(Note: Before you ask, I'm not selling this stuff - it's a [mostly olde/obsolete] list of kit I like and long for! But I will gladly accept anything you wish to donate to me :-)
AKG C414 B-XLS multi-pattern condenser and
C12VR
tube microphone
Audio Technica AT4040
(reviewed) cardioid condenser
Beyer studio mics
BLUE
Baby Bottle and
Dragonfly
(reviewed at
Sound On Sound)
Coles 4040 Studio
ribbon mic
DPA Microphones make
tiny miniature omni mics
Earthworks TC30K
omni-directional microphone
Microtech Gefell
UM900
(reviewed at SOS)
distributed in UK by
First Sense, who also sell the
Mic Spike
Neumann KM184 compact
cardioid microphone and
KU100
binaural 'Dummy Head'
Rode NT4 stereo mic reviewed at
Sound On Sound
Royer Labs figure-of-eight ribbon
microphones
Russian Microphone Muzeum
Rycote windshields
Sanken CSS-5 stereo shotgun
[hilarious Google translation!]
Sennheiser
MD421 Mk II and
MKH
Series
Sontronics was, as I predicted,
my next mic purchase :-)
Soundfield SPS422B and
ST250
Schoeps
C-Ducer
contact
mics
European
vintage
microphones
make most modern kit look so boring!
See also some
very funky radios
(scroll down for
marble madness!)
Mike Skeet's DIY Binaural Page
Stereo mic placement
Stereo Mic
Techniques
DAT-Heads Digest Index
and Microphone FAQ
Drum Drops kit recording tips
My CLM Dynamics DB8000s 8-channel
mic-pre/limiter (makes a nice input stage for my
RME Hammerfall DSP)
Frontier Tango24 A/D convertor and
TranzPort control surface
(now works on Linux :-)
Universal
Audio 2108 dual microphone/instrument pre-amplifier
Pendulum Audio SPS-1
stereo preamp for acoustic instruments
Chandler
Germanium pre-amp and
Tone Control EQ
- sounds ideal for
my own music
Buzzaudio ARC1.1
Analogue Recording Channel
True Audio P2 Analog and
Precision 8
M&S
mic-pre
Sequerra's lovely
1070-A mic pre-amp
Channel Strips reviewed at
www.digitalprosound.com
My Eventide H949 Harmonizer
Sony
DPS-R7 and
MU-R201 vintage reverbs
Lexicon
Vortex and
Super Prime Time digital effects -
they just don't make 'em like they used to...
I also use a
TC Electronic M-OneXL
dual effects processor and
TC Electronic D*Two
rhythm delay
Funk Logic
Palindrometer :-)
Funky Junk
Quantec Room Simulator
The Ursa Major
SST-206 is a new 24-bit version of the classic
SST-282
Space Station - I WANT ONE!!!
Empirical Labs EL-8 Distressor compressor
spl 9842
Transient Designer 4
Really Nice Compressor
now has cool
rackmount and
desktop housings,
not to mention a
devilish little brother
Ensoniq DP/4+
(.pdf manual)
Soundcraft
Spirit SX,
Studio,
M Series and
Live 42
Neve BCM10
1972 vintage analogue
Audient ASP8024, now with
moving faders
Mackie 8Bus and
1604-VLZ Pro
Allen & Heath
GL2200 and
Allen & Heath
Xone:464 DJ mixer, as recommended by
Morialto
TL Audio
Valve Technology Console
Tascam DM24
Sony DMX-R100
Mackie dXb
Studer
Vista 7 has touch sensitive rotary controls and buttons within
a flat screen display
PMC
(Professional
Monitor Company)
use
transmission lines in their
TB2S-A and
AML1
ultimate compact active monitor
(or why not build your own?)
and also in their monstrous
BB5
XBD-A
Adam
S3A
KRK Systems curvy
V-Series 2 and
Rokit active monitors
PSI Audio 17-2 active monitors
Sequerra Met 7.7 Mk.IV
passive monitors (check out Richard Sequerra's 50-year list of
Technical Accomplishments)
Very rich audiophiles should consider the $195,000
Sequerra Music System [!]
Beyerdynamic hifi and
studio headphones
(I just bought some
DT150's for monitoring,
and DT990pro for home
listening - highly recommended :-)
Sennheiser HD250-II Linear and
HD600 Avantgarde headphones
HeadRoom - The Web's Best Place for
Headphone Advice (obsessed headphone geeks at your service.)
Head-Fi forums have a user review of the
Beyer DT770pro cans with Creek OBH-11 headphone amplifier
Furman HDS-6
Headphone Distribution System and HR-6 Personal Mixing Station is reviewed at
AudioMIDI
and Pro Audio Review
(twice!)
Roland Jupiter 6 and
Jupiter-8
Roland JX-3P
Roland Super JX family
(MKS-70,
JX-8P and
JX-10)
Roland
MRS2
Promars
Compuphonic
Synthesizer
Roland Saturn 09
(I love those cosmic planetary names ;-)
Roland SH1 is cute!
Rhodes
Chroma
Yamaha
CS-30L
(@ sequencer.de)
Oberheim
OB1,
Matrix 12 and
Xpander
OSCar at
Sound On Sound
Kawai K5 additive synthesiser
Kurzweil K2000
(OS Version 2 and
Version 3)
(More info)
Ensoniq
SQ80 at
Vintage Synth (see also
SQ80 User Help,
sounds
and
other
pages)
Waldorf
Microwave and
Q
synthesizers employ
Hermode Tuning for
non-equal-tempered scales (hmmm,
just intonation... :-)
Dave
Smith Instruments Poly Evolver Keyboard - at last, a beautiful
new synth!
Sequential Circuits Inc.
Prophet-5 and
Pro-One
Technos
Axcel Resynthesiser and
16PI (very cosmic)
P3 Analogue MIDI Sequencer
Analogue Synthesis page
Lots of Japanese brochures for
classic synths
SynthFool
Synth manuals at
www.retrosynth.com
Synth
resources
If I ever again get some serious money, the next synthesiser I buy will be a 5U modular system comprising Rob Hordijk's incredible phasers, multi-mode filters and Harmonic Oscillators, and ultimately a whole lot of MOS-LAB, Suit & Tie Guy Soundlabs and Club Of The Knobs modules.
ModularSynth.com
Robert Rich's
MOTM and
Dave's Hot Rod MOTM Shop
BugBrand make lovely blue modules with nice
Touch Panels and
Joysticks
Blacet Research Music Products
Wiard
Oakley Sound Systems in the UK
Analog Heaven MidWest
and Larry's links
Analogue Systems
Technosaurus Selector with
OSHO module
for additive synthesis of sine waves
A new clone of the
ARP 2600
Tascam official DA-P1 page
(data sheet),
DA-P1 info page and
Oade preamp upgrade
Sony portable DAT recorders
Core Sound for all things portable & binaural
DAT-Heads - a Linux-powered mailing list with
cool dancing penguin
DAT World
In 2011 I built a silent studio workstation to run Linux and Ardour on. It rocks!
64 Studio - free studio software
DAWworld forum
Building a sound-reducing,
ventilated cabinet for a DAW
Slashdot on
Audio Format Listening Tests Concluded
Slashdot on
Ogg Vorbis voted better
than MP3 & others in listening test
Communication
of Musical Gesture using the AES/EBU Digital Audio Standard
DVD-Audio Tools
DVD Writers
DVD+RW
Why you should boycott Blu-ray and HD-DVD
Campaign To Eliminate
DRM
Audio Media
StudioTips.com
Pro Audio Review
Tom Loredo's audio
bookmarks
Harmony Central User Reviews of
Mics,
Synths and
Effects
Sound On Sound readers' adverts, e.g.,
Keyboards,
Synth Modules,
Effects,
Preamps,
and
Mics,
and informative articles:
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