Music Gear Breaks the Bank!

[CJ Mastering]

WOW

If you are on a low budget home studio, and are in the 'habit' of buying equipment for

same; be carefull that you dont empty your savings account on music equipment!

I'm pissed off at the abount I spent on gear this year, I'm practically broke after it!

Plus the fact that it is hard to sell equipment on at the moment; due to the recession most people are not buying....

Umm, did someone hold a gun to your head ordering you to buy music gear until you drained your life savings? I don't think so.

Its common sense not to spend what you don't have. I don't really understand your post. So what! Your broke!! And you were financially irresponsible. Learn from it and move on. Are you trying to gain sympathy?

[zealy]

well what i's saying is that setting up a home studio is expensive!

[indie folk guy]

well the idea of a studio used to be a commercial business venture there used to be return on the investment you'd buy mics, preamps, cables, stands, instruments, etc and people would pay you to use them and your services which over time would ideally land a profit.

as with most things it's about being financially responsible. Most things are expensive. Just be aware of what you have and live within your means if you aren't earning money from the investment and it's simply a want DONT BUY IT!

I'm not sure what you are hoping to garner as building a simple home studio can be done very very cheaply especially considering what trying to build a setup would've cost about 20 years ago.

For heaven sakes you can get a decent enough mic, recording interface, monitors/headphones, and software all well under $1000.

20 years ago you'd be lucky to get a decent mic, 4 track cassette recorder, etc for that price and you got no where near the fidelity or features you do today.

When you invest in a home studio you are investing in convenience rather than paying an experienced sound engineer with all the gear, know how, proper recording environment you build up your own. So over the course of time you save money vs going to a commercial studio to record at $30+ per hour (I used the lowest local rates I knew of with that).

There really isn't much money to be made in the music industry these days. The amount you can spend to produce albums, or spend doing a tour seldom is more than you pull in gross from doing such undertakings.

[vintagelove]

If you can afford it, buy higher end/more desirable gear and you will have no problem selling if you need to.

[Neonknight]

Originally Posted by indie folk guy

I'm not sure what you are hoping to garner as building a simple home studio can be done very very cheaply especially considering what trying to build a setup would've cost about 20 years ago.

For heaven sakes you can get a decent enough mic, recording interface, monitors/headphones, and software all well under $1000.

20 years ago you'd be lucky to get a decent mic, 4 track cassette recorder, etc for that price and you got no where near the fidelity or features you do today.
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AMEN to that !

I could never have dreamt about that it would be like this when i started out with a simple cassette 4 track in the late 80´s.

It is truly a golden era for home recording and getting decent musical instruments/equipment at good value today, i had a dream that i would have a decent studio some day, but never really thought that the day would come back then.

That simple cassette 4 track cost the same as a new multichannel firewire interface costs today, back then this was alot of money.