Studio Setup

Everything is set up in a semi circle, so I can instantly access the
Mixer, Control Keyboard, Mouse, CD-Player or Piano without having
to roll around in my chair or going far - it's all in reach.

As for software choice, I prefer older versions, because they run much
faster on newer computers. If it helps me getting my ideas
down quickly before I lose them, it's good.

Audio Hardware

• Yamaha 01V Mixer - All is connected digital, no noise and instant resampling capability
• Mackie HR824 Monitoring in a treated room - reproduce all the low bass frequencies
• Oktava MK-319 Microphone - A russian gem which warms up any vocalist
• Sennheiser e845S Microphone - One of my first microphones, good for live music
• Korg Kontrol49 Keyboard - The perfect companion to Reason, control the software like hardware

Sound Software

• Cubase SX 2 - Runs completely stable, has all necessary features and nearly no bugs
• Soundforge 5 - A companion since I started making music on a PC, reliable and flexible
• Reason 4 - The soundquality in Reason 4 is quite better than in 3
• Kontakt 3 - My main sampler in Cubase, great filters and flexibility
• UAD Plugins - I won't go to bed without my LA-2A for Vocals and 1176 compressor on Drums.
• Razorlame - MP3 encoding - Just get those 320kbit MP3s perfectly encoded

Computer Hardware

• Intel Core 2 Duo 3ghz - Equipped with an artic cooling fan, you don't hear a thing
• RME Hammerfall DSP - The best and smallest drivers in the world, not one crash in 8 years
• Universal Audio UAD-1 - The only Audio-DSP Card you need, takes steam off the CPU too
• Universal Audio UAD-2 Quad - A birthday present from my friends, it's hard to max out 4 DSPs
• Samsung 193P - A monitor with style and sharp pixels

Graphics

• Photoshop 5 - Loads so fast and working is a pleasure, tried comparing it recently against CS2 (fell asleep)
• Illustrator 8 - Does everything I want from vector graphics
• Dreamweaver 4 - I have the newest Dreamweaver, but this version just runs so fast, clutter-free

Internet

• Firefox - The alternative gets better all the time, loving the Web-Developer plugin - great CSS tool
• Trillian Basic - Uniting all my friends who got AIM, ICQ, Yahoo or MSN
• Thunderbird - Accessing all emails via IMAP, my archives date back to 1996.

Don't forget to chill out after working long
or you'll be moving faders in your sleep.