A fellow named Jordan asked what my recording setup was.
Jordan, this is for you.
I have a fairly exhausted, slightly senile Toshiba laptop. I have a 2 channel beginner M-Audio box. I must upgrade it. My DAW is Sonar Producer 4. This is a PC only program that doesn't get alot of attention, but I like it an awful lot. Very good reverb and EQ plug-ins built in. My secret weapon is my AKG C3000B that I bought used from the fellows at Long and McQuade. Thanks fellows. The entire record was recorded with its warm loveliness, except for the moment when I broke out the Shure SM78 to record Dwight's drums. I own a cheap pair of AKG headphones, and broken computer speakers that will soon be replaced. When I mix, I rent expensive beasts from Long and McQuade. For information, I turn to the internet. I ask lots of stupid questions on message boards.
I have never used MIDI.
I have one stand and one cable. I have an old piano my parent's got from the Shelburne Junior School before they closed it down back in the 70's. I have three banjos - my beginner Goodtime, a heavy, frighteningly shiny Sierra, and a fretless, nylon stringed fellow from, well, sometime before 1900. I have my grandfather's centenarian classical guitar, a big steel string I can't play, a broken 12 string, a broken lap steel with some out of control wolf tones, and a 60's Harmony Mars electric guitar with a bowed neck. Actually, I now have two Harmony Mars's, but I will likely sell one. Or start a band where everybody plays matching guitars. I have a wheezy 25 dollar button box accordion, an out of tune court organ and a Hohner Melodica my friend Dave gave me. This is on top of my childhood collection of plastic castanets, steel drums, and one mallet glocs.
I own a fabulous collection of steel bowls and some great mason jars. I own a snippy pair of scissors, and a two violin bows. I have pots, and also pans, and crinkly wrapping paper. I will generally have wine and beer bottles around, and someday will make a beer bottle pan flute. I have wooden blocks, sticks, pens, pencils, and good boots for stomping.
My recording setup is placed gingerly on a desk, generally festooned with bills, envelopes, and loose change. It faces a small window in an entirely red room that is not soundproofed. At all. I hang colourful quilts for sound treatment and hope for the best.
