Though I have been "only" taping since early 1998, I have managed to go through a rather long list of equipment. Below you will find rigs that I have run and the rig that I currently use, plus thoughts on where I'm headed next. Feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions, suggestions, or just comments.

Current Equipment

Field Recording

• Oktava MK012 small condenser microphones
• Cardioid, Hyper-cardioid, and omni-directional Oktava capsules
• Audio-Technica 853a microphones
• Sound Professionals deluxe battery box for AT853a microphones
• Excalibur microphone cables
• Beyerdynamic MV-100 preamplifier
• Grace Designs Lunatec V2 preamplifier
• Sony PCM-M1 portable dat walkman

• Bogen-Manfrotto BG3076 17' light/mic stand
• Audio-Technica 8401 Shockmounts
• Oktava "Ultra-Screen" windscreens

• Samson MixPad 4 Mixer

Next Upgrades:

• A/D converter (AD2K? ADC-20?)
• Tascam DA-P1
• Laptop? (this would be an involved step)

CD Mastering Equipment

• Sony PCM-R300 DAT deck
• Tascam DA-30 MKII DAT deck
• Kimber Kable Toslink optical cable
• Hosa coaxial digital cable
• Sek'd Prodif Plus S/PDIF and ADAT digital audio card
• Samplitude Studio 5.5
• Sonic Foundy Sound Forge 4.5
• Syntrillum Cool Edit Pro 1.0
• CDWav
• Adaptec EZ-CD Creator 4.02d
• Goldenhawk CDRWin 3.8d
• Plextor 12/20 Plex CD-ROM
• Plextor 12/10/32s CD-Recorder
• Quantum Fireball SE 8.4 GB Ultra SCSI Hard Drive

Next upgrades:

• Possibly more hard drive space
• Multi-channel ADAT input device (digital mixer?) or analog mixer
• Near-field monitors (probably active)

Cloning

• Plextor UltraPlex 32X CD-ROM
• Teac r56-S 6x20 CD-Recorder
• octave.com CD-Duplicator SCSI Controller
• Sony PCM-R300 DAT deck
• Tascam DA-30 MKII DAT deck

Past Equipment

• Zefiro Acoutics ZA2 Digital audio card
• Opcode DATPort USB Digital audio interface
• Sony TCD-D3 Portable DAT Recorder
• Eco-Charge Omega battery system for Sony D3
• Sharp MDS-701 Portable MD Recorder
• Sound Professionals stealthy binaurals (Panasonic caps)
• Nakamichi CM-300 mics with cp-1(card), cp-2(omni) and cp-4(shotgun) capsules
• Zefiro Inbox preamp and a/d converter
• Sony MDS-JE700 Home MD deck
• Midiman CO2 digital format converter