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My setup

Specifics about the hardware and software equipment I use. The page is part of the uses.tech project.

Hardware

  • Computer: 2015 MacBook Pro i7 running macOS Ventura. Accessories: 27-in Dell screen, Apple Magic Keyboard 2, Logitech M350 Pebble mouse, Razer Deathadder gaming mouse.
  • Mobile: iPhone SE (2nd gen) running iOS 17, Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 running Android 13 (custom ROM).

Music equipment

  • Bass: Warwick Thumb bass (1991), and Fretless Fender Jazz bass, both fed to a Tech 21 Sansamp Bass Driver v2.
  • Guitar: Fender Stratocaster.
  • Interface: Audient iD14, with a dedicated FX-Audio DAC.
  • Speakers: Yamaha HS5.
  • Headphones: Ollo S4X, Sony MDR-7506.
  • MIDI controllers: Novation Launchkey Mini MkII, Korg Micro KEY 66, Behringer X-Touch One.
  • Microphones: Shure SM58, Røde NT5 condenser matched pair with SB20 stereo bar, Thomann SC 1100 studio large diaphragm mic.
  • Field recording: Zoom H5, Ulanzy mini tripod MT-08, Movo shock mount, Zoom XY stereo mic, Zoom SSH-6 mid-side stereo shotgun mic, Telephone pick-up coil mic, Korg contact microphone CM-300.

Audio software

  • DAWs: REAPER 7, Logic Pro X 10.8, Pro Tools 12.5, Reason 8.
  • Audio editors: iZotope RX 6 Standard, iZotope Ozone 9 advanced, Zynaptiq Triumph.
  • Audio utilities: Zynaptiq Myriad, Stereo Monoizer, Swinsian.
  • Virtual instruments: Kilohearts Phase Plant, XLN Addictive Drums, XLN Addictive Keys, Tonsturm Whoosh 1.5.4, Radical Piano, Waves Flow Motion FM, Decidedly Decent Sampler, Waldorf Streichfett, Vital, Decomposer Sitala, Air XPand! 2, EastWest Hollywood Strings Gold.
  • Plug-ins: Soundtoys v5.4, Tokyo Dawn (NOVA, Limiter 6 GE, Kotelnikov GE, Slick EQ GE, Slick EQ Mastering), Waves v13, Kilohearts Snap Heap, Voxengo (SPAN plus, TEOTE), Klanghelm (VUMT deluxe, MJUC vari-mu compressor), AudioThing Fog Convolver, McDSP Compressors Bank, Celemony Melodyne 5.
  • Game audio: Audiokinetic Wwise, FMOD studio, Unity.

Video software

  • Players: IINA, VLC.
  • Utilities: yt-dlp, LosslessCut, Handbrake.

Editing and code

  • Image editors: Sketch v59, Pixelmator classic, Graphic Converter 12, ImageOptim.
  • Text editors: Sublime Text 4, iA Writer, Typora, Visual Studio Code (for C# Unity projects).
  • Packages: MacPorts.

Internet

  • Browser: Firefox (primary), Safari, Vivaldi.
  • Email: Mail.app, Thunderbird.

Reading

  • RSS: NetNewsWire on both macOS and iOS, currently using an offline OPML sync’d through iCloud.
  • Read later: Pocket, using Reeder 5 on macOS and the app on mobile.
  • E-reader: Kobo Glo.

Management

  • Plain text to-do using any text editor, as a companion to my paper bullet journal.
  • Syncthing
  • Transmit
  • Commander One
  • Carbon Copy Cloner

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