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Originally Posted by Stiff  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. |
Truth of the matter is most reputable converters are quite good these day's....
You have RME,MetricHalo on one end and a bit more dollars will get you Lynx,Apogee .......there is a difference , how big is for each individual to decide for him/herself after hearing them ...... but conversion is only one step ......
For my money the most versatile pre you can buy is A-Designs Pacifica , you just cann't go wrong with the sound of it on almost anything .... With compression you also have flavours , a Distressor maybe the cheapest option in mono format , UA 1176 or even LA2A , maybe a Purple Audio M77 or even a summit TLA100a , all would do a great job tracking , some will handle different voices differently but with all things being equal they will all cut the gig with class , others might suggest a few more options ....
With Mics once again you have choice's , here a few diferent sounding mics would be the desired thing , in the lower end you have good mics by Blue,Peluso,AT and on the expensive side you have Sony's , Manley's etc .....
At the end of the day it depends how much you want to spend , expect most too ask you for a budget you might have in mind .....
But even a two in two out,mic ,pre-amp and compressor combo can be expensive, or it can be reasonable or cheap , depends how much you want to spend , finding the good stuff is the easy part , finding the money to pay for the most desirable option is the hardest
