hey everyone, it's been a while since I posted, but I'm in need of a little help. I tried posting this a while ago, but never got a straight response...everyone just kept telling me it was a bad idea...but here goes...
If i wanted to start a commercial studio, what equipment would you recommend? I want to be able to record at least 24 tracks at once. I want some really nice clean pres, and some with color. I want recommendations for mics, including OH, toms, bass drum, guitar cabs, bass cabs, vocal mic(s), acoustic mics, etc. (and remember, i'd like to record instruments simultaneously, think 2 guitars, a bass, a drummer, and a keyboardist) I've already decided to use my powermac running logic, so an interface would be nice. Also, a console/board if I need one.
To recap, I need recommendations on ALL mics (SDC, LDC, Dynamics, and Ribbon), ALL pres (I don't need 24 channels of great pres, but 2 really clean ones and a few colored would be great), a digital interface and a board. ooh, and I almost forgot, MONITORS! Budget: 50k. I know what you're thinking, but please save it. Please don't post if you're not recommending equipment, I've heard it all before. If someone could just recommend equipment and not give me advice (although it is greatly appreciated, and I know you're only trying to help), it would be great. Think of this as a hypothetical situation, and if you had 50k to blow on studio equipment, what would you spend it on.
Also, don't worry about construction. Right now, it's just equipment. And thank you all so much for your help, I really do appreciate it. I'm going to be posting a similar post about PA equipment/Club equipment later, but for now, i'm going to focus on studio. and to those that are interested, I'm personally not starting a studio (though I'd like to one day), just seeing what's the best of the best for the budget, sorta like a school project. thanks again everyone.
If i wanted to start a commercial studio, what equipment would you recommend? I want to be able to record at least 24 tracks at once. I want some really nice clean pres, and some with color. I want recommendations for mics, including OH, toms, bass drum, guitar cabs, bass cabs, vocal mic(s), acoustic mics, etc. (and remember, i'd like to record instruments simultaneously, think 2 guitars, a bass, a drummer, and a keyboardist) I've already decided to use my powermac running logic, so an interface would be nice. Also, a console/board if I need one.
To recap, I need recommendations on ALL mics (SDC, LDC, Dynamics, and Ribbon), ALL pres (I don't need 24 channels of great pres, but 2 really clean ones and a few colored would be great), a digital interface and a board. ooh, and I almost forgot, MONITORS! Budget: 50k. I know what you're thinking, but please save it. Please don't post if you're not recommending equipment, I've heard it all before. If someone could just recommend equipment and not give me advice (although it is greatly appreciated, and I know you're only trying to help), it would be great. Think of this as a hypothetical situation, and if you had 50k to blow on studio equipment, what would you spend it on.
Also, don't worry about construction. Right now, it's just equipment. And thank you all so much for your help, I really do appreciate it. I'm going to be posting a similar post about PA equipment/Club equipment later, but for now, i'm going to focus on studio. and to those that are interested, I'm personally not starting a studio (though I'd like to one day), just seeing what's the best of the best for the budget, sorta like a school project. thanks again everyone.
