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Common Sound Studio- continued

In the back is the main music rack which sits on a furniture dolly so it can be rolled around easily. A Yamaha 03D mixer sits on top. A MOTU MIDI Timepiece AV interface, MOTU 2408 mk2 audio interface and patch bay are in the rack. Everything of consequence is wired into the patchbay and can either route through the 03D into the 2408 or go direct into the 2408 depending on what is needed. The rack has a Mac G4 w/Marathon rack handles, assorted firewire and USB drives, ethernet & USB hubs. Common Sound uses Mark Of The Unicorn's Digital Performer & Unisyn, Propellerheads Reason & ReCycle, Native Instruments B4, Waves Restoration, Antares Auto-Tune & Mic Mod, and Cycling '74 Pluggo. There is a Tannoy TS8 Subwoofer under the window next to the rack. A framed note from Peter Gabriel that Jim got on a flight from London to Atlanta is directly behind the rack. The note says "This hello comes to you from above the clouds - above Ireland. All the best, Peter Gabriel"

Jim's performance ig sits next to the subwoofer and consists of a Sequentix P3 sequencer, Novation Nova synth, Korg ER-1 drum machine, Novation ReMOTE25 keyboard, Emu Morpheus rack synth (not shown), Lexicon Jamman echo, and Rolls headphone distribution box. Two other key attributes of the studio are the windows along the back wall looking out onto a large green space and 4 acre organic garden.

Below, you get more views of the Sequentix P3, Novation ReMote 25, Yamaha CS-50, and more RIAA awards (Survivor, Aldo Nova, Michael Jackson), and his autographed Bruce Springsteen photo.

The PAIA Programable Drum Set was built from a kit in the early '80s, but unfortunately no longer works. Makes a great wall hanging though.


Common Sound Studio

Partial Specifications:

Monitoring:

  • (2) Genelec 1029
  • Tannoy TS8 Subwoofer
  • Sennheiser HD280 headphones
  • AKG K240 headphones

Mixing/Recording/Computer:

  • Yamaha 03D Digital Console
  • MOTU 2408 mkII w/ Digital Performer 3.1 and 4.6 (Mac)
  • Tascam DA20 DAT, 22-4 4-track
  • Philips CDR760
  • Nakamichi BX-125 cassette
  • Apple Macintosh G4/500 tower w/512k RAM, 920GB hard disk, DVD-RAM, Zip drive
  • Lacie DVD+-R recorder
  • MOTU Midi Timepiece AV

Outboard Effects:

  • Lexicon Jam Man w/32 sec expansion
  • Antares Auto-Tune, Mic Mod
  • Waves Restoration
  • Cycling '74 Pluggo

Available Instruments:

  • Sequentix P3 Sequencer
  • Novation Nova & ReMOTE 25 controller
  • Kurzweil K2000 v3 w/sampling and orchestra ROM
  • Roland Juno-6, SH-3a, JD-800, CR-5000
  • Yamaha CS-50, APX-4 guitar
  • Fender Rhodes 54
  • Korg Electribe ER-1
  • Emu Morpheus
  • Hohner Melodica (2)
  • Native Instruments B4
  • Propellerheads Reason 2.5, ReCycle
  • Parker Nitefly guitar
  • Sangean 12-band Short Wave
  • Various percussion
  • Circuit Bent Touch & Tell
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PAST AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED GEAR

  • Roland SH-3
  • Roland Juno-60
  • Roland RS-201
  • Roland Paraphonic 505
  • Roland RE-201 Space Echo
  • Roland MKS-50
  • Roland MKS-70
  • Roland JX-8P
  • Roland JX-10
  • Roland SH-32
  • Roland SVC-350 Vocorder
  • ARP Odyssey Mark II and Mark III
  • ARP Omni-2
  • PAIA 2700 Modular (Jim's first synth)
  • Farfisa Mini Compact
  • Farfisa VIP360
  • Yamaha TX7
  • Korg SDD-2000
  • Emu Proteus/1
  • Emu ProCussion
  • Sequential Prophet 2000
  • alphaSyntauri
  • Takamine 12-string guitar
  • Allen & Heath Brunnel Studio 8 mixing board

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