11/05/2026
📢My old studio setups...Mackie D8B (had two of them), man I loved that mixing desk but too unreliable and the parts are sadly dis-continued now, Behringer Monitors, I had the Mackie HR824's before that which were way better. For keyboards I've had the Korg Triton, Yamaha CS2X, Novation Supernova II, Korg M1 and Roland JV1080. I wish I kept my Supernova II as it's great for trancey sounds and I ran all of them through the midisport and straight into my DAW. Big thanks and shout out to my friend (you know who you are) 🙂who helped me build my own acoustic panels as it would of costed me a fortune to buy these from a company!
Today, I have a simple setup. I got rid of most of my equipment as technology has become more advanced and computers have become more powerful so I do everything in box now and it has even saved me money on my electricity bill. 🙂 I have a Novation Impulse 61 keyboard/controller, KALI monitors and MOTU M4 audio interface. To write my music, I have used many different DAWS over the years but stuck with Cubase for many years now with way too many VSTS!
When I was starting to learn on how to make electronic music back in the 1990's, I was messing about with tracker software on the Atari ST and Commodore AMIGA with programs such as ProTracker and OCTAMED which was great fun. As the years past, I wanted to improve my education on music production so I went to a music college which taught me everything I needed to know about music production. At college they used Cubase, Reason and Logic but Cubase was the one for me as I loved the workflow in it. I tried using Pro Tools and Reaper just to see if I liked the workflow but in the end I didn't so I just stuck with Cubase all the way!
I would just like to end on this note, you see people debating on the internet about which DAW is better than the other. In my honest opinion It really doesn't matter which DAW you use at the end of the day because it boils down to which one you feel the most comfortable with. However what is important is the knowledge you bring to the table and getting it into your DAW of choice the easiest and most comfortable way possible! 😉
Anyway, I'm beginning to ramble 🤣 but I thought I'd share my previous studio setups for you, I would like to see or hear about your studio setups too!
👉Happy music making! ⚡🔥🔥🔥
