10 years out of the business and I'm lost as he** !

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My name is Tony and I was once in the music business for 15+ years doing national tours and spending 1000s of dollars and 100s of hours in various studios from Dallas Tx. to Ft. Smith Arkansas.
I'm now the proud owner of a sucessful ISP and my partner and I would like to build a nice (at least 24 track) studio (not sure whether to go digital or analog). Since I've been out of the business completely for over 10 years I'm totally lost. I've played with the little analog and digital 8 tracks of course but getting back into it is darn near painful finding the right equipment. If anyone is interested in helping, to do some inexpensive (free) consulting to help us get the right equipment for the new studio we'd be extremely appreciative.
By the way, we use the UBB forums for our ISP as well.
 
What's your budget for this 24-track studio?
 
...you own an ISP, have a bigger budget for your studio than most musicians' annual salaries, and you want *free consulting*?!?!?

Read anything you want on the site as much as you like, but please don't come here to rip anyone off...
 
I Wasn't trying to rip anyone off. I made my living (what little it was) as a musician for 10+ years and just got out of it in 89. The money is basically for starting a recording business that will help with the IRS not eating us alive. I guess I'll just have to go some other place for answers if you feel I'm trying to rip someone off. Sorry for the inconvienence.
 
No, I (and I'm sure other folks here) will be glad to answer questions as always. But somehow when you used the words "free consulting"...that pushed one of my buttons.
 
I guess I must have used the wrong words an I do apologize. We are looking at an Alesis setup and wonder what you think about Alesis equipment. Maybe 3 M20s and the CADI controller. Also what would be the best for compression and effects. My real question is simply what exactly do we need to have a "complete" setup.
 
if i had $20,000 to spend on a new studio, i'd definitely go analog rather than digital. i'd get a cheap radio shack microphone and one of those tascam four-track porta studios that lets you speed up your recordings so that they sound like the chipmunks. i'd spend the rest of the money on drugs and prostitutes.
 
Hi there,

I think it's time for a real answer. After all this forum is for sharing information about recording. Mr tmorg may have worded things a bit poorly in his first post, but let he who has never failed to make proper use of the English language run the first smack ... I don't think you'll find anyone in the USA ... he he.

Seriously now ..

OK ... IF I had $20,000 (damn I wish I had $20,000) I think I would go the 02R route into a hard disk based system. $20,000 is actually not that much for a professional studio. Here's a few places to spend good money ...

Microphones .. By a few really good quality large/small diaghragm condensors. Neumanns, AKG's, Shure, Rode. Then a number of stock standard dynamic mics like the Shure SM57/58.

Outboard gear .. make sure the analog part of your studio is as clean and high quality as possible. Preamps, compressors etc should be top notch.

Feed your O2R into your PC. You need to find a system that enables you to record 16-24 and pass each output of the O2Rtracks simultaneously. There are a number out there. Some of the more popular ones include ..

Event's Layla.
Ark 20/20
Yamaha DSP factory.

All of which are talked about in various places in this forum.

Find some nice pieces of software that enables you to record/edit all your tracks. Cakewalk, Logic Audio, Sound Forge, Vegas and Cool Edit are all good products.

Finally, get 2 or three good pairs of speakers. Probably 2 sets of near field monitors (Event 20/20bas, Tannoy Reveals and NS10's are all popular) and a good set of studio monitors (Genelec, Meyer etc). This way you can make sure your mixes sound good through a number of different speakers.

There are so many products (good and bad) out there that you're going to have a tough time making your decision, so do your homework. A couple of things to keep in mind. Whatever stuff you go for, make sure it follows any appropriate standards in place. That way you will find upgrading easier.

Finally with the hard disk based system, your computer configuration is very important. There are a few places around that will construct a PC for audio purposes. They are more expensive ... but you may want to start there to do your research.

Have fun, I know I would

Cheers
Aussie
 
PS ....

I live in Houston, so don't be surprised if you get a knock on the door from a weird looking Aussie with guitar in hand ready to record his next CD ... he he

Hasta Luego
 
Aussie, that'll work for me....I'm only 8 or so hours away. Find Ft. Smith Ar then drive across the state line into Oklahoma and your almost there :) I do the guitar thing too but have only done writing in the last 10 years and no performing. I actually have some songs out there that are getting some airplay.
 
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