Essential pieces of equipment to a studio rack??

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Chris Shaeffer said:
Here's a quick snippet of my mobile rack with the patchbay.

See all the cables in back? Then all the jacks on the front of the patchbay at the bottom?

I have a bunch of short cables (patch cables) and I can create any chain of all the gear in the rack by popping a few cables into the patchbay. Not in the picture is another bay just below- that goes to all the insert jacks on my mixer. So right there at the bottom of the rack I can route any combination of gear in any order to any track on my mixer.

Beats crawling around behind it messing with long, tangled cables.

More useful for analog mixing, but can come in handy if you're using good analog gear to record into a DAW. I lived for years without a patchbay until I switched to mixing on the analog board. Now I can't live without it.

Take care,
Chris
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wow thats a shitload of cables haha.

the only question i still have is how do i get them all to run with my computer?

i have very limited inputs cuz im running the creative pro e-mu 0404.
 
Is your knob shiny then?

For what this guy wants I'd almost be inclined to recommend just getting a decent mic, preamp and soundcard. From there you can record most things and rather have DECENT basic equipment and build up than have 10 pieces of rubbish kit right?
 
Hey Sec. Tell us what you've currently got to work with because quite frankly, 150 clams won't do jack for putting "essentials" in your rack.

My suggestion, if you're serious about this, is you always need at least two channels for stereo recording so:

~Assuming you have at least 2 mics already~
FMR RNP/RNC combo
(2) Speck ASC EQ
~Assuming you plan to record to a PC~
RME interface

If mics are on your list too, then go for a couple of AT 4040's and a Shure SM57.

Yes, I've blown your budget through the roof but, it's what's best for you if you're serious about recording. I'll also mention that you need an acoustically treated room. Spend some time reading up on that and treat your room with bass traps, absorbers, etc. Good gear in a poor room is actually worse than poor gear in a good room.
 
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