I have a small-but-growing project studio in my basement. It’s fully digital, based on Steinberg Cubase SX3. I have 16 channels of analog input and output at 44.1kHz sample rate, or 8 channels at sample rates up to 196kHz (never tried that yet).
It’s mostly used to record jam sessions.
Recording gear:
- MOTU 896HD Firewire audio interface.
- Mackie Control Universal control surface.
- Presonus Central Station studio interface (see my comments about it.)
- Behringer Ultragain Pro-8 preamp with ADAT in/out.
- Behringer TRUTH B2031 active studio monitors.
- Alto HPA6 6-channel headphone amp.
- Behringer ULTRAPATCH PRO PX2000 patchbay.
- Behringer ULTRAPATCH PRO PX3000 balanced patchbay.
- ART SLA1 power amplifier.
- Paradigm Titan bookshelf speakers.
- Numerous SM-57 microphones.
- PG-58 microphone.
- PG-81 microphone (cheapo version of the SM-81).
- Radio Shack PZM microphone (placed on the floor under the snare drum).
- Apex 460 large-diaphagm condensor tube mike.
- Dell PowerEdge 550SC server, transplanted into an Antec Sonata quiet case.
- 1 GB of RAM, four 100GB hard-drives in a RAID configuration.
- Matrox G200 MMS dual VGA card.
- Pair of 17″ LCD displays.
Instruments:
- Ampeg V4-B bass amp.
- Mesa Boogie guitar amp.
- A drum set.
- A pretty decent Fender Precision Bass knockoff.
- A Fender Strat copy my brother made.
- M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 weighted MIDI controller.
Software:
- Windows XP Professional
- Steinberg Cubase SX3
- Steinberg Studio Case, including
- Cubase SE
- Halion SE
- Groove Agent SE
- The Grand SE
I created a MS Word template that can be used to create labels for the PX3000 patch bay.
Wish list (any of these would make a great birthday gift…):
- One or two eight-channel extenders for the Mackie Control Universal.
- Custom-made mixing desk.
- Separate control room and studio.
- Drum booth
4 responses to “Project Studio”
How about some pictures of your studio!!!
I lean more towards the hardware side of things, e.g. classic 80s and 90s modules, rather than VSTs and soft synths. To date, I’ve had problems with latency issues, and never had the patience to resolve them 😉 Also agree with Jones … some pics would be interesting.
Which Mesa amp are you using?
Hello, sounds Like you have a desent project Studio going there. I was wondering if I may ask a Favor, I just Bought a Behringer PX3000 patchbay. and I could use some help wireing it.
My Gear
MACKIE SR32-4 Mixer
M-Audio Fast Track Ultra 8R , Interface
BehringerPX3000 patchbay
Digitech RP150 effect unit for my Guitars
Voice Box , Harmonizer
2 PreSonus Studio Channels , PreAmps
Art Pro Channel PreAmp
ALesis 3230 Compressor
PreSonus Comp16 , Compressor
biamp Professional 140 Reverb unit
HP4 HeadPhone Amp
Behringer Pro 2 channel PreAmp
maybe more can’t remember right now. I’am not home at the moment
my goal is to set up my patchbay to have easy excess to record and to have some of my outboard gear to mix in the Box. I have a vocal booth and I’d like to have 1 or 2 inputs in there for vocals. I bought a Stage Snake, with a Box at one end with 12 inputs and 4 outputs , it has XLR plugs at the other end. sure hope you can help, I’ve had cables all over for a week now.