Gearhead

Anyone who knows me can tell you that I am an unrepentant gear addict. If it makes a cool noise, then I probably want it...and if it has ever been turned into an instrument, all the better. I was even a professional luthier (guitar/bass) for nearly 10 years.


Here is some of what is currently installed on my computer, and around my house. The items that I use most often, or that I get the biggest kick out of fooling around with are marked by an asterisk (*). Also included are lists of gear I used to have (mostly sold when I needed the cash) and stuff I'd like to have, if I could afford it and could justify the expense.


Softsynths

Audio Damage - Axon *
Audio Damage - Tattoo
Camel Audio - Alchemy ***
Camel Audio - Cameleon
Cakewalk - Dimension Pro
Cakewalk - z3ta+
DiscoDSP - Vertigo *
DiscoDSP - Phantom
DiscoDSP - Discovery
East West - RA *
East West - Silk *
East West - Symphonic Choirs *
FXpansion - Giest
FXpansion  - DCAM SynthSquad
FXpansion - Orca
GForce - Imposcar
GForce - Minimonsta
HG Fortune  - STS-26

Image Line - Sytrus

Image Line - Toxic Biohazard
Image Line - Morphine
Image Line PoiZone
Image Line - Ogun

iZotope - Iris **

Kjaerhus Audio - Spectra

Klanglabs - Stompbud

Linplug - Octopus
LiveLab - LiveSlice
NuSofting - Modelonia
NuSofting - Marimka
NI - Massive **
NI - Kontakt ***
NI - Absynth *
NI - FM8
NI - Pro-53
NI - Reaktor
NI - B4
NI - Battery

NI - Razor

NI - Spark

Ni - Prizm *

Plugsound - PS03

Prodyon - Livemachine *
ReFX - Vanguard *
Simple Media - Super Spook Keys
Sonic Charge - MicroTonic *
Ueberschall - PLP120

Ugo - Motion *

Ugo - Rez ***

Ugo - Texture *

Ugo - String Theory **

Ugo - Ironhead **
Ugo - Ironhead:Spawn ***
Ugo - M-theory ***
Ugo - Disturbance ***
Ugo - The Element of Surprise *
U-he - Zebra *
White Noise Audio - Additive *
White Noise Audio - Dopplemangler *
White Noise Audio - Zero Vector

xoxos - Elder Thing

xoxos - Sounds of Nature

xoxos - Fauna

xoxos - Populus

xoxos - Syng

xoxos - Surface

xoxos - Pling

xoxos - Phybes

xoxos - Virtual Machine

xoxos - Piamo

Effect Plugs-ins

Anarchy Sound - Convoluter *

Anarchy Sound - Corkscrew *

Anarchy Sound - Harmonic Adder *

Anarchy Sound - Length Separator *

Anarchy Sound - Spectral Autopan **

Audio Damage - 914

Audio Damage - Eos

Audio Damage - PhaseTwo

Audio Damage - Automaton **

Audio Damage - BigSeq2 *

Audio Damage - DrDevice

Audio Damage - Kombinat

Audio Damage - Ricochet

Audio Damage - RoughRiderPro

Audio Damage - Vapor

Audio Damage - Fluid

Audio Damage - Liquid

Audio Damage - ADverb

Audio Damage - Discord

Audio Damage - DubStation

Audio Damage - Replicant **

Audio Damage - Ronin

Camel Audio - CamelSpace ***

Camel Audio - CamelPhat ***

Celemony - Melodyne ***

Bias - SoundSoap

dblue - Glitch ***

Digital Fishphones - Spitfish *

DiscoDSP - EQ30

DiscoDSP - NightShine

DiscoDSP - ThrillMe

Flux - BitterSweet II *

Image Line - Juice Pack **

iZotope - Ozone ***

iZotope - Stutter Edit ***

iZotope - RX2 ***

iZotope - Vinyl

NI - Vokator *

NI - Spektral Delay *

NI - Guitar Rig *

NI - Reaktor

NI - The Mouth *

NuGen Audio - Visualizer **

Overloud - Breverb (audioMIDI) *

PSP - Vintage Warmer ***

Plogue - Rebuilder

Prodyon - Robocoder

Prodyon - Ironizer

Prodyon - Enchoir

Prosoniq - Dynasone *

Silverspike - R2

SpinAudio - SpinEQ *

SpinAudio - FX Designer

SpinAudio - RoomVerb M1

SpinAudio - SpinDelay

Ugo - Metallurgy ***
Ugo - Tunguska ***

Ugo - Dualism ***

Virtos - NoiseWizard *

Valhalla DSP - Valhalla Shimmer

Voxengo - Span


Samples & Presets

- Samples -

:10: - Drum Loops

Best Service - Percumania

Big Fish - Tool Shed Percussion

Big Fish - Things That Go Bump...

Bolder Sounds - Crystal Meditation

Bolder Sounds - Slate

Bolder Sounds - Wind Chimes

Bolder Sounds Tibetan Bowls

BT - Breakz From The Nu Skool ***

Dusted William - Funky Ass Drums

Dusted William - The Dirty Dose

EastWest - StormDrum

Garritan - Personal Orchestra

M-Audio - Sounds Logickal

mCKENIC - Fizz n Chips

Perimeter - World Tek **

Perimeter - Best of Bio-Mechanic Beats II **

Perimeter - Bio-Mechanic Beats **

Perimeter - Abstract World Fusion **

Precision Sound - Cimbalom ***

Precision Sound - Gefle Bells

Precision Sound - Persian Santur ***

Precision Sound - Lyra **

Precision Sound - Kloo Mandolin *

Precision Sound - Alpine Zither *

Prosonus - Prepared Piano

Public Enemy - Sampledome ***

Sony - Arythmia

SampleSquad - Dodhran

SampleSquad - Mech

SampleSquad - Pakistani Frame Drum

SampleSquad - Psyops

SampleSquad - Metal Dumbek

SampleTek - Anvils

SampleTek - Churchbells

SampleTek - Orchestral Instruments

SampleTek - Carillion

SampleTek - Marimba

Soniccouture - Abstrakt Breaks **

Soniccouture - Bowed Gamelan *

Soniccouture - Xtended Piano **

Soniccouture - Gamelan Compact *

Soniccouture - Pan Drum **

Soniccouture - Kim **

Soniccouture - Konkrete 1-2 ***

Soniccouture - Devilfish

Soniccouture - Guzheng ***

Soniccouture - Music Box

Soniccouture - Rocksichord

Soniccouture - Tube Drum

Soniccouture - Skiddaw Stones

Soniccouture - Mbira

Soniccouture - Speak & Spell

Ugo - Samples I've created for myself ***

Zero-G - Degrees of Abstract **

Zero-G - Distorted Dancefloors

Zero-G - Funky Elements

Zero-G - Nu Jointz 1-2

Zero-G - World Class Breaks

Zero-G - Pure Mayhem

Zero-G - Total Drum & Bass **

Zero-G - Chemical Beats

Zero-G - Smoke

Zero-G - Altered States **

Zero-G - Afrolatin Slam *

Zero-G - Beneath Planet of the Breaks ***

Zero-G - Escape From P.o.T. Breaks ***

Zero-G - Planet of the Breaks ***

Zero-G - Return To Planet of the Breaks ***

Zero-G - Freak Beats

Zero-G - Jungle Warfare 1-3 ***

Zero-G - The Operating Table ***

Zero-G - Elektrolytic

Zero-G - Fields of Motion *

Zero-G - Sounds of Polynesia

Zero-G - Indian Dance Classics

Zero-G - ASL

Zero-G - Voices of Africa

Zero-G - Rhythm Organism *

Zero-G - Outer Limits


- Presets -

BigTone - Vanguard Soundbank *

BigTone - Silicon Frontiers *

BigTone - Electronic Garden Bank *

Camel Audio - All Soundbanks ***


Basses, Guitars, Other

DeArmand - Ashbory *

EB MusicMan - StingRay 5 ***

Framus - 12 String

Frankenstein - Fretless Acoustic Bass

Ibanez - RG-270 (Customized) **

Modulus - Quantum 6 (2Tek) ***

Peavey - Cirrus 5 Fretless (USA) ***

Peavey - Millennium 5 (USA) ***

Samick - 17" Jazzbox (Customized) ***

Tune - Zi-3-8N (Japanese) ***

Tune - TWB-5 (Japanese) **

Eden  - DC210XLT Metro ***

Gretsch Electromatic - G2202 *

Genz Benz - 1x152011-05-20

Green River - Hammered Dulcimer *

Double Ocarina

Ocarina

Bamboo Flute

Bamboo Recorder

Bamboo Pan Pipe

Thai Mouth Organ

Tambourine

Kazoo

Claves (2x)

Hohner Harmonica

Harmonicas (Various Cheap)

Latin Percussion - Triangle (Small)

Latin Percussion - Drum (Tiny)

Bear Claw Rattle

Wind Chimes (Tiny)

Drone Tube

Crucianelli - Accordion

Hammond - L-102 (Not Working)

Lots of spare guitar parts

A few other random items

Hosts & Studio Gear

Steinberg - Cubase ***

Ableton - Live *

XT Software - energyXT *

Presonus - Studio One **

SynthEdit **

Sony - Sound Forge ***

Second Face - Waveknife *

Extreme Sample Converter

Cakewalk - Sonar

Skylife - SampleRobot

TobyBear - Minihost

Xlutop - Chainer

Cockos - Reaper

SAVIhost

Outsim - SynthMaker

Event - 2020p **

Presonus - Firebox ***

Intel E6600 / 2gig ram / XP ***

AKG - K271 Studio **

Marantz - PMD620 ***

Philip Rees  - 2x1 MIDI Merge (x2)

Korg - DT-1 *

Behringer - UB2442 FX Pro

MOTU - MIDI Express XT

Sure - SM-57

Nady - Pop Filter

Devo - Energy Dome (Red) ***


Mobile Apps

4Pockets - Aurora Sound Studio **

A Tasty Pixel - Loopy ***

AffinityBlue - NodeBeat ***

Alexander Matheu - GlitchBreaks **

Apple - Garageband ***

Appsberger Syndrome - iPhase

Audanika - SoundPrism

AudioRealism - TechnoBox2 ***

Batuhan Bozkurt - Circuli ***

BeepStreet - SunrizerXS **

BeepStreet - Impaktor ***

Benjamin Martinson - Minimalicious *

Bolasol - Werkbench **

CA Mobile - Oscillators **

Casual Underground - Loopseque Mini ***

Create and Explore - Flourish **

Camel Audio - Alchemy Mobile ***

Develoe - Soundrop

Exotic Chef - eDrops Pro ***

Exotic Chef - eDrops Free ***

Exotic Chef - eDrops Nature ***

Exotic Chef - eDrops Classic ***

Exotic Chef - eSonar Pro ***

Fingerlab DM1 - **

Francesco Cricchio - RGBSound *

Hige Five - Aura Flux ***

Holderness - Waviary

henc.oops - aubit

IceGear - Xenon ***

Interval Studios - Thicket **

Intua - BeatMaker 2 ***

iZotope - iDrum Beatbox

iZotope - iDrum Wu-Tang

Jeremy Huff - Musiaco Mini

Korg - iKaossilator ***

Kraft - Falling Stars **

Matthew Davenport - SoundZen *

Michael Aldridge - Cascadr XS *

Mode of Expression - Noteplex

Moog Music - Animoog ***

Native Instruments - iMaschine **

Peterson - iStrobosoft

Propellerhead - Figure ***

Rainer Kohlberger - Rain **

Reactable - Reactable Mobile ***

Sebastian Schatz - triqtraq ***

Sonosaurus - ThumbJam **

Steinberg - Cubase iC

Steinberg - LoopMash **

trange Agency - Curtis Free

Strange Agency - HyperSpace

Strange Agency - Megacurtis

Strange Agency - Spoke

Strange Agency - Slice

Strange Agency - ExtraSlice

Strange Agency - Space

Steve Martinez - Synthtastic

tkumars.com - ChaosticKit

Waveforms - LoopTwister

White Noise Audio - bleep!BOX ***

XME - BeatPad

Xylio - BeatSpiral

Yamaha - TNR-i *

Zach Gage - Synthpond **

Hardware Synths & Controllers

Alesis - DM5

Behringer - BCR2000 ***

Casio - SK-5 - Circuit Bent

Ensoniq - Fizmo ***

Korg - N5

Korg - padKONTROL (x2) ***

Novation Launchpad (2x) ***

Technics - WSA1

Hardware Effects

Alesis - 3630

BBE - 462

Dunlop - Crybaby (Bass)

EBS - Unichorus **

Electrix - FilterQueen ***

Korg - Kaoss Pad 1

Korg - Kaoss Pad 2 *

Johnson - J-Station

Line 6 - Pod XT **

Rocktron - Intellifex LTD **


Ex-gear: stuff I used to own

- Synth/MIDI Gear -

Akai - AX73 *

Akai - AX80 *

Alesis - SR16

Alesis - DM5

Crumar - Bit One

DSI - Evolver

Emu - Proteus 2000

Ensoniq - ASR-X ***

Kawai - K5000S ***

Kawai - XD-5

Korg - DDD-5

Korg - DW6000

Pintech - CS-9ST

Quasimidi - 309 **

Waldorf - Microwave XT ***

Yamaha - DD-5

Yamaha - SY-35

Yamaha - QX21

Yamaha - G50 + BD-1

Yamaha - EZ-AG

- Bass & Guitar -

Custom - 8 String Bass **

Custom - 5 String Bass **

Dean - Edge 8 String

Hohner - B2A-FL (Ebony fingerboard) *

Ibanez - EX 5 string

Ibanez - SR885 *

Ibanez - BTB5

Peavey - Fury 5

Samick - 5 string (Bartolini)

Samick - Strat Copy (Customized) *

Yamaha - RBX200

- Amps & Effects -

Crate BX-80

Digitech - Whammy

Hartke - 3500

Ibanez - Sonic Distortion SD9

Boss - Metal Zone

Boss - Flanger

Boss - Chorus

Boss - Digital Delay

Boss - GT3

Line 6 - Bass Pod XT

And many more items I can't remember now.

Wish List: stuff I'd like to own

- Synth / Controller -

Alesis - A6 Andromeda

Peavey - Cyberbass

Eigenlabs - Eigenharp Alpha (or Tau)

Haken - Continuum
KMI - QuNeo

Custom Controller - 8x8 Grid & More

 

- Stringed -

Custom Bass - 10 String

Custom Bass - 8 String Fretless

Rickenbacker - 4001/4003

Modulus - Quantum 6 Fretless

Modulus - Genesis 5

Pedulla - Pentabuzz

Ernie Ball - Earthwood Bass

Danelectro - Hodad Bass

Gretsch - G6120SSL (Flame)

Taylor - LKSM

Chapman Stick

 

- Amps & Effects -

Fender - Hot Rod DeVille

Pigtronix - Envelope Phaser

- Other Instruments -

Hang or Halo Drum

Freenotes - Bass Marimba

Freenotes - Pegasus with Addendum

Array Instruments - Array Mbira (5 Oct)

Large Balafon

Most other ethnic instruments

 

- Computer -

Dell - U2711

A faster computer