PilferMusic

BLOGSPOT.com a blog of mine... guitar oriented... almost neglected (damned close).

Gear Junkies ... you know you are...

www.newmusiccanada.ca some other music of mine... some new, and some from years back... when I wrote as "cardboard cat" with the invisible Chris Mazur.

PilferMusic is the other Steve.

I am open to collaborations and would enjoy the addition of instrumentalists to play over some of my compositions... or work with me on creating songs. I'm pretty booked up until late 2008... one more degree to get out of the way.

My studio continually appears in a state of flux, though I wish it wasn't... I intend to build a room in this lifetime to house the evolving beast, and I hope by then it's settled down a bit.

I run a hardware and software based system, and cannot see myself ever dumping all the hardware for a just a laptop.

Tools

Aphex Systems Ltd - Aural Exciter Type C

Alesis

DM5 - 18 bit Drum module with 12 trigger to midi converters, Midiverb III Nanocompressor 3630 Compressor Limiter with Gate DEQ-230 Programmable Digital Stereo Graphic EQ it's 2 channels of 24-bit A/D/A conversion, 28-bit internal processing, and a 48kHz sample rate.

Behringer

Ultrapatch Pro PX 2000 48 point patchbay (x2) Ultrapatch Pro PX 3000 balanced 48 point patchbay (x2) Autocom Pro MDX 1400 compressor/limiter/expander/gate V-amp PRO Virtual Amplification BCF-2000 MIDI Controller T1952 Tube Composer T1953 Tube Ultragain

Boss

EH-50 Stereo Enhancer LS2 Line Selector CS-2 Compression Sustainer (two of these) CE-3Chorus MT-2 Metal Zone FT-2 Dynamic Filter SD-1Super Overdrive OD-2RTurbo Overdrive

Clavia

Clavia nord G2 with expansion board - virtual modular synthesizer nord lead 2 rack Virtual AnalogueDigitech - S100 Studio Series multi-effects processor Ensoniq dp4+ Multi-Effects Processor with 4 independent 24-bit stereo processors, 4 Ins and 4 Outs, 400 presets and Dynamic MIDI control

Electrix

the Electrix stuff is great for "real time" knobs and tweaking as it sends midi on all the buttons and knobs,Filter Factory MO-FX Warp Factory

Electro-Harmonix

Big Muff Pi NYC Re-issue Big Muff Pi Russian Re-issue,

Emu ESI-32 OS 3.02, 32megs of ram, with SCSI, (not used much now),

Korg

Poly-61 (no midi... yet) M1R with 14 PCM cards - groovy ESX1 Electribe SX Production Sampler. DRV-3000 multi-effects processor MS-10 - monophonic synthesizer (needs love)

Novation - Bass Station Rack monophonic analog bass synthesizer.

M-Audio/Midiman

Midisport 8x8 (two of these) & a 2x2 as well. Midi Trigger Finger

Roland

Juno-6 analog 6 voice poly synthesizer... (no midi) D-550 & PG-1000, the programmer Gr-300 The World’s Fastest Guitar Synthesizer MKS-7 Super Quartet MKS-50 - the little known synthesizer module was their Alpha Juno in a slim, 1U rack mount unit. MKS-30 Planet-S - with OS update not just a racked JX-3P, it really has more in common with the GR-700 guitar synthesizer MKS-10 Planet P, is it digital is it analog? It's 80's Roland and it sounds brilliant! SH-101 - monophonic synthesizer, featuring a 2 1/2 octave 32-note (F-C) keyboard SDE-1000 digital delay (no midi) TR-707 - drum machine TR-606 - drum machine PD-9 Electronic drum trigger Pad PD-5 Electronic drum trigger Pad

Yamaha

AN1x - Analogue Physical Modeling Synthesis TX-416 - can be expanded to 8, but currently has 4 of the original DX7's in a big rack DX7IID - improved sound quality over original DX7 and allows bi-timbrality, I've also added the Greymatter Response E! Expansion TX81z- the first FM synthesizer to employ oscillator waveforms other than sine, in order to achieve its unique, grating timbre, with better D to A than some of it's keyboard cousins. RX-5 - One of the best 12 bit drum machines ever made, with clean and punchy samples.

x0xb0x - TB-303 reproduction with MIDI-control. I've completed 289 with some modifications but still have another in a box. I'll get to that... when I get to it.

George Dennis - GD30 Wah Wah

Ibanez - AD202 analog delay (no midi),

gear is good.

Fender

Jazz Bass with 80's EMG's Badass Bass Bridge II,

Stratocaster with guitarfetish Hot Alnico Stagger over wound pups, LSR nut and Sperzel tuners

Ibanez X-ING IMG2010 Guitar Synthesizer Controller - The Most Advanced Vintage 24-Pin Roland Guitar Synth Controller Ever Built!

Simon & Patrick S&P 6 CW Cedar

Ovation - Magnum II converted to fretless with an Aguilar OBP-3 Bass Preamp

Aria Pro II - Steve Bailey 6 string bass - fretted

Vox - Brian May Special Guitar Combo Amplifier. 10 Watts. 6.5 in. speaker. 'Deacon System' (his Deacy amp/Treble Boost combination) electronics.

KAT-Drum Pad's (x2)

Gibraltar - Drum Rack and hardware,

Drum Works - DW-5000 kick pedal,

Pintech - Electronic Cymbal 14 inch Crash (x2)

Dauz - Pads - triple 6 inch pad; double 6 inch pad combinations

Encore Electronics - Slidemate (great for sysex editing the MKS-7),

Mackie - 1604 mixer – the original one.

Sennheiser - HD570 Headphones (these are great), AKG - K-55 Headphones (these suck), Gemini PL-9 Rack Mount Power Supply and Light Module, Furman PL-Plus Rack Mount Power Conditioner/Supply and Light Module, PB-40 Patchbay, Permapower Sockets, E PluS Rack Mount Multiple Outlet Strip, yadda yadda yadda blah blah & blah

Warning. Opinion follows....

I've met some cool people here on myspace and have made some great friends, some of whom I communicate with almost daily. I've heard some great musician's and feel they are wonderful people creative people. But I'm also amazed by the amount of crap that's on here... not musically because that's art, and a matter of taste and to be honest I do believe it's all valid... whether I (or someone else) like it or not. So do me a favour (that's Canadian for favor), do not request an add unless you are a musician, or you like the tracks I'm making, because if you're just collecting "adds" for whatever reason pass me by. Peace and love baby.