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Since posted that there isn't much interaction on Poal these days, I am posting a sort of tour of part of my home music studio setup. A few weeks ago I posted some of to Poal/Vid8 and it seems to have been well received so I figured I would give Poal some info on where I make my music. I plan on dropping three new tracks tomorrow so with this post you can visualize where the magic happens. I'll also take questions on the studio, music making and other music/music gear related topics to get some interactivity going. So with that said, here's the breakdown:

Picture of the studio music desk where the previously posted songs were made: https://pic8.co/sh/LTjuMs.jpg

Studio.1 (second music production desk in the Loyal.0 studio setup. There are two music production desks total and Studio.0 has about twice as much gear in it even!)

Synthesizers with Keyboards

KORG OPSIX altered FM polyphonic digital synthesizer KORG Modwave polyphonic wavetable digital synthesizer Alesis Micron analog modelling polyphonic synthesizer Behringer JT-4000 analog modelling polyphonic synthesizer clone of the Roland JP-8000 Behringer Pro VS Miini analog modelling polyphonic synthesizer clone of the Sequential Circuits Prophet VS Modal Electronics Craft Synth 2.0 analog modelling monophonic synthesizer Modal Electronics Skulpt analog modelling polyphonic synthesizer KORG NTS-1 digital multiengine modelling monophonic synthesizer KORG Volca Keys analog modelling loop synthesizer

Sythesizer Modules

Novation Nova digital/analog modelling multi-timbral polyphonic synthesizer Waldorf Blofeld digital multi-timbral polyphonic synthesizer Ensoniq SQ-R digital transwave multi-timbral polyphonic synthesizer KORG M3R digital multi-timbral polyphonic synthesizer

Groove Boxes and Drum Machines

AKAI Professional MPC One (used for drums mostly) Roland MC-101 groove box Roland MC-909 groove box and sampler Novation Circuit Tracks groove box and sequencer Novation Circuit (OG Circuit) groove box and sequencer Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II groove box and sampler KORG Volca Sample 2 groove box and sampler

MIDI and Pro Audio Outboard Gear

KORG SQ-64 multitrack MIDI/CV sequencer Arturia Beat Step Pro multitrack MIDI/CV sequencer Conductive Labs MRCC (MIDI Routing Control Center) MIDI interface and router AKAI Professional MPK Mini Plus MIDI controller keyboard Behringer FCB-1010 MIDI footswitch/pedal controller with Eureka! PROM upgrade Behringer Eurorack Pro RX-1602 16-channel line mixer Focusrite Saffire 5 USB audio interface Roland E-4 AIRA Compact Voice Tweaker and vocoder module Roland GP-8 multi-effect guitar processor AKG Pro Audio K72 over-ear monitor headphones Dayton Audio compact moniotr speakers Fosi Audio BT10A Bluetooth 5.0 Stereo Audio Amplifier Receiver LZSIG LMIX1 mini audio line mixer Moukey MAMX3 low noise audio line mixer

DAW Setup

Dell OptiPlex 7050 Micro Form Factor Desktop Computer Intel Core I5 Cakewalk by Bandlab Desktop Audio Workstation WA Productions Deres harmonics and audio enhancer Izotope Ozone 11 mastering plugin A few other VST plugins for general audio processing and analysis

Since @Ivan posted that there isn't much interaction on Poal these days, I am posting a sort of tour of part of my home music studio setup. A few weeks ago I posted some of [my original music](https://poal.co/s/Music/706087) to Poal/Vid8 and it seems to have been well received so I figured I would give Poal some info on where I make my music. I plan on dropping three new tracks tomorrow so with this post you can visualize where the magic happens. I'll also take questions on the studio, music making and other music/music gear related topics to get some interactivity going. So with that said, here's the breakdown: Picture of the studio music desk where the previously posted songs were made: https://pic8.co/sh/LTjuMs.jpg Studio.1 (second music production desk in the Loyal.0 studio setup. There are two music production desks total and Studio.0 has about twice as much gear in it even!) Synthesizers with Keyboards ----------------------------------- KORG OPSIX altered FM polyphonic digital synthesizer KORG Modwave polyphonic wavetable digital synthesizer Alesis Micron analog modelling polyphonic synthesizer Behringer JT-4000 analog modelling polyphonic synthesizer clone of the Roland JP-8000 Behringer Pro VS Miini analog modelling polyphonic synthesizer clone of the Sequential Circuits Prophet VS Modal Electronics Craft Synth 2.0 analog modelling monophonic synthesizer Modal Electronics Skulpt analog modelling polyphonic synthesizer KORG NTS-1 digital multiengine modelling monophonic synthesizer KORG Volca Keys analog modelling loop synthesizer Sythesizer Modules ----------------------------------- Novation Nova digital/analog modelling multi-timbral polyphonic synthesizer Waldorf Blofeld digital multi-timbral polyphonic synthesizer Ensoniq SQ-R digital transwave multi-timbral polyphonic synthesizer KORG M3R digital multi-timbral polyphonic synthesizer Groove Boxes and Drum Machines ----------------------------------- AKAI Professional MPC One (used for drums mostly) Roland MC-101 groove box Roland MC-909 groove box and sampler Novation Circuit Tracks groove box and sequencer Novation Circuit (OG Circuit) groove box and sequencer Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II groove box and sampler KORG Volca Sample 2 groove box and sampler MIDI and Pro Audio Outboard Gear ----------------------------------- KORG SQ-64 multitrack MIDI/CV sequencer Arturia Beat Step Pro multitrack MIDI/CV sequencer Conductive Labs MRCC (MIDI Routing Control Center) MIDI interface and router AKAI Professional MPK Mini Plus MIDI controller keyboard Behringer FCB-1010 MIDI footswitch/pedal controller with Eureka! PROM upgrade Behringer Eurorack Pro RX-1602 16-channel line mixer Focusrite Saffire 5 USB audio interface Roland E-4 AIRA Compact Voice Tweaker and vocoder module Roland GP-8 multi-effect guitar processor AKG Pro Audio K72 over-ear monitor headphones Dayton Audio compact moniotr speakers Fosi Audio BT10A Bluetooth 5.0 Stereo Audio Amplifier Receiver LZSIG LMIX1 mini audio line mixer Moukey MAMX3 low noise audio line mixer DAW Setup ----------------------------------- Dell OptiPlex 7050 Micro Form Factor Desktop Computer Intel Core I5 Cakewalk by Bandlab Desktop Audio Workstation WA Productions Deres harmonics and audio enhancer Izotope Ozone 11 mastering plugin A few other VST plugins for general audio processing and analysis

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Chasing noise on 40 components and a mile of cable sounds like a daunting task.

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Chasing noise on 40 components and a mile of cable sounds like a daunting task.

Indeed it is. I'm about to install a small fortune in clamp-on ferrite core filters on all the USB cables since the USB powered devices are the worst at injecting high frequency noise into the audio path. If that doesn't help, I'm not sure what I'm going to try next. The ham radio guys know my pain with this same issue. Some videos I've seen of them using ferrites have them using up to 7 ferrites per USB cable before you reach the point of diminishing returns. That's going to be a lot of ferrites for my setup. Yay.

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I can offer my past experience eliminating noise on semiconductor probe cards, loadboards and bench fixtures running high frequencies - but I'm not sure how much of that might apply to your equipment and cabling. Good luck with USB tuning, they weren't spec'd to be audiophile quality. I've never tried improving USB signal integrity.

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Good luck with USB tuning, they weren't spec'd to be audiophile quality. I've never tried improving USB signal integrity.

They definitely weren't, but so much modern gear uses USB for many purposes. The craptastical switch-mode power supplies used in USB powered devices including computers inject noise into the audio on a broad spectrum from 60 Hz up through 20 KHz or more. The noise goes away completely when run on a USB power bank, but then you have no connectivity for data. I've looked at making clean power injection USB adapters that would enable a clean power supply while maintaining the data connectivity to other devices, but then the risk of ground loops and wrong direction power flow gets to be a big problem. That's why I'm hoping the ferrites help out enough that I can fix the remaining noise in post production if I need to. It's such a pain in the ass. Gonna spend a lot of time looking at an oscilloscope and probing around for noise over the next month or so. Fun, fun ,fun.