Michael Kauzlarich - Vocals, synthesizers, guitar, sequencer & drum programming
Michael is X-Sonic, a one-man studio project that began in 2006 with the resurrection of an early-80s vintage Korg analog synthesizer. It gradually progressed to the construction of a fully-equipped digital recording studio for the production of synthpop music.
Influences range from Electric Light Orchestra to The Human League and OMD, but linger heavily within the style of The Pet Shop Boys and Erasure.
The following is a list of some of the hardware and software used in the studio:
SONAR VS-700C V-Studio Console
SONAR VS-700R V-Studio I/O
Alesis MultiMix 8 Line stereo line mixer
MOTU micro lite MIDI interface
ADK Pro Audio Quad Xtreme i7-975 studio computer system
Roland V-Synth GT and SH-201 synthesizers
Roland Fantom-X7 synthesizer workstation
Roland Fantom-XR synthesizer rack module
Roland D-550 linear synthesizer rack module
Roland PG-1000 linear synthesizer programmer
Røde K2 condenser microphone
Shure Beta 57A and Beta 58A dynamic microphones
Universal Audio LA-610 channel strip/microphone pre-amp
TC-Helicon VoicePro vocal effects processor
Boss GT-8 guitar effects processor
Dynaudio Acoustics BM-5A near-field monitors
Furman PL-8 Series II power conditioner
Furman M-8 Merit Series power conditioner
Monster® Prolink studio cables
SONAR 8.5 Producer Edition digital audio workstation by Cakewalk
Rapture & Dimension Pro software synthesizers by Cakewalk
Jupiter-8V & Prophet-V software synthesizers by Arturia
PPG Wave 2.V software synthesizer by Waldorf
Attack drum synthesizer by Waldorf
Fairlight CMI sample library by Digital Domain
Sound Forge Pro 10.0 digital audio production suite by Sony
Diamond Collection native audio effects by Waves
Solid State Logic 4000 audio dynamics emulation by Waves
Melodyne Editor by Celemony
Alloy multi-effects processor by iZotope
Trash distortion processor by iZotope