Studio Setup
🖥️ Machine
- Windows 10 Pro 64bit
- AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
- 32 gb ram
- (2) 24" 144 Hz LED monitors
- (1) 1 tb 970 EVO for OS
- (1) 1 tb 970 EVO for samples
- (1) 512 gb SSD for EWQL libraries
- RX 480 gpu
- 2 tb external storage, backed up remotely
🎙️ Equipment
- (2) Yamaha HS80M monitors
- Audio-Technica ATH-M50x headphones
- M-Audio Oxygen 49 midi keyboard
- Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 interface
- Rode NT-USB mic (for vocals)
- Behringer B1 mic (general purpose)
- Audio-Technica AT2020 mic (general purpose)
- Sennheiser e906 mic (for guitars)
- Zoom H2 handheld recorder (for portable foley)
🎸 Instruments
- Acoustic Drum Set - double pedal kick, snare, hats, (3) toms, (2) crash, ride, china, splash, roto-toms
- Yamaha DGX-640 piano, melodica
- Tin whistle, wood flutes
- Bongos, shakers, log drum, vibraslap
- ... and various other auxiliary percussion and trinkets
🤖 Software
- Imageline FL Studio Producer Edition
- MuseScore for notation
- Audacity, Wavosaur, various other utilities
- Custom audio batch processing scripts
- ... and various other utilities
🔌 Plugins
- NI Komplete 12 (Massive, Massive X, FM8, Absynth, Reaktor, Guitar Rig, etc.)
- Spectrasonics Omnisphere
- u-He Zebra 2
- reFX Nexus, Vanguard
- LennarDigital Sylenth1
- Camel Audio Alchemy, CamelPhat
- Cakewalk Z3ta
- QuikQuak Glass Viper
- Audio Modeling SWAM Saxophones
- Sonic Charge Synplant
- IK Multimedia Modo Bass
- GForce impOSCar2
- Ample Sounds stuff
- Korg Legacy Collection
- Emagic Vintage Piano 73, Crystal Soft Synth, AudioRealism Bass Line 2, and other freebies
- ... and various other plugins
📚 Sample Libraries
- NI Komplete 12 (Factory Library, Battery, etc.)
- EWQL Hollywood Strings, Hollywood Brass, Hollywood Choirs, RA, Ministry of Rock, Storm Drum 2, Pianos, Symphonic Orchestra, Symphonic Choirs
- Spitfire Albion One, Albion, Chamber Strings, Sable Strings, Percussion, Labs, Hg2O
- Audiobro LA Scoring Strings
- Fluffy Audio Dominus Choir Pro
- Cinesamples CineBrass Pro, Piano in Blue, CineHarp
- Sample Modeling Trumpet, Trombone, Horn, Tuba
- VSL SE Woodwinds, SE Percussion
- Impact Soundworks Shreddage 1/2/3, Pearl, Juggernaut, Bravura, Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion, Vocalisa
- ProjectSAM True Strike
- Fable Sounds Broadway Big Band Lites
- Mixosaurus Drums, GetGood Drums Matt Halpern, Steven Slate Drums, Superior Drummer 2
- Orange Tree Samples Strawberry, Stratosphere, Cherry, Rick, Steel
- Handheld Sound Scoring Mallets, Flying Percussion
- FT Samples Timpani on Fire
- Embertone Joshua Bell Violin, Friedlander, Blakus, Shan Bawu
- Felt Instruments Lekko, Jasno
- Heavyocity Ethnic Drum Ensembles
- Nine Volt Audio Taiko, Taiko 2
- eLab Smoker's Delight
- Best Service Blue Box, Drums Overkill, Emotional Cello
- Electronisounds Vinyl Revolution
- Hollywood Edge Foley Sound Library
- Loopmasters stuff
- Cinematique stuff
- PettinHouse stuff
- Waves Factory stuff
- Garritan Personal Orchestra, Jazz & Big Band
- Tapspace Virtual Drumline 2
- Big Cat Instruments, Ivy Audio, and other freebies
- ... and various other libraries, samples, and soundfonts