are you for realz?
Ok, I'm sure I'm going to forget some stuff:
studio synths:
nord modular
nord g2 engine
kawai k5
kawai k1
mam tb33
casio vz8m
tg33 #1
tg33 #2 bent
kawai k3m
yamaha tx81z
fs1r
emu mo-phatt
emu orbit
emu lead
waldorf micro q
matrix 1000
roland jv1080
esq1m
korg wavestation
mks30+pg200
kurzweil k2000
ESI3200
FX:
tc fireworx
ensoniq dp2
ensoniq dp4
quadraverb
midiverb 2
mofx 1
mofx 2
line6 mod
line6 delay
filter factory
sherman filterbank
mam filter
korg remote reverb
sony f7
sony r7
sony m7
sony v55
zoom 1204
eletricx vocoder
yamaha sfx90
ibanez delay
symetrix 606
roland svr303 reverb
Digitech Studio 400
lexicon vortex
kurzweil mangler
alesis akira
deltalabs effectron
filter factory #2
lexicon vortex #2
digitech delay 3000ms
tc d2 delay
tapco squeeze
alesis 3630
tc m300 compressor
rnc #1
rnc #2
aphex 720 dominator
kawai eq8
alesis microlimiter
Aphex 622 Expander Gate
chameleon labs comp
bbe sonic max
art levelar
art tube eq
aphex 722 dominator
Other synths:
Nord lead 2
machinedrum
monomachine
octatrack (hate this thing...)
analogue 4
roland fx303
korg ER1
mbase 1
tr505 bent
xoxbox
redsound darkstar
korg volca beats
korg volca bass
korg volca keys
k5000
jupiter 6
dx-7
korg dw8000
xd5 regular
xd5 bent
DM4 bent
roland r8
procussion
drumstation
Mixers:
em4 mixer
1604 mackie
rolls mixer
tascam mixer
A&H GL2400 Mixer
Eurocrack:
A155
ER101
8nu8r
a160
a161
RCD #2
RCD breakout
SCM breakout
a115 divider
clockwork
A160
RCD
SCM
modulation orgy (138-e) same size
pitt timetable
vgates
ES-1
es4
es4 expander
FoH SOS
Tyme Sefari + SOT
a-188-1
e380
Snazzy wnf
BD808 drum
a170
A132
a132 #2
a175
a142-4 quad decay
pingable env gen
maths
a143-1
maths #2
143-1 #2
RS-35
plague bearer
frequensteiner
a106-1
a120
sy03
z2040
a107
wmd uhc filter
wmd expansion 2
frequensteiner #2
VC303 filter
korgasmatron
uvcf
wmd expansion 1
z5000
RS-400
a189-1
z-dsp
wmd gc
a187-1
a119
a119 #2
a145
a145 #2
a147
a145 #3
vilfo
cyclotron
quad ping lfo
mind meld
spock
flip flop
short bus
short bus #2
qmmg
a101-2
a101-2 #2
optomix
A138m
A190
kilpatrick midi
a172
intellijel unitity mixer
a138
a138
short bus mixer
mutagen
mutagen #2
wobblebug
vulcan modulator
dalek modulator
a118
zorlon cannon
a148 S&H
ED115 S&H
183-2
a186
a110
asol 6hp vco
piston honda
hertz donut
afg
z3000
wmd grs
E350
pitt generator
snazzy dreamboat
ulfo
E340
VC303 osc
pitt gen xpander
wmd syncrodyne
wmd pdo
cyclebox
cyclebox expander
afg expander
ardcore expander
ardcore
dronebank
z3000 #2
saw animator
exit strategy 1
exit strategy 2
a196
a185-2
a156
uscale
quantimator
a114
pitt mod
modemod
umod
moddemod
mod seq
kilpatrick seq
z8000
mfb seql02
AS SQ8
kilpatrick pattern gen
ustep
ustep #2
a151
a151 #2
wmd invert
elby slope detector
a131
A131 #2
hexvca
hexvca #2
.vca
a136
reactive shaper
Frac:
binary zone
blacet vco
filthy filtre x2
klangwerk
time machine
darkstar chaos
metalbox 8008
metalbox cynare x2
blacet vca
blacet mixer x2
I/O
blacet lfo
psycho lfo
hexzone sequencer
blacet divider
metalbox chimes
metalbox bic-n-tic filter
miniwave
Guitars:
G707
G202
MIJ Jaguar
MIJ Mustang
Duo-Sonic
Rondo Tele
MIA Strat
Schecter 7-string
BC Rich Mockingbird
Yamaha acoustic
2x MIK Strat
Ibanez IMG2010
Amps:
Prosonic
Newcomb custom
Bassman silverface 100
Champ silverface
Peavey Valveking 100
Microterror
Emery Microbaby
Mesa Studio Preamp
Carvin Quad-X Preamp
Peavey Valve Jr.
Jet City Pico Valve
Ibanez TS15
Pedals:
MI audio boost n buff
MI compressor
catlinbread harmonic pixelator
EQD hummingbird
EQD sea machine
Devi silver crank
Devi 90
Devi shoegazer
Boss DS-1
Tech21 sans amp classic
Analogman env. filter (no not THAT analog man )
WMD GC
WMD GC Civilian issue
Boss Slicer
Fuzzhugger Algal Bloom XS+
Fuzz hugger Magic Meter
Blackout SS twosome
EHX Freeze
WMD Super fatman
whammy iv+molten midi
mooer phase 90
mooer eleclady flanger
mooer reecho
mooer recho pro
rocktron delay
behringer delay
aria flanger
wilson freaker wah
mooer cruncher
mooer black secret
mooer baby tuner
mooer mod factory
mooer telicopter
TIMMY!
Malekko Phase
Malekko env. follower
Malekko Fuzz
Malekko Chorus
CT5
Copilot Antenna2
Joyo TS clone
Pigtronix mothership
Pigtronix aria
Pigtronix polysaturator
boss MT-2
zvex box of rock
zvex lofi loop junky
digitech jamman looper
colorsound fuzz
redwitch fuzz god II
catlinbread paradelia
catlinbread octapussy
mooer octave
Pigtronix echoloution
Others:
Electric violin
prewar silver-plate Martin Alto Sax
prewar silver-plate Martin C-melody Sax
WX7 and Akai EWI controllers
ah well ,this is probably easier:
but to tell you the truth, as much gear as I own and love, this is the setup I'm using right now:
I'm actually writing better tracks using just Ableton and Push and all software and samples than I've ever done. Sometimes less is more, or maybe rather a good interface means everything. I read something Brian Eno said once, it was like "I have this new keyboard (DX7) and it's got thousands and thousands of possible sounds, but I'd rather have a keyboard with just
six REALLY GOOD sounds."
If any of y'all are newbies out there, don't be scared. It ain't the gear that counts. I made my first record at 16 with a shitty SS amp line direct to a RatShack 4-channel mixer + keyboards (the Yamaha PSR kind) with in-built rhythms recorded to cassette (I didn't even have a much-wanted-then 4-track, so I bounced multiple cassette recorders down to get my tracks). I made my second album with a POS General Midi Yamaha keyboard and a bunch of samples I got for free off the intarwebz.
Gear gives you creative options, but I'm a firm believer that you have to
know your shit. This means probably a few pages of arcane manuals so you remember that Function+left button access the midi setup page or some shit like that. It means knowing how to tweak and twerk dem' knobs to get what you want, not just 'something'. Look at the Eurocrack-heads, listen to their shit; like a ton of it isn't even mediocre, its straight up terrible. And I should know, because I spent 2 fucking years doing nothing but eurocrack and my production during that time went back to basics and I sucked. Until I learned the gear.... Modular-land gives you so many possibilities that are opened up by the drug of 'one more cable from here to there...' that send you spiraling down an eternal abyss of self indulgence and deep modulations. Yeah it sounds kind of cool...to you.
Deadmaus is some kind of weird reverse pedophile and broadcasts a webcam from his studio, or so I've been told. As reported, he got a new Eurocrack module called 'Rene' which is a sequencer. He hooked it up and couldn't figure it out for like 2 hours. I didn't need to watch to know that was hilarious, here is the biggest EDM producer in the world confounded by how to send fucking gate out of Rene. And honestly, I have had Rene for years and its not hard to use at all if you read the fucking first page of the manual. Another example of how someone lost time because they went down the gearhole.....
With all that shit I listed, I had some serious cabling running to ten 48-point patch bays. I got good enough with that system that I could patch my studio from 'normalled' to anything I wanted in minutes and was fluid with ideas. It *can* be done. But it takes time and effort to maintain those skill levels, something I'm losing out on these days. So in a sense, software and simpler interfaces enable me to continue to make music, but do so faster and with more effect than I used to have in the same amount of time.
Oh yeah I noodlez on guitar alsoz...
I knew I should have made this thread sooner. Man, did you see the new stuff he his coming up with? He's really talented and the new line looks great. A good friend had him design a custom amp and swears by his work.