Biography
• NAME: NICOLAS PICCIOTTO
• AGE: 47
• LIVING: SWITZERLAND, Geneva neighborhood
• MUSIC TYPE: Electro, Industrial, Ambient, musical score for films and documentaries
• INVOLVED IN THE AFOREMENTIONED SINCE: 1982
• MUSIC EDUCATION AND TRAINING: classical, jazz, electronic, experimental, all since 1982
• AKA: 33VRIEM33, M.I.N.D (MARYLYN IS NOT DEAD), JoJo'Star The Electric Mind
• PRODUCTION, RECORDING, MASTERING: OWN RESOURCES
• 'SWISS VINTAGE STUDIO'
Effective Studio Equipment List
(as of 30th of August 2017)
DAW Production Environment
APPLE MACPRO 12-CORE (2), IMAC, …
APPLE LOGIC PRO X, REASON, …
DISKS, CONTROLLERS, … (FLASH INCLUDED, SSD, …)
AUDIO Interfaces
UNIVERSAL AUDIO APOLLO AND SATELLITE THUNDERBOLT ACCELERATORS
UNIVERSAL AUDIO PLUG-INS
MIDI, CV-GATE Interfaces and Cabling
ALYSEUM AL-88C (4)
MOTU MIDI XPRESS 128 (4)
PEAVEY PC 1600X
KENTON PRO 2000 MKII (4)
PLANET WAVES CABLING
Mixing Consoles & Effects
MACKIE 3204 VLZ3 (PURE SIGNAL I/O, NO PROCESSING)
MACKIE 3204 VLZ4 (PURE SIGNAL I/O, NO PROCESSING) (2)
PLANET WAVES CABLING FOR ALL AUDIO EQUIPMENT
YAMAHA SPX 900 (TESTS ONLY)
DIGITECH DSP256 (TESTS ONLY)
TC-HELICON VOICELIVE PROCESSOR (TESTS ONLY)
KORG DRV 3000 (TESTS ONLY)
QSC TouchMix 16 Compact Digital Mixer (PURE SIGNAL I/O, NO PROCESSING)
TEAC LM-8ST (6)
Monitoring Speakers
KRK VXT8 (ROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND PRE-MIX ONLY)
KRK V4 (ROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND PRE-MIX ONLY)
HeadPhones
SHURE SRH 940 (2) (FINAL MIX, MASTERING)
AUDIO TECHNICA M-70x (FINAL MIX, MASTERING)
PANASONIC RP-HTF600 (FINAL MIX, MASTERING)
Mix and Master Testing / Benchmarking Equipment (FINAL MIX, MASTERING)
VARIOUS CAMBRIDGE AUDIO CD DECKS
ANTHEM DUAL STAGE AMPLIFIER
JEFF ROWLAND CONTINUUM AMPLIFIER
FOCUS AUDIO FP 90 SE SPEAKERS
TRIANGLE EXTAN 9 SPEAKERS
CARDAS CABLING
GEARS, Synthesizers, Vocoders, Sequencers, …
AKAI MPK88
AKAI S5000 (FULLY LOADED)
ALESIS HR16
ANALOGUE SOLUTIONS OBERKORN SEQUENCER (3)
ANALOGUE SOLUTIONS MEGACITY (2)
ARIES 300
ARP 2600 (2)
ARP ODYSSEY
ARTURIA KEY STEP (2)
ELECTRO-HARMONIX MICRO SYNTHESIZER VINTAGE
ELKA RHAPSODY
ELECTROCOMP EML 101
ELECTROCOMP EML 400
EML POLYBOX (2)
EMS SYNTHI AKS
EMU AUDITY 2000
EMU B3
EMU MORPHEUS
EMU PROCUSSION
ENSONIQ FIZMO
KAWAI K5
KAWAI K5000 S (2)
KORG DW8000
KORG MONO/POLY
KORG MS2000
KORG MS 50
KORG PS3100
KORG PS 3200
KORG VC 10
KORG WAVESTATION SR
KORG WAVESTATION A/D
LINN LM02
LINN 9000
MOOG MEMORYMOOG PLUS
MOOG MINIMOOG
MOOG PRODIGY
OBERHEIM DSX
OBERHEIM MATRIX 6R
OBERHEIM MATRIX 12
OBERHEIM MINI SEQUENCER CPS-2
OBERHEIM OB8 MIDI (2)
OBERHEIM OB12
OBERHEIM OB-X MIDI
OBERHEIM STRETCH DX
OBERHEIM XPANDER
ROLAND ALPHA JUNO 1
ROLAND D550 (2)
ROLAND JD 800
ROLAND JX 10 SUPER JX
ROLAND RHYTHM 77
ROLAND S760
ROLAND SVC-350 + MICS
ROLAND TR 808
ROLAND VT-3 + MICS
SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS MULTITRAK (2)
SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS PRO ONE
SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS PROPHET 600
SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS PROPHET VS
STUDIO ELECTRONICS SE-1
VOCE DMI 64 MKII
WALDORF MICRO Q (2)
WALDORF PULSE 2
WALDORF STREICHFETT (2)
YAMAHA DX7
YAMAHA DX7 II FD E! GREY MATTER (2)
YAMAHA KX 5
YAMAHA TG 77 (2)
YAMAHA TX416