Another centre piece of the set-up is a Pentium IV 1.6 GHz with 1 GB RAM, Maxtor 80GB/7200rpm harddisk, Nvidia GeForce2 MX/MX400 dual graphics card with two LCD screens (17"and 15"), one CD-ROM station, one CD-RW station and all other standard equipment, like mouse, keyboard, etc. This dedicated music PC is connected to a home UTP network to use other peripherals, like printers and ADSL internet connection. The PC contains two sound cards;

1. Roland Studio Package Pro (SI-24).
This package consists of a digital mixer with built-in 8IN/6OUT (analogue), 24bit/96kHz audio interface with motorized faders, surround sound mixing, etc. together with Logic or Cakewalk software (Which I'm not using.) It is connected to the PC through a PCI card. It has XLR inputs with phantom power.
This mixer/interface makes digital recording very easy and gives you easier control over you recording software, especially when mixing.

2. Yamaha SW1000XG.
Another high-end PCI soundcard, which I managed to get cheap through the internet. It is one of the best PC cards available and supports both AUDIO and MIDI. It has 6 internal stereo playback devices (12 mono) that can be mixed in the PC using the software mixer to the stereo analog and digital hardware outputs. The SW1000XG has a stereo input for recording, 6 built-in digital effects processors and 5 band EQ.
The external stereo output of the card is connected to stereo channel 13/14 of the mixer. The stereo input of the card is connected to subgroup channels 1 & 2.

I have a Philips CDR770 audio CD recorder for creating high quality master CD's.

At home my gig-rig is connected to the Home Studio by connecting the stereo MAIN OUT of the gig-rig to stereo channel 11/12 of the studio mixer. Separate sub mixing of the modules in the rig can then still be done on the gig-rig mixer.
The Oberheim MC1000 expandable master keyboard contains a Yamaha DB50XG daughterboard. A standard daughterboard is equipped with a 26-pin connector to connect to the WaveBlaster expansion ports of the Creative Soundblaster and compatible soundcards. The Oberheim MC1000 is also prepared to use a daughterboard. This way the master keyboard, normally without a sound generator, becomes an 88 key XG and GM compatible stage piano. The MIDI sounds are fed to the built-in AUDIO out 1/4"connectors.

Next to the built-in digital effects processor of the Phonic mixer, the effects processors on the Yamaha SW1000XG soundcard, the Cubase VST software plug-in effects and the Digitech effects processor in the gig-rig, I own a vintage Sansui RA-700 spring reverb. The AUX SEND 1 & 2 of the mixer are connected to the Sansui's left & right input. The outputs go the the AUX RETURN 1 (L&R) of the mixer. This way, I can add a very nice and warm, old fashioned type of reverb to the recordings. It is especially good for acoustic sounds. Problem with these kind of units is noise, it takes some time to set-up the right gain levels to minimize noise.

The MAIN STEREO OUT of the mixer is connected to a Behringer Powerplay Pro HA4600. This 1U rack unit is a 4 channel stereo headphone amplifier/distribution system. It allows you to connect up to 16 headphones divided in 4 channels. Each channel has 2 band EQ, an AUX IN, a balance knob for the AUX and MAIN signal, an output level knob and switches to mute left or right or to switch to mono-sum.
I have two Sennheiser headphones, a HD25-1 and a HD445. The HD25-1 is a professional dynamic closed-back monitoring headphone. It is lightweight and therefore very comfortable. The HD445 is an "audiophile quality" dynamic open-air headphone. Also lightweight.