Mac Pro with ViewSonic VX2640w 26” LCD
Intel Xeon 5400 2x2.8 GHz (quad-core), 10GB Ram, 300G Western Digital VelociRaptor for OSX, 300G Western Digital VelociRaptor for Windows 7, multiple 2TB 7200 RPM drives for backups, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285, 26” LCD monitor, additional Firewire/USB card dedicated to audio hardware.
MacBook Pro 17”
Intel Core Duo 2.16 GHz, RAM 2 GB, HD upgraded to 500G, running OSX 10.6.6
The Hardware - Consumer
Technics SL-10
I sound like Charlton Heston when I talk about this unit - “You can take this from my cold, dead hands!”. Linear tracking - direct drive - quartz lock - built-in moving-coil preamp - made from cast aluminum (not plastic) - uses P-mount cartridges - it can even play up-side down. Incredibly quiet - my first choice for digitizing vinyl.
Unfortunately, the original Technics EPS-310MC moving-coil cartridge failed (along with a spare that I had bought years ago). Also, the turntable has a feature that automatically lifts the needle from the record - if the record grooves go out beyond that point, you are out of luck.
Nakamichi 482Z
The Software
Logic Pro Studio
Peak Pro XT
SoundSoap Pro 2
The Instruments
Tascam FW-1082
Gibson "Holy V"
