Infinite Melody studio is Neil’s personal home studio, designed to his own specification. Primarily geared up for sound design and composing purposes, it has also been used to produced multitrack projects. Neil also produces material for other artists and may track in other studios, but edit and mix in the comfort of his own studio.Having grown up on SSL’s and 24 track tape machines, now favours a variety of tools including Apple’s Logic Studio 8, Magix’s Samplitude Professional, and Motu’s Digital Performer. Much of his studio is now based around a Computer based DAW’s and virtual instruments.“The combination of Logic Studio, Digital Performer and Samplitude provides me with a wonderful powerful set of tools, enabling me to compose, sound design, edit and sync to film without worrying to much about the technology, but if i need it…..it is there! Samplitude enables me to work in the post world with no worries about quality or reliability”.
Portable Recording
Neil also does a large amount of recording in the field, using a number of different portable setups. The Focusrite Saffie has enabled Neil to record and produced music all around the world, “with it’s excellent Focusrite preamp’s I have been able to record in the field on a standard laptop”. He also uses a combination of tools, including the Sound Devices MixPre, Edirol R-4 and R-09 recorders with a variety of microphones to capture ambient soundscape and real world sounds for both film sound tracks and sound design. “….Have gear, will travel…”For more information, check out the location recording page.Pictures of the evolution of the studio can be found here.Recording
- Yahama AW4416 16 Track Digital Workstation
- IntaAudio AMD 64 PRO Workstation Athlon 4000+
- Apple MacBook Pro 2.2GHz Core Duo
- Apple iMac G4 800MHz
- Sony GRZ615S Vaio P4 2.4GHz
- Mark of the Unicorn 828 Firewire Interface
- Mark of the Unicorn Midi Express XT Interface
- Focusrite Saffire Pro Interface
- Digidesign MBox Interface
- Roland VM3100 Mixer
- Edirol UA-20 Audio Capture card
- Emagic Audiowerk 2 Soundcard
- Lacie firewire Harddrives
- Behringer Eurorack Pro RX1602 Rack Submixer
- Korg Kontrol 49 Controller
Software
- Mark of the Unicorn Digital Performer 7.1
- Apple Logic Studio 8
- Magix Samplitude 8.2
- Sony Vegas 6.0
- Sony DVD Architect Pro 5.0
- Digidesign ProTools LE 6.4
- Cakewalk Sonar Producer 6
- Adobe Audition 1.5
- TC Works Spark 2.8
- Sony ACID Pro 5.0
- Sibelius 4.0
- Spectrasonics Stylus
- Spectrasonics Stylus RMX + SAGE expanders
- Spectrasonics Atmosphere
- Garritan Personal Orchestra
- Propellerheads Reason 3.0
- Native Instruments Reaktor 5.0
- Native Instruments Absynth 4.0
- Native Instruments Kontakt 2.2
- Native Instruments Kontakt Experience
- CamelAudio Cameleon5000
- CamelAudio CamelSpace
- CamelAudio Alchemy
- CamelAudio CamelPhat
- Eastwest StormDrum
- Voxengo Pristine Space IR
- iZotope Ozone Mastering Suite
- Mathworks Matlab 7
- Mathworks Simulink 6
Outboard
- Focusrite Platinum Penta Compressor
- Lexicon MPX100 MultiFX
Microphones
- Audio Technica AT4033A
- Audio Technica ATM45
- AKG C-1000 Condenser mics x 2
- Studio Electronics SE1A
- Shure SM57 Dynamic
- Shure SM58 Dynamic
- Samson S12 Dynamic
- Rode NT-4 Condenser
- Rode NTG-2 Shotgun Condenser + Deadcat Windshield
- Soundman OKM Binaural Microphones
Monitoring
- Dynaudio BM5 Monitors
- Samson Servo 150 Amplifier
- M-Audio LX 4 plus LX4 Surround expansion
Hardware Synths
- Emu Proteus 2000 Expanded with World and Advanced Orchestra Boards
- Korg X5DR Synth
- Alesis S4+ Quadrasynth
- Roland Juno 2
- Novation Supernova II
- Roland JV1010
Guitars
- Ibanez RG550 Custom
- Ibanez RG550 Ltd Edition
- Ibanez RG7431 7 String
- Ibanez SC430 Prestige
- ESP Ltd Custom
- Fender USA Strat
- Yamaha APX 4A Electroacoustic
Amplifiers
- Tech 21 Tradmark 10
- Tech 21 Tradmark 60 1 x 12
- Marshall JMP-1 Preamp
- Marshall Valvestate 8008 poweramp
- Marshall VS65R Combo
- Marshall TSL-60 Head - read review
- Marshall 9100 monobloc Value Poweramp
- Marshall 1936 2 x 12 Cab
- Line 6 Flextone III XL + footswitch
Guitar Effects
- TC Electronic G-Major Multi-fx processor
- Tech 21 SansAmp GT2 Amp Modeller
- Johnson Amplification J-Station
- Boss LS-2 Line Selector Pedal
- Boss OD-2 Super Overdrive Pedal
- Boss DS-1 Distortion Pedal
- Boss DD-7 Digital Delay Pedal
- Boss MT-1 Metal Zone Pedal
- Boss BD-2 Blues Driver Pedal
- Boss CH-1 Super Chorus Pedal
- Boss GE-7 7 Band Graphic Eq Pedal
- Boss RC-50 Loop Station Pedal
- MXR Phase 90 Phaser Pedal
- Jim Dunlop Crybaby Wah Pedal x 2
- Line 6 DM-4 Distortion Modeller
- Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeller
- Behringer FC-100 Midi Foot-controller
- read more about Neil's current set up here
Field Recording
- Sound Devices MixPre Field Mixer
- Edirol R-09 Digital Recorder
- Edirol R-4 Digital Field Recorder
Other Items
- Miscellaneous Ethnic instruments
- iRiver iHP-140 recorder
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