With A $6,000 budget...
- Thread starter Manuwack
- Start date
mshilarious
Banned
Vocals only? Say $2,000 for the box, LCD, interface (might as well get the MBox & run ProTools), software & plugs, $2,500 for the two channel Avalon, $1,000 for a Neumann TLM103 (or the BCM104, that looks cool and nobody ever talks about it). Then spend the rest on headphones, cables, stands, and some insulation to treat your room. I presume you're leaving the mixing to somebody else, so I didn't leave any money for monitors. Sorry, I just had to have that Avalon and it kind of blew the budget 
How about a Lynx 1 ($400), The Avalon ($2500), and a U87 (Assuming that fits your voice)(~$2500) , some $100 software, and Wharfedale 8.2A Monitors ($340), and a little 703 for room treatment? You'd probably get better audio with that than I do with $18k in gear. Any particular reason you want to spend $6,000 on just a vocal setup? Seems like a bit much to me.
mshilarious
Banned
Manuwack said:
Well that makes more sense since I only budgeted for one mic
And it saves enough money for monitors.It seems that everybody that comes in here wanting to do hip-hop wants serious high-end gear. I suppose I can respect that, if your clientele is brand-conscious, give 'em what they want--Avalon, Neumann, ProTools. If it doesn't work out, you can always resell this gear and get most of your money out.
Do read up on building a proper booth. Go to the Studio Building board, there are a dozens of threads on vocal booth construction. This one will require some planning and work, since it's not like buying a mic out of a catalog, but it will make a big difference in how professional your studio looks AND sounds.
Halion
New member
If you're gonna do nothing more than record vocal, I would go for as much different colors as you can get. I wouldn't buy a high end PC or mac just for vocal recording. Even a decently big vocal arrangement should be very doable on a Pentium 3 1ghz I would say (provided you go easy on the plugs or do all that in the mixing stage somewhere else). Lets say you buy the fastest computer you can for 500 bucks. That leaves you with 5.5k to spend on mics and press. I don't have much experience with hi end pres but you ought to be able to get some really nice stuff for 5.5k. I wouldn't get the avalon. I'm sure it's a nice pre but for that money you can buy 3 other similarly nice pres IMHO.
As far as mics go, same thing, there's so much to choose from that I couldn't help you much with that, but I'd keep it deverse. Keep a couple of hundred bucks appart for room treatment and helpfull gear (AD convertor, headphone amp, mic/music stand etc.)
As far as mics go, same thing, there's so much to choose from that I couldn't help you much with that, but I'd keep it deverse. Keep a couple of hundred bucks appart for room treatment and helpfull gear (AD convertor, headphone amp, mic/music stand etc.)
AllOrNothinEnt
New member
Lynx Two-B $819
Mackie HR824 $1,299
Avalon 737SP $1,995
Soundelux iFET7 $1,800
Mackie HR824 $1,299
Avalon 737SP $1,995
Soundelux iFET7 $1,800
i agree on the mbox, anything else would be overkill, you can always spice that up with all the plug ins, stellar mics, etc. like he saidmshilarious said:Vocals only? Say $2,000 for the box, LCD, interface (might as well get the MBox & run ProTools), software & plugs, $2,500 for the two channel Avalon, $1,000 for a Neumann TLM103 (or the BCM104, that looks cool and nobody ever talks about it). Then spend the rest on headphones, cables, stands, and some insulation to treat your room. I presume you're leaving the mixing to somebody else, so I didn't leave any money for monitors. Sorry, I just had to have that Avalon and it kind of blew the budget
dwillis45
Número sesenta nueve
Manuwack said:
I would search this forum and google using the terms "voiceover studio." I would start with a good mic--probably the EV RE20 or the Shure SM7. They are designed specifically for this type of work and favored by radio stations and voiceover artists. I would also find a quiet well treated room or vocal booth.