Fun little pieces of studio gear - what you got?

[Chewie5150]

I"ll start with this nifty little keyboard/pad controller I just picked up this week - MAudio Oxygen Pro 25. I have a full sized 88 keyboard but I wanted something directly in front of me at the computer as a scratchpad kind of tool to craft/audition various sounds/plugins as well as have pads to control EZ drummer. I have an AKAI MPD232 which is great but I only ever used the pad section on it , never utilizing all the knobs/faders. So this MAudio Oxygen Pro 25 is replacing that unit giving me more streamlined functionality.

I love studio gear and toys. What neat stuff do you all have? simple, cheap or complex and pricey. whatever...go!

 

[Sashman]

New Ollo Audio S4X Headphones and RNHP.
These Headphones are a Eye I mean Ear opener,
Just amazing.

 

[Piing]

A MIDI keyboard made from scrap parts





And it works!

 

[yek]

 

[Piing]

These are no little pieces, these are millionaire setups at millionaire homes ‍

 

[Dave Merrill]

You know, it's amazing, I never even noticed the video crew in my house. They must have filmed this when I was in Cancun.

 

[GlennO]

I have a Digilog Dynamicator. I wouldn’t dream of recording a track without it.

 

[Chewie5150]

@GlennO I've never heard of this unit before, interesting. Are you using it alongside the Axe Fx for recording?

 

[Dave Merrill]

I have an original Korg Wavedrum, very cool.

 

[Chewie5150]

Another interesting little controller - the nOb. Came up on my youtube feed this morning. Basically a lot like my Steinberg AI CMC controller. AI knob but with a lot of functionality. Seems they are quite pricey but I like the form and function of this little device.

 

[Dave Merrill]

Homemade rack distortion unit, based on a dbx 2150A VCA. It gigged for some years, hasn't been turned on in a long time. Misspent youth...

 

[unix-guy]

Homemade rack distortion unit, based on a dbx 2150A VCA. It gigged for some years, hasn't been turned on in a long time. Misspent youth...

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Are your legs crossed or do you have 2 left feet?

 

[Dave Merrill]

Are your legs crossed or do you have 2 left feet?

Not on the dancefloor, so feet are in standard deployment. Doesn't look now like I have two left socks on either

I was holding the thing up with my feet so it faced upwards to the camera and the light. Odd though, I don't remember actually crossing my legs. Another space-time discontinuity I guess, there's been some of that lately...

 

[don_joe]

A joint and a beer.

 

[yek]

EVO:
https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/evo-start-recording-bundle.180727/

 

[atyourlasthourrr]

Just picked up a Korg MS-20. Pretty fun to mess around with and definitely makes me change my approach to guitar when trying to compose around the synth.

 

[ipressthebutton]

These are great condenser mics:

https://www.littleblondie.com/

This is another really cool tool I picked up:

https://www.izotope.com/en/products/spire.html

 

[Chewie5150]

two new additions this week. picked up an Native Instruments S49 and Softube Console1. I went for the S49 vs 61 as it fits on desk perfectly and i have a full 88 key already. This will be fun exploring thousands of synths. I had an avid dock that just wasn't working so returned it and committing to Softube Console for workflow.