Would like yalls opinion about our studio setup

[anppilot]

Hey gang, my wife and I are purchasing a Triton Rack this Friday. Hopefully, this will be our last addition for a while. This will be our setup:

DAW Workstation #1:
Pentium-3 500/256 Meg RAM/7200RPM 4.3G UIDE/7200RPM 4.5 SCSI
Cubase 3.72r & Soundiver

DAW Workstation #2:
Pentium-3 500/256 Meg RAM/7200RPM 4.3G UIDE/7200RPM 20G SCSI/Sony 4x4x20 CD-R/RW
Running: GigaStudio 96, Clean, ReCycle



STUDIO EQUIPMENT:

Fisher Dual Cassete Deck
Sony Stereo Mic
Tascam TM-D1000 16 Channel Dig Mixer (vocals mostly)
Event 20/20 Nearfield Monitors
Haffler 50W/Channel Amp
Unitor8 MIDI patch bay
Alesis Nano Compressor
Mackie 1202 (For Modules and Keyboards)

Roland JW-50 as a Master Controller
Roland JV-1080 (W/Dance card & Techno EXP, & 2100 Patches)
Roland JD-990
Korg Triton Rack
Yamaha TG-77
Yamaha FB-01 (Awesome bass module)
Yamaha TX81Z (Awesome bass module)

What do yall think of this, and anything else we might need to open this studio for hire? We were possibly thinking of another Tascam TM-D1000

Thanks.

 

[tdukex]

You need some good microphones and preamps.

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

Not to mention a couple of RNCs and some decent reverbs (hint - Lexicons!!!)

Bruce

 

[anppilot]

Thanks guys for that info. What kind of mics do you recomend for vocals, and what kind of mic do you recomend for acoustic guitars?

If possible, I've heard ways of people micing acoustic guitars, what do you recomend?

And third, do you recomend Joe Meek for preamps....what about compressors?

 

[Wide Awake]

I would stick with the preamps in the Mackie 1202 if they are the vlz model (latest model). They are good preamps (flame-suit on), and until you have the funds to REALLY buy a good one, you can be confident that those are very capable.

For vocals you will want a good large-diaphram condenser mic. Buy one with a track record, and spend as much as you can afford.

Most prefer a small-diaphram condenser mic for acoustic guitars, but large-diaphram and ribbon mics are often used as well. Small diaphram mics are very responsive to the high-energy frequencies produced by the plucked string. Large-diaphram mics are better for capturing "warmth" and complex low-end frequencies.