| Songwriting studio
Hey,
Me and a friend have been talking about joining forces and write/record songs for various occasions. Believe it or not, but the clients haven't been the problems.
So here's the deal:
* We record pretty much everything ourselves, with the exception of vocals OCCASIONALLY. We almost always only record one thing at a time and mostly use software based instruments with some exceptions. But bottom line is, neither of us see the use of more than two inputs.
* He have used outboard gear for mixing but lately almost only uses plug-ins. I pretty much never use outboard gear. So we figured we'd pretty much mix in the box.
* We both use the same software, mainly Pro Tools and Logic. HD seems interesting to me but it's too expensive at the moment and my friend didn't think it would be as neat as I would think.
The question is basically - what on earth would we benefit mostly from by using? What would the studio be built around? As I see it we don't have the need for lots and lots of inputs and outputs. But we both figured we should ask about it since we want pro stuff and will be writing/recording for other pros.
My friend mentioned the Apogee symphony system. I think it looked pretty nice and I like that it's expandable IF we one day would need lots of outputs and inputs, but would we benefit from it at the moment?
Just looking to get a pro sound (and yes we both know that WE need to be good and that mics and what not comes in to the calculation).
Any tips would be greatly appreciated. |