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I've been researching software for my planned home studio. I was going to buy Cool Edit Pro, but saw the price and went on researching. I found a review on Cubasis VST and it sounded good to me, and has a much more reasonable price. Now, i'm starting my studio to record my own industrial...

As well as planning on starting my own recording studio and independent label, i've been thinking of advertising myself as a producer. I'm just not sure if i'm "qualified" for it. What qualities should a producer have? Are there any tricks of the trade that a producer should know? Should a...

Some more questions.. When I get headphones, should I get open or closed back headphones? Or should I have closed back for in the studio, and open back for the control room? Has anybody used the Samson Mixpad mixers? Are they good for the home-studio? Can you use a powered mixer in a...

I've just been thinking..... If I buy a mixer for my studio that has preamps in it, is it still worth getting a separate Mic Preamp unit? Should this be left until I can really afford it? Same with effects. I was going to get Cubasis VST (probably the studio pack). I'm not sure if it has it's...

Has anybody heard of the Edirol Studio 8? I've been reading up on it in a magazine, trying to see if it would be a good alternative to buying a computer, mixer, software, etc. as separate parts. The Edirol Studio 8 is a computer, soundcard, software, roland monitors and roland 8 track package...

I was thinking of getting the Neato CD labelling kit for my home-studio to make CD covers and labels for myself and possibly other bands. Is this a good program? Is there anything better? Thanks..

What is the newest version of Cool Edit Pro called? How does it compare with Cool Edit Pro v 1.2? Also, how does it compare in price? I heard from somebody that with the newest version of Cool Edit Pro you have to buy a plugin to actually make it multi-tracking software? Is this true? Is Cool...

I want to try to make money from my studio, from recording other bands, so does anybody know if I need some different sort of insurance, for if somebody breaks some equipment, or damages something else in the studio? Also, is it a good idea to get them to sign some sort of disclaimer, so I don't...

I'm thinking of building a studio. I aim to use it for my own band, and to record other bands. I have a few questions about soundproofing. I plan to build a studio with a separate control room. Should I soundproof both rooms? Do I need the soundproofing to stop sounds from getting in, sounds...

Does anybody know of a mixer that has a separate output for each input?

Once again, I am thinking of building a home-recording studio that I can charge other bands to use. I know most of the equipment that I want for it, I think it adds up to about $9000 Australian (or less, I think). But I want to build it to benefit my music, as well as trying to make a bit of...

Well, i've decided against going for the all out computer recording method, and i'm probably going for the more affordable TASCAM 424mkIII four-track. I've got some questions about it: 1. Can this thing bounce tracks? If so, could I do this - bounce 4 tracks to no.1, then the remaining 3 to...

I've been looking around for soundcards so I can start pc-recording, and i'm hoping to get something from Echo. But I had a scary thought. Do you have to buy another card to put in your computer to connect it to, or does it go straight into a com port or something?

Please tell me if you think this would make a good setup: Cool Edit Pro software Echo Mona soundcard Samson Mixpad 9 submixer Samson DMS80 Monitor system Samson Q5 Headphone Amp Samson RH600, RH300 or RH100 headphones Samson RH11, S11, S12 or Q2 mics plus all necessary cables, AC...

I downloaded a demo of Cool Edit Pro today and I liked it. Then I realised that it can record every track from the same input. Does this mean that if I buy a 4 input soundcard instead of an 8, I can still record the maximum amount of tracks, but only 4 at a time (without a sub-mixer, which I am...

I've read up on Cubasis VST and NUENDO. Both of the reviews made them look like really good programs, so I have to decide which is best, and then get some prices. So, does anybody have any opinions/advice? For the record, i've never recorded before (but I am confident that I can learn fairly...

In my last question I asked about having alot of outs on a soundcard for headphone use, but Spider said he wasn't sure if the outs took headphones. In that case, where do you plug in your headphones? And, what are those outs for? Also, when you're buying a mixer to plug into the input in your...

I've been looking into computer-recording, and was wondering if there are any multi-tracking soundcards that have more than 8 inputs. If not, can you install two 8 input cards, and the software can recognise that as 16 tracks? I've seen some posts on soundcards, and cards with 8 outputs seem...

I was just thinking, if I want to buy multi-tracking software, and a multi-track soundcard, do I go to a computer shop, or a music store?

I was going to buy an 8-track, but some people suggested that I record using a computer. I have some questions. 1. How many mhz is good? How much RAM? Hard-drive size? Are OS's other than Windows good to use? 2. Am I right to assume that you use your computer, with a good soundcard...