Studio evolution

The TC Studio

Equipment as the band listed it on its 1999 website (original page), with the 2001 Studio CAM and later work added. Lists from 2000 to 2016 will be added as they are recovered.

The studio's mixing desks in the dark, their channel lights glowing.
Mixing desks, 2001
The trance[]control studio in 2001: monitors, racks of synthesizers and a mixing desk in warm, dim light.
The studio, 2001
DjC in the studio, his face lit in orange from below.
DjC in the studio
Turntables and a DJ mixer in low light in the studio.
Turntables

synth

1999Clavia Nord Rack (voice expanded)
1999Korg P3 (piano module)
1999Novation Drumstation V2
1999Novation Nova
"It's still on order since it's not avalable yet... but soon"
1999Syntecno TeeBee 303 (TB-303 clone)
1999Waldorf Pulse
Announced as incoming on 1999-01-13.
1999Yamaha CS2x
—Yamaha CS1x
DjC's first real synth, after a SoundBlaster card: "The CS1x became the point of no return in the history of the TC Studio."

sampler

1999Yamaha A3000 sampler (64 MB RAM, 4.5 GB HD)

microphone

1999RØDE NT1 studio microphone
1999Shure BG 1.0
"(Silly-poor-bad-sounding-crap-microphone)"

interface

1999Opcode Studio 128x MIDI interface

recording

1999Yamaha DSP Factory

mixer

1999Yamaha 01V with analogue input expansion (24 channels)
—Passive balanced 16-channel summing system
Designed by Alexander, almost completed; Lundahl transformers and mid/side processing. Circuit details are not documented here.

monitoring

1999Audio Pro B 1.39 active subwoofer
"Bad Ass WOOFER that tears the place down"
1999Avance Epsilon 910 monitors
1999NAD 216 THX power amplifier

computer

1999Cyrix 166+, 64 MB RAM
Control station for the Yamaha A3000.
1999Pentium II 300, 192 MB RAM
"WebMastering & MP3-handling"
1999Pentium II 400, 512 MB RAM
Main sequencing computer.

software

1999Logic Audio Gold
1999Propellerhead ReBirth RB-338 2.0
1999Propellerhead ReCycle
1999Steinberg WaveLab 2.0
1999Stomper

camera

2001Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000 (Studio CAM)
Live video and camera-microphone audio from the studio, distributed through DI.FM. Codec and protocol not yet confirmed.