Hi,
I think there's a lot of us want to build up a nice little studio for ourselves and perhaps
something to earn a couple bucks on the side.
I am starting out with some pretty basic, perhaps simple stuff
A Mackie 802 VLZ-3 mixer (wish it had 4 instead of 3 XLR Mic pres)
a 13 yr old PC running XP (it's not as bad as you might think - new one pending)
Teac 4010S .25" reel to reel tape deck
Shure SM57 (plan on a getting at least 1 more)
MXL 990/991 (solid state) condenser mic kit
MXL 960 Tube condenser mic
Application:
Male and female vocals (both spoken and lyrical)
Acoustic instruments and electric guitars and bass
Gear of interest:
Mic Preamps
Compressors
EQs
(Also)
Deessers
Reverbs
I am aware of low and higher end gear made by:
ART
Behringer
Higher end
Focusrite
Avalon
DBX
TC Electronics
Eventide
Rane
Drawmer
Universal Audio
Manley
....to name a few.
I know you get what you pay for but my question is what might be some good
choices for the gear of interest cited above for the home studio?
Because I want to do some experimentation on tape, I want to consider something
that caters to a two channel (or stereo) system.
Also, I am interested in both tube and solid state designs.
My main interest is the preamp, compressor, and EQ. One stereo (or dual mono) in solid state and tube.
ie
Tube mic pre (2 channels) and Solid State mic pre (two channels)
Tube compressor (2 channels) and Solid State compressor (two channels)
Tube EQ (2 channels) and Solid State EQ (two channels)
Any suggestions for the low, medium and higher end pirce brackets?
Also, any rule of thumbs?
I think there's a lot of us want to build up a nice little studio for ourselves and perhaps
something to earn a couple bucks on the side.
I am starting out with some pretty basic, perhaps simple stuff
A Mackie 802 VLZ-3 mixer (wish it had 4 instead of 3 XLR Mic pres)
a 13 yr old PC running XP (it's not as bad as you might think - new one pending)
Teac 4010S .25" reel to reel tape deck
Shure SM57 (plan on a getting at least 1 more)
MXL 990/991 (solid state) condenser mic kit
MXL 960 Tube condenser mic
Application:
Male and female vocals (both spoken and lyrical)
Acoustic instruments and electric guitars and bass
Gear of interest:
Mic Preamps
Compressors
EQs
(Also)
Deessers
Reverbs
I am aware of low and higher end gear made by:
ART
Behringer
Higher end
Focusrite
Avalon
DBX
TC Electronics
Eventide
Rane
Drawmer
Universal Audio
Manley
....to name a few.
I know you get what you pay for but my question is what might be some good
choices for the gear of interest cited above for the home studio?
Because I want to do some experimentation on tape, I want to consider something
that caters to a two channel (or stereo) system.
Also, I am interested in both tube and solid state designs.
My main interest is the preamp, compressor, and EQ. One stereo (or dual mono) in solid state and tube.
ie
Tube mic pre (2 channels) and Solid State mic pre (two channels)
Tube compressor (2 channels) and Solid State compressor (two channels)
Tube EQ (2 channels) and Solid State EQ (two channels)
Any suggestions for the low, medium and higher end pirce brackets?
Also, any rule of thumbs?