Computer / desktop
- DELL 2.3 Ghz, 2 GB Ram, 250 HD
- Emu 1820m soundcard
Computer / laptop
- DELL XPS M1330
- ASIO4ALL drivers | if you don’t have a powerful soundcard supporting ASIO natively, you need this!
Monitoring / speakers & headphones
- M-audio studiophile BX8, | great affordable studio monitoring
- M-Audio IE-40 | impressive quality earphones for on-the-move monitoring
- Sony MDR-v700 | legendary DJing headphones
Hardware synths / things that make noise
- Yamaha Cs2x | my first synth, nowadays a master keyboard but wow it has history!
- Roland JP-8080 | one word - SUPERSAW! The sound that built a whole music style
- Access Virus B | best synth ever (well maybe the newer versions are better!)
- Yamaha Fs1R | FM synth, very difficult interface but great sound
- Waldorf MicroWave XT | Crazy sounds, crazy look, collector’s item!
- Roland XV-3080 | all the classic sounds you need in one synth
Software & Softsynths / more things to make noise
- Cubase SX | my favourite sequencer
- Specrasonics Atmosphere
- Classics collection (free!)
- Synth1 (free!)
- Novation V-station
- Audiorealism ABL
- DiscoDSP Discovery & Discovery Pro
- Ethnosphere
- East West Quantum Leap - SD2
- East West Quantum Leap - Symphonic Orchestra Silver
- Tone2 - Firebird
- Linplug Blue
- Sylenth1
- I give up…there are way too many to write them here and the list keeps expanding…besides, what are you doing here? Go watch some tutorials instead of starting at an equipment list
