Can you call it a studio without a console?

[mixsit]

Does the surface of an 8 track portastudio qualify as a console ?

Catch it low and at an angle, then zoom in a bit..


I was gona go with that LavaLamp plugin ...but the damn thing only comes in iLok.

 

[jhbrandt]

M1Fanatic,

Hmmmm, not really.

You don't see a console here do ya? - This is a small studio that I designed/built in 2004. Radar II, Otari MTR-90 mkII, Nuendo, & lots of outboard custom micpre's.

Cheers,
John

 

[M1Fanatic]

Well, not a console I'm familiar with. I see a lot of faders but I don't see any knobs.

 

[suprstar]

control surfaces, consoles, fuzzy blurry line there

 

[Chili]

Con·sole (kŏn' sōl) - Any recording control device that will get ruined when beer is spilled on it.

 

[jhbrandt]

Ha, yes. But most people when they think of 'console' think analog. The unit with the faders in my pics above is a usb controller - no different than a mouse as far as what it does to the signal.

The only thing analog in that setup is the tape machine and the mic pres.
- John

 

[Weasel9992]

I think traditional large-format analog consoles will be a thing of the past in 20 years or so.

 

[M1Fanatic]

They said that 20 years ago too.

 

[guitaristic]

Thoughts?

I don't have one but have recorded many a great band in mine.

1) Do you have a lava lamp??

If no, repeat until the answer to #1 is yes. If yes...

2) Do you have a comfy chair?

If no, repeat until the answer to #2 is yes. If yes...

CONGRATULATIONS!!

 

[guitaristic]

I dont have a lava lamp as im in rented accomodation at the moment...i hope to have a lava lamp one day ;o

This reminds me of Pinocchio...

He always wanted to be a real boy, and you want to have a real studio

When you wish upon a staaaaaaaar

 

[Unto The Sky]

This thread's made me really want a lava lamp
*feels massively inferior*

 

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

Can you call it a studio without a console?

Sure you can. All you need is an iPhone now.

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/music-computers/499058-nanostudio-full-studio-iphone.html



Although it might help if its interfaced with this...

 

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

Dang it..I forgot the Lava lamps

 

[Chili]

Dang it..I forgot the Lava lamps

I'm sure there's an app for that....

 

[witzendoz]

Here you go, virtual lava lamp.

Alan

 

[dodgeaspen]

Since I'm all analog the answer for me is yes!! I just like the old school way of doing things.

 

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

I'm sure there's an app for that....

Here you go, virtual lava lamp.

OMG! been looking for one of those for years! Done. My console is finally complete.

Since I'm all analog the answer for me is yes!! I just like the old school way of doing things.

Me too. Except for my new lava lamps. And they never get hot!

 

[monkie]

Just got myself a used 32 channel Behringer mixer for free, but still works, to put in the studio. Do I use it to record? No! Do I attract more clients? Oh, yeah! And made my room look more classy too.

 

[legionserial]

I have a lava lamp but it's in a different room to my recording equipment. Does this mean that my house is a studio? Or does it mean that the room the lava lamp is in is the studio and the rest of the equipment is misplaced?

As far as consoles go, I used to have a big control surface that I never used. It was useful though, as people would see it and go 'wow', then tell their friends that I was some hot shot recordist, which got people wanting me to record them. I'd get these calls and I'd be like "well I'm really just a hack", and they'd say "well I'm sure you'll do a fine job, I hear you have some pretty nice kit". I'd say ''ok then" and I'd tell them a bit about the rest of the equipment I had, what mics would be used, how we'd do it etc. They didn't care. All they cared about was that I had this big 'mixing board' and that meant I was the shiznit.

 

[stevieb]

It may have been said, but the console is the "pay me" piece in a professional studio- clients come in, see a big board, and are impressed. Right or wrong, it happens.

I would never market a studio as such without a console. Perceptions count.