Recent News

Some Updates

2011-07-03
Well it has been a long time since I have posted anything. As many of you know, I have moved back to Santa Fe, NM. It is nice to be back and I have ...

Couple projects done and some updates.

2010-05-20
Well it has been a while since I have had time to blog. But things are going pretty well in the Ortiz Audio side of things. In January I finished up ...

NAMM 2010 Day 1 and 2

2010-05-20
Well just back to the hotel after a long Day 2 at NAMM. Thanks to Keith Miller (www.km-guitarslinger.com) and Morley Pedals (www.morleypedals.com). T...

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Recent Blog Entries

Using the Dreamplug's Crypto Chip

2011-10-04
After talking with colleagues regarding this box (there are now several around) I learned that the encryption is pretty slow. But this is without the...

Setting up the Dreamplug

2011-07-13
Just recently I got a Dreamplug from Global Scale Technologies. It is pretty cool in that it only draws 5W of power and comes with plenty of processi...

Some Updates

2011-07-03
Well it has been a long time since I have posted anything. As many of you know, I have moved back to Santa Fe, NM. It is nice to be back and I have ...

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Equipment

My studio is primarily computer based but have a vast array of gear. There are lots instruments, amps, etc. that you can use. A lot of my gear has been home built or modified to give exceptional performance.

Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)

Monitoring

  • Dynaudio BM5A Professional Active Monitors
  • Yamaha HS80M Active Monitors
  • M-Audio SP-5B Active Reference Monitors
  • Plenty of Headphones and Amps

Microphones

  • TNC ACM-12000 Tube Microphone
  • TNC ACM-2 R*oyer Clone
  • TNC ACM-3 C*ascade F*athead Clone
  • 4x Karma K10 SD Condenser
  • Karm Prophecy LD Concenser
  • Sure SM7B
  • 2x Shure SM58
  • 7x Shure SM57
  • 3x Shure PG56
  • 2x Shure PG81
  • 1x Shure PG52
  • Behringer B2 LD Condenser
  • Rode NT-1A LD Condenser
  • 2x Modified Behringer ECM8000
  • Sennheiser E609
  • CAD M179
  • Audix i5
  • Kel-Audio HM-2

DI Boxes

  • EWI LPB-1 Active DI
  • 4x ART Pro DI Passive
  • 2x Behringer Ultra-G with 4x12 Simulation

Hardware Effects

  • DBX Quantum Mastering Processor
  • BBE Sonic Maximizer
  • ART Pro VLA II Tube Compressor/Limiter
  • FMR RNLA Leveling Amplifier
  • Behringer UltraFex Pro
  • Behringer Bass V-AMP Pro
  • Digitech GSP1101
  • Digitech RP500
  • Rocktron Xpression
  • Various guitar pedals (RAT, SD-1, TS9, GEQ, etc.)
  • THD Hot Plate 8 Ohm
  • Weber 16 Ohm Dummy Load

Pre-Amps

  • 2x TNC ACMP-84 N*eve 1084 Clones
  • 2x TNC ACMP-73 N*eve 1073 with DI Clones
  • Groove Tubes Brick
  • OrtizAudio Cinemag Transformer Pre
  • Modified SM Pro Audio PR8
  • Black Lion Audio Modified Behringer ADA8000
  • Behringer Tube Ultragain Pro
  • Presonus DigiMAX FS

Notable Plugins

  • I have tons of plugins. These are the ones that are worth mentioning.
  • Focusrite Liquid Mix: Emulates lots of vintage hardware. API, Neve, SSL, Drawmer, etc.
  • Steven Slate Trigger Drum Replacement
  • Steven Slate 3.5 Platinum Drum Samples
  • Izotope Ozone 5
  • Native Instruments Komplete 6 (includes Guitar Rig 4, Kontakt 4, Absynth, Reaktor, FM-8 B4 Organ, Akoustik Piano, Electrik Piano, etc.)
  • IK Multimedia T-RackS
  • Steven Slate FG-X
  • Steven Slate VCC
  • HarBal 2.3
  • Antares AutoTune

Instruments and Amps

  • ENGL Savage 120
  • ENGL E530 Guitar Preamp
  • Mesa Bookie Mark III
  • Sovtek MIG 100
  • B-52 Stealth 100
  • Jet City JC20H
  • '72 Silverface Fender Champ
  • Fender Hot Rod Deluxe
  • Crate Powerblock
  • Carvin R1000
  • ENGL V412
  • Mesa Traditional 4x12
  • Avatar G212 with G12H30 and Vintage 30 Open Back
  • Earcandy Soverign 1x12 Eminence Swamp Thang
  • Earcandy Buzzbomb 2x12 Eminence Swamp Thang
  • Various 4-5 string basses (Lakland, Douglas)
  • Various 6-7 string electric guitars (Ibanez, Schecter, Washburn)
  • Nylon, Steel, and 12-string acoustics.