I did a search and looked through the first couple of pages of threads and could not find a "share your setup" thread. If I missed it and someone knows where it is, I would love to be pointed towards the right heading.

This forum is not overly gear-oriented, which is nice, but I think this might make a nice Sticky thread. It could spark some conversation/new threads/PMs about experiences with certain gear.

I can start with my humble setup, which has recently been upgraded.

Interfaces
Digidesign 003 Rack
Digidesign Mbox 2
MOTU 828mkII

DAWs
Pro Tools LE 7.4
Cubase SX 3

Systems
Intel P35 Quadcore desktop, Vista Ultimate 32-bit
Fujitsu T2010 tablet, Vista Business 32-bit
Dell Latitude X1 notebook, Windows XP SP3 32-bit
Macbook (white, late 2008), OS X 10.5.x

Monitoring
M-Audio BX5 nearfield (original)
M-Audio SBX subwoofer
Mackie Big Knob
AKG K44 Headphones
Grado SR-80 Headphones

Outboard
Focusrite Octopre (x2) (one with the ADAT digital out)
Countryman Type 85 DI
Radial X-Amp

Microphones
CAD e300
CAD e100
R0DE NT1A
Crown CM700s (matched pair)
Electrovoice PL20
Sennheiser MD421
Sennheiser e604
Shure SM57 (x4)
Shure SM58s

MIDI
Korg microKorg
Korg microKontrol
Reason 4.0

I am looking forward to doing my first self-produced/engineered/arranged projects with one of my current bands. I plan on using the 003 Rack and likely the Macbook to do the tracking in our rehearsal space, starting in the end of January.

Well I'll post my meager setup. No shame here. I honestly thought more people would post this. Even though my setup is very minimal, and I'll be honest here, I think I get some damn good recordings.

Presonus Firebox

Cubase 4.5.2 Studio

Custom PC (3.0 Ghz core duo, XP SP3, 4 gigs RAM, etc etc)

Mackie MR5s & Vic Firth headphones for tracking

Shure SM57
vintage Shure Unidyne
JZ BH-1

Well, since I closed the mastering studio, I stripped down big time. Lot of good stuff gone, just kept a few basics to do project recordings.

Mackie 1604VLZ-Pro (an original, not the chinese crap), Alesis AI3, EMU1212M interface, Sonar 6.0 as the core (custom PC system)

JBL S38's (modded crossovers) attached to a Crown CTS600 for monitoring.

Samson 4-channel headphone amp for tracking, couple pairs of Sony MDR-V600's

Rode NT2, pair of CO2's (thanks for that tip), couple of 57's, this and that and the other in mics.

mhuxtable, have you settled on a preamp yet?



I have one of those! It is in my rehearsal space... great board, if a bit big.

After I killed my Yammy MG10-2 (not an easy task, it took someone spilling an ashed-in beer on it), I decided to spring for something that had more PA utility, so I picked up one of those used for a nice price.

here is my home room(s) gear list. I've been doing this for a while:
Instruments: 6'1" Yamaha Conservatory grand piano
Hammond A101 organ, Leslie 122 speaker
Martin D1R
Deluxe American Fender Stratocaster
Fender Squire Stratocaster
Fender Jazz Bass Special (1982)
Fender mandolin
Peavy drumset (22" kick) DW snare
Yamaha S90ES keyboard
Roland S 750 sampler

Amps:
Mesa LoneStar (1-12)
Line 6 Spider,(2X12)
Ampeg BA 115 bass amp

Recording:
Quad Core 2.3 mhz MAC PRO 500gb SATA hard drive
Mackie 32X8 mixing board
Toby studio monitors w/sub
Digital Performer 6.1, Reason 4
UAD1, UAD2 plug in Suite
Apogee Ensemble
MOTU 1296 12 A/D/A 96k converters
Alesis Masterlink Redbook CD mastering
Universal Audio LA-610 all tube channel strips (2)
Great River MP-2NV 2 channel mic pre
TL Audio C1 (old version) 2 channel tube mic pres & compressors
dbx 162 two channel compressor
TC Electronics M2000 effects processor

Microphones:
Wunder Audio CM7-GT 9 with M7 capsule
Telefunken RFT AK-47
Neumann TLM-49
Røde NT2
Sterling Audio ST-51
Earthworks matched pair Z30K
Crowley & Tripp Naked Eye Roswellite Ribbon mic
Sennheiser MD 421
Shure SM-57 (2)
Shure Beta 52

Protools TDM with 32 I/O and Procontrol.
2-Apple G-4 dual 1Ghz loaded with every plugin imaginable.
Mackie HDR with BIOS updates.
Otari MTR90 2" 24 track analog.
Soundtracs SoloLogic 24x8x24 with mute and VCA automation.
Preamps and dynamics from Avalon, GML, Smart Research, Empirical Labs, Joe Meek, TL Audio, DBX, etc.
Outboard effects by Lexicon, Sony, TC Electronics, Yamaha, etc.
Mics from Neuman, AKG, Shure, Sennheiser, Sony, etc.
Monitors: JBL LSR28P, YamahaNS-10M, KRK, Mackie, etc. (5.1 or stereo.)
Main Room: 35x24x18
Isolation booths: 3

Well, I left the studio a few years back, but I put a writing room in my home. From the speakers back,

Dunlavy IIIA
Cello Duet 350
custom made stepped attenuator, Forssell op amps.
Mytek 8x96 DAC
2 PCs, one with Sequoia 10 and EZ Drummer, Waves Platinum, RME Fireface
one with SAWStudio, Frontier Designs Dakota/Montana/Sierra
8 channels of mic pre:
Great River MP2 NV
Midas XL42
John Hardy M1
Datamix
Mackie Control


These:





a handful of guitars and basses, guitar amps, 3 keyboards, a drum kit, and assorted rack gear..Focusrite Green compressors, Sabine rack tuner, various patch panels, ADesigns ATTY, RME Suzy, various DIs and whatnot, 3 DAT machines, a couple of DA-88s, an Otari 5050, some cassette machines...


Bill

My project studio is pretty basic. Haven't upgraded in a while.

I have a Macbook PRO nothing
really custom about it trying to upgrade my ram to 8gb though. I save all my work into two external hard drives.

Software:
Pro-Tools LE 7.4 and Logic Pro

I use a Mbox 2 to record basics like guitars and bass. After, I run a Mackie CR1604-VLZ 16 Channel Mixer if I want to record drum tracks. Which sucks because you can really edit it. Therefore, I must have all my gains and levels set really good.

Mics:

Shure
SM57(2)
SM58(2)

Rhodes
NT5 (2)
NT2 (1)


I own a MIDI (M-audio axiom 49) I don't even use it. My roomate uses it. I use Mackie HR624 MK2 monitors. That's pretty much it, I need an interface with more inputs any reccomendations?
I don't know what sounds good.

My "studio" is mainly to support my live gig. Some sound creation, sampling, sequencing - the result all goes on the road with me (mostly inside the Fusion). Plus the occasional demo mixdown. So...

Keyboards:
Alesis Fusion 6HD
Korg Triton Pro
Roland Jupiter 6
Roland XP-50
Roland SC-55 (sound canvas)
Moog Opus 3
Akai S3000XL (with Filter & FX boards)
Casio CZ-101
Casio VZ-8M

Recording:
PC w/AMD Athlon 64 (2.4GHz), 2gb RAM, (2) 160gb SATA HD's, XP Pro
(2) M-Audio Delta 1010LT
Magix Audio Studio
Mac Classic (8MHz, 4MB RAM, 40MB HD) running System 6 & Performer 3.5 (yes I occasionally bust this out)
Edirol R-09

Mics/Preamps:
Presonus TubePre
ART TubePac
Rode NT1
BeyerDynamic Opus 89
Audio Technica ATM 25
Audio Technica Pro 35
Assorted Sennheisers, AKG's, a Crown Boundary PZM, etc.

Guitars/Basses:
Epiphone Explorer (w/Pearly Gates and Custom Custom Pickups)
Bentley Series 10 (yes)
Steinberger XL-2 Bass
Michael Kelly Acoustic Bass

Outboard FX:
Digitech Studio 400
Boss VF-1
Line6 Pod
Line6 Bass pod Pro
SansAmp Tri-OD
various pedals

Monitoring:
Home Made 3-way monitors w/10" Dayton, 3" Dome Morel, and Matched Pair 3/4" Morel Tweeters, Dual 15" Profile Subs
Kennwood KM-106
Peavey CS800
Peavey XD crossover
AKG K240M
Shure SCL3

Dynamics:
Peavey Gatekeeper
Alesis 3630 Compressor

Mixer:
Behringer MX2642
(also an Allen & Heath MixWizard3 we use for monitors live, and a MixWizard2 I'm getting ready to sell - maybe I should ditch the Behringer instead?)

Other:
Hartke 1155 Combo
Cannonball Raven Alto Sax
Alesis MMT-8 Sequencer
JL Cooper MSB Rev2 (MIDI Patchbay)
Radial DI's (Pro 8DI & Pro DI)
Peavey PC1600x
Various MIDI Solutions boxes (Thru, Merger, event processor, etc)



Not really a serious studio, or even project studio, but enough to get the right sounds down for my live show and do some decent mixes when needed. If I need anything more professional, I run over to my drummer's house, who has a proper ProTools HD setup with lots of plugins and good preamps, mics, etc.

Brilliant!