Home Studio Registry: Mario Aleman

Future plans/projects

Recently released my latest album, titled "Soulspeak"(2003, innerflame PRODUCTIONS)& have been promoting it thru my website and live shows. Also planning a guitar clinic or workshop for this year ('05).

Guitars

1989 Fender American Standard Stratocaster w/ Seymour Duncan pickups, 1998 USA Ovation Collector's Edition steel string acoustic, 2000 USA Ovation 1863 Legend Classical (nylon), 1997 Epiphone Chet Atkins solid body acoustic/electric nylon, Fender American Precision fretless bass.

Keyboards

Korg W/3 Workstaion

Sound modules

Roland GR-33 guitar synthesizer system

Percussion

Boss Dr. Rythm DR-770 drum machine, various hand held shakers, 6' Rainstick.

Effects

ART Tube mic. pre.(MP-1), Alesis 3630 stereo compressor, Rack Rider 31 band stereo graphic EQ, Alesis MicroVerb processor, various Boss foot pedals, (DS-1, DD-3, RV-1, GE-1,...) Original Crybaby wah, Electro-Harmonix Small Stone phaser (original steel housing).

Microphones

AKG C3000 cardiod condensor, Shure SM-57, Shure SM-58, (2) JBL dynamic mics.

Mixing

Carvin Studio Mate SM-16

Tape decks

JVC dual tape deck (consumer model)

Hard disk recorders

Boss BR-8 digital recorder on 100 MB Zip disks.

Monitoring

JVC powered monitors, Optimus Novus 71 professional headphones.

Computer

Compaq Home 2000 Pro (AMD Duron-523,824 KB RAM)

Music software

Sound Forge 6.0 for editing, archiving, and other applications.

Additional equipment

Mesa/Boogie Dual Caliber (DC-10) 100W tube 2x12 combo, Johnson JT-50 modeling amp 50W 1x12 combo, JVC EON system w/ Sony MiniDisc system (for live performances).

Additional notes

Just very fortunate to make a living doing what I love to do!

Primary use Secondary use
Composition Commercial work
Recording level MIDI level
Above average Just learning
Commonly work (with) Completed songs/demos/jingles
Alone 21-40