Beat / How did you get started?
Rich Aucoin / I was lucky enough to record to reel to reels at school where I did Electro-Acoustic Experimental Music Recording too. We used Digital Performer and Paris as our DAW there. But when it comes to my own studio, it’s always been a laptop and an interface and 1 or 2 microphones. My first iteration of that setup was a Toshiba laptop with FruityLoops and a dual tape deck followed by an Acer Laptop with Cubase a Steinbeck interface and a cardioid microphone. I’m still in my first studio I guess.
Beat / Looking at photos your current studio, you certainly seem to have added quite a few items to your set-up.
Rich Aucoin / I’ve gotten a newer MacBook Pro and Apollo Twin and invested in a Rode NT2 and Shure SM7B as my microphones. I’ve migrated from FruityLoops to Cubase to Pro Tools to now Ableton 11. It’s been great to see how many things are possible since I started.
Beat / Which studio situation do you personally prefer – and why?
/ I’ve got to see the whole spectrum over the years from recording in those meagre home setups to recording at Abbey Road. I’ve never made a record in a traditional way; always preferring – and based on economics -
