So you have 10 grand to spend on a studio...you would buy?

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I am soon to spend about 10k on a small studio. It will be mainly for personal use [instrumental guitar, vai, satriani genre etc] but if I can get it sounding decent I may rent it out too, and expand it.

I just moved to the US from Australia 15 months ago, and had to leave ALL my gear there, so I have zilch zero zip, well I do have a decent PC, but that's all.

I just want to get a few idea's to start my search. So if you had 10k, what software, hardware, card, preamp, mics etc etc would YOU buy?
 
get me a L22 (if multiple source tracking isn't required only 2 ins and outs)(650)

great river mp 2nv(2200) and the great river eq NV(3000)

distressor(3000)

mic= SM7 and Cad M9(600-700 for both if you look)

and whats left get a decent pair of monitors and amp or active monitors and an attenuator A-design makes a real good one for 99 bucks

monitors-active Yorkville Ysm1's (400)

a little over 10,000 but you will have a stereo channel strip that is straight MURDER!!!
 
DAW
Thermaltake Xaser LII Vm3000A Black Mid Tower 360watt Power Supply W/ See Through Side Window, Fan Speed Control Panel & (4) 80MM case fans
Asus P4P800DLX-MB; Pentium 4 2.6CG; Mwave 1GB DDR400(512MB X 2); Assemble/Test Bundle
Western Digital 80GB WD800JB EIDE Ultra-ATA/66-100 8.9Ms 7200RPM 8MB Buffer HDD
Western Digital 36GB 360GD Serial ATA 150 10,000RPM 8MB Buffer HDD
ASUS Radeon 9600SE-TD 128MB 8X AGP w/TV & DVI
Aopen F70PS 17" 1280X1024 TFT LCD Monitor (Black)
Teac 1.44Mb Floppy Drive (Black)
APC Smart-UPS 1000RM2U 1000VA 670watts 6-outlets rackmount 2U line interactive (Black)
Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard and Optical mouse bundle (black)

DAW interface and control
MOTU 2408MK3 Core 24 bit PC interface
Mackie Control Universal

Preamps and Processors
Kurzweil Rumour reverb processor
Akai EWI3030M Digital PCM Sound Module
FMR RNC/RNP housed in a Funk Logic FRT Tray

MIDI
MOTU Midi Express XT

Microphones
Marshall Electronics MXLV77 Tube Studio Microphone with Power Supply (x2)
Shure SM-57 (x2)
Neuman stereo matched pair TLM-103 large condensor microphones

Monitoring
Sennheiser HD-280 Pro Closed-Back Headphones (x4)
Metrophones MP Isolated Headphones with Metronome
Furman HDS-6 Headphone Audio Distribution System
Furman HR-6 Headphone Mixer Personal Headphone Mixer (x5)
Yorkville YSM1P Powered Studio Monitors (Pair).

Total sans tax, shipping, and OS $10,557.31
 
I'd devote about $1000 of that to sheetrock, studs, and other room building/altering things.
I've noticed that acoustics is one of the most over looked aspects of building a studio.
No, lining your rooms with "auralex" won't automatically them better.
 
Thanks for the replies :D it seems I have A LOT of research.
How about software? This is where I have a little bias, I've used Cubase for years...I'd really like to get into the pro tools area, is it possible on this budget?

Doink. I am renting so I can't do any construction work, I wish I could. When we buy a house that will be happening without a doubt.
 
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