Home Studio Registry: Michael Coffman

Future plans/projects

Continued expansion of studio, increasing diversity of clients, additional commercial recording work.

Guitars

Gibson Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster, Taylor 710, Ovation Legend, Rickenbacker 620-12, Rickenbacker 4001, Fender acoustic, Alvarez acoustic, Epiphone bass; Marshall, Fender, Ampeg and Peavey amps

Keyboards

Yamaha DX7, cheesy Yamaha personal keyboard

Percussion

6-pc. Ludwig, Zildjan cymbals, Boss DR-550mkII, hand percussion

Effects

Yamaha REV500, Digitech DSP128+ and ART reverbs; Symmetrix and dbx compressors; JoeMeek VC-6 and ART Tube MP preamps; various guitar stompboxes

Microphones

Shure SM-57, SM-58 and Beta 4.0; Radio Shack PZMs; Rode NT-1

Mixing

Yamaha MT8X

Tape decks

Yamaha MT8X and MT2X; Sony and Onkyo cassette; Panasonic SV 3700 DAT

Monitoring

Sony stereo amp with Infinity loudspeakers; Sony and AKG headphones

Computer

Hewlett Packard 100mHz Pentium with 1 GB hard drive, 16 MB memory

Music software

PowerTracks Pro Audio 4.0, Goldwave Sound Editor, Mellosoftron II softsampler, Theremin emulator

Additional equipment

Cool lights, candles and posters, lots of incense, a large CD collection, nice ambience, Sony Playstation, extremely close pizzeria and a great dog

Additional notes

If it makes a sound, we will record it...

Primary use Secondary use
Demos Other
Recording level MIDI level
Above average Just learning
Commonly work (with) Completed songs/demos/jingles
Other musicians More than 100