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===Recording=== Oldfield has self-recorded and produced many of his albums, and played the majority of the featured instruments, largely at his home studios. In the 1990s and 2000s he mainly used [[Digital audio workstation|DAWs]] such as [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] [[Logic Pro|Logic]], [[Avid Technology|Avid]] [[Pro Tools]] and [[Steinberg]] [[Nuendo]] as recording suites.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://tubular.net/articles/1995_02 |title=Tubular Worlds |magazine=Sound on Sound |date=February 1995 |access-date=1 April 2008}}</ref> For composing orchestral music Oldfield has been quoted as using the software notation program [[Sibelius (software)|Sibelius]]<ref name=resolution/> running on Apple [[Macintosh]]es.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tubular.eu.org/mike_mac_format0408.jpg |title=I use my Mac for... Composing music |publisher=[[MacFormat]] |date=April 2008 |access-date=1 April 2008}}</ref> He also used the [[FL Studio]] DAW on his 2005 double album ''[[Light + Shade]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flstudio.com/documents/mikeoldfield.html |title=Interview of Mike Oldfield by Image-Line |publisher=[[Image-Line]] |access-date=11 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105204540/http://www.flstudio.com/documents/mikeoldfield.html |archive-date=5 January 2009}}</ref> Among the mixing consoles Oldfield has owned are an [[AMS Neve]] Capricorn 33238, a [[Harrison Audio|Harrison]] Series X,<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview with Mike Oldfield |publisher=Home & Studio Recording Magazine|url=http://tubular.net/articles/91_03.shtml |date=March 1991 |access-date=19 April 2008}}</ref> and a [[Euphonix]] System 5-MC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.euphonix.com/news/news2006/071706_mike_oldfield.htm |title=Mike Oldfield Chooses Euphonix System 5-MC Integrated DAW Controller with Apple's Logic Pro |publisher=[[Euphonix]] |date=17 July 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060816053423/http://www.euphonix.com/news/news2006/071706_mike_oldfield.htm |archive-date=16 August 2006}}</ref>
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