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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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[–] • 3 pts

I'm impressed. Very nice! I didn't know you were this serious about music.

[–] • 2 pts

I'm impressed. Very nice! I didn't know you were this serious about music.

Apparently I have a bad case of GAS (gear acquisition syndrome). I have acquired a lot of gear over the years which is why I had to setup two separate music production desks. This one is the smaller setup. The other setup has at least double the gear in it. All in I have like 40 synthesizers.

It's pretty crazy to have so much gear. It took me way too long to actually get things situated to focus on music making rather than just noodling around with new gear acquisitions. I'm glad I finally made it all come together because I'm having fun with the music now. Even my wife has changed her opinion of my hobby. She used to complain about all my gear but now she understands that it actually does make music rather than just take up space. Her piano is in another room and she never plays it so I at least have her beat on music making now. :)

I need to get the other studio desk fixed up again. I'm re-cabling everything to hunt down a noise problem. The more gear and cables you have, the noisier the recordings become. When I get it all back together, I'll do a similar post for the Studio.0 side of the setup. It will take a while since the cabling is an absolute nightmare to work with. I estimate there is close to a mile or so of audio, MIDI, USB and power cables in the whole setup. I'm trying to label it all this time. It's driving me crazy, er, crazier.

[–] • 2 pts

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

[–] • 2 pts

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.