{"id":131,"date":"2006-10-25T15:08:16","date_gmt":"2006-10-25T20:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thegatesofdawn.ca\/wordpress\/music\/studio\/"},"modified":"2021-04-12T23:18:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T04:18:58","slug":"studio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thegatesofdawn.ca\/wordpress\/music\/studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a small-but-growing project studio in my basement.\u00a0 It&#8217;s fully digital, based on <a title=\"Steinberg's site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.steinberg.de\">Steinberg<\/a> <a title=\"Cubase SX3 site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.steinberg.de\/35+M52087573ab0.html\">Cubase SX3<\/a>.\u00a0 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).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s mostly used to record <a title=\"Jam sessions\" href=\"\/wordpress\/music\/tunes\/\">jam sessions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Recording gear:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"MOTO site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.motu.com\/\">MOTU<\/a> <a title=\"896HD page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.motu.com\/products\/motuaudio\/896\/\">896HD<\/a> Firewire audio interface.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mackie Control Universal page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mackie.com\/products\/mcu\/index.html\">Mackie Control Universal<\/a> control surface.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Presonus site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presonus.com\/\">Presonus<\/a> <a title=\"Central Station page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presonus.com\/centralstation.html\">Central Station<\/a> studio interface (see my <a title=\"Central Station comments\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thegatesofdawn.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?p=22\">comments<\/a> about it.)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Behringer site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.behringer.com\/\">Behringer<\/a> <a title=\"Ultragain Pro-8 page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.behringer.com\/ADA8000\/index.cfm?lang=ENG\">Ultragain Pro-8<\/a> preamp with ADAT in\/out.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Behringer site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.behringer.com\/\">Behringer<\/a> <a title=\"TRUTH B2031 page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.behringer.com\/B2031\/index.cfm?lang=ENG\">TRUTH B2031<\/a> active studio monitors.<\/li>\n<li>Alto HPA6 6-channel headphone amp.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Behringer site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.behringer.com\/\">Behringer<\/a> <a title=\"ULTRAPATCH PRO PX2000 page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.behringer.com\/PX2000\/index.cfm?lang=ENG\">ULTRAPATCH PRO PX2000<\/a> patchbay.<\/li>\n<li>Behringer <a title=\"ULTRAPATCH PRO PX3000 page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.behringer.com\/PX3000\/index.cfm?lang=ENG\">ULTRAPATCH PRO PX3000<\/a> balanced patchbay.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"ART site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artproaudio.com\/\">ART<\/a> <a title=\"SLA1 page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artproaudio.com\/products_main.asp?cat=8&#038;id=56&#038;type=85&#038;show=\">SLA1<\/a> power amplifier.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Paradigm website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.paradigm.com\/\">Paradigm<\/a> Titan bookshelf speakers.<\/li>\n<li>Numerous SM-57 microphones.<\/li>\n<li>PG-58 microphone.<\/li>\n<li>PG-81 microphone (cheapo version of the SM-81).<\/li>\n<li>Radio Shack PZM microphone (placed on the floor under the snare drum).<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Apex 460 page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apexelectronics.com\/index.php?tmp=4&#038;id=74\">Apex 460<\/a> large-diaphagm condensor tube mike.<\/li>\n<li>Dell PowerEdge 550SC server, <a title=\"Dell 500SC case transplant\" href=\"\/wordpress\/music\/dell_500sc_transplant\/\">transplanted<\/a> into an <a title=\"Antec site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antec.com\/\">Antec<\/a> <a title=\"Antec Sonata page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antec.com\/us\/productDetails.php?ProdID=15138\">Sonata<\/a> quiet case.<\/li>\n<li>1 GB of RAM, four 100GB hard-drives in a RAID configuration.<\/li>\n<li>Matrox G200 MMS dual VGA card.<\/li>\n<li>Pair of 17&#8243; LCD displays.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instruments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ampeg V4-B bass amp.<\/li>\n<li>Mesa Boogie guitar amp.<\/li>\n<li>A drum set.<\/li>\n<li>A pretty decent Fender Precision Bass knockoff.<\/li>\n<li>A Fender Strat copy my brother made.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"M-Audio site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.m-audio.com\/\">M-Audio<\/a> <a title=\"Keystation Pro 88 page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.m-audio.com\/products\/en_us\/KeystationPro88-main.html\">Keystation Pro 88<\/a> weighted MIDI controller.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Software:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows XP Professional<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Steinberg site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.steinberg.de\/\">Steinberg<\/a> <a title=\"Cubase SX3 page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.steinberg.de\/35+M52087573ab0.html\">Cubase SX3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Steinberg site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.steinberg.de\/\">Steinberg<\/a> <a title=\"Studio Case page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.steinberg.de\/32_1.html\">Studio Case<\/a>, including<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cubase SE<\/li>\n<li>Halion SE<\/li>\n<li>Groove Agent SE<\/li>\n<li>The Grand SE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a title=\"Native Instruments site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nativeinstruments.de\">Native Instruments<\/a> <a title=\"Pro-53 page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nativeinstruments.de\/index.php?pro53_us\">Pro-53<\/a> soft-synth<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Native Instruments site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nativeinstruments.de\">Native Instruments<\/a> <a title=\"B4 page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nativeinstruments.de\/index.php?id=b4ii_us\">B4<\/a> Hammond emulator<\/li>\n<p>I created a MS Word template that can be used to create <a title=\"PX3000 patchbay labels template\" href=\"\/wordpress\/music\/px3000_labels\/\">labels for the PX3000<\/a> patch bay.<\/p>\n<p>Wish list (any of these would make a great birthday gift&#8230;):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One or two eight-channel extenders for the <a title=\"Mackie Control Universal page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mackie.com\/products\/mcu\/index.html\">Mackie Control Universal<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Custom-made mixing desk.<\/li>\n<li>Separate control room and studio.<\/li>\n<li>Drum booth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a small-but-growing project studio in my basement.\u00a0 It&#8217;s fully digital, based on Steinberg Cubase SX3.\u00a0 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&#8217;s mostly used to record jam sessions. 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