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006productions
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Ok, I'm trying to get a compiled list of gear and costs so that I can apply for a business loan and hopefully be approved. I want to build my own studio here in Texas capable of doing great production quality for bands that want to do anything from a quick little 3/6 song demo to a full-out album. Here's the list:
DAW:
Dual 2.8gHz cpu w/800mHz FSB ea
1GB RAM
1x Glyph 80GB SATA drive
1x Glyph 200GB SATA drive
1x DVD +/- RW drive
3x PCI, 1x PCI-E, 1x PCI-E 16x slots
2x FireWire 400 port
7x USB 2.0 port
3x M-Audio Delta 1010 (PCI interfaces)
Software:
Sony Vegas 6.0
Waves Platinum Native Bundle
Monitoring:
2x Event Tuned Reference 8" (for abusing, tracking monitors)
2x Mackie HR824A (for demo mixes)
2x ADAM Audio P22-A (for album mixes)
7x Sennheiser HD280Pro headphones
Furman HDS-6 6ch headphone distro
2x Furman HR-6 ethernet headphone mix station (drummer, vocalist)
Mackie HM54 4ch headphone distro (everyone else
)
Mackie Big Knob (monitor control/switching)
Dynamics/mic pre:
Focusrite Liquid Channel
3x PreSonus DigiMax LT
Focusrite Compounder
2x Drawmer Six-Pack (comp/lim/gate/expander for drums)
M-Audio TAMPA (amazing direct bass)
Mics:
Neumann TLM103 (vocal mic)
5x Shure SM57 (guitars, snare, extras)
2x Shure KSM32 (overhead mics)
2x Sennheiser e906 (tom mics)
2x Sennheiser e904 (tom mics)
Sennheiser e609 (guitar mic)
Shure Beta 52 (kick drum mic)
Rode NT2-A (vocal/ambience mic)
Rode NT5 matched pair (acoustic guitars, ride cymbal mic)
Other stuff:
Mackie Control Universal (DAW controller)
dbx 48 point patch bay
Now the PreSonus DigiMax LT supposedly beats out the Focusrite OctoPre for EVERYTHING, so I wanted one of those pres for every channel that my 1010's have, 24 channels. Besides, you can't daisy-chain the OctoPre's with ADAT like the LT's. The 1010's have S/PDIF in, so I'm going to have 26 total channels. I think that is plenty to start off with. I want to be able to record an entire band all at once, I think this is plenty of I/O to do that with. The TAMPA is S/PDIF, which is great. Plus I have a PODxt Pro which I have some very great sounding patches that I can run S/PDIF into one of the Deltas...in case I run out of mics somehow
Mic stands I'll have to get here in town, gotta see them in person to judge quality, so I'm budgeting some money for that already. Cables as well...I have to wait to measure the building to see what I'll need. Budgeted in too.
So what do you think? Tell me where I can save money and lose very little or no quality in ANYTHING. I'm open to anything really. The more I save on gear, the better. I'm at like $30k or so for equipment...thats a lot. I might have to compile a smaller and cheaper list to start with until I start making the money to upgrade everything...Anyway, toss everything in! Thanks in advance.
DAW:
Dual 2.8gHz cpu w/800mHz FSB ea
1GB RAM
1x Glyph 80GB SATA drive
1x Glyph 200GB SATA drive
1x DVD +/- RW drive
3x PCI, 1x PCI-E, 1x PCI-E 16x slots
2x FireWire 400 port
7x USB 2.0 port
3x M-Audio Delta 1010 (PCI interfaces)
Software:
Sony Vegas 6.0
Waves Platinum Native Bundle
Monitoring:
2x Event Tuned Reference 8" (for abusing, tracking monitors)
2x Mackie HR824A (for demo mixes)
2x ADAM Audio P22-A (for album mixes)
7x Sennheiser HD280Pro headphones
Furman HDS-6 6ch headphone distro
2x Furman HR-6 ethernet headphone mix station (drummer, vocalist)
Mackie HM54 4ch headphone distro (everyone else

Mackie Big Knob (monitor control/switching)
Dynamics/mic pre:
Focusrite Liquid Channel
3x PreSonus DigiMax LT
Focusrite Compounder
2x Drawmer Six-Pack (comp/lim/gate/expander for drums)
M-Audio TAMPA (amazing direct bass)
Mics:
Neumann TLM103 (vocal mic)
5x Shure SM57 (guitars, snare, extras)
2x Shure KSM32 (overhead mics)
2x Sennheiser e906 (tom mics)
2x Sennheiser e904 (tom mics)
Sennheiser e609 (guitar mic)
Shure Beta 52 (kick drum mic)
Rode NT2-A (vocal/ambience mic)
Rode NT5 matched pair (acoustic guitars, ride cymbal mic)
Other stuff:
Mackie Control Universal (DAW controller)
dbx 48 point patch bay
Now the PreSonus DigiMax LT supposedly beats out the Focusrite OctoPre for EVERYTHING, so I wanted one of those pres for every channel that my 1010's have, 24 channels. Besides, you can't daisy-chain the OctoPre's with ADAT like the LT's. The 1010's have S/PDIF in, so I'm going to have 26 total channels. I think that is plenty to start off with. I want to be able to record an entire band all at once, I think this is plenty of I/O to do that with. The TAMPA is S/PDIF, which is great. Plus I have a PODxt Pro which I have some very great sounding patches that I can run S/PDIF into one of the Deltas...in case I run out of mics somehow

So what do you think? Tell me where I can save money and lose very little or no quality in ANYTHING. I'm open to anything really. The more I save on gear, the better. I'm at like $30k or so for equipment...thats a lot. I might have to compile a smaller and cheaper list to start with until I start making the money to upgrade everything...Anyway, toss everything in! Thanks in advance.