Overview

The following diagram shows the Closet's equipment and the signal flows between them:

[Studio Bueno set-up]

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  1. MXL M990, a condensor microphone for recording vocals, connects to the XLR input of Channel 1 on the Yamaha MG10/2 mixer. This microphone has been replaced with the Røde NT-1A.
  2. Korg N364, a synthesizer workstation, connects to the unbalanced stereo inputs of Channels 3 and 4 on the Yamaha MG10/2 mixer. It's also connected to both MIDI In and MIDI Out of Port A on the M-Audio Midisport 2x4 interface.
  3. Kurzweil PC-88, a MIDI controller with 88 weighted keys, connects to the unbalanced stereo inputs of Channels 5 and 6 on the Yamaha MG10/2 mixer. It's also connected to both MIDI In and MIDI Out of Port B on the M-Audio Midisport 2x4 interface.
  4. Kawai K4, a synthesizer, connects to the unbalanced stereo inputs of Channels 7 and 8 on the Yamaha MG10/2 mixer. It's also connected to the MIDI Out of Port C on the M-Audio Midisport 2x4 interface.
  5. M-Audio Delta 44, an external sound card, connects to a PCI slot on the Dell Optiplex GX280. A line-out from the card is fed to the unbalanced stereo inputs of Channels 7 and 8 on the Yamaha MG10/2 mixer.
  6. M-Audio Midisport 2x4, a MIDI interface, connects to a USB 2.0 port on the Dell Optiplex GX280.
  7. Alesis 3630, a compressor limiter effects processor, receives signal from the Aux Send 2 of the Yamaha MG10/2 mixer, then sends a processed signal back to the mixer on Aux Return 2.
  8. Yamaha MG10/2, a 10-channel mixer, connects the S/T Out to the Inputs 1 and 2 of the M-Audio Delta 44 sound card. The Rec Out connects to the internal sound card of the Dell Optiplex GX280. A pair of headphones may also be connected to the Headphone jack or to Aux Send 1, depending on the task.
  9. Dell Optiplex GX280, a desktop computer, contains software such as Cakewalk SONAR 5 Producer Edition and Propellerhead Reason 3.0.
  10. Cakewalk SONAR 7 Producer Edition, a digital audio workstation software program, controls MIDI and audio.
  11. Propellerhead Reason 3, a software synthesizer program, offers virtual instruments to complement the hardware synthesizers.
  12. Yamaha RH5M Headphones serve as monitors for vocal recording. These headphones have been replaced with the Sennheiser HD280.

Other gear and software not pictured:

  1. Ableton Live 6, a software synthesizer and digital audio workstation program, offers virtual instruments to completement the hardware synthesizers.
  2. Røde NT-1A, a condenser microphone for recording vocals, connects to the XLR input of Channel 1 to the Yamaha MG10/2 mixer.
  3. Sennheiser HD280 Headphones serve as monitors for vocal recording.
  4. Sony Sound Forge 9, an audio editing program, provides processings for mastering.