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Heartfelt · 5th May 2008

I am starting a new job as a worship leader and will be heading up some live recording. I have created and will present a proposal for equipment.

I have done one project prior, as an artist and co-producer. I understand the process and have lots of home studio time.

I am attaching my proposal in Excel, including 3 budgets and a track list. It is extensive.

I am posting to see if I am missing anything or to see if there is a better way. i welcome any dicussion or words of wisdom.

many thanks
Robert

gareth.h.rees · 5th May 2008

In the lowest budget one (10K) there are no microphones?

Do you allready have microphones available? If not.. You're gonna need some

Heartfelt · 5th May 2008

Hey, thank you.

This is for an established church with pretty decent live gear including 421's on Toms. They have made some good decision and some not so good... ie C1000's on choir. Most mics are decent quality including Sennheisers on all lead vocalists.

I have a couple of mics for dubbing, if i have to use the lower budget. I can swing it but would like to upgrade.

Shadow_7 · 6th May 2008

Your price on the recording computer seems a bit overstated. I got my last laptop for under $400. Unless you're talking about a $2,000 software bundle, I just don't see it running $2,500 for a new computer these days. Especially if you already have most of the peripherals, keyboard, mouse, monitor. Granted that you could pay that much for one (alienware). But you can get comparable machines for much less these days.

You should also throw in the other extras, headphones, headphone preamp, monitor attenuation. And include the extra harddrive or two for the computer. You don't want your audio drive on the same drive/bus as the OS. Don't really know as your list doesn't include what you currently have. Versus what you "need".

Depending on the powers that be, you may be able to talk them into selling some of the gear they aren't using (or don't want) to up your budget for the gear you want. If there's any idle dust collectors laying around that is. Or items that should be collecting dust (in someone elses home).

Heartfelt · 8th May 2008

Thanks for the convo on the comp. I pieced it together with advice from silent computer sites. It is a Q6700 with 4Gigs ram. I pegged it out with specs to try and make sure I could handle 3 AD converters.

Everything is supposed to be low noise. However, if I bought one, I may get it for about 1500, live with the noise and have 1G for more pres.

I will chew on this. I haven't had my meeting yet. Thanks for challenging my thinking.

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5th May 2008	#2
gareth.h.rees Gear addict Joined: Apr 2008 Location: Wales, UK Posts: 317	In the lowest budget one (10K) there are no microphones? Do you allready have microphones available? If not.. You're gonna need some

5th May 2008	#3
Heartfelt Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2008 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 2,443 Thread Starter	Hey, thank you. This is for an established church with pretty decent live gear including 421's on Toms. They have made some good decision and some not so good... ie C1000's on choir. Most mics are decent quality including Sennheisers on all lead vocalists. I have a couple of mics for dubbing, if i have to use the lower budget. I can swing it but would like to upgrade.

6th May 2008	#4
Shadow_7 Banned Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 595	Your price on the recording computer seems a bit overstated. I got my last laptop for under $400. Unless you're talking about a $2,000 software bundle, I just don't see it running $2,500 for a new computer these days. Especially if you already have most of the peripherals, keyboard, mouse, monitor. Granted that you could pay that much for one (alienware). But you can get comparable machines for much less these days. You should also throw in the other extras, headphones, headphone preamp, monitor attenuation. And include the extra harddrive or two for the computer. You don't want your audio drive on the same drive/bus as the OS. Don't really know as your list doesn't include what you currently have. Versus what you "need". Depending on the powers that be, you may be able to talk them into selling some of the gear they aren't using (or don't want) to up your budget for the gear you want. If there's any idle dust collectors laying around that is. Or items that should be collecting dust (in someone elses home).

8th May 2008	#5
Heartfelt Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2008 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 2,443 Thread Starter	Thanks for the convo on the comp. I pieced it together with advice from silent computer sites. It is a Q6700 with 4Gigs ram. I pegged it out with specs to try and make sure I could handle 3 AD converters. Everything is supposed to be low noise. However, if I bought one, I may get it for about 1500, live with the noise and have 1G for more pres. I will chew on this. I haven't had my meeting yet. Thanks for challenging my thinking.