Next Step in My Studio?

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This is what I currently have:
Dr. BOSS SP-303 Sampler
Moog Opus 3 Synthesizer
Fostex MR-8 8 Track Digital Recorder
iMac

My goal is to set up a small studio, with a little enclosed area, (See my post of Isolation Booth in Studio Building and Display) and I want to make some of my own music and record local bands as well. Would I go for a really nice mic, that will last me for a long time like the BLUE Baby Bottle Mic, a Mixer like the Soundcraft M12, or something else? What is everyone's opinions?


Thanks

Chris
 
Hey

Maybe a couple more mics...studio monitors...u should be more than ready with that...

Peace...

PC
 
I wouldn't say that a Blue Baby Bottle would be a really nice mic that would last you a while, and I would say don't buy it until you have some essentials that have proven to work on a wider range of instruments and people... look into getting some standards like some SM57s, MD421s, and something like a AT 4033 or the SP C3, then you can look at some mics that add different flavors, just always make sure you have the basics covered before buying "extra" gear.

And yes buy some good studio monitors! Your sound may start at the mic, but if you're mixing on headphones or some cheap stereo speakers you won't get a good even mix, and will waste a lot of time, money, and CD-Rs trying to fix the problems. You're only as strong as your weakest link (and this is an area where I see a lot of "weakest link" syndrom)

This is an area that I always tell people not to skimp on... buy monitors that will last you a long time, have been proven (not the "new thing", I know guys that have used the same monitors for 25 years, and their mixes are always consistent.) Look at companies like KRK, Genelec, Tannoy, and a host of others (it's late and I'm not thinking very well), and listen, listen, listen, don't buy them because "The World's Greatest Engineer" Joe Bob Grammy uses them, Joe isn't going to tell you how to fix your mix!

So yeah, that's what I have to say,

Later,
Musik

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If it isn't fun, it isn't music...
 
Yes, yes put some money in some good monitors so you can hear what you are doing first. If you can afford the Mackie 824's I'd go for them, these seem to have really established some respect in the field in the short time they have been around. I see these monitors popping up in big studios more and more.
 
ProAc

Well, I forgot to mention one thing. The studio monitors I already have, have seemed to work extremely well. To my ears, they are some of the best I have heard yet. I have these older ProAc speakers made in England.

ProAc- Designers and Manufacturers of High Quality Loudspeakers.
Impedance- 8 Ohms
Maximum Output- 80 Watts programme
Mode Stand/Shelf Mounting

Since I have a limited budget, can anyone suggest what I need next? Note, I thought I was lucky to get these from my father a while back, because of how nice I thought they sounded.
 
You need some microphones, mic cables, mic stands, and mic a preamp or two.
 
if you think that your mixes are sounding good (translating well) on those monitors, then by all means...keep using them.

take the mic reccomendations already in this thread. also a pair of small diaphragm condensors, like Rode NT5s, or the soon-to-be released SP C4s
 
The Studio Projects C4's are already on the market http://www.macmidimusic.com/prod.itml/icOid/3897 for $369 a pair, but you should wait on buying any C4's untill you've at least read a few "honest" reviews. Sometimes we don't hear the real dirt about a product untill it's been on the market for a year or two. Hopefully SP will GIVE Harvey a pair of C4's and he will do a review. And good or bad review, Alan should let Harvey keep the SP C4's either way (unless Harvey finds that the C4's suck and doesn't want them).
 
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