Ahoy! Here is my new mobile setup that I will use during a 6 month Navy cruise.

I hope to regain my chops and polish some tunes whilst underway.

When I return I plan on seeking professional help to record the album... (API console to 2" with a highly skilled rhythm section and multi-toned crooner sounds dreamy).

I left the last sentence unaltered to display my still backwards thinking.

Setup:

Gibson Les Paul Jr DC (Sweet Jesus.)
Line 6 Pocket Pod (Sick Judas)
M-Audio Key Rig 25
M-Audio Fast track USB sound card (not pictured)
$5 computer mic (not pictured)
Dell laptop with Cubase SL and BFD
Bose Triport
500 GB external HD

-Dusty

Well that looks like a little more interesting than laying in the rack watching the same movies over and over again. I tried to bring a set up on my last float but was told no "guitars."

Lance

That sucks Lance! I'm on a frickin' ancient Frigate and I have room room in the shop for this stuff! Just going to have to move it around for inspections!

I have room for the keyboard in my rack and everything else fits in the guitar case!

-Dusty

Hey Dusty...

Alas,I was a jarhead on a "gator freighter."

Lance

How bout this motto?

"HAVE STUDIO WILL SAIL"

I still had a little tax refund left so I went sample shopping online at 3AM.

I bought Scarbee Black Bass.

Along with BFD (for drums), this will be my sample setup.

Cubase SL also came with a lite version of "The Grand" for my piano needs.

I may shop for a lighter KONTAKT-based sample library to replace BFD as well.

-Dusty

hey Dusty, what did you do with all that gear you had from your "land-locked" studio? Storage?

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Originally posted by Tubedriver:
hey Dusty, what did you do with all that gear you had from your "land-locked" studio? Storage?

Hey Tube. I sold most of the "core" pieces of my old studio... But I still have a few niceties such as my ADK CE and KRK V8's.

The best thing is I still have tons of accessories such as cables, snakes, acoustic panels, silent computer case, stands and racks at my moms house.

I also still have all my guitars, drums, bass and amps... And my PA.

Pretty much all I sold was mics, mic pres, converters and compressors.

So as soon as I get back from deployment and get a housing allowance I'm rebuilding. .

This time I plan to focus on 2 or 3 good complementary input channels, no drums and excelent acoustics and monitoring.

And I'm going to track 90% of my real tracks elsewhere.

-Dusty

Cool 'Paul, man!

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So as soon as I get back from deployment and get a housing allowance I'm rebuilding.

how long've you got mate?

It seems that you are really organized gear wise, actually this reminds me that a good friend of mine wants to use a digital piano but hasn't bought one yet because he is not sure which is best for him, love to pass some recommendations to him.

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http://www.mypianofriends.com/

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Originally posted by Tubedriver:

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So as soon as I get back from deployment and get a housing allowance I'm rebuilding.

how long've you got mate?

8 flipping months... But 8 flipping months with a pretty neato-studio and a (might as well be) private gym to keep me well occupied.

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Update. I have added an SM-57 and velcro'd all the gear to a thin piece of wood.

I'm going to try to get some pics up... But time is counting down before my big departure...

-Dusty

Here are some new pics of the upgrades

I can now operate completely on battery power. The big 500GB external (which will be used for backups) has been replaced for streaming audio with a laptop (5400RPM but still fast enough!) 160GB external that runs off of USB power.

I will generally plug in my pocket pod and computer anyways though.

I also bought a new 57. Kills me since I sold 5 vintage Unidyne III's, but it's cool.

And as you can see the bulk of the setup is velcro'd to a thin board. The external HD will be velcro'd as well.

I've got a very nice (IMHO) demo going and I hope to get it posted before I "leave-leave".

And to think... The rest of my shipmates are DREADING deployment... HAHAHA!

-Dusty