A peek
into my studio (circa 2020)
Keyboards
My beloved Petrof piano and other controllers I use
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My lovely Petrof P III grand piano (very similar to the P 194 Storm)
with a custom-installed QRS Music PNOScan II optical system -
Arturia KeyLab 88 (presently my main controller)
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Roland A-800PRO 61-key controller, M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 & Axiom 25, 49 and 61 controllers, pedals, TEC breath controller, Leap Motion, etc.
Computers and related hardware
The brains and nerves of my studio
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Composition and notation: Helios, a custom-built Windows 10 64bit PC with
64 GB RAM and 30 TB of HDDs, multiple GPUs and 3x 3840x2160 49in monitors -
Mixing, A.I. and libraries: Ganesh, a custom-built Windows 10-64 machine
with 64 GB RAM, 8 x 512 GB SSD drives, storage 72 TB (HDD in a RAID 6), multiple GPUs and multiple 4K monitors ranging from 39in to 55in (touch screen)
Related hardware
Soooo many wires...
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Audio interfaces: Mackie Onyx Blackbird, Gustard U12 (x2), NI Komplete Audio 6, Emotiva XDR-2 Gen 2 (x2) preamps
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Control surfaces : Mackie Control Pro 24 tracks, Wacom Intuos tablets, iPads, NI Maschine
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Sennheiser HD800 Reference and HD 280 (x2) headphones, M-Audio BX8 D2 + EX66 monitors & SBX10 sub, custom-made magnetodynamic reference monitors, SVS PC12-Plus subs (x2) with room correction: Tact Audio RCS 2.0DA & IK Multimedia ARC Sys 2
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Sonarworks headphone calibration plugins
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Calibrated reference microphones, large-diaphragm mics, rack processors, etc.
Sequencing. mixing and mastering software
Dotting the i's and crossing the t's
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Steinberg Cubase Pro ; Cakewalk Sonar X3
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Izotope Ozone Advanced mastering software and other products
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Samsung 55in 4K 4:4:4 touchscreen (PQ Labs) mixing console
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and sooo many others :)
Libraries
When real musicians are not available...
Other tools of the trade
Indispensable but often forgotten...
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Effects modules (hardware and software), motion controllers, etc.