Studying Audio Engineering (Oct. 2024 - 2026 +, WAVE Berlin)
Jazz pianist (trad. / early progressive / progressive / experim.);

(other activities: music writing / arranging, orchestration, learning film scoring, foley / field recording, adult Jazz piano instructor, 20+ years of IT / network tech practice, company OS migrations, intranet + internal IT service, various company user helpdesk systems: Lotus Notes, HP Helpdesk, Remedy, various CMS).

DAWs / Audio Software / other Software:
[- OS: Windows 10, Windows 11 (, Linux MINT 13 - 21) -]

Cubase Pro 8.5 to 14 / Nuendo 12 to 14 / WaveLab Pro 10 to 12 / Dorico Pro 3.5 to 5.x / VST Live Pro 1 to 2 / Absolute Collection 4 to 6, various Steinberg VST Sound retail products, various retail and free VST synth / effect plug-ins, Melodyne 5 (studio), NotePerformer 4.x (Wallander Instr.), Berlin Orch. created with Berklee (Orchestral Tools), Ableton Live 12 Suite, DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere, Vegas Pro (before 2016, Sony), VirtualDub MPEG, MuseScore 1.x to 4.x, Audacity 3.x.x (since version 2.x.x), SonicVisualizer / VAMP Plug-ins, Scribus 1.6.4 (for DTP purposes), Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, GIMP & Plug-ins, Adobe Products (Cloud)

Hardware:

[- PCs: various older Intel Core i 5 / i7 / Xeon (HP, Lenovo)-]

Consoles / Controllers / Interfaces used in training: Yamaha Nuage (Dante), Lawo Mixing Console mc²56 (RME MADIface), various Yamaha, Allen & Heath, Soundcraft digital live mixers, Tascam 3700 (analog).
Audio interfaces (private): Steinberg UR824 (ART Pro MPA II as a mic pre-amp), Zoom F8n Pro, Mackie Onyx Blackbird, Tascam FW-1804 (retired), Tascam US-2x2HR, ASUS Xonar D2X / Xonar U7 MKII for easy 5.1 / 7.1 mixes, various older int. and ext. sound cards (retired: M-Audio, EMU, Creative).
Field recorders (private): Tascam DR-100mk3 DR-44WL, various devices by Zoom, Boss (Roland).

Headphones (preferred): AKG K702, AKG K371, Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro (250 Ohms)

Near field mon.: Adam ARTist 3, various pass. speakers (ACR / Swiss 1980s, Magnat Monitor) & old HiFi integrated amps
Headphone amp: Funk LPA-2 (1st gen., Funk Tonstudiotechnik
Berlin)

Microphones used in training: various Neumann, AT, AKG, Sennheiser, EV, Haun, Shure, etc.
Microphones (private): sE Electronics, Lewitt, Behringer, Soundman OKM II Classic Studio (1998) + A3, various store brands

Stage pianos / MIDI master keyboards: Kawai, Yamaha, Doepfer (retired)

DAW controller: Nektar LX49+