A few photos from around Cygnus and associated studios…
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Cygnus Studios entrance 
DAW table 
Behringer UMC1820 and ADA8200 A/D interfaces 
DAW monitors – Mackie CR5BT 
Best studio engineering manuals in existence 
Carvin DX1642 mixer 
PreSonus HP4 headphone amp 
Fender American HSS Special Stratocaster guitar 
Fender Telecaster Special Edition Deluxe Ash guitar – Butterscotch Blonde finish 
Gibson Les Paul Studio guitar 
Fender Blacktop Jazz bass guitar 
Peavey DW-3 guitar 
Ovation Custom Balladeer guitar 
Godin Seagull Entourage Rustic guitar 
Guitar rack 
Guitar effects rig 
Marshall DSL40CR with Sennheiser e609 Silver microphone 
Line 6 Spider 3 guitar modeling amp with FBV Express floor board 
The mighty Marshall MG10CF 10 watt practice amp 
Carvin HT1000 1000 watt power amp with 1584 PA speaker cabinets 
Synthesizers – Korg MS-20 analog, Korg SQ-1 step sequencer, Yamaha MX49 digital 
REAPER DAW web browser remote control – Keyboard rack 
Korg SQ-1 step sequencer 
Visiting KC Sound, Finland – My good friend and mentor, Mr. Christer Karjalainen 
Country musician/producer Teddy Grimstad and Christer Karjalainen in the KC Sound control booth 
Sasa Opacic mastering at SLY Studio 
Craig and Elmo Karjalainen – At Guitar Gods finals in Miami Beach – 2016-02-19 
Elmo Karjalainen recording lead guitar for my original “Medians Conspire”, KC Sound, Finland 
First Cygnus Studios album -“Different Strings” 
Second Cygnus Studios album – “Just Me” 
Two Cygnus productions which hit #1 on the “Soundclick” Rock and Pop charts 
“Rush – Clockwork Angels” print with my 1st row ticket and collector’s ticket – Number 3687 of 5000 produced 
1st ELP album, autographed by all three… Priceless 
R0DE NT1-A Vocal Cardioid Condenser microphone 
Recording vocals for “Joe’s Garage” 
DW Performance Series 5-piece kit – Black Diamond finish – 5000 Series hardware 
DW Black Diamond finish, simply gorgeous 
I don’t care what anyone says, DW Drums rule! 
Pearl percussion stand 
Treeworks 45-bar double row chimes 
My previous kit – Ludwig Rocker 7-piece 
Nolan’s first drum lesson, start ’em young 
Gabby – Recording vocals for “Set It All Free” 
Bells – Recording vocals for “Set It All Free”
Cygnus Studios 
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