Paper Plane Pilot Blog

Building my home recording studio one piece at a time

June 7, 2009

When people ask me about Paper Plane Pilot, one of their first questions is usually about the gear I use. And what better way to answer that question than to give a quick run through of my recording studio gear. Whether this encourages you to build your own music studio, or just serves to satisfy your curiosity, I hope you find the list below inspirational.

While many producers and engineers prefer either a pure software or hardware approach, I like to use both and don’t really favor any one method. Obviously, space and budget will determine most decisions here, but I find that good results can be achieved with either method and that, honestly, the engineer plays a much larger role in the final result than the gear does. That said, nice gear makes everything just that much easier once you get past learning how to use it all. Yes, that means reading the manual cover-to-cover for every single piece of gear you buy. It’s not the sexiest part of making music, but you’ll be better off for it.

Hi, I'm Dustin. I create electronic indie pop music. Click here to learn more.