What Should I get next?

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I'm looking to improve my recordings and would like to know what my next purchase should be, I've got about 500-700 bucks to blow on some new gear. My next project is my hardcore band so what piece of equipment do you think think should be added to my collection?

What I have already:
HP Pavillion dv9000 with Dual Core Processor, 1.70 GHz, 2 GB RAM
750 GB External Hardrive
KRK Rokit 8 Powered Monitors

Rack:
Presonus FP10
ART Tube Pro Channel
Furman Power Conditioner

Mics:
SM57 (3)
Beta 52
MXL 4000
MXL 603

What I've been considering:
A real tube preamp: possibly the brick by groove tubes
New Overheads?
New Vocal Mic?
 
It doesn't really matter what you get...the key is to just get more.
 
This is true but there are bound to be more worthy purchases than others, I'm looking for the next step in improving my overall recordings.
 
What is making your current recordings in need of improvement? Is the gear you have limiting you, or do you just think it's time to move onward and upward?

What kind of room are you recording in? What have you done in regards to treating the room for proper monitoring? A little in the right places can go a long way.
 
how much is inspiration and talent? and where can you buy it?

ok. joking aside, I didnt see any midi gear for your studio, although your style of music might dictate how much you would use midi.

It's still a very nice option to add synths and other things.

I would say invest in a decent midi controller and maybe some software based synth like reason.

Also I didnt see any out board gear like reverb, compressor, headphone amp, or patch bay. All which can make your life easier when tracking.

You might not need the outboard gear for the actual items going to track, but it comes in handy when feeding a nice sound to your singers etc.

I'm sure there are other angles but thats my 2 cents. good luck:D
 
2000Z28M6 said:
Also I didnt see any out board gear like reverb, compressor, headphone amp, or patch bay. All which can make your life easier when tracking.
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I recently tracked a pop-punk band playing live (all together at practice, not at a show that is) and ran into a huge problem when nobody could hear the click track. They were playing so loud that my poor Projectmix couldn't pump enough juice down the pipes. :(

Not sure if this could be an issue with your setup as well but definitely worth checking into.
 
How does the room sound? I'm a big believer in dealing with the room acoustics, then the monitoring chain (monitors and AD/DA), then preamps, THEN mics. There's some difference of opinion on where all of this goes in the priority chain, but there's not much argument on the necessity for treating the space you're recording in.

Frank
 
experience, I'll sell ya mine cheap.....
wait until you know what you want to change, your ears will tell ya whats in need of attention
 
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