DUBCREATOR

DC Studio

The DC studio started building back in 1989 in a small room. Back then there was a Roland keyboard, a small cheap 8 channel mixer with 2 auxes and a crappy 3 band EQ and a Rockman stereo bucket delay wich still is in use these days. That setup was only used for my 1st reggae band. After that the studio moved to another place and a 16 channel mixer was bought plus a digital reverb, still only used for the band. Then in 1993 a new synth was bought and an Atari 1040 computer. Now the sequencing started with a program called Pro24. More and more midimodules came in the studio and also a Tascam 4 tracker on tape so we could record some live instruments. A full album with the band The Screamin' Abdubs was recorded on that 4 tracker. Then the mixer had to go again and a 'real' mixer was bought. A Mackie 24 channel with 6 auxes. So the soundquality improved. Then in 2000 the studio moved to Amsterdam and some more fx were bought, like delays, phaser and reverb plus a PC 166Mhz with 64Mb ram with a soundcard wich gave 8 outputs to the mixer. As also a DAT machine because then started the real works recording tunes with UK singers like Idren Natural and Ras Milo as King Shiloh played their dubs from DAT. A new mixer (again) came in. Again a Mackie but now a 48 channel and 8 auxes. Then the studio moved to a small place just outside Amsterdam and was on the attick for a year but then moved to the garage wich is in the backyard. The garage is made fully soundproof and acoustics adjusted. Not big but very pleasant workingspace in.

GEAR Jan09

Mix, Recording & Monitoring

Soundtracs Megas Studio 36/16/16 console.

Genelec 1030a Monitors & M-Audio pro 3 monitors.

V-Systems 4Ghz, 2Gb ram PC with 3 Emagic audiowerk8 cards for 24 outputs. Running Logic Platinum.

Stagg large diaphragm Mic.

Tascam CDrecorder.

Dynamics

TLaudio Ebony A1.

Focusrite Penta.

Behringer Tube enhancer.

Lexicon LXP 15.

Roland SRV 3030.

Zoom 9120.

Roland SDE 2000.

Boss RDD20.

Rockman bucket delay.

Fostex Spring reverb.

DC's blackbox (Home build Phaser & Delay).

Line 6 pedal with Rotomachine, Ottofilter & Echopark.

Synths

Korg MS2000r

Emu Proteus 2000

Roland D110

Alesis DM5

Siel DK 70

Viscount D9

Fatar 88 key masterkeyboard