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Project Studio - John Wesley Barker | Composer, Musician, Teacher & Lecturer

Computers

At home I am able to compose and teach in my modest project studio. The computers I use regularly are:

Apple iMac 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Apple MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Apple 12" PowerBook 2.4 GHz G4 - 1 GB 867 MHz PowerPC G4 DDR2 SDRAM

Monitoring

I use these speakers and headphones:

KRK VXT4 - for nearfield
AVI ADM9 - for prolonged listening
Celestion Ditton 66 - made in 1973 for warmth and great bass
Sennheisser HD 650 - headphones through a home made CMoy Pocket Amplifier

Applications

Pro Tools 9 - with numerous plug-ins
Logic Studio 9 - excellent value
Sibelius 7 - superb Music Notation
Ableton Suite 8 - great for laptop jams and more...
Max/MSP 5 - used only sporadically nowadays
Garage Band - superb drag and drop
... and more

Audio Interfaces

Saffire Pro 40 - firewire workhorse I/O
Fast Track Pro - M-Audio
Fast Track - M-Audio
Transit - M-Audio

Microphones

sE4 Stereo Pair - cardioid
Shure SM57 - dynamic cardioid
RØDE NT2-A - cardioid, multidirectional and Figure of 8

Controllers

Carillon 49 - USB Keyboard
M-Audio 49e - Keystation
M-Audio 88e - Keystation
Korg Nano Controllers

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