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    • About - The Backstory
    • About - Discography
    • About - Studio + Tools
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  • Music Samples
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    • Music Synced To Picture
    • B.T.S. VIdeos
  • Store
    • Digital Downloads
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ABOUT D4D

Studio + Tools

The Studio

Time to go, see you next time

Time to go, see you next time

Wall of CDs

Wall of CDs

Top of the Wall of CDs

Top of the Wall of CDs

Various other composers

Various other composers

Part of my complete Goldsmith collection

Part of my complete Goldsmith collection

Various other composers

Various other composers

More various other composers

More various other composers

More Movies

More Movies

I have a little music theory background

I have a little music theory background

Closer look at my music books

Closer look at my music books

Closer look at my music books

Closer look at my music books

Closer look at my music books

Closer look at my music books

Closer look at my music books

Closer look at my music books

My first notation piece from High school - A side

My first notation piece from High school - A side

My first notation piece from High school - B side

My first notation piece from High school - B side

Books about movies, storyboarding and music

Books about movies, storyboarding and music

Books about Concept Art and Digital Painting

Books about Concept Art and Digital Painting

Books about Concept artists

Books about Concept artists

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Tools Used

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Desktop Workstation 

I have a PC desktop workstation for all MIDI related stuff in addition to graphic design, image editing, video editing, audio editing and administrative (data entry, docs and reports). 

Tower 
2 Monitors - a 32" and a 24" 
Keyboard 
Mouse & Stylus Pen 
DVD/CD Drive + Burner 
Blu-Ray Drive (portable) 
Media Card Slots 
Small Speakers with Sub-Woofer 
Graphics Card suitable for 3D rendering and gaming 
Audio Driver is Asio and the generic Intel drivers 
Several 5 TB External HDs with at least 2-3 TB of space. 
USB 3.0 Hub (can get another if needed) 
Yamaha 61-key consumer synth as ,y controller for MIDI 

System Specs 

Windows 10 64-bit 
32GB RAM 
Intel i7 CPU 3.4GHz 

Software (Music, Video & Audio) 

DAW 

DP 10 
Cakewalk Music Creator 6 (now discontinued and defunct - but still usable) 

VSTs 

East West Hollywood (Subscription) 
Kontakt 6 (full version) 
Albion 4 (IV) strings (atonal and harmonics for strings, brass and woodwinds) 
Christopher Young's "Soul Series: The Collection" from 8dio 
Omnisphere 2 
Soundiron (10 sound sets of mostly scary, horror and metal clanging sounds) 
Steinberg's Halion "Dark Planet" 
Spitfire Audio "Labs" 
Cakewalk's instruments, synths and other sounds 

Audio Recording & Editing 

Blue YETI Microphone 
Adobe Audition 
ProTools First (currently in training 2021) 

Video Ripping, Video and Image Editing & Encoding 

MakeMKV (makes video files from DVDs & Blu-Rays) 
HandBrake (converts MKV files into various video file formats and resolution quality) 
Adobe Premiere 
Adobe After Effects 
Adobe Media Encoder 
Adobe Photoshop 

Video & Music Players 

Quicktime 
VCL 
iTunes 
Windows Media Player 
Cyberlink Blu-Ray / DVD Player 

File Transfer Services 

WeTransfer (free to use for files up to 2GB) 
Google Drive 
DropBox 

PC Laptop 

For remote (and NON-MIDI) use. Primarily for Video & Audio Editing, Graphic Design, and Photo Retouching. 

Windows 10 64-bit 
16GB RAM 
Intel i7 CPU 3.4GHz 
DVD / CD Drive

About D4D

D4D In A Nutshell

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What Started It All?

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