building a kickass! studio

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Hello all,

im a complete newbie, but have been doing alot of research for putting together my studio. below ive compiled a list of what im planning on getting (basic pieces) along with a few questions, any responses will be greatly!! appreciated.

Mackie onyx 1640i
cubase 5
line 6 pod x3 studio
drumagog 5 platinum
ddrum pro triggers
synergy origin aw300 (with added hardware and firewire ports)
KRK Rokit RP6 G2 Active Monitors
along with a bunch of mics and cables amps etc

1) i want to trigger the drums, will plugging them straight into the mic pre's and then altering with drumagog be a technique that can achieve high quality results? also ive decided it probably to be best to mic the cymbals?? also can drumagog settings be used to trigger live recording in real time? so i could maybe call up some pre sets?

2) for guitar i would love to mic an amp up and record, but also record a completely dry signal at the same time and then choose a guitar sound for it when mixing and blend the two together and with the miced amp use that alone as playback for recording purposes too. possible??

3) for the computer i know it's of huge importance to ensure its powerful enough to run, will this be sufficient. what would you recommend for rpm and how could i increase my cpu so it’s capable of running alot?

4) when a band records i would want them all to play together, just to determine the timing, create a click track and focus on the drums. can i plug all guitars into mic pre's on the Mackie and choose an appropriate sound in my daw just for reference then record them each separately afterwards?

5) for vocals would i be better off getting a different mic pre as appose to the ones in the Mackie?

ive already taken into consideration the acoustics and layout of my studio, including soundproofing etc, im fortunate enough to have a detached house with no neighbours to annoy.

as i said before im a complete newbie, so apologies in advance for any (stupid questions) i want this to be a top quality studio which could rival top quality recordings.

any feedback would be great!!!!!

David :)
 
I think you are missing the proverbial boat a bit. You list a bunch of gear yet fail to even mention room configuration or acoustic treatments. You say you want to record bands; so unless you plan on having live bands blast the crap out of your house/neighbors (which might be fine depending on your arrangements) you might want to do some research on isolation and studio design.

Check out these sites, they are packed with information about studio design & acoustic treatment.

John Sayers

Ethan Winer

There is much more to building a "kickass" studio then just assembling a list of gear.

Good luck!
 
It really doesn't matter how you want the band to record. You won't make it very far unless you let people play how they want to play.
 
cheers for the replys guys. but as ive mentioned in my thread above, soundproofing and acoustic treatment is pretty much sorted, ive slaved for hours on the net and have built a great studio, (i believe it to be anyways) i got most of my info off john Sayers site which is awesome. ive got my drum booth, vocal booth and control room sorted. that was what i thought to be the foundation of my project and have spent the last 4 months getting that done. now it’s on to the actual recording side of things. it was in my opinion that in a producer/engineers seat, it is their responsibility to get the best sound that the band wants, regardless of how that’s achieved. so as for creamyapples1 comment, of course bands can play however they choose to do so, im talking about the recording techniques which then boils down to the responsibility of the producer/engineer of course? no?

any thought on my first post guys?

all feedback greatly appreciated =)
 
dawg711 said:
any thought on my first post guys?
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My first thought is that it's in the wrong forum. That seems to be pretty common. Admin probably ought to relabel this one as Studio Construction, Design and Acoustics. But that's just me.

I think your post belongs in recording techniques. It would get a lot more exposure to the producer types over there. That's not me so I can't really help you with specifics. Good luck though - sounds like you do have a kickass start.


lou
 
Could it be that dawg711 is as brilliant as he seems and was able to work this demographic of people in the recording field? It seems that he could move into a producing forum and get a same yet different result. The poster knows what he is after and is hot on "it's" heals. IMHO keep the transference of knowledge alive dawg!!

-Z
 
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