new guy here:)

[PanTyrimos]

Home Studio Newbie
Hey all, im new to recording and new to the forum as well and i wanted to say hi to all and ask a few questions.

first of all a brief introduction,My name is Panayiotis im 22yo and i come from the beutifull island of Cyprus and from Sparta(Greece).I was into metal music for as long as i can remember. since my parents are both into rock, and my cousin that used to live next door to us was a hardcore metalhead. im into jazz and fusion-funck rock as well.My main instrument is guitar the past 8 years then i started learning drums 2 years ago and 1 year ago i started vocals(watched all Melissa Cross DVDs for metal singing) genres im listening are : technical death metal, death metal, thrash, progressive, jazz, rock, fusion, swing, blues.

My equipment consists of :

Line 6 Tone Port UX2
Line 6 FBV Shortboard Controller
Zoom G7 1UT

Marshall 100 Combo valvestate
Engl Screamer Head
Behringer Cabinet

WORK DM-65 Mic

Ibanez Jem J77 Special Edit.
Aria Pro Custom
Ibanez GSR 180 Bass

Sonor Drum Set Force 1007 22
AXIS longboards AL2
DDRum redshot Triggers

MacBook Pro i7 15"
Logic 9 Pro
Steinberg Cubase 5
POD FARM 2
FBV Controller Unit

Heres a link though i havent updated my photos for a while now, the room is completely different now

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Id like to now how to improve my home studio equipment. heres a list of the things im considering to buy as soon as i can afford them(by end of summer most prolly) its priority listing so first thing are the monitors and then the rest

ALESIS M1 ACTIVE 520 USB - Thomann UK Cyberstore

YAMAHA 01V96 VCM - Thomann UK Cyberstore

AKG DRUM RHYTHM PACK - Thomann UK Cyberstore

ZOOM R16 - Thomann UK Cyberstore

any thoughts? is this gonna be a good upgrade? or is it too much for a home studio? sorry for the wall of text and sorry if this doesnt go in here

thanks in advance

 

[jjjtttggg]

I think the yamaha mixer is overkill, but maybe I'm not sure exactly what you're after. Seems to me the zoom R16 or any of the many multi-track interfaces would do the trick. You may also want to think about a better vocal mic. The one you have is not so good.

Good luck!
J

 

[izman]

the zoom r16 might be ok to record drums aswell as getting a control surface and audio interface which am sure will be compatible with logic and cubase?