Obligation

More attention is often given to the brand of compressor or the dollar value of a plug-in collection than the abilities of the person operating them. "I just drained all my savings on these Waves plugins 'cause they'll make me sound like [insert famous producer here]."

I find gear lists a bit of a bore, really - and the thing I remember most vividly about any studio I've been in (as Rick O'Neil reminded me in one of his insightful Audio Technology Magazine articles) is how comfy the couch was. I've sat on some very nice couches and often paid no attention to what converters were in the rack.

Don't get me wrong - I like to look at, talk about, buy and enjoy exploring all the things with lights and sliders and knobs and switches - I just know that from where you're likely sitting the following three columns aren't much fun. Anyway. Here goes; a selective list of stuff I use...

Rekording Maschines

Out of The Box:
Digidesign 003 Rack
Dbx 166A Compressor
Mind Print Envoice Preamp
Roland vs1680

Inside of The Box:
Avid Pro Tools 9
Fxpansion BFD 2
Waves Native Power Pack
IK Multimedia T Racks
Bombfactory Moogerfooger Plugins

Microphones

Rode NT1
Shure Beta 87a
Shure SM58

Bass & Amplifications & Guitars

Ibanez BTB 676 6-string bass
Aria Pro II 5-string bass
Samick Artist Series 4-string bass
Epiphone LP-100 electric guitar
Yamaha electric guitar
Fender Lap Steel guitar
Line-6 Spider 2 guitar amp

Synthesizers

Korg TR88
Emu Orbit
Alesis Micron
Hohner Pianet T
Alesis QS6
Korg X5
Korg M1
Korg Poly 61
Kawai K50000w
Roland MC-303
Hammond Aurora (w/Leslie)
Estey Pump Organ

Couch

Kramfors 2.5 seater in black leather