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Originally Posted by saxrmc  War, thank you for answering the question I was asking and going into detail as to why (compression etc.) For people that are saying, "go to a studio", that wasn't my question. If it was, I would have asked who do you reccomend in my neighborhood?
To give more info, I plan on recording indefinitely. I will be recording on a laptop so I will have access to different rooms, etc.
So if your comment is get another $2,000.00 or go to a studio, don't bother. If you have some really great ideas and agree with War or disagree, I would genuinely love to hear your opinions as to what I should get adn WHY with this budget. Thanks! |
You said:
"Here is the situation. I have a budget around $2,000.00. I need: (1) a protools set up, like an Mbox2, digi002, etc. (2) an
amazing mic and (3) a
nice preamp for the mic.
The main purpose is for recording vocals. My vocals (male) are soft
Elliot Smith-ish and the
female vocalist can really belt it out in a Sade's range meets Etta James way. I also will be recording saxophone, bass, other things. I will not be recording drums or multiple instruments at the same time. This will all be recorded into a Mac. My only concern is having
amazing vocals.
What do I get and WHY?"
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Its my opinion that in order to achieve these standards your looking for you need to spend about 4 grand. Which is actually pretty resonable. If you desperately cant do that then stick with whatever everyone else is saying. Just keep in mind that for multipurpose recording you are DEFINATELY compromising a ton. But thats just my opinion. Soft eliot smithish could use a really nice tube or condensor mic. The belting out girl might do wonders into an RE20. Even just buying one of these though will mean you gotto buy a reaaaaaaally cheap protools rig and pre to stay in that range. I also suggest spending a little more because you never grow out of good quality gear. the worst thing that happeneds with high end gear is you sell it down the road for a very reasonable price and get back most of what you put into it.