It's finally happened...I'm joining the infamous home studio crowd. Everyone in Nashvegas has one...just ask them...they're just as good as the big studios...just ask them...They can do everything a major studio can...just ask them...
...I have no misconceptions that my studio will rival the many $20,000 HD Pro Tool rigs that are here in town...not even gonna try. This is about what I need for my evil plan...
What are my needs?
What's the cheapest but most effective equipment I can buy that will satisfy those needs (Computers, mics, pre-amps, etc.)?
How can I utilize the room I have for maximum results?
What's the cheapest way to soundproof?
...and about a billion other questions, but that gives you an idea.
I'm simply wanting a killer setup that I can get great drum sounds out of. I'm also working on a budget, so I need to figure out how I can make my pennies scream in agony as I wring every last ounce of value out of them.
So what does this mean? Well, I've realised it means my gear won't be the newest and shiniest around (lots of it will probably be used). I probably won't have the top of the line mics that I want (I'm planning on borrowing some until I have my own...utilize favors). I'll probably not be able to finish out my studio (immediately anyways) in my dream fashion...
Again, I could go on but there's no need to. I'm simply wanting to get a good work space up and running, period. The goal is to keep my gear accumulation up front to about $3000 (computer, mics, interface, lines, software, and video...yes, video). The buildout in the room is going to be minimal. I'll be finishing out my garage (see pic above)...running A/C and heat in there, sealing it off, soundproofing, painting, etc...quite a job, but well worth.
So why do you care? I have no pretensions that you do. And I don't mind one bit if you don't read any of the posts about it...I'm just wanting to explain how you can take very minimal means and creat a great workspace. So if you're interested, keep an eye out in the near future. If you're not, go read the newspaper...fine by me either way.
...I have no misconceptions that my studio will rival the many $20,000 HD Pro Tool rigs that are here in town...not even gonna try. This is about what I need for my evil plan...
What are my needs?
What's the cheapest but most effective equipment I can buy that will satisfy those needs (Computers, mics, pre-amps, etc.)?
How can I utilize the room I have for maximum results?
What's the cheapest way to soundproof?
...and about a billion other questions, but that gives you an idea.
I'm simply wanting a killer setup that I can get great drum sounds out of. I'm also working on a budget, so I need to figure out how I can make my pennies scream in agony as I wring every last ounce of value out of them.
So what does this mean? Well, I've realised it means my gear won't be the newest and shiniest around (lots of it will probably be used). I probably won't have the top of the line mics that I want (I'm planning on borrowing some until I have my own...utilize favors). I'll probably not be able to finish out my studio (immediately anyways) in my dream fashion...
Again, I could go on but there's no need to. I'm simply wanting to get a good work space up and running, period. The goal is to keep my gear accumulation up front to about $3000 (computer, mics, interface, lines, software, and video...yes, video). The buildout in the room is going to be minimal. I'll be finishing out my garage (see pic above)...running A/C and heat in there, sealing it off, soundproofing, painting, etc...quite a job, but well worth.
So why do you care? I have no pretensions that you do. And I don't mind one bit if you don't read any of the posts about it...I'm just wanting to explain how you can take very minimal means and creat a great workspace. So if you're interested, keep an eye out in the near future. If you're not, go read the newspaper...fine by me either way.
2 comments:
I'll read yer posts about it. I've been wondering a little bit about home studios myself, mainly in the area of live recording. (not live recording as in shows, i mean live recording as all of a group... if ya catch my drift.)
I do catch it...recording equipment is so affordable these days and it's really not hard to outfit a room to get a decent sound. I'll have another post up in a hot minute about my progress, what gear I've gotten, etc. At the moment it's consuming all of my spare time as I'm doing the grunt work of finishing out my garage myself. Ahh the joys...
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