Acoustica Pianissimo - "Just like a real piano"
Acoustica Pianissimo is virtual piano software that can be used as a standalone piece of software or as a plug-in in your DAW. It is available in AU, VST, or RTAS formats as a plug-in. I've used it b…
Synthogy Ivory - "beautiful sounding keys"
Synthogy Ivory works brilliantly on most setups. I've used it on a laptop with a single core Pentium processor, a low end desktop PC (1.8GHZ Pentium and 1gb ram) as well as my current (2.5GHZ Core2Qu…
4Front TruePianos - "grand sound!"
I've been using the 4 Front True Pianos for about a year and I have come to know it as one of the best virtual acoustic pianos out there. It was easy to install and doesn't take to long to figure out…
AKG K 81 DJ - "worth the buy"
The AKG K 81’s are a set of studio headphones for uses of all types (even though they say they are DJ headphones). I'll just say up front that I'm not a huge fan of these headphones, as they feel che…
AKG K 55 - "decent studio phones"
I've been using the AKG K 55 studio headphones for about two years. These headphones are a favorite of a lot of engineers for monitoring while recording and for checking mixes on. They are built well…
Wurlitzer 200A - "vintage yes!"
The Wurlitzer 200A is an electric piano that like the name states has 73 keys and has become a classic instrument. It has built in speakers as well as outputs if you want to send this to an amp or d…
Rhodes Mark I Stage 73 - "Classic"
I've been using the Mark 1 Stage 73 electric piano for about five years. While not every studio or keyboard player has one, when I have access to one I will always try to use it when recording. Those…
Tascam US-1641 - "I really like it"
The Tascam US 1641 was the first audio interface I bought when I wanted to get into digital recording with my computer. I was running it with a Hewlett Packard lap top with a 3 Ghz processor and 2 GB…
IK Multimedia T-RackS 3 Beyond Mastering - "very useful"
The T-Racks III was easy to install and I had no compatibility issues with my system. The plug-in comes with Pro Tools LE and is installed while you are installing Pro Tools, so there couldn't be any…
Steinberg Nuendo 4 - "high quality recordings"
Steinberg Nuendo 4 was the first digital sequencer I got about nine years ago. I got it because it was real cheap and I was just looking to see what recording was all about. I used it on PC and didn'…
Boss RV-5 Digital Reverb - "nice stomp box"
The Boss RV-5 is a digital reverb pedal. It has 1/4 inch inputs and outputs and is not rackable as it is a stomp box. It has ten different types of reverbs and four parameters to control them. It ha…
Marshall VS100R - "great amp"
The Marshall ValveState II VS1006 is a tube guitar amplifier. The model I have is a silver face and was made in 1976. There are four 1/4 inputs - two for each channel. The first channel has dials for…
Sennheiser e 835 - "concise sound"
The Senheiser e835 is a hand held style dynamic microphone that can be used in just about any situation. I've personally only used it in a recording studio where I was the assistant engineering on th…
Audix OM6 - "nice for home studio"
The Audix OM6 was one of the first mics that I have ever used, I think I got it a radio shack. That is crazy that a mic this good was sold at radio shack a long time ago. Sonically the response has …
Roland Fantom-S 61 - "great board"
The Roland Fantom s61 has 61 beautiful semi weighted keys. It also has a big screen so you can work in song mode to create your whole song right on board without having to transfer files and .wavs so…