Powerbook Studio
PowerBook Studio: Equipment List
Core
- Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium: 1GHz CPU, 1GB RAM Running OS 9.2.2 & OSX 10.4.11.
Front End/Audio Interface
- Apogee Mini Me: 2 channel mic preamp & A/D converter.
- 2 x Digigram VX Pocket: 2 channel, 24-bit PCMCIA soundcards.
Audio Capture
- Studio Electronics GM-10 Acoustic Guitar microphone. (Has transformed my acoustic guitar recordings)
- Two T-Bone SC-400 studio condenser microphones (Amazing for a ridiculously low price)
- Shure SM57 dynamic microphone (one of my favourite mics ever)
- Naiant miniature valve condenser microphone (hand-buillt into an XLR connector).
- Two Palmer PDI-09 DI boxes.
Monitoring
- Genelec 1029A: Bi-amped, active monitoring system - 80wpc, rock solid & very compact.
Software
- Digidesign Protools Free : Fully functional, 8-track version 5.0.1 for OS 9.
- Logic Audio 4.8.1: Running on OS9 and loads of samples.
- Sony Oxford: Dynamics & Inflater RTAS plugins.
- URS Classic EQ bundle: A-series, N-series & S-series RTAS plugins.
- iLife '08: (Includes Garageband '08) on OSX 10.4.11
Musical Instruments
- Fender Custom Shop '56 Stratocaster Relic.
- Martin DX-1 acoustic guitar.
- Fender '63 "Brownface" Concert 4x10 combo guitar amplifier.
- Fender Champion 600 guitar amplifier, modified close to "Tweed Champ" 5E1 specs.
- Fender Princeton Recording Amp 1x10 combo with built in compressor, overdrive & Attenuator.
- Two THD Hotplates 2 ohm & 4 ohm.
- Compact Guitar Effect Pedal Board with T-Rex Replica delay, Demeter Fat control & various switching options.
Planned Upgrades For 2008
- Apple iMAC 24", Maximum spec.
- Apple MacBook, Maximum spec.
- Digidesign Digi003, MBox 2 Micro.
- Digidesign Protools LE software, Digidesign Toolkit & Virtual Instrument Box Set.
- Royer SF24 Stereo ribbon mic, Neuman TLM-103 mic. Various other mics.
- Fender P-Bass
- Gibson Les Paul Special, VOS Historic with P90s.
- Logic Studio, BFD, The best orchestral string samples/software I can find.
