Music

I started studying classical piano, jazz, music composition, and music theory at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati from the ages of 5-15.  At 16, I was living in Belgium and studied at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel in Brussels, Belgium.

At the age of 12, I got my first synthesizer (still have it) and have been fascinated by electronic music ever since.  In the years since, I learned to play the guitar, electric guitar, clarinet, flute, and a smattering of other instruments to try to recreate their performance characteristics while using synthesizers to recreate their sound.

You can hear some of my creations at soundcloud.com/ericloyd.

Some of the equipment in my studio over the years include:

Akai S-700 sampler module
Akai Synthstation 49
Alesis HR-16 drum machine
Alesis MMT-8 sequencer
Alesis Q49 MIDI controller
Apple ][+ with Syntauri digitial synthesizer card
Alesis MicroVerb IV effects processor
Alesis MIDIVerb IV effects processor
ARP Omni-2 string/brass synthesizer
ART FXR Elite effects processor
ART MultiVerb LT effects processor
Behringer Eurorack MX1604A 12 Channel Mic/Line Mixer
Casio CZ-5000 synthesizer
Casio MIDI Saxaphone
Casio PMP-300 syntheiszer
Digitech RP250
Electro-Voice EV Cobalt 7 Microphones
E-mu Pro/Formance 1 piano module
Ensoniq Mirage sampler keyboard
Ensoniq Mirage sampler module
JL Cooper MIDI Nexus
Kawai K1-II synthesizer
Kawai K5m sound module
Korg DW-6000 synthesizer
Korg DW-8000 synthesizer
Mackie MS-1202 analog audio mixer
M-Audio Axiom 25 controller
M-Audio Axiom 49 controller
Mark of the Unicorn Micro Lite
Mark of the Unicorn MIDI Express MIDI processor
Moog MG-1 synthesizer
MXL 990 Condenser Microphone
Peavey Bandit 65 amplifier
Peavey DEP-16 effects processor
Peavey Electric Guitar
Roland Alpha Juno-1 synthesizer
Roland JV-1080 sound module
Roland M-160 analog audio mixer
Roland MT-32 sound module
Roland PS-800 synthesizer
Roland U-110 sound module
Roland XP-80 music workstation synthesizer
Stylophone
Suzuki SX-500 sound module
Tascam Porta-2 4-track analog recorder
Yamaha Acoutsic Guitar
Yamaha DD-50 Drum Pads
Various computer components and software to do the recording and final mixing (Cakewalk, Sonar, Ableton, and lots more)