Which should I keep and which should I sell - gear?

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I have built up a small home studio over the past five years and have enjoyed the process although I think that I have probably spent more time thinking and tweaking rather than writing..hence my post.
I have decided that as I am in a small room (a little over 2x3 metres) I am never going to have a good monitoring room or easy/practical recording area ( I need to use this room as my home office each day). I feel that I am not making recording as easy or as much fun as I could, for my level.
Apart from my old bass guitar & combo I have bought the folowing equipment to record general rock songs:

PC - Cubase SX2
Edirol DA2496 sound card
Groove tubes 'The Brick' Preamp.
Lexicon LXP-1 reverb/effects
Alesis M1 active MK2 monitors
SM57 Mic
Groove Tubes GT67 Valve Mic
Rickenbacker bass + 100w Marshall combo amp (20 years old now)
Yamaha Electric + 15w Laney Amp
Korg AX100G guitar floor effects processor
Evolution Midi keyboard
UAD-1 DSP card
Korg Legacy Collection soft synth
FM7 soft synth

I want to sell some of this gear and buy some new to simplify to make recording more efficient.

1. I am tired of looking at soft synths on screen so I am selling these to replace with one VA synth by korg or Alesis so that I can get the hands-on-synth rather than hands-on-mouse experience.
2. Sell my GT67 mic because I don't think I will ever get the best out of it and just use my SM57 for vocals and amp duties.
3. Sell my Groove TUbes 'The Brick' preamp which I am not getting the most out of and replace it with the more versitile TwinTrak pro (and I am sure the preamps will be good enough for my perposes).

I thought I would run my idea past some experienced recordists to get some views.
Thanks
 
hemmick reef said:
2. Sell my GT67 mic because I don't think I will ever get the best out of it and just use my SM57 for vocals and amp duties.
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Not worth it IMHO considering what these go for on the used market. I think the 66/67 is one of the better used deals you can get on a tube mic right now. Especially for vocals ... love it

Oh and I've had great results with it on guitar amps as well ... I say keep it
 
I'd try to talk you out of the UAD but i don't have any $ to spare.
 
please tell me you don't put that ricken through your korg
get rid of that korg guitar effects
 
i would look at the type of music you've made, and wish to make in the future...determine which stuff you already have is necessary to accomplish your goals, and sell the rest from there
 
I don't really see too much on that list to get rid of. You might get some money for that old Marshall amp, but I don't know what those go for these days.

I agree about the Korg AX100G, it's a toy--get rid of it and get yourself something better. Boss makes some killer sounding guitar pedalboards, like take a look at the GT-6 or GT-8. Or maybe take a look at some of the Line 6 stuff. This would be a huge upgrade.

The rest of your gear is really okay and probably worth keeping for the time being. Just my opinion.
 
OK maybe I'll keep what I have and add some more gear in time.

Thanks for the feedback. :)
 
My rule for gear is:

1. If it's not getting used, then it goes. I've sold my FMR gear on that principle but when I run out of channels sometimes I wish I still owned that RNP for the two extra channels of mic pre.

2. If I don't like something, then I sell it and replace it with something else that I like.
 
ozraves said:
My rule for gear is:

1. If it's not getting used, then it goes. I've sold my FMR gear on that principle but when I run out of channels sometimes I wish I still owned that RNP for the two extra channels of mic pre.

2. If I don't like something, then I sell it and replace it with something else that I like.
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Both great rules that I follow myself.

Rule #1 requires a constant sort of vigilance and ongoing evaluation of ones' work patterns and needs. It is so easy to end up with a bunch of gear that just sits there. A good inventory every six months or so is a useful thing.

Rule #2 is easier, at least for me. Because I know when I've found something I like and that works for me.
 
What sort of experience have you guys had in recording?

Do you have personal home studios or semi-commercial studios?
 
I have a home proejct studio, but I've also recorded and mixed in commercial studios. I use my home studio for my own projects and film scoring gigs. Other than recording my piano or the occasional singer, I don't use my home as a recording space.
 
There's nothing wrong with the Korg effects. Yes they look cheap and dinky. But they sound OK and provide usable effects in some cases. I use a Korg AX5G in addition to a Pod XT Pro and the Boss/Roland multi-effects. All useful in their own context, and in different settings.
 
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