I've been planning on building a little home recording studio for a while now. What I will be doing is record my own stuff which is heavy metal in the vein of bands like Metallica and Pantera. Only guitars, bass and vocals will be recorded, everything else will be done in Cubase. I'll be recording using my computer, a P4 2.4Ghz with 512MB ram. Instruments will be recorded one at a time.
I have a loose budget of around $2000, which can go up to $3k if the quality justifies the price. I wanna stress the fact that I want to get the best possible sound out of the equipment I'll be working with. I'll be ordering everything online thus I won't have a chance to test anything, so the decisions I make will rely only upon your advice.
As for the audio interface I've already made my choice. I'll be buying the RME Multiface which will cost roughly $1000. That leaves me with another 1000 (or more like I said above
).
The rest I'm planning on getting is a preamp, monitors, mics and a guitar amp for recording. This is where you guys come in
I don't have the slightest idea when it comes to preamps. They should be good enough to record guitars, bass and vocals. I feel the ideal preamp for me would be a 4 channel one. The minimum channels I will need is 2 channels. I know that good preamps are expensive so I would prefer a good 2 channel preamp over an average 4 channel one. Quality comes first
Same goes for monitors, I don't have a clue. I've been reading that the Yamaha MSP5's are very good monitors for the price and I would go for them if you guys can recommend them enough.
As for mics I know for a fact that I'll need an SM57 for the guitar. Will it cut it for the bass as well? What about vocal mic?
I feel that after doing a bit of research, it's better to have a small 10-30W amp to record instead of a large 100W one. I will need tons of distortion. I've been looking over some Marshall amps, the MG10CD and the MG15DFX, which look nice.
Well that's all... for now
I have a loose budget of around $2000, which can go up to $3k if the quality justifies the price. I wanna stress the fact that I want to get the best possible sound out of the equipment I'll be working with. I'll be ordering everything online thus I won't have a chance to test anything, so the decisions I make will rely only upon your advice.
As for the audio interface I've already made my choice. I'll be buying the RME Multiface which will cost roughly $1000. That leaves me with another 1000 (or more like I said above
).The rest I'm planning on getting is a preamp, monitors, mics and a guitar amp for recording. This is where you guys come in
I don't have the slightest idea when it comes to preamps. They should be good enough to record guitars, bass and vocals. I feel the ideal preamp for me would be a 4 channel one. The minimum channels I will need is 2 channels. I know that good preamps are expensive so I would prefer a good 2 channel preamp over an average 4 channel one. Quality comes first
Same goes for monitors, I don't have a clue. I've been reading that the Yamaha MSP5's are very good monitors for the price and I would go for them if you guys can recommend them enough.
As for mics I know for a fact that I'll need an SM57 for the guitar. Will it cut it for the bass as well? What about vocal mic?
I feel that after doing a bit of research, it's better to have a small 10-30W amp to record instead of a large 100W one. I will need tons of distortion. I've been looking over some Marshall amps, the MG10CD and the MG15DFX, which look nice.
Well that's all... for now
