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Ok, I have a few questions about the layout I am planning to setup. I few points first though 1. I want to do as little construction as possible. This is a basement apartment that I am turning into a studio. After negotiations with my wife, we want to do as little structurally as possible...

I couldn't tell from the drawing, but are you going to have doors to each of the booths or is it going to be open?

I am thinking of going with the Yamaha MG16/4, because it is cheaper then the E-series and has 4 sub-groups. The pres on the E-series may be better, but I think the Yamaha would be a good starting point. The only thing I will keep for recording purposes from the board are the tom tracks, and...

I like Soundcraft too, but the M8 is over $200 more than the Yamaha 16/6FX that I am looking at. I think I could better use that money on room treatment. THe Soundcraft E series are cheaper, but I haven't heard much at all about them. Are they comparable to the Yamaha?

Also, is there anything negative about using the inserts as direct outs?

Ok, I plan on using between 4-7 tracks for drums, that means up to 3 track on the mixing board may be kept. Are these mixers going to be good enough? Should I still buy another preamp, such as the DMP3 to add additional good preamp capability? If I got a DMP3 and the Yamaha MG12/4, that would...

True, but the problem is we don't really want to put a sliding glass door in there, only to have to take it out when we sell the place a few years down the road. Good suggestion though.

Would a Yamaha MG12/4 count as a decent mixer or not? Or if I am going to forgo the other preamps, should I spend more on a better mixer, like a mackie? I was thinking of maybe a Mackie 1402 VLZ Pro.

Ok, I just found out that I would need an external mixer for the scratch tracks (as I do not have enough inputs in the RME). So this brings me to more questions: 1. If I am going to just be doing scratch tracks that will be overdubbed later, I could buy a cheap mixer for the scratch tracks...

Ok, I plan on using my N-track mixer for all my mixing. Will mixing them all to one track still work with my computer based mixer? How would I set that up through my RME Multiface computer setup (new to this type of thing, sorry)? Also, adding a RNP would give e more options, or is it quite a...

Ok, if I pointed the computer towards the bathroom, but got some sort of temporary walls for in front of the bathroom and got some plexiglass for the situation you diescribed about creating non-parallel walls in front of me, would that work? Does that make sense?

Thanks for all the input guys. After a good deal of research, I have actually decided on the Studio Projects C4's. I've heard good things about the overall and great things about using them as drum overheads, which will be one of their main uses. Thanks again!

Yes, she is very cool. We did have to negotiate though. Family room (where I am going to be doing live recording) is going to be setup like a family room. Also, I can't really do major construction downstairs (other than adding a window) because we want to sell the place with the apartment...

Well, the laundry room is on the other side of the house, but we just plan on not running it while I am recording or mixing. The furnace is a little more tricky. I will probably just turn the fan off while recording or mixing during the summer, as it stays much cooler downstairs. Haven't...

Ok, I have decided (I think) that I want to put the control room into the bedroom. The reason is that I will be spending more time in the control room, so I figure i can do more to alter the sound in there, rather then temporary stuff in the family room. I plan on using the moveable walls (PVC...

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but here is another resource: http://www.jeffstrong.com/basstrap.html

Well, I was kinda thinking of using 4 to 5 tracks for the kit, and using the other 3 to 4 (I can track 8 at once with an RME) for scratch tracks of vocals, guitar and bass. The most I can see myself using for drums is probably 6 (kick, snare, 2 OHs, 2 toms). I am not positive about this yet...

I currently have a Sytek and I need 4 more channels (I am going to be recording drums). I was going to get 2 DMP3's. However, I have heard many good things about the RNP and was wondering if it sounds fairly similar to the Sytek, all else being equal? Would an RNP really add a different...

Thanks chess. Yeah, I have been doing some searching and found a lot, but still don't know which way to go (guess I was just looking for the smoking gun somewhere). The drums are going to be recorded in a rather small room. Some of my cymbals are rather bright, but some not. Makes it kinda...

I have also been reading good things about CAD M179's. Would those work for my needs?