Close in on the desk and core studio gear. Front to back: IBM SpaceSaver keyboard with integrated TrackPoint pointing stick mouse. Logitech Track-Man Wheel Mouse (modified angle) and Microsoft Comfort Optical Mouse 3000. Akai MPD24 MIDI pad controller, Behringer BCF2000 fader control surface, and M-Audio Keystation 61es MIDI keyboard controller. Apple MacBook Pro 17-inch notebook computer (Early 2009, 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, two 320 GB 7200 RPM hard drives) running Apple's Logic Studio audio software. M-Audio BX-8a studio monitors on Auralex isolation pads (and 2x4s). One of the studio cats, Charlie, stands guard over the maracas and frog. In the windowsill are JBL Pro III 4" bookshelf speakers, an FM antenna, and various noise-makers and trinkets.