I recorded my first albums on analogue tape, "Obsession" and the second Vision album "Till the End of Time" were done on ADAT's, around 1999 I bought a Pro Tools 24 plus system, but lately I have been working mostly with Logic Audio which I prefer. When it comes to recording I am a Mac freak. Windows is cool for office use but not for serious music stuff if you ask me. Things were definitely not better in the old day. Tape machines needed lots of maintenance, ADAT's had lots of problems with the tape and the machines were far from perfect. With Pro Tools or Logic Audio things do go wrong too, I lost two weeks of work once when my computer crashed. I had to redo all the bass parts of "Condition Red" plus some other stuff. That was NOT funny. What did I learn? Always Back-up!

Everything I have recorded since 2006 has been done on Logic Pro with an RME Fireface and I tend to always record through a TLA 5051 mic preamp/tube compressor/eq. I have 2 of them, one is always set up for guitar and the other for vocals. I have a few other preamps as well but these are my favourites. I try to keep my recording rig as small as possible and stuff I don't use I tend to get rid of, except for guitars which I can't have too many:-)

I love delay and I always add a little bit to my lead guitar stuff when mixing while the rhythm guitar tracks normally are kept dry. I dont use stomp boxes much, a cry babay wah wah and occasionally I might try a tube screamer with the effect all off, just to boost the signal.
 

Since 2010 I have been using a Peavey 6505+ with a Mesa Boogie 4x12 cabinet, or sometimes a Fender Twin or a Fender Bassman and I am always experimenting in order to  improve my sound. I have a few different microphones I use, either an AKG C414, an MD441, a Lawson L47, an SM57 or a combination. In the past I used a lot of stuff llike Pod's but they have all gone to retiremnet now and I hope they will stay there:-)
 

I use a lot of soft synths but also a Nord Lead and most of the stuff that comes with Logic Pro.