thebigguyconnor

My main project is my band the Kunadiuns that I play in with my cousin Craig (see thekunadiun on bandamp).  We're working on finishing our concept album Lost in Huda.  We're an exciting new space/prog rock band inspired by bands like Rush, Pink Floyd, and The Who, and is made up of young guys just wanting to have a load of fun making music that people will enjoy listening to!

My secondary project is making drum cover videos and other videos for my Youtube channel(s): check out http://www.youtube.com/thebigguyconnor for my isolated tracks from songs, my drum covers, and other cool stuff!.

My tertiary project is designing websites for money .  I've done a number, but big ones include my own tech site http://www.mydailytech.com, and http://www.lodgewoodcottage.com.

Soon to be finished are http://www.laurelmcbrine.com and http://www.foodartlife.com.

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MY GEAR/Equipment:

Epiphone Les Paul Standard
Yamaha crappy electric
Yamaha Acoustic

Peavey Windsor Studio 30w

Behringer XENYX 1204FX
Apex / Behringer Mics

Pearl 1980's Forum Kit (birch or mahogany - cant remember)
-Remo Ambassador Snare Batter
-Evans on the toms
-Sabian Cymbals

For DAWs I use:
Adobe Audition 3.0
Audacity (Open Source)

For Video Editing I use:
Virtualdubmod
Sony Vegas Pro 9.0
Adobe After Effects CS4
TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress

For Software Instruments I use a whole lot of native instruments products!!

Kontakt Player 4 - Scarbee Red Bass sampler, also I use all the sounds that come with the Kontakt player.

Kore Player 2 - Absynth Twilights, Deep Transformations, FM8 Transient Attacks, Massive Expansion Vol. 1, Massive Expansion Vol. 2, Reaktor Animated Circuits, Reaktor Spark, Best of Reaktor Vol. 1, The Finger.

Xpress Keyboards (cheap versions of their expensive B4, Pro-53, and FM7 synths all in one bundle)

VMPK - Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard (allows you to use your computer keyboard to control midi software instruments, which is great if you don't have direct access to a real piano at the time, only limitation is keyboards are digital and can't dynamically detect the strength of hits, so all the notes have the same loudness).

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OTHER PROGRAMS I USE AND RECOMMEND!
For Managing my music collection on my computer, I use a program called Songbird, which is an amazing audio player (plays FLAC, AAC - all the audio formats that WMP doesn't!, and even supports WMA which is Microsoft's proprietary format) and also there's addons for it, so you can use Last.FM, block ads (it has a built-in web browser!!!!) and do all sorts of other stuff (change layouts, theming).

For Audio EQing (i like to crank the bass) I use SRS Audio Soundbox which I recommend to ANYONE who likes to mess around with the EQ on their stereo system or PC.

For Video Playback, I use VLC player, (supplemented with Media Player Classic for H.264 - the area which VLC struggles at).  It supports all the codecs with no hassle!