12/29/2022
2022 YEAR IN GEAR as inspired by
Well, building a new studio certainly wins most expensive purchase of the year. I couldn’t be more excited to be working out of the new space. The sound, comfort, and sound isolation in the new studio makes me more excited than ever to come to work.
The majority of my gear purchases this year were to help outfit the new studio, and help organize stuff a bit better.
The majority of the acoustic treatment was from the great people at . I think the best addition was their alpha series panels, which I have all over the live room. They have a clever, simple slat style diffuser panel in front of a typical 4” absorption panel. I found them to be fantastic at retaining a live, energetic sound while controlling problematic mid-low frequencies.
QRD diffusers on the back wall of the control room from . I’m fortunate enough the new control room is long enough to benefit from true QRD diffusion, and the effect is pretty noticeable. I did have to sand and treat these ones before going up. I might have gone with Q7D’s instead, had they been in production at the time.
New live room rug, large enough to accommodate a giant drum kit was a new addition. has been my go-to help in finding so much stuff at Lowe’s for the new studio, this rug being one of many of those things. I can’t thank him enough!
Naturally with hundreds of trips to the hardware store comes doing some extra DIY projects. I framed out and hung all of the ceiling panels for the studio, as well as made my first proper cable rack, and a mic stand organizer. The mic stand organizer was something I found on the gearpage years ago, and finally got around to making. Just some large PVC pipes cut to size and attached to plywood board. Works great
New mic wall plates and a ton of custom cabling from . Full 32 mic inputs available now.
Door soundproofing from . Sound proof frame gaskets, thresholds and an automatic door bottom combined with the custom made “super doors” has finally gotten me the isolation I’be wanted without having to spend thousands on a premade soundproof door. Highly recommend
Extremely heavy velour curtain from . There’s a sliding glass door to the back patio of the control room, and it happened to be right at one of the reflection points from my listening position. Hanging or standing sound panels there was going to be a pain, so I opted for this custom curtain. The density or the velour actually has the same sound absorption stats as an acoustic panel, so it worked out perfect!
Spire 420Xi monitor stands with built in IsoAcoustics isolators
Powerplay P-16M personal mixer system. While I’ve had a single personal headphone for a while, I now have 4 to be able to host a full band live with everyone getting their own personalized headphone mix. These things are badass
Pre-73 Premier’s. I had some issues with my modded Pre-73 MK2’s, so I took it as an opportunity to try the new Premier models. They sound excellent, and get just as much use as the Heritage’s just below them.
(Not pictured) BBD-320 Roland dimension D Clone, bought on the Sweetwater sale
Not a huge pedal year for me, but I get some fun ones:
super fuzz for a cool $16 on the Sweetwater sale
The gold and silver horsy klon clones from
Metal Master, both the Japanese and Sri Lanka versions
Guv’nor
Meatbox
(Not pictured) original V5 op-amp big m**f just gifted to me for Christmas from 🤩
(Not pictured) Radial SGI system to handle the much longer guitar cable run from the control room to live room
There’s probably more stuff I can’t remember right now, but this post is huge enough. Come record here in the new year and see everything yourself 🤘
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