$50,000-$100,000 Help!!

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I will be getting a large sum of money in the very near future. $50,000 to $100,000 will be dedicated to a state of the art digital studio. I know this is a huge question but I was looking for some input on some of the things you would buy with this kind of money to put out commercial quality cd's. Right now I'm running my Yamaha MT400 4-track through my CPU and editing with cakewalk and then to my cd-burner. Decent results but tape sucks. I don't need advice on instruments but would like some dream lists from some of you guys regarding recording equipment. Have fun with it!!! Thanks in advance!
 
he sounds legitimate enough... seems like a nice guy.. he wasnt arrogant about it.. and not totally clueless either.. i say we answer him nicely...

ps..i would answer ya but i wouldnt know what to do with a $10k budget let alone $100k ..

- eddie -
 
at least this wasen't posted in ten different forums...

email me KimoB, I'll help you out.


ametth
 
The best advice I can give is:

Before you sink $50k-$100k into a studio, read up on books and get a lot of fundamental balance for recording. While you're doing that, participate and search over archive posts on this BBS and the rec.audio.pro newgroup.

Then, read the recording magazines and go into pro audio shops and see what's available.

After that, I think you'll know what you want and need to do and which route you want to go.

Also, it's a lot more fun when you have a friend around who's just as excited about recording as you are.
 
3 ADATS, 1 BRC Controller
1 large Mixer (Mackie,Behringer other)
4 High dollar Condenser mics,
6 SM58's and 6 SM57's
a few Lexicon effects boxes
Cables and furniture...

Have fun;

Dom Franco
 
Good sound proofed room to start with a vocal
booth.
-I agree with the Mackie board 24 channel
-A good tube mike pre-amp(ART sounds like the choice around here)
-If it were me a high end pc set up for dedicated recording, build it yourself or custom as long as it isn't a consumer pc. That way all your hardware and software is geared toward pro results.
-Are you going to have outside work come in?
You may need an ADAT in that case to handle potential customers
-Mikes, Mikes, Mikes at least one high end large diaphram and a few shures
-Lots of high quality cords low signal to noise ratio
-4 pair of sony headphones
-headphone distribution amp
-QSC power amp at least 200 watts
-2 pair three way near field monitors

Sorry I can't specify, I always play it by ear and budget
 
Yeah. But with that budget to be suggesting Mackie 8-bus boards and ART pres? Sounds more like a $20kUS max. budget to me instead of a $50k-$100kUS budget. Sorry guys.
 
Now that you mention it I've heard about money like that, never seen it though! I'm still bargain hunting.
 
How come everyone who doesn't know what to do with the money has the money? doesn't make any sense...
 
Spend 10-15K getting enough gear to build a 'nice' studio (similar to Dom Franco's suggestion), invest 10K so when you've got a better idea what you need, you've got the dough to buy it, and give the rest to charity. That way, you'll feel good about yourself. :)

- gaffa
 
If you truly have over 50 grand to throw down on gear, then what you need to do is spend about 20,000 on a pro tools rig and spend everything else on super phat analog gear. (Otari 2-inch tape multitracker - Oram mixing board and pre-amps etc....) This way you'll have all the digital editing capabilities you could ever dream of AND that lush analog sound that $1000 plug-ins cannot seem to emulate. Yeah baby!
Then you can post a little note on this board singing the praises of analog gear -
Aaaaaa- men .
 
Thanks for the input everyone......that Webber thing was pretty funny but fortunately I am not him. I appreciate all your ideas and I am continuing my research on all the gear. Many of those ideas I was thinking about already which is cool. Gonna stick to my analog 4-track and digital editing and cakewalk for a while and continue to learn before making any purchases. I like the analog idea with the big, warm tape! My DW's sound great with my current set-up with my Audix D2's and D4's. Anyway, thanks again.....
 
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