The Gear Hole

This is CMiller's project studio in La Crosse, WI.

Sorry these photos look so bad. I'll try to update them and make them look nicer. This is my studio set up in a spare bedroom. Among the various gizmos and toys...Cubase VST, tons of plug-ins, a Mackie CR1604-VLZ, Tascam MSR-16, dbx 266A Compressor, Teac Cassette deck, Pentium computer (350mhz)
with removable SCSI Drives, crappy soundcard that I'm rather embarrassed to reveal to the world but that I'm getting ready to ditch. Not shown: Bass Pod, Event Tria monitors, and the massive tangle of cords that is perpetually littering my floor. You'll also note that I didn't include the picture of a SSL console. I don't own one.

Below is another angle of the room. No, those windows don't lead to a
45'x45' tracking room. They lead to my neighbor's yard and their 17 year
old son who plays his music too loud. Not that I care, but not when I'm
recording!

My guitar rig: Ernie Ball/Musicman Van Halen (with an after market D-tuner),
Shure wireless, Sabine tuner, ADA MP-1 preamp, Rocktron Guitar Silencer,
Digitech DSP-128, Cry-baby Wha, MXR Phase 90, Ibanez Tube Screamer, Heil
Talkbox (not pictured) run through a Cerwin Vega CV-700 (350 watts a side I
think) amp into two Marshall 2x12" cabinets (one with Celestions and the
other with JBLs). The guitars not shown...a Fender Contemporary Strat
(1987), a left-handed Ibanez strat from the 70s, a couple homemade guitars,
a Fernandes Jazz Bass, a Kramer Ferrington acoustic (that sounds terrible I
might add).

My microphone cabinet. I'm sure you recognize everything in the picture
except maybe the Electro Voice RE-10 (on the bottom).

Below is a picture of what I'm using as my vocal/iso booth. It is directly
below my studio room in the basement. It is actually a sauna my father and
I built this summer, but it works lovely as an iso booth. Since the
basement is currently unfinished, I can stretch cords through ductwork right
above it. At least, that's what the plan is.

Finally, let me just thank everyone else who shared their studios. You've
been great inspiration. Of course I'd like to thank John for hosting this
site along with his contributions to HomeRecording as well as his own site.
Thanks John, I've learned a lot!

That's it. If you have any questions, just let me know.

Thanks John!

Mark (CMiller)

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