Home Studio Registry: Gary P. Alexander

Future plans/projects

Currently working on an original acoustic based singer songwriter demo

Guitars

Primarily Martin acoustic and Custom/Modified Fender Strat. Also have a Washburn Cumberland Jumbo, Rickenbacker 4001 Bass, and a Gibson ES345

Keyboards

Retro stuff Korg Poly 800, Roland Juno 2and believe it or not Casio VZ10-M

Sound modules

The Casio plus the modules on the PCs I have, which are mostly yamaha based, Lexicon Omega

Percussion

Pacific Drums CX Series, 7 pc with all upgrades, Toca Congas and other misc. percussion

Effects

Rolls Mic Pre, Art OPL Pre (tube), Ultraverb II, Alesis Compressor, A Zoom Effects Processor

Microphones

Too many to list, but no Neumans (yet)

Mixing

Mackie 8 Buss and a Yamaha MG16/6fx

Tape decks

Teac 1/4" Stereo

Hard disk recorders

Fostex D160

Monitoring

Powered Event Studio 5s for the control room. Crate 100w x2 for the Studio. I use AKG headphones ... 240s are my headphone of choice. Also a couple pairs of AKG K66 open backs.

Computer

Base PC is a Toshima running Cakewalk Pro Audio 8 Two Internal Hard Drives and an 80 gig External USB drive. memory - 1 gig

Music software

Sonar 4.00

Additional equipment

Fender DSP 90; Peavey classic 212 tube amp , plus a 212 chorus. A big ol Peavey bass rig with a 15 and two 10s coupled with a a 260 w x 2 power amp. Pedals, effects and all the other stuff needed to make it go and keep it in working order.

Additional notes

Been building my studio for commercial use (seriously) for about 9 years now. Although I've been collecting equipment, knowledge and working on my playing and technical chops for over 30 years. Music is a business, treat it like a business and you can make a living - don't and you'll spend a lot of money with little other than equipment to show for it. Don't be full of yourself and ask for help when you need it.

Primary use	Secondary use
Demos	Commercial work

Recording level	MIDI level
Above average	Average

Commonly work (with)	Completed songs/demos/jingles
Other musicians	21-40