I need your help to build the PEFECT home studio

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Hello, I am a professional illustrator who is poised for greatness in the future. I always have an eye open on future plans and music is also an area that I seek to expand into. I am also a musician so I am asking all the Home recordist's that I can think of to send me their suggestions on how to build the perfect dream Home studio. I need your advice and your imagination. If you were to suddenly come upon say, ten million dollars, and wanted to build the PERFECT recording studio what would be included? What equipment is an absolute must have when cost is no consideration? What musical equipment would you need for perfection? Do you have any links to manufacturers and suppliers? Are there any things that I should know about the setting for the studio itself? Wall designs and the form of the structure? What about the environment itself such as ways to make it artist friendly? Are there any nightmares that you have encountered or shoddy equipment manufacturers that should be avoided? I am looking for the most PERFECT STUDIO you can imagine with full digital capabilities. I look forward to hearing your list of suggestions, email me, and thank you for all that you can offer! Ken D. Webber / Artist
 
Dude That's it. The first ten times I didn't mind but someones gonna pop a cap in your ass if I have to read it again. Also I'd start with a realistics tape recorder from radio shack. In fact buy all radio shack equipment. their stuff is right up your alley.
 
Hey buddy;
Please try to avoid posting the same question in multiple categories!

CAUTION:
There are a few geeks and satanists that have nothing better to do in life than hang around on this BBS.

DON'T MAKE THEM ANGRY.....
It makes it hell for the rest of us, who might just take the time to answer your question seriously.

Sincerely;

Dom Franco
 
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THE DREAM LIVES......

OK here we go....

1. Buy an old house in a quiet neighborhood with lots of trees for shade and privacy...also some extra room for parking and unloading equipment.

2. Buy a 24 track 2" tape machine and a giant mixing board. High dollar compressors and effects units for each track. (Neve, Lexicon, DBX, Joe meek....etc.)

3. Buy the biggest and fastest computer you can find and run "Pro Tools" ...just for editing and cut and paste song assembly.

4. Buy 3 Alesis M20 ADATS for 24 track digital recording and compatabillity with the outside world.

5. Buy a dozen or so NeumanTube condenser microphones and 10 Shure SM58's and SM57's. and a mile of High dollar Monster cables.

6. Put in a 6" raised floor in every room, isolated from the subfloor by 2" of Neoprene rubber matts. (The new floors should be about 10 inches away from all exisitng walls. Then build new 8 inch walls
inside of the old ones leaving about 2 inches of "dead air space" All floor and wall joints should "float" not be solidly attached. And every seam is sealed with neoprene filling the gaps. This will keep sound from being transfered as vibrations.

7. With your last million or so, refurbish the old house with cool decor and lighting. Finish the studio in nice wood trim and furniture. Save a few bucks for all the little extras like tape and other supplies.

8. Avoid Radio Shack, and Casio and remember "you get what you pay for"
I am sure I have left somethings out, but this is a good start.

Sincerely;

Dom Franco
 
If you have say ... ten million dollars to spend ... you should probably pay someone to design your studio for you. If you show some of these guys the money ... they may be nicer to you. Just a thought.
 
I would build from scratch floating floors no parralell walls pitched cieling dead room live room drum room voice room all of which would have double glazed windows focusrite avalon B&W tdm digidesign tactical work staion neuman mic's ahhhh yeah baby oh yeah and a ingall fridge for the piss and the rest of the money would got to charity speaking of charity I am building a studio and would like some money >>>> so I will take any donations Please! and I will build a beautiful studion for ME eh hemmm!
 
Hey guys give the fella a brake poor man hey you can give me the money I will build you a fantastic cottage studio!
 
:confused: :eek: :rolleyes: Your a little late there dude. Like FIVE YEARS!!This thread was posted in ..........2000!!! :p
 
The infamous "Ken D Weber" thread no less. Nice. :D
 
and...

the premise is as ridiculous today, as it was 5 years ago.

I think the stock answer was, "you hire a professional to design and build your studio, and then you hire George Martin to run it".

;)
 
No, hire ME instead; I'm sick of my freakin' day job anyway, and no matter how many times I pick the right lotto numbers, the stupid )*#&^%(# computer screws it up, and some stupid ass with a crappy job gets it instead and invariably states that "I'm gonna keep my job", and I just wanna kill 'im and take the money, at least I could waste it with some degree of panache; besides, I'm at least $4 mil short of havin' enough to build the kind of studio I want for myself, and this dumb schmuck prob'ly wouldn't miss just under half the bread if I put lotsa purple foam on the walls and a couple of cool lava lamps -

Besides, WTF is wrong with Radio Shack Crap anyway??!?
 
Late 1800's early 1900 Mansion. Build 1 room into a pimped ass control room with all of the most pimped shit avalible..and just run tie lies to all of the rooms in the house. Thats it..nothing to complicated or over the top:)
 
seriously, If you want to go all out, look for brands like behringer, nady, yamaha, realistic, stageworks, presonus, squire, hosa, jade audio, roland, etc.

make sure you get nady mics, they are the best. Usually you can find a deal where if you buy one 10 dollar mic, you can get two free, its awsome. All the pro studios do it.

behringere ub series mixers are the way to go

make sure you get rolalnd DIGITAL monitors, they are better

use only hose and jade audio cables

the presonus bluetube is about the best preamp around, but you dont really need pre amps, you can use the ones on the behringer board

realistic cassete recorders will be best, they have the least ammount of hiss

squire guitars tend to record really well, and you dont need an amp, just go direct input

for effects, go all behringer, the virtualizere pro has some of the best reverbs around.

for eq, make sure it is a graphic, behringer and the like make some good ones

you really dont need cables, they are cocky, just plug the mic right into the mixer

as for drums, dont worry about tuning, just set one of those nady mics on the floor in front of the drums and hit record.

as for vocals, you will probably want a condenser. All mics are pretty much the same, so just get the cheapest one you can find.

as for the actual studio........

your control room should be small with all paralell walls, this will keep all of the bass swirling around the room and give you a nice reverb effect when mixing. Which reminds me, just use headphones for that, you dont really need speakers.

you probably want a seperate room to record in, so make all of the dimentions the same, so it is a perfect cube, that is best for acoustics. Dont put anything on the walls.

to make it soundproof, build a wall, the look online for "soundproofing foam". this is the only way to achieve absolute silence.

oh, and use carpet eveywhere, this absorbes some frequences so the room sounds better acoustically.

if the room has too much reverb, either put carpet or eggcrates on the walls, this will stop the echoing.

if you want to use a computer, just order one from dell or gatway or something. the soundcards they send with the computer are better than the ones you can buy. Most professional studios use the stock sound card too.

once you get all of those you are all set, and can start recording. even if you dont know anything about recording, you can still make a platinum album with gear like that.


P.S. make sure that you mix all of your audio and power cables together, this will eliminate any noise you might have.


****please ignore my signature, it is not directed at you****
 
Damn, it's like Y2k all over again!!

Ken D Weber would be proud that his legacy lingers, to this day!!!

It just proves, time & time again,...

that busting the balls of unsuspecting Newbies with stupid questions never goes out of style!!! :eek:
 
"busting the balls of unsuspecting Newbies with stupid questions never goes out of style" - nor should it - one of the first things a newbie needs to learn is that virtually anyone who even THINKS they know two things about sound is automatically transformed into an asshole; if they know THREE things, they will usually get an endorsement for microphones or speakers :=)

BTW, Brad, WTF is YAMAHA doing in your list? They actually make some really useful stuff, if you stay away from their "home" line of products... Steve
 
I was hoping he would buy a motorcycle and try to hook it into his signal chain!!
 
knightfly said:
Besides, WTF is wrong with Radio Shack Crap anyway??!?
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Actually, in the past, certain items were pretty good.

Their top of the line microphone in the mid to late 80's was designed, and manufacturered by Shure, and relabled "Radio Shack". And for $99 it wasn't that bad either, it was useful for kick drums, backup vocals, and such.

Their old "Mach-II" stereo speakers actually had a really nice flat response for the money... they'd be on sale for $150 each. In 1984, you couldn't buy a pair of studio monitors for $300... Reveal, Truth, M-Audio, Samson K-Rok etc didn't make inexpensive monitors. Urei, JBL, Sony and a handful of others made smaller monitors, but affordibility was relative. Perfect? No. Acceptable? Absolutely.
 
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