I think it is important to document my progress as I piece together a home recording studio. At this point I have come to a significant stage that I am designating Phase I. Phase I is basically setting up as much as I can without any new hardware purchases.
Phase I
Hardware:
1. In-The-Box:
- American Megatrends MoBo (add specs)
- Pentium IV 2.83 MHz microprocessor
- 2GB RAM (add specs)
- 80GB IDE 56k HD (check specs)
- Lite-On SATA DVD-RW
- SoundBlaster Audigy 1 sound card with mounted breakout box and midi "joystick" adapter
2. Out-The-Box:
- V-Tech vt-1030 dynamic mic w/ XLR3 cables
- radioshack dynamic mic
- Yamaha 12-string accoustic/electric
- Guild 6-string accoustic/electric (recently "set-up" including bridge reattachment $150)
- Epiphone Les Paul (recently "set-up" including jack-plate recplacement $50)
- Zoom Player Pro 4040 (ca. 1995) digital effects pedal
- Morley Wah pedal
- Crate PA-800 800W 8-Channel Power Mixer
- Cybersound 3 octave midi keyboard (given to me by a colleague)
I did, however, recently purchase a Boss RC-20 Loopstation ($150) which is not as much for recording as for assisting the writing process...and just a lot of fun to use!
Software (Ubuntu-9.10):
- Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) audio driver.
- Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK or Jack).
- QJackCtl with the Jack audio server engine which runs on top of an optimized low latency "real-time" kernel (linux-rt). Also acts as a convenient transporter that may control several programs simultaneously such as Hydrogen, Muse, Qtractor and Ardour.
- Ardour2-GTK professional-grade multi-track recorder, mixer and audio editor that syncs with JACK Transporter.
- Qtractor multi-track midi sequencer and audio recorder that syncs with JACK.
- Hydrogen percussion sequencer (syncs with JACK) supporting multiple drum-kits with on-board mixing console and song editor to organize drum patterns into a complete performance.
- JSampler gigedit .gig sample engine
- QSynth soundfount .sfs sample engine
- ZynAddSubFX addition/subtraction digital synth with built in effects
So in total I have spent $400, but that was mostly to refurbish my guitars and buy a looper "toy." As it stands now, I have enough equipment and know how to use what where enough that I have a really good start to being able to make music that someone other than me can hear.
Additions for Phase II:
Condenser Mic for enhanced vocal recording
Stereo Preamp with phantom power
3.28.2010
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Thanks for posting all your equipment. Given the name of your band, you might want to consider adding one of these to your equipment wish list for Phase III: http://www.gemsys.ca/prod_overhauser.htm
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure how such a device would be helpful for making music, especially considering my budget!!
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking Mr. Overhauser was looking for a good name for his blog recently!
Ryan, My father is Albert Overhauser, the physicist the Nuclear Overhauser Effect is named after. It was an idea he had in 1952. Last summer he was awarded a prize for his discovery: https://www.physics.purdue.edu/webapps/physics_news/story/103
ReplyDeleteWhile preparing for the awards ceremony, the people that awarded the prize googled "nuclear overhauser effect" and discovered your band. At the EUROMAR 2009 scientific conference it Gothenburg, Sweden where the award was presented, they ran off a long list advances in physics that were spawned by the Nuclear Overhauser Effect. Everyone was even more amazed when they said that this was they only law of physics that also spawned a band. I thought you might find that interesting.
Good luck with your band!
Amazing! I had wondered how you stumbled across my humble project page. I have actually had cause to use the nOe effect in my own chemical research, so the name has significance in relating to my music and science interests. I am defending my dissertation April 6, 2010 and look forward to the possibility of mentioning my correspondence with the son of Albert Overhauser! Thank you for your contact!
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