Studio Equipmen?????

[drummer_phobia]

Ok heres a quick post...

Basically i have £50K - (how i robbed the bank i will not say)

but seriously i have that amount of money and a studio equipment list to construct! the studio is being built and my mate has asked me to make a list of what he can get for that amount of money....

ok here's where you all come in i would like you to tell me what to get for a studio that will do: live bands, recording (obviously), Coperate, Local bands, DJ's?

All help greatly appriciated!!!

many thanxs
Drummer_Phobia

[LemonTree]

You're just jumping in with £50K to blow on a business you have no idea about?

I suggest you put the money on 13 black at your nearest casino....or do a little research at least.

LOL

[Track Rat]

I think the Lemon guy has the best idea for you. That's like saying "I have $50,000 and I'd like to be a gynecologist. What's the best gear I can get to do this?"

[mshilarious]

Originally Posted by Track Rat

I think the Lemon guy has the best idea for you. That's like saying "I have $50,000 and I'd like to be a gynecologist. What's the best gear I can get to do this?"

Seems like that's about how much it costs to get a wife . . .

Actually he's got more like $90,000, at current exchange rates.

[Farview]

Learning how to spell corporate will help you land those types of gigs. Corporate what? Are you talking about a PA company or a recording studio? It is my understanding that DJs are more of a live act not a studio thing.

A live recording rig and a studio recording rig are normally 2 different things.

What is your business background? Your musical background?

Put the money in a mutual fund and research (or go to school) what you are trying to do or you really will be robbing banks in the near future.

[Massive Master]

The best way to come out of the recording industry with a million dollars:



Start with TWO million.

[Cloneboy Studio]

Just buy Behringer everything... and about 48 3630 compresors. It's what all the pro's use don't you know?

[lpdeluxe]

...and then there was the studio owner who won the lottery. The TV crew was there when he picked up the check. The reporter asked, "what are you going to do with all that money?"
Said the studio guy, "I'll just keep running my studio 'til it's all gone."

[OneRoomStudios]

Honestly dude, these guys are right...put the money in the bank and learn how to use the equipment first. If you really just want to be able to record for fun, you can get eveything you would need for around $5000 and you can put the rest into something more stable. Either that or find some good people to go into business with you. You're going to need people with really keen business savy and obviously at least one person who knows how to use the gear.

Alternatively, you could always just send me a check for the above amount, and I know I could spend it well

[drummer_phobia]

did none of you listen???

the money is not mine but i have been asked to make a list of studio equipment with a budget of £50k. --> if some guy wants 2waste this much money and dosent know what hes getting thats not my problem!!

it is my understanding that a qualified sound engineers are to be hired to work/run the studio in question but will not give a answer until they see a list of equipment that is to be used and confirmation that the stuff has been bought and is ready to install and start running etc....

i thought i might be able to get somehelp from people that know about this stuff..........


(every heard of mistyping??)

G1B0

[HangDawg]

Originally Posted by drummer_phobia

Ok heres a quick post...

Basically i have £50K - (how i robbed the bank i will not say)

but seriously i have that amount of money

No, I think we listened. You said YOU have that much money. And as people already said. If you are here asking what to buy, then you are not qualified enough to know if we are giving you good advice.

But seriously, go with the 48 3630's and maybe a dozen or so tube utragains. And whatever the biggest board behringer makes.

[Blue Bear Sound]

Originally Posted by drummer_phobia

it is my understanding that a qualified sound engineers are to be hired to work/run the studio in question but will not give a answer until they see a list of equipment that is to be used

Then why isn't your "friend" asking THEM what equipment they'd like to be using???????

Your questions really don't make sense in the context you're framing them......

This isn't a school homework assignment for which you're trying to get other people to do your work for you, is it??

[HangDawg]

Originally Posted by Blue Bear Sound

This isn't a school homework assignment for which you're trying to get other people to do your work for you, is it??

Man, I can't believe I didn't see that one!!!!

[SonicAlbert]

So somebody asks you to put together an equipment list for them worth $90,000 and you come to "Home Recording"? Hmmm...

What I would do in your shoes is look around the web for studios that specialize in all the areas that your friend is interested in. Many, or most studios have gear lists posted on their web site as part of their advertising. So when you find those studios with compatible interests as your friend, then write down those gear lists and start to see what the most commonly used items are.

Still, that's a little backwards though, as you need to udnerstand what is being used for what. Seeing what others are doing will at least get you started, and then you can ask more specific questions here, which will probably get you more specific answers.

[mshilarious]

http://www.homerecording.com/bbs/sho...highlight=nady

You'll still have about £48,000 leftover, which you can spend on cocaine for the engineer.

If you want a remotely serious answer, this was a similar thread:

http://www.homerecording.com/bbs/sho...ht=%2450%2C000

[Cloneboy Studio]

I can sell you my studio gear for 90k, it's already a working system and it includes my consultation fee.

Otherwise I suggest a Behringer Eurodesk, a ton of 3630 compressors, a Soundblaster 16 bit sound card running Magix on a PC, and maybe some vintage ART or Digitech multifx units. Oh yeah, and a bunch of SM57... like 90 of them. That's how the big guys get their big sounds is using 90 mics around a source at all times... you gotta capture those waves and not let a single one escape. Plus you want those warm tube sounds so pick up 48 Presonus Blue Tubes while you're at it--one for each mixer channel.

Of course you have to outfit your studio with great gear, so hook up with a dozen Hondo guitars, maybe a few Quantum and Gorilla guitar amps (hook 5-6 together for maximum tone), a Pulse 35 piece drum kit (with 4 kick drums!), and a Rogue bass. Don't forget the Kerry King signature guitar kit with the headband and poster--if you want your studio to look professional you gotta have that poster on the wall.

And a lava lamp. No studio can function without one. I suggest a Mathmos Fluidium because that's what I use.

[Cloneboy Studio]

Originally Posted by drummer_phobia

it is my understanding that a qualified sound engineers are to be hired to work/run the studio in question but will not give a answer until they see a list of equipment that is to be used and confirmation that the stuff has been bought and is ready to install and start running etc....

Either you guys are the suckers or they are... however we are not suckers.

[drummer_phobia]

Thanxs to those who did offer some help!!!

Most of you's thought i was 'inexperienced 2 work in a studio' and maybe i didnt put across my thread clearly and making sense....but it was my 1st and we all make mistakes including many spelling

anyway.......thanxs!!