What Equipment do you use?

[KrazyKatz]

This topic can be used for us to review each others audio equipment for our own general knowledge, and to ask the users about whatever interests us for our own potential future purchases. Setting a template:

Monitor Speakers:


Headphones:


Sound Card:


Sequencer / Keyboard:


Mics:


Mixer / Pre-amp:


Other:

[KrazyKatz]

My Gear.

Monitor Speakers:

Behringer B2031A Truth

Headphones:

Sennheiser HD570
AKG K240M

Sequencer / Keyboard:

Yamaha Motif ES8

Mics:

Blue Ball
Shure SM58
Apex435
Samson Q7
AKG D-660S

Mixer / Pre-amp:

Soundcraft Spirit Folio F1 Mixer
Behringer Ultragain Pro Tube Pre-amp.

Other:

Quick Lok Cables and Stands.
Samson PS01 Pop filter.
Some no-name foam acoustic treatment locally produced.

[xincbox]

All my 'gear' is pants, but i can list it if you guys want a laugh  

[seventhson]

Monitor speakers: KRK RP-5

Headphones: Sennheiser HD 280 Pro

Mixer: Tapco Blend 6

Other: Auralex MoPAD (Monitor Isolation Pads)

[Saga Musix]

Monitor Speakers:
ZOMG, my pc is connected to my hifi! :lol:


Headphones:
Sennheiser HD 205


Sequencer / Keyboard:
Yamaha CS1x


Mics:
A really crappy one

Other - Soundcard:
ESI Juli@

[Asharin]

Monitor Speakers:
Um some cheapo ones I bought for £5 they do sound good though amazingly

Headphones:
Some cheapo ones

Sequencer / Keyboard:
none

Mics:
built into the above cheapo headset

Mixer / Pre-amp:
none

[dBlues]

Too bad I sold my Casio WK-1200 so I cannot brag owning it here It was an excellent synth for its price but it was too ugly, I had to choose between my wife and it... Well, it is soon time for an upgrade. Also had Edirol FA-101, which was truly great sound card but I didnt need 10 i/o anymore so it had to go as well. Current gear:

Speakers:
Audio Pro Black diamond

Headphones:
Old Technics (needs an upgrade)

Sound card:
Alesis IO|2 USB interface

Mics:
Shure 58

Other:
POD guitar amp modeller, Fender Stratocaster (US), 7-string Fender Stagemaster, Peders semi-acoustic steel string and a Jackson custom

[KrazyKatz]

Good point mentioning Sound Card, I'll edit the original post to include it.
My sound card is the M-audio 24/96

[KrazyKatz]

@ seventhson

Could you give your opinion on the pluses and minuses of the KRK RP-5s. Do they give a solid enough bass response for only having a 5 inch woofer? Have you had the opportunity to test them against other monitors in the price range?

@ dBlues, you must have a great wife! some folks would've made the alternate decision

[Sam_Zen]

This is the situation in my studio :


~ PC : Win2000 SP4 651 Mhz - Soundcards : SB Live ! and a simple SB PCI.
~ Monitoring : two identical small stereo sets around the screen. Positioned according to my 4 channel concept.
~ Amplification : A switchbox can choose to connect the outputs to the hifi-system at the backwall. 4 cheap 100 W speakers positioned in the same way, driven by 2 regular stereo-amps.
~ Mixing : Left on the desk the selfmade inputmixer, 12 in 2 out, plus a section with 2 in (line or mic preamp) 2 out.
Instruments :
~ Right table : The modified EMS Synthi AKS analog synthesizer.
~ Left table : 3 Casio SK-1 sampler keyboards. 2 of them are modified into one case and interconnected, the Twins.
~ Foreground : A laptop, W98 600 Mhz, with it's own amp and speakers, used to play live with OMPT.
~ Microphones : non-descript types, just for the occasional sample.
~ Headphones : the same type. Not used while composing, just for the occasional singer dubbing a track.
~ Out of sight : Audio system in the livingroom, next to the studio, is connected to the aux-input of the SB Live! card.
So I can record from an audio-CD, FM radio, TV, VHS player, or gramophone.

[residentgrey]

Sam I like how you have MPT open

Got enough keyboards?

[Sam_Zen]

You're a sharp spectator.
And enough keyboards indeed, to do my thing.

[SoundCrafter]

Sam...I hate you.

Not really, of course, but my GOD, what I'd give for your studio!

Monitor Speakers:
Nothing, really. Logitech ZX-something or others...

Headphones: Samson RH-600s. Not bad, cheap, but good. Sometimes touchy on the treble


Sound Card: Creative Soundblaster X-Fi XtremeGamer. Only because Dell didn't offer XtremeAudio...or whatever the option was...=/


Sequencer / Keyboard: Roland HPi-7 digital piano. E-Mu Xboard61 USB Midi controller. Currently circuitbending a Casio CTK-481. Reason 3 and MPT.


Mics: 2x Behringer C-2s. Cheap, absolutely gorgeous sounding mics for beginners.


Mixer / Pre-amp: Alesis MultiMix 8 USB. Very nice USB mixer.


Other: Voice...lol

[Sam_Zen]

2 SoundCrafter
Don't be sad or jealous. It took me tens of years to get this configuration.

[LPChip]

Monitor Speakers:
Creative I-Trique 5600 (5.1),  not really monitors
Ordered and still waiting for it: Creative GigaWorks S750 (7.1), not really monitors either

Headphones:
AKG K-271 Studio   (<-- now those are my monitors )
Sennheiser MX-400 (for listening)
Sennheiser MX-450 (for listening)

Sound Card:
Creative X-Fi Elite Pro ( the one with console )

Sequencer / Keyboard:
Logitech G-15 Gamers keyboard
Roland FP-2 Digital Piano
Yamaha PSR-740 Performance keyboard
Yamaha PSR-300 Performance keyboard (sold when I bough the 740)
Yamaha PSR-73 (never use it anymore and lent it out)

Mics:
Some cheap Sony mic.

Mixer / Pre-amp:
An old AKAI amp, which I only use to amp the mx-400 with.

Other:
Lots of software to compensate for the missing hardware.