I need your list for building the perfect 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 and thank you for all that you can offer! Ken D. Webber / Artist
 
Get your pathetic dick out of that dead armadillo you cow-fellating roadside necro-dweeb!
 
Well Ken D, if I were you and had say, 10 million dollars, I'd pay someone to build and run the studio for me, so I could get on with the illustrating. Serious.
 
"Poised for greatness?"
Yeah, right.
I think the first song you record in your ten million dollar studio should be a remake of the old... "Oh Lord It's Hard To Be Humble".
My bet is that your present home still hasn't been jacked up and had the wheels removed yet.
 
I think an unlimited amount of money would take the fun out of HOME recording. Don't get me wrong, I would love to have 10 mil drop in my lap, but there is a certain challenge trying to make great recordings from limited gear. It is an art in itself. Posing such a question tears at the basic fibers of this web site.
 
If this is a serious inquiry, can you be at least largely more specific for your needs? Please explain your true needs and try not to beat around the bush. By the way, what instrument(s) do you play and for how long?
 
Well....you asked for it pretty much!If you wanna ask a question around here, you might need to drop that 10 million dollar shit, or better yet drop some millions our way!
 
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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
 
c7sus,

Why not share the wealth here. I am just down the road in Portland!!! :) We could work together here. With 10 mil to blow, there is plenty to go around. Hell, I could build everything and furnish it with tall the best for about half that. Would include mastering suite, tracking factilities for CD projects as well as film, commercials, etc...

Come on bud, let some of in..... :) Since this is not reality, lets all dream together.

Any fucking idiot that would post this kind of shit on this BBS has more than a few screws loose!!! How could it possibly be real.

But wait! I get it! It is not supposed to be real. Just another moron posing the "what if" question. :( Too bad. Well, at least it has the twist of "poised for greatness" to it. That is the gem here.

I removed S8-N's reply to this post on my forum. Not because it didn't make me laugh my ass off, but because I just choose not to have that kind of thing on my forum. But he did make me laugh my ass off!!! I also find myself wanting to say similar things.

So Ken D. (obviously for Dumbass) Webber, take your alledged 10 mil and buy some common sence!!!

Edward P. (for Professional) Rei
Echo Star Studio www.echostarstudio.com
 
The perfect studio exists. Peter Gabriel built it. Spent every dime in his pocket. And did you hear his latest stuff? Muffled, thick - damp, even. Money won't do it for ya, buddy. Skills, passion and perseverence have no substitute. And to be honest, if I had that kind of money, I'd be looking towards better causes than dumping it into the frivolity you suggest.

40,000 would go to the studio, 40,000 to my survival for two years, 20,000 invested as an emergency fund (for any kind of family crisis, medical or other) and 9,900,000 to feeding 20,000 Indians for one year. Re-read that last bit. Twenty thousand human beings who are starving could be thriving with that money. And yet you'd waste it while seeking "the perfect studio". Luckily, not in this world, you wouldn't. You'd only try -and fail.

Perspective, Kenny D. It's all about perspective. Step out of the Club Med next time you travel the world. You'll see what's really up. Push a dying child off you because you have nothing to offer, then tell me you'll spend that money on a ego-star (no offence, Ed) studio. Evidently, you and we live in a different class - and I mean that in every sense of the word.
 
Just re-read the thread. Three conclusions:
1 - Poor Kenny D. Didn't expect THIS kind of retort, I'm sure.
2 - I sound like Mother Teresa. (But I'll stick with it)
3 - S8-N rules. Such nuance in his verbal abuse. Such attention to detail: It's invigorating - and right on the money (pun intended)
 
Ken D Webber left his homepage URL. Before you get all agitated about his post (aside from the poor taste in cross-posting that drivel) check out the world through the KenDiscEye. Only then can you vent your bile here for my amusement. Thanks in Advance. I guess it's the spirit of MLK that says walk a few miles in the shoes of those you hate. You may still want to pop a cap in their butt but you can't deny the trip will be memorable, informative and utilitarian if you're not too drunk while you're there.
 
Hoboy.
I thought you were going to make me regret uncalled for labelling. HELL NO! I hate pomp and this dude's got more than your average RnB diva. Good reference to King though. Still, it would take more than a mile for me to see Kendo Webbo's world, proper. I really, and do mean really, react badly to arrogance. So even if he weren't a weirdo, I'd be venting up his ass. By the way, BEWARE OF BIG BROTHER!!! AAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!
 
Why the hell would a guy like that(if this shit didn't come from his ars) even come to a home recording sight.
 
Yoo Hoo...Ken,

If you want something with "full digital capabilities" just use your hands. I'm sure S8-N would be more than happy to help you out.
 
why cant you leave this forum to people who really need it.i'm sure in your pathetic little minded way,you found joy in your inquiry about building the perfect studio.ok ,wow you fooled us all, happy now? hope so little person.i would end by saying grow up, but i think this is about as far asyou will grow up! bye for now..... :)
 
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