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Space…The Final Frontier…sans reverb

Things keep moving around in here. Some more than once. I have several IKEA shelves and 2 corner units. I’m in the midst of migrating them into the area that will become my vox booth sometime soon. I have read several articles stating that full bookshelves are good for sound control. I don’t know for certain when it will be complete but I see light at the end of the tunnel and it’s not an oncoming freight train.

Then again. Is a studio ever really done?

So here are some pics and explanations. I originally shot a video but there is too much movement and some shakiness that can cause one’s stomach to reach AKA Hurlcam.

Pic 1. Slant shelf I built decades ago. It has 15 spaces per side. Still serves its purpose. Once I figure where the console is going, I’ll have a better idea where it go…along with another 26 unit rack.

Pic 2. These shelves will be migrating downstairs to the vox area. I can’t call it à booth yet per se.

Pic 3. Looking from the vertex down one ray from where the drums will live.

Pic 4. My console which is yet to be moved.along with my MiniMoog atop a Westlake BBSM-10. That’s a very good jazz base copy. There is a Strat of the same type to the right of kit.

Pic 5. My Baby. 1967 Fwnder Tremolux and two bandmaster 2 x 12 cabs. I don’t remember if I’ve said this before but…I bought the lower cab at a garage sale in LaGrange, IL for $5 bucks. It was in good condition. I figured for $5 it was worth it, even if it was empty. I paid the guy running the sale with his wife. I asked why so cheap. He said they were selling everything to move, even stuff that belonged to their son. The son never picked it up. When I lifted it to go in the car, it was heavy as hell. Hmmmm. Got it hom, laid it face down, opened up the back and saw a JBL D120 and an EVM12. Best five bucks I ever spent.

Pic 6. my newly modified bass rig. Top head is a Crate B150. These were good amps in the day. This one needs to be recapped. Below that is a Sunn Coliseum Bass head. 320 watts of raw power. This thing is Loud as hell. Next level down is a Crate BX410. 4 x 10”. I bought it two weeks ago for $60. The bottom box is a Peavey 115 Black Widow. It sounds good. A friend came over a couple of days ago with a ‘75 Gibson Grabber and a 64’ Precision. He’s a much better bassist than me. He put it through the paces. Passes with flying colors.

Pic 7. To the right is my power amp rack. There is a 480L in there too. To the left is my old New England Digital Direct-To-Disk PostPro 16 track digital recorder. In ‘86 this was bleeding edge. It’s 16 bit 100K sampling rate. I usually did 44,1K and sometimes 48K. It weighs a ton because of all the power supplies in there. I have plenty of spares so she’ll keep running for a long time.

Pic 8. Is the front end of my NED Synclavier 9600. This thing is fully loaded and sounds just as good as the day they recorded Thriller on a like model. First seven notes are all SynClav.

Pic 9. Is my Sony APR5002 3 Channel Reel to Reel. The outside tracks are audio with a SMPTE track in the middle. I can record live to 2 track with this unit.

Pic 10. Is the space that will eventually become my vocal booth.

So that’s it for now.

Oh yeah. The reverb comment is a bit of humor that GA started with the last update.

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Space…The Final Frontier…sans reverb