i've been lurking about round here for awhile now,
taking it all in, being entertained, hopefully learning abit.
i started with a soundblaster and n-track on a 533 celeron with no outboard nothing-
now......
athlon 1800xp
512 ddr ram
geforce
nec cd burner
20'' monitor
samplitude pro 6.0/sonar 1.3
delta 66/omni
2nd puter- my 533 celeron running gigasampler
w/ the general midi library
256 ram
audiophile 24/96
15'' monitor
mics-
shure sm57
2 rode nt1
2 oktava mk012
sp c-1 (great mic gidge!)
pres-
art tube mp
dmp 2 (omni)
dfx mackie (4pres)
hhb radius 40
joe meek twinQcs
outboard-
t.c. electronic m-one
digitech rp10
RNC compressor
bbe 482 sonic maximizer
roland spd-6 drum pads(use gigadrums)
zoom 234 drum machine
roland keys for midi controller (em-10)
pod 2.0
old marshall amp
johnson mellinium amp w/ 2 12'' JBL's
plugins-
waves gold
timeworks (the works)
ultrafunk
antares mic modeler
psp vintage warmer
bbe sonic maximizer (liked it so much, i got it twice)
wave lab 3.0
precision bass
norman acoustic git
ovation acoustic git
charvel jackson electric git
monitors-
hafler m5/ TA1100
old pair of JBL century loudspeakers
monster cables thru-out
sennheiser hd600's cans
plus a couple of others
finally i'm starting to get some pretty good sounds
this sh*t ain't for the faint of heart, though
the reason i went to the trouble of posting this rather long (obnoxious) but unfinished list is that i am presently building on to our home and of course my plans magically made room (24'x24') for a small digital studio, which i sort of dream of turning into a ''real'' studio of sorts
my question is a couple really...
can a DAW only studio do pro work, perhaps i should refrase this-
have there ever been any successful "pro" releases done on a DAW to anyone's knowledge?
is my current setup ''getting there"?
what would one of you pros add
if lets say you had my "kit" and another $2500.00-$5000.00?
let me just add now that as far as i'm concerned the biggest single improvement to my sound came when i switched over from sonar to samplitude- the BIGGEST!
that being said i am still a bit wary of the whole DAW thing
i have definitely had some pretty gnarly crashes
i have thought of getting a radar,
the new digi002 looks interesting
but i spent alot and comitted alot of time to learning this puter thing
so... now i 'm pretty sure what i'm going to do is get the lynxtwo
for the higher quality (hopefully that and samplitude would rock and with the delta i would have 12 in's - 6 very high quality
then i was thinking on a good set of keys, like the yammy motif or the roland fantom, the soft synth giga thing just don't cut it to my way of reckoning, anymore
then i was thinking on a set of digital drums, pin tech or roland
i have heard that these are getting pretty damn good, and i could run them direct (good sounding drums for me are the hardest, i have been getting by with midi but... )
that would pretty much tap me out, for now
down the road a top quality vocal mic and pre
maybe i could get away with the rnmp (if it ever shows, i've heard fletcher say some pretty good things about it) and an rodes ntk
or something like....
at any rate i have learned oddles round here, seeing how i am not a very good typist, this was rather painful for me but i would love some feedback,
o, and maybe one of them fancy dsp cards t.c. powercore or the UAD-1
by the way i know there are alot of issues w/ mixing in the digital domain, however it seems to me and a few others that samplitude probably has one of the best mixing busses
let's put it this way-
it sounds the same after i bounce down as before i bounced,
not so w/ sonar, as a matter of fact as much as i liked the ease of use w/ sonar and as complicated as samplitude is (and need not be) sonar sounds from beginning to end like sh*t compared
to samplitude and believe me i OWN both and have compared them add nausem
i appreciate any insight thanks, "the fish"
taking it all in, being entertained, hopefully learning abit.
i started with a soundblaster and n-track on a 533 celeron with no outboard nothing-
now......
athlon 1800xp
512 ddr ram
geforce
nec cd burner
20'' monitor
samplitude pro 6.0/sonar 1.3
delta 66/omni
2nd puter- my 533 celeron running gigasampler
w/ the general midi library
256 ram
audiophile 24/96
15'' monitor
mics-
shure sm57
2 rode nt1
2 oktava mk012
sp c-1 (great mic gidge!)
pres-
art tube mp
dmp 2 (omni)
dfx mackie (4pres)
hhb radius 40
joe meek twinQcs
outboard-
t.c. electronic m-one
digitech rp10
RNC compressor
bbe 482 sonic maximizer
roland spd-6 drum pads(use gigadrums)
zoom 234 drum machine
roland keys for midi controller (em-10)
pod 2.0
old marshall amp
johnson mellinium amp w/ 2 12'' JBL's
plugins-
waves gold
timeworks (the works)
ultrafunk
antares mic modeler
psp vintage warmer
bbe sonic maximizer (liked it so much, i got it twice)
wave lab 3.0
precision bass
norman acoustic git
ovation acoustic git
charvel jackson electric git
monitors-
hafler m5/ TA1100
old pair of JBL century loudspeakers
monster cables thru-out
sennheiser hd600's cans
plus a couple of others
finally i'm starting to get some pretty good sounds
this sh*t ain't for the faint of heart, though
the reason i went to the trouble of posting this rather long (obnoxious) but unfinished list is that i am presently building on to our home and of course my plans magically made room (24'x24') for a small digital studio, which i sort of dream of turning into a ''real'' studio of sorts
my question is a couple really...
can a DAW only studio do pro work, perhaps i should refrase this-
have there ever been any successful "pro" releases done on a DAW to anyone's knowledge?
is my current setup ''getting there"?
what would one of you pros add
if lets say you had my "kit" and another $2500.00-$5000.00?
let me just add now that as far as i'm concerned the biggest single improvement to my sound came when i switched over from sonar to samplitude- the BIGGEST!
that being said i am still a bit wary of the whole DAW thing
i have definitely had some pretty gnarly crashes
i have thought of getting a radar,
the new digi002 looks interesting
but i spent alot and comitted alot of time to learning this puter thing
so... now i 'm pretty sure what i'm going to do is get the lynxtwo
for the higher quality (hopefully that and samplitude would rock and with the delta i would have 12 in's - 6 very high quality
then i was thinking on a good set of keys, like the yammy motif or the roland fantom, the soft synth giga thing just don't cut it to my way of reckoning, anymore
then i was thinking on a set of digital drums, pin tech or roland
i have heard that these are getting pretty damn good, and i could run them direct (good sounding drums for me are the hardest, i have been getting by with midi but... )
that would pretty much tap me out, for now
down the road a top quality vocal mic and pre
maybe i could get away with the rnmp (if it ever shows, i've heard fletcher say some pretty good things about it) and an rodes ntk
or something like....
at any rate i have learned oddles round here, seeing how i am not a very good typist, this was rather painful for me but i would love some feedback,
o, and maybe one of them fancy dsp cards t.c. powercore or the UAD-1
by the way i know there are alot of issues w/ mixing in the digital domain, however it seems to me and a few others that samplitude probably has one of the best mixing busses
let's put it this way-
it sounds the same after i bounce down as before i bounced,
not so w/ sonar, as a matter of fact as much as i liked the ease of use w/ sonar and as complicated as samplitude is (and need not be) sonar sounds from beginning to end like sh*t compared
to samplitude and believe me i OWN both and have compared them add nausem
i appreciate any insight thanks, "the fish"
