Michael Garding Studio submission

[Michael GardingParticipant]

I am a sax/ flute player in the Okanagan when i am not repairing wind instruments for a living.
I lead my own big band, as well as an 11 piece funk band Groove Engine Kelowna-promo vid Youtube).
I have played in jazz quartets, top 40 bands, blues bands. multiple local recordings, and am
now focusing primarily on the studio.

About the studio:
My studio is located in the beautiful Okanagan Valley in BC, Canada.
Particulars:
Cubase 10.5 pro on Windows 64 pro. Intel 7900k, 32 gig ram
My console is the Allen & Heath GS-R24, a 24 mono, 2 stereo 2 valve channel board
AD/DA firewire into the computer.

Rack items are:
UA 6176 I use on vocals and/or bass,
API3124 I use mainly for overheads, kick and snare.
Will use it for horns, acc guitar etc. as well. (the eq is not used, just stored LOL)
UA 610mkII primarily for vocals
Alesis reverb for hp monitor
DBX 133x which hasn't been used yet,
and a Behringer HA8000 8 headphone amp.

Other gear:
Presonus Faderport Classic
Roland FP-4 piano,
Lexicon LPX1,
Yamaha Custom Alto sax,
Yamaha custom Soprano Sax
Fostex LV2424 hard disk recorder
Fostex R8 Reel to reel
Roland Electric piano (old)

Not sure if you want a mic list or not, but here it is:

1 x Advanced Audio mod C12
matched pair AKG 414 XLII
2 x Audio Technica 4060 Tube mic
2 x KSM 27 large condenser (usually on piano)
Lewitt 040 match pair
Audix drum mic pack
4 x SM57
2 x SM58
1 x Sennheiser K6 shotgun mic
2 x Superlux CM-H8B
1 Alice style mid/side DIY mic
1Alice style Stereo DIY mic
1x C1000 S

Genres of music I primarily work with are jazz, big band, funk, country, rock

Favourite plugins are MV2, R bass, R vox, Ruletec, Sibilance, UA 1176,UA LA-2A, Softube Saturation

Wishlist:
Focal Twin 6be or Trios
Lewitt 640
U67
U87
More time!

The thing special about my studio I guess would be that when i wanted to expand from 1 bedroom
in the basement to more tracking rooms, my wife suggested we dig out a 30' x 16' hole in the back yard,
expand the basement through the existing cement wall and build my new control and drum tracking
room!! Turned the laundry room into the guitar/ bass tracking room and the old studio room is now the
piano room. I have all the pics of the huge reno as well! (upon request LOL)

Michael Garding Studio pics

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[Nate WomacksParticipant]

All those dedicated rooms, that's amazing for a home studio! Wonderful to have a wife who is on board with all of our craziness, I can relate! Thanks for sharing Michael.

[Chris IbbetsonParticipant]

Ah you have a lovely wife like me 🙂
Great stuff dude sounds like the perfect place 🙂
Never knew you were a sneaky Cubase user? Me too 🙂

[Liara StavloParticipant]

I second Nate here, having all those room is amazing!

[Chris MataranParticipant]

Wow! Great stuff! Thanks for sharing Michael

[Michael GardingParticipant]

You're welcome! Thanks for having a look!

[Mark BeesonParticipant]

What a great studio. Really nice.

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