Studio Setup

Everything is set up in a semi circle, so I can instantly access the
Mixer, Control Keyboard, Mouse, CD-Player or Piano without having
to roll around in my chair or going far - it's all in reach.

As for software choice, I prefer older versions, because they run much
faster on newer computers. If it helps me getting my ideas
down quickly before I lose them, it's good.

Audio Hardware

Yamaha 01V Mixer - All is connected digital, no noise and instant Resampling capability
Mackie HR824 for Monitoring - Just the best monitors for music, reproduce all the low bass frequencies
Oktava MK-319 Microphone - A russian gem which warms up any vocalist
Sennheiser e845S Microphone - One of my first microphones, good for live testing
Korg Kontrol49 Keyboard - The perfect companion to Reason, control the software like hardware
Yamaha Electronic Piano P-120 (lent, thanks Constanze) - Finally a Hammer-weighted Piano, love playing it

Sound Software

Cubase SX 2.2 - Runs completely stable, has all necessary feature and nearly no bugs
Soundforge 5.5 - A companion since I started making music on a PC, reliable and flexible
Reason 4 - The soundquality in Reason 4 is quite better than in 3
Kontakt 1.2 - Most stable and bug-free Kontakt version ever, does everything.
UAD Plugins - I won't go to bed without my LA-2 for Vocals and 1176 compressor on Drums.
Razorlame MP3 encoding - Just get those 320kbit MP3s perfectly encoded

Computer Hardware

Intel Core 2 Duo 3ghz - Equipped with an artic cooling fan, you don't hear a thing
RME Hammerfall DSP - The best and smallest drivers in the world, not one crash in 7 years
Universal Audio UAD-1 - The only Audio-DSP Card you need, takes steam off the CPU too
Samsung 193P - A monitor with style and sharp pixels

Graphics

Photoshop 5.5 - Loads so fast and working is a pleasure, tried comparing it recenetly against CS2 (fell asleep)
Illustrator 8 - Does everything I want from vector graphics
Dreamweaver 4 - I have Dreamweaver 8 at work, but this version just runs so fast, clutter-free

Internet

Firefox - The Alternative just got better, loving the Web-Developer plugin - great CSS tool
Trillian Basic 3 - Uniting all my friends who got AIM, ICQ, Yahoo or MSN
Thunderbird 1.5 - Accessing all emails via IMAP, my archives date back to 1996.