Part of a series looking inside readers’ studios . . .
It’s beyond me why people waste time on message boards debating the merits of hardware versus software. Come on, people: it’s 2005. Most of use a mix of the two, in different combinations. Check out Wally’s studio; whoever can identify every last piece of gear here, no matter how obscure, wins a prize. Well, not an actual prize, but you can trash-talk the rest of us or something.
Most important lessons learned from this studio:
(Can I get my insurance to pay before I kill my back, please?)
main desk:
KRK v8 monitors
tascam da-p1 portable dat
Peavey pc1600x midi controller
akai s2000 sampler
alesis thx 5.1 monitors
15" apple powerbook
cm labs motormix
rack:
behringer headphone amp
some sort of line mixer
yamaha 01x digital mixer
motu midi interface?
patchbay
some more undistinguishable rack gear
far left (almost out of sight):
some sort of akai mpc (looks like an mpc2000)
bill van loo http://www.chromedecay.org