Brother Rob
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I've got a line on some really good analog recording equipment. I've been planning on setting up a studio with both analog and digital capabilities. I think I'm going to take a shot at this gear.
I suspect this will be a little like my first guitar build. It certainly would have been easier and arguably less expensive to buy a guitar. I know it would have been less risky - I could easily have wound up with a pile of parts. And it took me a very long time to get the guts to proceed. But I loved doing it.
Some people have cautioned me that a 1/2" 16 Track is more bother than it is worth. However, my price is pretty low for a pretty large amount of stuff. Up to now I'd been planning on getting a Tascam 388.
Even though I am in the "High Tech" industry, I actually know virtually nothing about modern Recording SW. Frankly I'd rather unplug for my hobbies. I find a certain "romance" in the spinning reels. Sort of like travel by train. I am a serious amateur photographer and it took me a VERY long time to give up chemicals and the dark room. If I owned a boat, it would be a sailboat. I like to touch things and see the math and other concepts in my mind being represented in a physical manner rather than hidden and digesting through the electronic bowels of a computer.
This will be a labor of love. I'll take my time tinkering and learning. The list of gear is long and the price really is right. I know I'll be spending $ on tape and other "hidden" expenses. That is part of the fun for me. "Investment Payback" isn't a term that applies here.
My plan is to get this gear - With this one purchase, I'll have the R2R, several DAT units, a 16 channel mixer, and a few other goodies (Digital Reverb, effects, monitors...)
That'll be Step One and keep me busy for a while.
As my skill level improves on that set-up, I imagine I'll start getting some more specific gear.
When I get to the point where I am getting some decent results with this set-up, I'll get the Pro Tools set-up for final mix down and other fun.
Probably a little backwards from how most people would suggest. It surely makes more sense to start with a Digital Studio and then move to R2R if I'm still passionate about it. However I have this opportunity for a quick entry.
Advice, words of warning/encouragement, ridicule are all welcome.
I've got a line on some really good analog recording equipment. I've been planning on setting up a studio with both analog and digital capabilities. I think I'm going to take a shot at this gear.
I suspect this will be a little like my first guitar build. It certainly would have been easier and arguably less expensive to buy a guitar. I know it would have been less risky - I could easily have wound up with a pile of parts. And it took me a very long time to get the guts to proceed. But I loved doing it.
Some people have cautioned me that a 1/2" 16 Track is more bother than it is worth. However, my price is pretty low for a pretty large amount of stuff. Up to now I'd been planning on getting a Tascam 388.
Even though I am in the "High Tech" industry, I actually know virtually nothing about modern Recording SW. Frankly I'd rather unplug for my hobbies. I find a certain "romance" in the spinning reels. Sort of like travel by train. I am a serious amateur photographer and it took me a VERY long time to give up chemicals and the dark room. If I owned a boat, it would be a sailboat. I like to touch things and see the math and other concepts in my mind being represented in a physical manner rather than hidden and digesting through the electronic bowels of a computer.
This will be a labor of love. I'll take my time tinkering and learning. The list of gear is long and the price really is right. I know I'll be spending $ on tape and other "hidden" expenses. That is part of the fun for me. "Investment Payback" isn't a term that applies here.
My plan is to get this gear - With this one purchase, I'll have the R2R, several DAT units, a 16 channel mixer, and a few other goodies (Digital Reverb, effects, monitors...)
That'll be Step One and keep me busy for a while.
As my skill level improves on that set-up, I imagine I'll start getting some more specific gear.
When I get to the point where I am getting some decent results with this set-up, I'll get the Pro Tools set-up for final mix down and other fun.
Probably a little backwards from how most people would suggest. It surely makes more sense to start with a Digital Studio and then move to R2R if I'm still passionate about it. However I have this opportunity for a quick entry.
Advice, words of warning/encouragement, ridicule are all welcome.