
zed32
Re-Attached Member
this is kind of a long crazy rant, so feel free to ignore this post,
[crazy rant]
Ok everyone, this might seem kinda strange, but i think that i'm losing my mind here. as some of you may know, i have myself a new studio space that i'm in the process of setting up and treating. i think i took a step in the right direction by taking care of the room first before i went nuts spending big bucks on gear. but now this leaves me with sort of a dilema.
i'm in need of some upgrading all across my recording chain, but i'm afraid to buy any high quality gear for fear of wasting my money. its driving me crazy!
as of right now, i'm recording through a Firepod with very cheap mics and mixing out of very cheap monitors. i know that first of all i need to upgrade my computer itself to one thats more capable of handling some heavy recording duties. but here's where my problems begin...
i'm afraid to upgrade my mics because then my pres won't bring out the best in them. but i'm afraid to upgrade my pres because the converters are probably not good enough to justify spending a lot on pres. i'm afraid to upgrade converters because i probably wouldnt be able to notice the difference through my crappy monitors. i'm afraid to upgrade my monitors because by then i'll have spent all my money only to realize that maybe i'm just not cut out to be recording stuff. and so on and so on....
now my question for you all is: am i thinking too much into this, or am i right in my assuptions? i plan on recording music for a long long time, it's been a favorite hobby of mine for many years now and i cant see myself giving it up. is there a "gray area" in gear where everything meshes together? what i mean is: is there a good mic that won't outshine a good preamp that won't outshine the converters on my firepod? or am i just gonna have to break down and buy a much better interface? i really want to end up with the highest quality stuff i can get away with, and i'm not afraid to drop $1k on a single piece of gear in the future be it a mic or pre or whatever. i know its kind of off the wall...but this is the sort of stuff i find myself thinking about late at night, haha...

i know i have a long way to go before i can afford to start upgrading my stuff (i spent everything on getting my room ready), but i really don't want to do any half-assed upgrades. like upgrading my $200 mic to a $300 one or something like that. i'd rather fork over more money for a bigger upgrade. but then i'm afraid it will really expose the other weaker parts of my chain, so i'd be wasting my money. but then i know i wouldn't be able to get $10,000 together to upgrade everything all at once.
all this thinking has got my head ready to explode! maybe i'll go back to college and take out a student loan or something, haha...
well anyway, thanks for listening (or not)
any advice would be appreciated...
[/crazy rant]

[crazy rant]
Ok everyone, this might seem kinda strange, but i think that i'm losing my mind here. as some of you may know, i have myself a new studio space that i'm in the process of setting up and treating. i think i took a step in the right direction by taking care of the room first before i went nuts spending big bucks on gear. but now this leaves me with sort of a dilema.
i'm in need of some upgrading all across my recording chain, but i'm afraid to buy any high quality gear for fear of wasting my money. its driving me crazy!
as of right now, i'm recording through a Firepod with very cheap mics and mixing out of very cheap monitors. i know that first of all i need to upgrade my computer itself to one thats more capable of handling some heavy recording duties. but here's where my problems begin...
i'm afraid to upgrade my mics because then my pres won't bring out the best in them. but i'm afraid to upgrade my pres because the converters are probably not good enough to justify spending a lot on pres. i'm afraid to upgrade converters because i probably wouldnt be able to notice the difference through my crappy monitors. i'm afraid to upgrade my monitors because by then i'll have spent all my money only to realize that maybe i'm just not cut out to be recording stuff. and so on and so on....
now my question for you all is: am i thinking too much into this, or am i right in my assuptions? i plan on recording music for a long long time, it's been a favorite hobby of mine for many years now and i cant see myself giving it up. is there a "gray area" in gear where everything meshes together? what i mean is: is there a good mic that won't outshine a good preamp that won't outshine the converters on my firepod? or am i just gonna have to break down and buy a much better interface? i really want to end up with the highest quality stuff i can get away with, and i'm not afraid to drop $1k on a single piece of gear in the future be it a mic or pre or whatever. i know its kind of off the wall...but this is the sort of stuff i find myself thinking about late at night, haha...



i know i have a long way to go before i can afford to start upgrading my stuff (i spent everything on getting my room ready), but i really don't want to do any half-assed upgrades. like upgrading my $200 mic to a $300 one or something like that. i'd rather fork over more money for a bigger upgrade. but then i'm afraid it will really expose the other weaker parts of my chain, so i'd be wasting my money. but then i know i wouldn't be able to get $10,000 together to upgrade everything all at once.


all this thinking has got my head ready to explode! maybe i'll go back to college and take out a student loan or something, haha...

well anyway, thanks for listening (or not)

any advice would be appreciated...
[/crazy rant]