Gear List & Influences

 

iMac 27” 3.8Ghz 8-Core i7 (running macOS Ventura), iPad Pro 3rd Gen. (with numerous music apps, too many to mention) and Airturn BT-105 ‘hands free’ sheet music reading system using forScore, MOTU 828x interface (with BOSS FS-5L pedal for punching in and out when recording), Samson S-Patch Plus Balanced Patchbay, KORG Kronos 2 88-key Workstation, Komplete Kontrol S49 Mk2 (running all NKS-compatible plug-ins below), Akai EWI 5000, Black Fender CD-60SCE Dreadnought Electro Acoustic guitar with Xvive U2 Wireless Digital Transmitter/Receiver System to Roland PA (see below), Numark NV DJ Controller (running with Serato DJ Pro), Roland R-26 Portable Recorder with Rycote windjammer, Zoom Q4n Video Recorder, Sibelius, Logic Pro, Ableton Live Suite with Push 2 controller, Access Virus TI Snow, moog MOTHER-32 and Theremini, ROCKTRON BANSHEE 2 Talkbox, Art PDB (DI Box), XLN Audio Addictive Keys (virtual upright piano), Klanghelm (DC1A2, IVGI), Klevgrand (FreeAMP, Svep), Plugin Alliance (bx_cleansweep V2, bx_solo, elysia niveau filter, SPL Free Ranger), PositiveGrid (BIAS, BIAS AMP 2, BIAS FX), QuikQuak UpStereoPro, Waves Plug-ins (Native Power Pack, Restoration Bundle, Platinum Bundle, StudioRack, Vintage Aural Exciter, Bezerk, C6 Multiband Compressor, Sibilance, WLM Plus Loudness Meter, J37 Tape, H-Comp Hybrid Compressor, Flow Motion FM Synth, Codex Wavetable Synth, Element 2.0 Synth, Doubler, Doppler, TrueVerb, Enigma, Tune, OneKnob Pumper, Wetter and Louder, MondoMod, REDD17, REDD37-51, SSL 4000 Collection, Soundshifter, CLA EchoSphere, CR8 + COSMOS Sample Finder, Lil Tube, Lofi Space, NX - Virtual Mix Room, WNS Noise Suppressor, Silk Vocal), Native Instruments Plug-ins (Analog Dreams, Blocks Base, Controller Editor, Drive, Driver, Massive, Massive X, Monark, Prism, The Gentleman, Drum Lab, Ethereal Earth, Expansions Selection, Retro Machines Mk2, Neon Drive, Our House, Ozone 11 Equalizer, Phasis, Play Series Selection, Previews, Raum, Vintage Organs, West Africa, Yangqin, Vinyl, Twenty Five, TRK-01 Bass & Kick, Scarbee Mark 1, Solid Bus Comp FX, Revolution, Blocks Wired, Guitar Rig 7 Player, Hypha, Irish Harp, Kinetic Treats, Lo-Fi Glow, Mechanix, Moebius, Mikro Prism, Replika, Kontakt 7 Player with Factory Selection, Reaktor 6 (Factory Selection, Skanner, The Mouth), Absynth 5, Razor, Supercharger, Hybrid Keys), Wave Arts Panorama, KORG Collection 4, Softube Modular and Saturation Knob, Sound Radix (Muteomatic, SurferEQBoogie), Nebula, SoundToys (LittleAlterBoy, LittlePlate, Tremolator), TAL-Chorus, Winkl, TDR Kotelnikov, audiomux, Arturia Plug-ins (V Collection 5, Analog Lab V, DX7 V, Filter MINI, Filter MS-20, Delay TAPE-201, Chorus JUN-6, Augmented STRINGS Intro, Rev PLATE-140, Pigments) Camel Audio (Alchemy Player (with Himalaya: Pads & A.I. Selection), CamelCrusher, CamelSpace), Novation V-Station and B-Station, IK Multimedia T-RackS and Sampletank 4 (with some legacy instruments), Eventide UltraChannel, AIR Music Technology Hybrid 3, AAS (Lounge Lizard Session 4, Strum Session 2, Ultra Analog Session 2), Green Oak Software Crystal, Klevgrand (Baervaag, FreeAMP, SantaJussi, Svep, SyndtSphere), D16 Group (Frontier, Sigmund, Syntorus, Nithonat), Flux (BitterSweetV3, SampleGrabberV3),  Sinevibes Atom, Rob Papen (Blue2, Attention, Prisma, Go2, RP-AMOD), RPCX Blue, u-he TyrellN6, UJAM (IRON, BM-EDEN), NUGEN Audio EL_Stereoizer and EL_Monofilter, iZotope (Vinyl, Trash 2, Imager, DDLY Dynamic Delay, Audiolens, Neutron 4 Elements, Ozone 10 Elements), accusonus Regroover, Vielklang 2 LE, KV331 (SynthMasterPlayer, SynthMaster2), Tremolator, Lethal, Linplug FreeAlpha, Moogerfooger (MF-108S Cluster Flux,  MF-102S RingMod, MF-103S 12 Stage Phaser), InstaComposer 2, Comeback kid Delay, SSL Native Vocalstrip 2, Scaler 2, EXOVERB Micro, ListenHub, TimeShaper 3, Stutter Edit 2, Stratus, Insight 2, MReverbMB, -ERA 4 Voice Leveler, Nebula, Revolution, FXpansion (Splitter, DCAM Compressor), Fracture, ConvologyXT, Focusrite Red, Scarlett and Midnight Plug-in Suites, FAST Bundle (VERB, EQUALISER, COMPRESSOR, REVEAL, LIMITER, BALANCE), Waldorf PPG instrument and D-Pole, Eventide Blackhole and UltraChannel, Baby Audio Transit, Audiomodern Loopmix Lite sampler, Lifeline Console, u-he (Zebralette, Podolski, Triple Cheese, Diva), LENNAR DIGITAL Sylenth1, xfer records SERUM, Reveal Sound Spire, Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer, iRing, Focusrite Scarlett 6i6, Røde NT1A condenser microphone, AKG D68S budget dynamic microphone, ‘Studiospares’ boundary mic, Shure SM57 for recording samples into the Kronos, a selection of ‘novelty’ instruments (including Stagg melodica, Jew’s harp, musical boxes, Didgeridoo, Galotta 26/48 accordion, Kazoo, Kalimba, Tibetan bowl, castanets, harmonica in C, Irish penny whistle and Yamaha soprano/descant recorder), Roland BA-330 Portable PA Speaker with ST-A95 Speaker Stand, Sennheiser HD 25 LIGHT cans, Yamaha HS50M monitors (pair) and Logitech speakers for alternative sound playback checking. I also have a heavy duty flight case for the KORG Kronos 2, a Dell second monitor and a SABRENT powered USB hub. Most of this fits on a Quiklok Z555 desk with rackmount for my interface, Samson Patchbay and an Adam Hall LED rack light - otherwise, there are some items in storage (namely in TROJAN PRO GIG BAGS from Studiospares…).

As you can see, I have a lot of plugins, some of which use AI technology, and I mainly make music ‘in the box’!

I also love listening to and have the following as some of my influences: Dance/Progressive Trance/Electronica, 'Classical Music' (anything from Monteverdi to John Williams) and Rock/Alternative music.