patchwilliam's Music Gear Setup
My outboard gear rack with 500 series modules, an interface and a patch bay. Channels 1 - 8 on the patch bay go directly through to my interface inputs. Channel 9 patches in an effects pedal and runs back into input 4. I can run audio out of Ableton through output 3 on my interface and through my outboard gear, including the effects pedal, and then back into Ableton.
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This rig
~$1,333
Value by category
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Effects Processors
53%
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Accessories
25%
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Audio Interfaces
17%
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Patchbays
6%
Price mix
All 3 priced items fall in the standard range for their categories.
Boldest pick: Behringer PX3000 Ultrapatch Pro
Only 6 pro artists on Equipboard own it, but it's ranked #3 in Patchbays.
Behringer PX3000 Ultrapatch Pro
Avg price: $84.50
dbx 560A 500 Series Compressor/Limiter (x2)
Avg price: $323.99
Good, Simple Compressor
It's hard to mess up with this thing. You only have controls for Threshold and Ratio to adjust so it's dead easy to use and you won't sit there over thinking things and second guessing all your choices. Very affordable at only about $250. Definitely punches above it's class at that price. I keep this unit at the end of my signal chain to tighten up the changes that I make with my EQ and package everything back together nicely. I run it pretty gently for vocals.
Avg price: $378.00
Simple to use, beautiful results
I use this EQ to shape the sound coming from my Shure SM7b Microphone so that it compliments the characteristics of each individual voice. Everyone's vocal frequencies are different and it's awesome to be able to correct for those differences before the signal ever even gets into Ableton. Using this EQ, along with my other 500 series outboard gear, I can track vocals into Ableton that sound the way they're supposed to without needing to do much of anything after the fact. Speeds up my workflow and just sounds better at the end of the day.
Avg price: $219.75
Awesome piece
2 headphone jacks with independent volume control are amazing for an engineer and an artist to be able to track audio and listen at the same time without monitors. 8 inputs is great for a more permanent studio configuration. With my old interface, I only had 4 inputs so I was constantly juggling them for new instruments. Behringer also makes a separate 8 input preamp which can connect to this one. They work together as one 16 input interface. That will be one of my next upgrades for sure! This interface has a mix knob which lets me dial in a balance between audio coming from the computer vs. audio running through the interface analog. This lets me balance the levels of my input that I'm recording (guitar, vocal, bass, etc...) with the mix that we're recording into without having to change the levels in Ableton at all. This gives much more control and flexibility to change things on the fly, mid-recording. Each input has a pad as well. The preamps are totally transparent. Only drawback is that phantom power is distributed in two groups of four. You can't send phantom power to only one channel at a time.
Avg price: $326.54
About this setup
This gear photo by patchwilliam features 6 pieces of gear, including Behringer PX3000 Ultrapatch Pro, dbx 560A 500 Series Compressor/Limiter (x2), and Kush Audio Electra 500. The rig is mostly standard pieces. Artists with this kind of gear are most often found in the Electronic, Pop, and Rock scenes.
There's not enough 500 series on Equipboard. Lookin' good.