Cikira's "Mushrooms" Studio and gear
Nothing's for sale here, but please enjoy a visit!
2001
Here's part of the OLD gearpile in 2001. It had become a fortress!
Current layout
Here's the present layout, and a glimpse of my "minimalist studio" phase:
Spring 2002
Setting up again in the new house...
Today....
...and here's the studio today...with elbow room!
Read about the studio here!
What's with all that hardware? Why the old computers? Find out more here.
A few more for gear-spotting
And here's the toy list:
Main Workstation
- ADAM P22-A active nearfield monitors
- Omnirax ProStation workdesk with 4 equipment bays
- Omnirax Pro316 and Pro20 slanted rack systems
- QuikLok 699 triple-tier keyboard stands and various double-tiers
- Alesis RA-100 amplifiers (2 units) with Alesis Monitor Ones and Monitor Twos
- Mackie HR824 active reference monitors
- Power Macintosh beige G3 300MHz serial port minitower running 90's MIDI software and RedMoon's maxWerk
- Opcode Studio 4 interfaces.
- Anatek 8-Way StudioMerge and MIDI Solutions QuadraMerges
MIDI input and alternative MIDI controllers
- Hardware MIDI Sequencers
- genoQs Machines Nemo, Black Sea edition
- genoQs Machines Octopus, desktop and flight case models
- Manikin Electronics Schrittmacher (2 units)
- Roland MC-80EX with hard drive and GS sounds
- Sequentix Cirklon (2 units)
- SND SAM-16
- Yamaha QY100
- Yamaha QY700 (2 units)
- Yamaha RM1x
- Anatek Wind Machine with Yamaha BC2 (2 systems)
- Conductive Labs The NDLR
- E-mu Launch Pad
- Interactive Light Dimension Beam (3 units)
- used with Anatek Pocket Transpose & Mappers
- Isla Instruments KordBot-BLK
- Keyfax Phatboy controller
- Korg KAOSS v.1 and KP2 multi-effects/controller pads
- Kurzweil ExpressionMate ribbon controller
- Oberheim Cyclone arpeggiator
- Oberheim Drummer pattern/fill generator
- Oberheim Strummer guitar simulator
- Peavey PC-1600x fader box (2 units)
- Roland HPD-10 HandSonic Percussion Pad
- Roland HPD-15 HandSonic Percussion Pad
- Yamaha WX5 Wind Controller
- uberHamster-Pro Kung Fu master MIDI timing source
Synths and modules
- Access Virus C Indigo2
- Access Virus C Indigo2 limited edition "Redback"
- Alesis D4 Drum Module
- Alesis A6 Andromeda (2 units)
- Alesis Ion
- Alesis Micron
- Alesis QuadraSynth Plus (2 units), all Quadra- and Q-Cards
- Alesis QSR
- Alesis SR16 Drum Machine
- Big Briar signed early Etherwave theremin with CV-out and Moog TB-15 amplifier
- Big Briar 91C concert theremin, black finish with gold-plated antennae and smoked plexiglass speaker
- Casio CZ-1 Phase Distortion synth
- Clavia Nord Electro2 rack
- Clavia Nord Lead 1: 12 voices, Clavia library cards
- Clavia Nord Lead 2X keyboard and rack
- Clavia Nord Lead 3 keyboard and rack
- Critter & Guitari Third Man Records Septavox
- Dave Smith Instruments desktop Evolver
- Dave Smith Instruments PolyEvolver Keyboard
- Dave Smith Instruments PolyEvolver Rack
- Elektron MachineDrum
- Elektron SidStation
- E-mu Procussion
- E-mu Morpheus Z-Plane Synth, all E-mu PCM/library cards
- E-mu MPS Plus Orchestral KB, all E-mu library cards
- E-mu Orbit V2 the Dance Planet
- E-mu Planet Earth (2 units)
- E-mu Planet Phatt
- E-mu Turbo rack shell with 4 synth & World ROMs
- E-mu UltraProteus, all E-mu PCM/library cards
- E-mu Vintage Keys Plus
- Ensoniq Fizmo Transwave Synth with regulator fix
- FutureRetro 777 monophonic analog synth
- JoMoX Airbase99 analog drum synth (2 units)
- Jomox SunSyn MkII, black case & metallic knobs (2 units)
- Kawai K5000S, memory-expanded with Kawaii sound library
- Korg Electribe-A
- Korg Electribe-R
- Korg Minilogue analog polysynth
- Korg MS2000
- Korg MS2000BR
- Korg 03R/W (2 units), all Korg PCM/library card sets
- Korg Prophecy Solo Synth
- Korg WD-X Wavedrum Percussion Synthesizer
- Korg Wavestation A/D (2 units), all Korg PCM/library card sets
- Korg Wavestation EX
- Korg Wavestation SR (2 units), all Korg SR-PCM card sets
- Korg X5DR module
- Korg Z1-EX with Korg memory card
- Kurzweil Micro-Piano
- Manikin Electronics Memotron, charcoal Limited Edition
- Modulus Electronics Monowave (2): #12 & #30 of 30 units made
- Moog Music customized Signature v.3 Minimoog Voyager (KB)
(not for the faint-hearted!) - Moog Music Anniversary v.3 Minimoog Voyager (KB)
- Moog Music Little Phatty Tribute and Stage Editions
- Moog Music Model D Reissue analog monosynth
- Novation A-Station (2 units)
- Novation BassStation II
- Novation BassStation Keyboard
- Novation BassStation Rack
- Novation DrumStation v.2
- Novation K-Station
- Novation Mininova
- Novation SuperBassStation
- Novation Supernova II Pro/X Rack (48 voices)
- Novation Supernova II Pro/X Keyboard (48 voices)
- Novation X-station25
- Oberheim Matrix 1000 (3 units)
- Oberheim/DSI OB-6 analog polysynth
- Oberheim Xpander (2 units, latest updates, 1 with external audio input mod)
- Quasimidi Polymorph morph-sequencing synth
- Quasimidi Rave-O-Lution 309 rhythm synth with expansions
- Roland D-550 L.A. Synthesizer (2 units) with PG-1000 Programmer
- Roland JD-800 with all 8 Roland PCM/library card sets
- Roland JD-990 with Vintage Synth expansion board
- Roland JP-8000
- Roland JP-8080 with memory card
- Roland MC-505 Groovebox with memory card
- Roland SC-880 Sound Canvas (2 units)
- Roland SH-32 Wave Synthesizer
- Roland U-220 with all 15 Roland PCM cards
- Roland V-Synth XT
- Roland XV-5080, SRX expanded x4
- Sequential Prophet 6 analog polysynth
- Spectral Audio Neptune II
- Spectral Audio Syntrack
- Studio Electronics ATC-1 with cartridge selector and 4 filters
- Studio Electronics CODE-8 polysynth: four filter sets, OD, op amps
- Studio Electronics SE-1x (2 units)
- Vermona Drm1 MkII and MkIII: chrome knobs, wood sides
- Viscount "Oberheim" OB12
- Waldorf Blofeld keyboard (black)
- Waldorf Micro-Q (blue)
- Waldorf Microwave 1, v2.0 (2 units)
- Waldorf MicroWave II
- Waldorf Microwave XT
- Waldorf MicroWave XTk
- Waldorf Pulse Monosynth: 7 Pulse units and 1 Pulse Plus
- Waldorf Q (32 voices): blue with wood ends
- Waldorf Q+, Phoenix edition
- Yamaha AN1x
- Yamaha FS1R
- Yamaha Motif Rack XS
- Yamaha VL-70m with Patchman TURBO-VL ROM upgrade
Effects and special-purpose processors
- Akai Headrush looper pedal
- Alesis Ineko Desktop Effects Processor
- Alesis Quadraverb 2 (version 2) multi-effects (2 units)
- Alesis Wedge desktop reverb (2 units)
- Antares Systems ATR-1 Auto-Tune Intonation Processor
- BBE 882 Sonic Maximizer
- Boomerang III Looper
- Boss GT-Pro guitar effects
- Boss SE-70 multi-effects (2 units)
- Boss SX-700 multi-effects
- Boss VF-1 multi-effects
- dbx 386 Dual Vacuum Tube Preamp with Digital Out
- dbx 1066 compressor/limiter/gate
- dbx 1086 mic processor with analog and digital I/O
- Digitech Studio Vocalist v.2 with digital I/O
- D-TAR Solstice ultra-hi-Z stereo preamp
- Electrix FilterFactory analog filter
- Electrix Mo-FX time synchronized effects
- Electrix Repeater loop/phrase Sampler
- Electrix Warp Factory vocoder
- Electro-Harmonix 2880 Looper with foot controller
- Empirical Labs EL8SX Distressors with British mod
- Empirical Labs Fatso, Jr.
- Eventide Eclipse
- Eventide H3000 D/SE/B+ harmonizer
- Eventide H7600 harmonizer
- Eventide Princeton Reverb 2016
- FMR Audio RNC--Really Nice Compressor
- Korg KAOSS KP2 multi-effects pad (also listed as a MIDI controller)
- Lexicon JamMan Digital Delay/Looper with full 32s. memory
- Lexicon LXP-1 and LXP-5 effects
- Lexicon MPX1 Multi-Effects
- Lexicon MPX-550 Multi-Effects (2 units)
- Lexicon MRC Controller
- Lexicon Vortex multi-effects with a custom-built desktop controller
- Moog Music MoogerFoogers (with custom black-finished wood):
- CP-251 Control Processor
- MF-101 Lowpass Filter
- MF-102 Ring Modulator
- MF-103 Phaser
- MF-104 Analog Delay
- MF 104SD Super Delay
- MF-105 MuRF Multiple Resonance Filter Array
- MF-105b Bass MuRF
- MF-105m MIDI MuRF
- MF-107 Freqbox
- MF-108m ClusterFlux
- VX-351 Voyager CV Expander
- Mutronics Mutator with MIDI board
- Oberheim Echoplex Digital Pro with 198s. memory and foot controller
- Radial PZ-Pre 2-Channel Instrument Preamp (2)
- Roger Linn Designs AdrenaLinn III (2)
- Roland RC-300 Loopstation
- Sangean ATS 909 AM/FM/SW radio with Rec/Line output
- Sherman Filterbank 2 analog filter unit
- Sony HR-MP5 multi-effects
- T.C. Electronic Ditto Looper
- T.C. Electronic Finalizer 96K mastering processor
- T.C. Electronic FireworX multi-effects
- T.C. Electronic G-Force
- T.C. Electronic G-Major
- T.C. Electronic M-One dual effects processor
- T.C. Electronic D-Two multitap rhythm delay
- T.C. Electronic Triple-C stereo compressor
Recording equipment
- Akai DPS24 MkII workstation with SCSI backup system
- Alesis Masterlink
- Ashly LX-308B stereo mixer (level translator)
- Audio-Technica AT4050 and AT4033 large-diaphragm condenser mics
- Marantz CDR420 HD/CD Recorder
- Roland VS-1880's (3), 2FX cards each and CDRW-II
- Tascam DA-30 and DA-30MkII DAT decks
- Tascam 122mkIII high-performance stereo cassette
- Tascam 202mkII dual cassette dubbing deck
- HHb CDR-800 compact disc recorder
- HHb CDR-830 Plus compact disc recorder
Composing Corner - Collected components
- Apple Powerbooks: 300MHz G3 "Wallstreet", OS 8.6
- Opcode Studio 2, 3, 4, and 5LX MIDI interfaces
- various late-edition Roland GS-series modules
- Roland Fantom XR, fully expanded
- Original "maxWerk" composing/arranging software described below
Other studio equipment
- Amplifiers/Portable PA by AER, Fishman and Yamaha
- Array Instruments Array Mbiras--Meet Cikira's Mbiras here!
- Cuatro Puerto Rico by Oscar Schmidt, luthier-enhanced
- Godin Guitars Multiac 11-string fretless MultiOud and fretted Inuk
- Gold Tone 6 and 12-string mando-guitars
- Guitars by Cordoba, Epiphone, Gibson, Gretsch, Taylor
- Hammond-Suzuki Melodions: 44, 44HP, & BB Bass
- Korg Wavedrums: Oriental & Global
- Roland PMA-5 Personal Music Assistant with power supply
- Room listening system:
- Behringer RX1602 Euro-Rack sub-mixers
- Mackie LM-3204 mixers with Expander
- Mackie MS 1202 VLZ & VLZ3 sub-mixers
- Mackie 1604 VLZ3 fed by sub-mixers and playback equipment
- Open phones: Beyer DT990 Pro, Sennheiser HD580 and HD650
- Sealed phones: AKG 270S, AT M40 and M50, Beyer DT770, Sony MDR-7506
- Alesis RA-100 #2 with Alesis Monitor Two's
- Anatek Pocket Products galore, 5 Ensoniq MIDI-bugs
- Yamaha Tenori-On/W
- and Wally the authentic Norwegian rack troll
Most-used software (various synth editors not listed)
Interactive MIDI
- RedMoon's maxWerk: a 16-track composing/arranging program by Amanda Pehlke, written in Cycling '74's MAX graphic programming environment and featuring realtime keyboard and fader box control.
Sequencing (MIDI features only)
- Opcode--Vision and Studio Vision Pro, integrating with Galaxy Plus Editors
What's on my wish-list? Click here for a tale of temptation!