I saw that "50 Things Every Woman Should Have by Age 50" and it said a bunch of crap about shoes and clothes and having a bank accounts in your own name. It waxed poetic about old boyfriends, jewelry, and loving your wrinkles. What the actual hell. I don't need to acquire self confidence about aging, I need to make more music and get more gear to record it with! I will be 50 soon and I have just about everything on this list, so if nothing else I'll be motivated to finally upgrade to Pro Tools 12.
- At least one microphone that costs more than $600
- Soldering iron
- SPL meter
- A working turntable and preamp
- A working cassette deck
- Reference monitors
- Sealed headphones
- Unsealed headphones
- An analog mixer
- Firewire or USB interface
- At least 2 channels of decent mic pres
- 100’ snake
- An XLR to ¼” snake
- Fishpole
- Shotgun mic
- Stereo mini to ¼” adaptor
- RCA to ¼” adaptors
- Barrel type XLR turnarounds
- Seven computers (2 PCs and 5 Macs)
- Eight computer monitors
- Pro Tools 10
- Pro Tools 11
- Pro Tools 12
- Adobe Audition (to troubleshoot opening OMF files)
- Logic
- Reason
- Max/MSP
- 2 channel graphic equalizer
- At least one decent reverb plug in
- MIDI controller
- Video camera (ie a digital audio recorder that takes pictures, too)
- Patch Bay
- 20 hard drives
- A decent subwoofer in your car or at least a system that goes to 30 Hz minimum
- Card reader
- A gaming console (Xbox, PS3), you don’t have to play it but you need it to compare streaming audio quality
- A headphone amplifier
- MIDI cables
- MIDI to USB cables
- Clients
- Acoustic piano
- Guitar
- Bass Guitar
- Choose one : Melodica, harmonica, recorder, dulcimer, thumb harp, or anything someone visiting you will be prompted to say “what’s this?” when they pick it up
- Active DI
- Passive DI
- A webpage showcasing your work
- Up-to-date CV
- One formal outfit for the awards ceremony
- Sneakers to go with the formal outfit
