Over the years I recorded and mixed hundreds of records, with artists such as Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, Robert Palmer, The Climax Blues Band, Charlie Byrd, Jack McDuff, Ashford and Simpson, Tom Verlaine and Patti Austin, to name a few.

 

I have recorded, mixed and produced probably thousands of radio and television commercials. And along the way there have been a few film scores and the odd documentary.

 

 

Now I work from home, exclusively on voice-overs. From my experience, the equipment I chose is:

 

Why did I choose this equipment?

 

I'm intimately familiar with Pro Tools - I've been using it for years - and it gives me great flexibility. I can easily edit, mix, time compress or expand. And it's the default standard in most studios today, so I'm fully compatible, should I ever need to take a session somewhere else.

 

The Mac I bought because I prefer working in a Mac environment - it's easier, more straightforward, and much less frustrating than a PC.

 

The headphones are some of the best sounding - I should say, most accurate sounding - that I'm aware of. They, too, are used in many professional studios.

 

I purchased the Studio Projects mic because of the price (under $250), but more importantly because of the sound. It has a deep, rich bottom end with the good crisp highs you associate with a condenser. Until I can afford investing $3,000 in a Neumann U87, I'll be very happy with the SP C1.

 

ACOUSTIC PANELS

 

Finally, as you see in the photo, my desk faces a window.

 

Acoustic panels hang on both sides of the window - in fact, they’re on all four walls of this studio/office.

 

I made the acoustic panels from 2-inch rigid fiberglass, covered with an acoustically transparent fabric. The fiberglass comes as 2' x 4' sheets. I cut some of them down to 2' x 2', and left others full size.