I'd add that EZ Drummer and Omnisphere are pretty high on my wish list.

[rld]

http://k1000.net/manuals.htm1 down...3 to go.

[jonathanm]

Feb 12, 2009, 10:09am, orest wrote:How is Sonar working, is it an easy to use program? The thing I like about Logic is the capability to mix surround sound, and add movies.Yes, Sonar is really nice, full featured, etc. It does the surround, movies, etc. Very easy to use. I think most computer-based DAWs are pretty much getting to the same level of capability. I really enjoy the bundled plug-ins that come with Sonar. In addition to the standard set of reverbs, eqs, compressors (multiband too), it has amp simulators (GR and Amplitube, light versions), pitch correction (which I never use, I swear ), some really nice mastering tools (that I've not yet mastered), and some incredible virtual instruments.

[timbehrens]

Hi Lydia,I just love that you play the viola. It's such a beautiful instrument. I keep telling myself I'm going to learn to play violin. I have one that I inherited, but the bridge needs some work and I'm certain that it would take some time to move past the 'every note I play sounds like the last breaths of a dying animal' phase. I have a saxophone that I used to play religiously, but that sounds about the same now (ie also a dying animal). That is one beauty of the sample libraries and VSTs... everything is in tune, articulated, and ready to go. The other is that, when you can take the mic out of a situation, it doesn't matter where you are putting your music together. Every time I record a guitar right now, I have to turn the heat down so that the blowing air vents don't end up being a major part of my track. I'm starting to think I should have put the thermostat on my equipment list.

[crystallions]

Feb 12, 2009, 11:20am, rld wrote:http://k1000.net/manuals.htm1 down...3 to go. RLD - You have earned a spot on my "Hero List" and that is not easy!!! Thank you!

[rld]

QSRhttp://www.alesis.com/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/1493/tt/5

[rld]

M3Rhttp://www.pdf-search-engine.com/korg-m3r-pdf.html

[ibanez468]

At the Music Workstation Desk:Sweetwater Creation Station Core 2 duo Tower Plus w/WD 500 GB ext hard driveMOTU 8pre FireWire InterfaceMOTU Micro Lite Midi InterfaceYamaha MW10 USB 10-Channel Mixer (don’t use much)AlphaTrack Frontier Design Control Surface w/Fader. (learning how to use)Oxygen 8 v2 MIDI ControllerLogitech Surround Sound Speaker SystemAt the Module Rack:Mackie CR1604VLZ 16-Channel MixerAlesis HD24 Adat 24-Channel Digital RecorderKorg Triton RackRoland VP-9000 Variphrase ProcessorBehringer EuroRack Pro 16-Channel Line MixerMuse Receptor Komplete w/Mouse & MonitorART TPS II Tube Pre-Amp SystemDBX 166A Compressor/LimiterBBE 462 Sonic MaximizerBehringer Parametric Tube EQBehringer Edison Stereo Image ProcessorPSolo True Systems Mic Pre-AmpSoftware:First Call Horns, EZ Drummer, Drumkit From Hell, Reason 4, BFD (very 1st version) Cinescore, Recycle, Melodyne 3 Studio, T-Racks 24 Mastering, Atmosphere, Trilogy, Stylus RMX, Addictive Drums, Kontakt 3, Colossus, Goliath, EWQL Gold, Silver, and PLAY versions, Korg Legacy Cell, Sonar 7 PE, Acid 6, Sony Sound Effects Library 1-10, Real Guitar 2L, Real Strat, probably some other stuff I’m forgetting, plug-ins ,etc… Other Miscellaneous Equip:Tascam 2488 24-Track Standalone Digital RecorderKorg D16 16-Track Standalone Digital RecorderTannoy SBM Studio MonitorsM-Audio Reference SpeakersYamaha NS-6490 SpeakersKorg 01WFD Music WorkstationRoland XV-2020 Sound ModuleEdirol Audio Capture USB InterfaceBoss GT-6 Effects PedalShure SM48, SM57, and BG 1.1 MicsAKG C 2000 B, C 1000 S, Behringer B-1 Condenser, CAD SA-2000, Audio Technica PR315CToo many guitars & basses & other stuff to list.OK…I’m a gear junkie. SO!

[rld]

K2000http://www.kurzweilmusicsystems.com/Product.ph ... t=148Click Downloads.

[mojobone]

Gateway P4 dual-core running Tracktion 3, Reaper and Gigastudio, Yamaha DM-01 powered cubes for TV production, Sansui Quad receiver driving early 80s Infiniti monitors, a variety of playback gear for sampling, including phono, MiniDisc, cassette, 8-track, CD and DVD, Maestro Grand, Garritan Steinway, GigaPiano, YellowTools Independence Free, GPO TK and DrumcoreTK, Korg X5 (still a workhorse) Emu Proteus VX, thousands of MIDI drum loops driving Larry Seyer drums, Alesis Midiverb 4, Roland D5 (only used as a controller, these days and sometimes for the arpeggiator) Kawai GMega, Yamaha DX 100 (my first synth) Digitech RP2000, Line6 POD X3 Live, 1954 Hammond B-2, Samick 4 string bass, Samick Artist semihollow guitar, Line6 Variax w/ Workbench software, Washburn D-28s acoustic w/ Baggs Double Barrel P/U system, DeArmond Starfire Special, 80s Fernandes stat copy, Warmoth Baritone Strat copy (on loan) misc guitar stompboxes, misc Shure and Audio Technica dynamic mics, Audix OM-5, MXL V57M condenser w/ hi-tech saliva control mechanism, (tube sock) many harmonicas, lots of percussion toys, slides, tin whistles, kazoos and two MegaMouth Warp'rs.