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Drifting Sun Sound is an Ann Arbor / Ypsilanti area recording studio located in the dark recesses of a garage a basement an undisclosed location (someone stole my 70's Fender Dual Showman, so now I'm not telling where my stuff is)... It is more than a "home studio" but less than a penguin exhibit at the local zoo.

driftingsun.com can also be found at driftingsun.net

Mixers

Mackie ONYX 1640  -  16-channel analog, with 24-bit/96kHz FireWire I/O
Mackie CR1604-VLZ  -  16x4 channel analog
Yamaha O1V  -  digital console

Audio Interfaces

Alesis io|2  -  portable 2-channel 24-bit/48k USB audio interface
Black Lion Audio Digi 002R - Signature Series  -  "Black Lion Signature Racks sound better than an actual ProTools HD rig"
Echo Layla  -  20-bit multitrack recording system - no longer in use
Focusrite OctoPre MkII  -  8-channel pre-amp
Mackie ONYX 1640 Firewire Card  -  16-channel analog, with 24-bit/96kHz

Microphones

ADK A-51  -  large-diaphragm condenser
AKG C1000S  -  condenser (2)
AKG C3000B  -  large-diaphragm condenser (2)
AKG C418  -  clamp-on hypercardioid condenser (4)
AKG D112  -  large-diaphragm dynamic [kick drum mic]
AKG D2100  -  dynamic (3)
Cascade VX20  -  large-diaphragm condenser
Shure Beta 57A  -  dynamic
Shure Beta 91  -  condenser boundary [kick drum mic]
Shure SM57  -  dynamic mic (2)
Shure SM90  -  omnidirectional condenser boundary

Outboard

Alesis 3630  -  dual channel compressor limiter
Aphex 104  -  aural exciter
Aphex 109  -  parametric equalizer
Behringer MDX1800  -  8-channel recording limiter
Behringer MDX2100  -  dynamics processor
Behringer PX2000  -  48-point patch bay
BSR EQ-3000  -  equalizer / spectrum analyzer
dbx 286A  -  mic preamp / processor (2)
Furman PQ3  -  parametric equalizer
Lexicon MPX100  -  dual channel processor
Pioneer CT-W302R  -  dolby b,c hxpro dual cassette deck
Sony CDP-C545  -  cd player
Sony DTC690  -  digital audio tape deck
Sony STR-D565  -  surround sound amplifier

* most of my outboard gear has gone unused since I upgraded from the Echo Layla to the Mackie ONYX 1640 and from Cubase VST 3 to Cubase SX3

Speakers

Bose 201  -  direct reflecting speaker (2)
Mackie HR824  -  high resolution studio monitor (2)
Pioneer S-HF21-LR  -  bookshelf speaker (2)

Software

All software used at Drifting Sun Sound is fully liscensed

Digidesign Pro Tools 8  -  music recording & production system
Native Instruments Guitar Rig 4  -  amp modeling software
Sony Sound Forge 8.0  -  two-track digital audio editor
Steinberg Cubase SX3  -  music recording & production system
Wave Machine Labs Drumagog 4  -  drum sample replacement software
Antares AutoTune 1.0 *  -  vocal pitch correction software

* I bought the first version of this software almost 10 years ago, but I DO NOT have it installed anymore... I do not want to make that kind of record.

Control Surface

Tascam US-2400  -  24 track DAW fader controller

Miscellaneous

AKG K44  -  stereo headphones (2)
Boss DR5  -  drum machine
Dell XPS  -  dual core computer
Direct Sound extreme isolation headphones
Hughes and Kettner Red Box  -  direct box (2)
Oz Audio Q-Mix HM-6  -  headphone matrix amp
Sony MDR-V600  -  stereo headphones
Ultrasone Pro 650  -  stereo headphones