Wow, that´s exactly my current topic ( and which has me a bit
-ing too ).
Due to lack of options I had shelled out a silly amount for a god damn booth and tried insanely to make the situation usable.
Result:
You need an incredible amount of time and fiddling trying to repair the crap and after all still won´t come even close to recordings with nice ambience ( and proper mic placement, naturally ).
Whereas with a good room and some knowledge ( naturally again ) you can have the stuff recorded and roughly or even finally mixed within days.
It is truely a difference of night and days.
Actually so much that I´m sitting here and hesitating to call up a band who was wanting to track with me. They are good and I don´t want to screw up their great sound ( and am being ambitious too ).
Reluctant to record under crappy room conditions again
stike
Granted, some guys are so skilled they can do even fine with crappy rooms. Like W. Wittman who recently explained that his wonderfully sounding drums in a certain mix were tracked practically in a garret, ... but for me one thing is sure: I´d kill for a good room.
Ruphus