The PowerBook Studio Evolution…
While I continue to "remix" the website I’ll continue to post here on the blog although ultimately I want to move away 
from the blog as the focal point. OK, so I have received a few messages about more pictures and I found one that I took on my mobile phone.
It is the original PowerBook Studio, par excellence! I have upgraded the core of my studio now to the lovely G4 Titanium, but my G3 Pismo was what started the whole thing off… and to think I may never have embarked on the PowerBook Studio path if I hadn’t gone through the tough, learning experience of signing a big management deal in the USA and then it falling through. The whole reason I built a system like this was because I sold all of my up-market equipment along with my car and many other items in order to help fund my big career change Stateside. I put together this small system so I could still record rough demos and "sketches" of songs. As soon as I realized the potential of this I invested in a quality audio interface, namely the Apogee Mini-Me and produced an entire album from beginning to end with it.
So the first incarnation of PBS looked as it does in this photo. Actually all that has changed now is the Powerbook itself, which has loads more horsepower, a nicer screen and the ability to run a few more of the newer OS-X applications due to the G4 processor.
Comments
Comment from Rob
Time: October 3, 2007, 10:47 am
Hi George,
The software is Protools Free. I absolutely love it too. All the features of Protools (version 5.0.1) and 8 tracks of audio. This is why the G3 handles it well. There’s not too much to process. It will also handle a few plugins. The tracks on the showreel page by “The Lost Angels” was entirely recorded on this rig.
Good luck with the Pismo and let me know how you get on with it.
Comment from Leighton
Time: October 28, 2007, 4:27 pm
Your set up sounds amazing! I’m convinced this is the way forward. I’m fed up with getting crappy performances out of expensive weekends locked up in rip-off studios. This is actually the most organic way to do it - no one breathing down your neck - no one pressurising you to get the takes down (whatever the quality.) This is the most organic way - no barriers to capturing the sounds you’re after. Good luck, Rob.
Comment from Rob
Time: October 31, 2007, 10:06 pm
Thanks for the kind words Leighton!
The main reason I haven’t invested money in a brand-new Mac and a new Protools system is because of how well this setup performs and sounds.
I really don’t have any complaints about it whatsoever. In fact the only so-called drawback is being limited to 8 audio tracks and that in itself brings with it other advantages and benefits, which lend themselves to a great sound if you know what you’re doing.
Some of the most influencal and widely considered “best” music ever recorded was done typically with 4 or 8 audio tracks. It aint the tools it’s the material you have and the way you use the tools!
Comment from GeorgeD
Time: September 30, 2007, 11:29 pm
Awesome, what software is running in the photo?