What was your setup say 7 years ago?

2003 - I had my D8B (still have it), my RME DIGI 9652 (just replaced it) and I think that was when I switched back from Cubase to Sonar after a couple of horrible years.  I think I was using a 2.8 GHz Dell with 2 GB RDRAM (fast at the time) and maybe 2 250 G drives?  Something like that.  I was using two monitors and had KRK V8s.  I had a UAD1 (or maybe 2 UAD1s) and all the plug ins that UAD had released to that point - which admittedly was not many.  I had a version of waves plugins, but they crippled my PC.  

I was using real hard synths (still own most of them).  I recorded guitars using a microphone and an amp.  

Interestingly the D8B is still there, I still own most of the hard synths but do not use them as much and occasionally I still like to mic up an amp.  

I sometimes miss all my outboard stuff.  I swear my Alesis DMP Pro sounded better than any VST drum thing I have ever owned, and I have owned a bunch of them.  

You?  

Boss BR-8, two guitars and a Casio keyboard.

I think.... A dell desktop.... with Dman PCI card running Cakewalk Pro 8 deluxe....... might be off by a few years.....

an upright piano.

What was your setup say 7 years ago?

A toy piano and a dot matrix printer...

7 years ago I think I would have recently upgraded from my Sony 4-track MiniDisc recorder to a Korg D1600 (opened up a whole new world for me at the time!!). I was using an Alesis drum machine, only had an EV dynamic handheld mic (w/ no preamp), an ART rack-mount distortion unit, an Alesis Midiverb III and my monitors were some basic desktop computer monitors.

Back about 20 years ago... has it been that long....? ...... I had a Tascam-porta-one..... 4 track cassette recorder and a "programmable drum machine" by Roland.... that was state of the art at the time....

Kazoo

I used the fostex DMT-8VL ( 24 bits and 8 tracks)  with a boss dr rythm 660 drum machine- and cheap keyboard and various guitars from  `1997 until Febuary of 2005 when I discovered Sonar 4 PE - and have been upgrading and spending $$$ ever since - Paid $1200 for it in 1997 -- sold it on ebay in 2005 for $250



January 16, 1997 -- With twice the number of tracks, no compression and a lower price, the new Fostex DMT-8VL provides the MI industry with a clearly superior-and upgradeable hard disk digital multitrack recording and editing system. At a time when the MI industry is demanding new levels of higher performance value, Fostex Corporation of America today announced the introduction of the Fostex DMT-8VL, a revolutionary technological achievement that combines the best of proven, professional hard disk technology with a price that literally redefines what a cost-effective small eight-track digital recording and editing system can do.

space_cowboy

You?   

I was me.

I had 7 computers all PIII/1GB based. I had SONAR but was still tied to my (3) ADATs and the Alesis X2 console for audio. Sold them all in Feb. 2003. I had not made any real music for nearly 3 years at that time.

In was also 30 days away from separating from my 3rd wife (now divorced) and 2.37572575 years away from meeting the Lovely Lady in my life now (5 years on April 25th).

  I don't think I had real studio monitors. The main thing
is I've been pretty much behind in "latest thing" so my
setup back then was probably 7 years behind 7 years
ago.  

Vodka straight up, but I finally quit....................................................

In 2003 I had:

2 x Fostex D90 8 tracks, slaved together
2 x Soundcraft Spirit folio 20 channel; desks, slaved together
Alesius Midiverb IV
Lexicon Alex
Lexicon MPX100
TLA 2 channel valve EQ
DBX 286A Voice Channel
Focusrite Voicemaster
Behringer Multicom
Behringer Multigate
SPL Vitalizer
Digitech MIDI Vocalist
Marantz CDR-630 CD burner
Alesis SR-16
GEM Real Piano module
Yamaha AN1-X
Roland D50
Spirit Absolute 2 Monitors...
..Powered by an Alesis power amp.
Various guitars & percussion instruments.

We recorded directly into the Fostex's, (meaning we had to get it right, every time - no edititng capability at all)

Then, due to trrack limitation, had to bounce say the drums down to a stereo pair before continuing, mixing with limited FX & processors on the Spirit desks.

The only outboard items above currently in my rack are the Valve EQ, thr Vitalizer (not yet used on a song), the DBX & the Voicemaster.

Two 2.4 Gig P4s with 3 x 19" VDUs
O1/v to DSP2416 Via ADAT, SW1000xg, Mackie SR24, Event 20/20 Speakers
JV1080, 05R/w, Novation Drum and Bass Station, Akai 2300 & S6000 Sampler, JP8080, Roland 30 Keyboard Controller, Sonar Producer whatever the flavour it was in 2003, my self built Les Paul and Epiphone Texan guitars.  Oh some out board compressors and effects.

All of which I still have and still use most of.

My setup 7 years ago
"Say, do you have Prince Albert in a can?"

My setup today
"Hey look, it's a henweigh!"


Other than that, 7 years ago I had a 750MHz PII Dell laptop with internal soundcard, a Shure SM58 and whatever junk I grabbed off the stage at our last gig.

edit: and of course Cakewalk Pro Audio 5.0