Home Studio Registry: Kevin A. Smith

Future plans/projects

Finish the latest collection from my personal instrumental project "The Seven" Engineer and produce demos for regional acts such as Quench and Crane Add new amp booth Compose commercial jingle for "Palmetto Brick"

Guitars

Main axe: '81 Squire strat named Roxanne - a very musical guitar (EMG SA-SA-85) Fender American Standard Strat - stock Godin 5 string bass with EMGs (also a 1967 Gibson J-50)

Keyboards

Alesis Quadrasynth Korg X2

Sound modules

Alesis Nanopiano

Percussion

Alesis D4 Alesis HR16B old ludwig kit - 24" kick

Effects

Alesis Q2, Alesis Quadraverb, Alesis Wedge, Alesis Microverb

Microphones

57s, 58s, SM81s, Audio Technica 4033

Mixing

Mackie 24-8 with Ultramix automation

Tape decks

2 blackface ADATs, Sony A7 DAT

Hard disk recorders

E-mu Darwin (8 track ADAT compatible MDM)

Monitoring

Alesis Monitor Ones with an Audio Centron power amp TOA cubes (Auratone type) with a Yamaha amp (2) Samson Q5 headphone dist. amps - various phones (Sony, AKG)

Computer

PC with Intel Celeron 333, 64 meg RAM, 3.5 gig IDE drive,2 gig SCSI audio drive Event Gina digital soundcard,

Music software

Cakewalk, Cool Edit Pro, Sound Forge

Additional equipment

MOTU MIDI Timepiece AV, Rane comp, DBX comp, Behringer comp, Rane EQ

Additional notes

Six+1 Studios was built as a base for my personal creative expression and has since become a good semi-pro studio. I have engineered many demos for local/ regional acts and artists and am currently sharpening my producing skills and preparing to take on a couple of projects in that capacity.

Primary use Secondary use
Composition Commercial work
Recording level MIDI level
High Above average
Commonly work (with) Completed songs/demos/jingles
Alone More than 100