How are you going to slut out in 2004 - your GSI

[Dot]

Sometimes it's all about the gear, and getting a healthy GSI [ gear per square inch ] in your studio.

So, what are you guys going do to in 2004 to further strengthen the GSI in your studio?

[Remoteness]

Get more space!!!

[joeq]

Originally posted by Remoteness
Get more space!!!

If I moved into a Smaller space my Gear per Square Inch would technically go Up- but it wouldn't be very satisfying because the actual Amount of gear would remain constant.

[ChristopherDawn]

My plan:

Soundelux u195
Shure sm7
Senn 441

Great River me2-nv or Phoenix DRS-2
Sytek four channel pre

LynxTwo

And some RealTraps.

Or maybe an API thing and a few units for it. Then I can add to it as I get the money.

[robmix]

Cranesong Spider
Chandler TG-1
Line 6 echo, mod and filter pro
Pro Tools HD upgrade
Maybe some OSA and API pre's
a pair of Coles
DW Fearn VT-1
manley Vari Mu
Wunder Audio PEQ-1 ????

On top of that I'm moving everything back to roadcases. Wood racks look great but it's increasingly difficult to work in other rooms without my stuff and it's definitely a hassle to unrack the pieces I need.


Rob

[Frost]

I hope to buy: ADAM s3a's, AEA r84, API 3124 m+, pair v72 in the new year. Sometime in 04 a new board to replace the ghost, hopefully 16 channels, smaller, better sounding (not that I can really complain about the sound of the ghost). Possibly buy an api 2500.
Frost

[littledog]

Definitely a Stephen Paul mic.

Probably a Kurzweil Rumour.

Maybe a Chandler preamp (the Abbey Road one)?

Maybe a Pendulum Quartet Merc. Edition?

Lots more work on my tracking and control room acoustics!

Someday some mics from Schoeps or DPA.

And hopefully that input transnformer from Denmark that will get my Tube Tech MP1a back up and running. (I've been waiting for two months for it to be shipped!!!)

[BattleAngel]

I could see getting another Pendulum Quartet, definitely a high end mic or two.

But I could just as easily totally liquidate my gear and cut an album in a real studio =P

[davemc]

Paying off debt from 2003thumbsup

Short term
Another pair of ribbons. R84 or R121's
A couple more preamps.. TG2 and 73 clone
LA2 or CL1B.
standalone DI
Rent a new G5 when it works and all plugins are panther I use...

Long Term
another vocal mic. e47
Some outboard FX
a buss comp maybe a Smart C2 or a Mu or STC8

[chrisso]

Definites:
More drum mics...
Specifically a pair of AEA R84's.
A Kurzweil Rumor.

Possibilities:
API 2500 compressor
MAC G5
Apogee (PT Mix converter) or HD192.....ouch!

[Diginerd]

Big ass Dualie G5 (Rev 2, when they're relased)
TC Powercore
UAD 1
3 x 18" LCD Panels each at 1600 x 1200

[e-cue]

A pair of Stephen Paul's (at LEAST a pair)
Gigastudio
Compter Upgrade

Later in the year, possibly a Neotek so some type and some Augsburgers with Tad components.

[flexoffset]

I'm dreamin' big, but here's the two- to three-year plan in no particular order...

1. Benchmark ADC-1 or comparable A/D
2. Lynx L2 or L22 or AES 16 (depends on the Benchmark, I guess)
3. Different Pickups for guitars
3a. Replace bass guitar
4. Roland XV5050
4a. Yamaha Motif Rack
4b. Korg Karma
5. Single-channel Great River pre
5a. Single-channel API pre
5b. Single-channel Pendulum pre
6a. ... a good hardware compressor
7. TC Electronics Powercore FireWire
7a. ...or a UAD-1
7b. Waves software
7c. Spectrasonics Stylus
8. Millennia TD-1 Direct Box
8a. Groove Tubes Ditto Direct Box
9. Pair of Adam S3A (and stands)
10. SansAmp
11. Sell Pod XT and get a Pod XT Pro
12. Mac G5 (late summer)
13. Distressor
14. Get Fender Bandmaster amp tuned up.

...that oughta do it.
$25,570(USD) give or take a few slutz-bucks.

[Carlos Boll]

small list here

one (maybe two) D.W.Fearn VT-4

[faeflora]

2004 INCOMING:

Small Mackie PA rig (those $1000/each speakers)
mesa/bogner/line 6 etc cab/amp
apeg(x?) bass amp/cab
emu samplers
in ear monitoring system(s)
big pile of stomp pedals
midi lights
monitor mixer
foh mixer
custom earplugs
adam s3a
mini traps
eventide H8000
wagner u47
Stephen Paul Audio C12 .9 micron
Stephen Paul Audio UM57 1.5 micron
rme hdsp/hammerfall 9632
apogee rosetta 8 channel thingy
fulcrum summing thingy
funkenwerk u73 comps
funkenwerk varicom
real vu meters


my f'ing gosh.

total = ~$34,000

owie.

[Dot]

Lookin' at adding:

Stephen Paul mics
More API channels
Manley SLAM!
a really great drum kit
some more guitars
Focusrite Liquid Channel - if it's half of what's claimed
DACS Clarity MicAmp
Some Dangerous Music on the back end
larger computer monitors
TC Electronic 2290
A Designs Audio EQ-1

that's a start

[staticinsect]

well, looking to scale back the buying this year, but here's what it looks like...

definite:

1) Allen & Heath 16:2 MixWizard
2) Clavia G2
3) Eventide Eclipse
4) Korg SDD-3300

likely/hopefully/etc:

1) Kurzweil KSP-8
2) Chandler TG-2
3) Joe Meek SC3

distantly hopeful for 2004 (and if not, then 2005)

1) Crane Song Trakker (x2)

[tptman]

Lets see, major purchases for 2004...


Approximately 2,100 huggies diapers.
Approximately 200 gallons of milk.
Cheverolet Suburban.
Addition to house for extra bedroom.


Oh yeah, and:

Neotek series 1
RNC
RNP
Speck EQ
Kurzweil Rumour
Soundelux U195
Josephson C42s.

Happy new year, and please don't mention the "bottom half" of the list to my wife!

[Meriphew]

A new building and perhaps an API 2488.

[cdog]

Originally posted by robmix
Cranesong Spider
Chandler TG-1
Line 6 echo, mod and filter pro
Pro Tools HD upgrade
Maybe some OSA and API pre's
a pair of Coles
DW Fearn VT-1
manley Vari Mu
Wunder Audio PEQ-1 ????

Rob

What the hell is a dfegad Line 666 pedal doing in the same post as a Cranesong Spider and TG-1?!? Heresey! tutt

Those things are made of modular poo and should not be purchased under any circumstances!

They break or fritz out on half the people who buy 'em. Like me.

They sound "OK", but they're actually overpriced considering Kurzweil has 2 fully stereo units that eat the Delay modeler (Rumour) and mod/filter modelers (Mangler) for breakfast for a little more.
The quality of the fx is no comparison and the Kurzweils have A/D's you could use for tracking!

Another great option is the Studio Electronics line of fx pedals. Their filter pedal is amazing - there is still no digital equivalent of a really good analog filter - let me know if you find one.

[David Herbert]

Stephen Paul's forthcoming microphone is my only confirmed buy for the coming year. David

[Syki]

Buying a new house.....oh and by the way did I metion...I'm buying a new house

[e-cue]

For those talking about getting the Stephen Paul mic, you might wanna check with Alan and get on the waiting list. I signed up years ago and I'm STILL down the line.

[Opal Music]

In no particular order of importance:

- Buying a House
- Building a New 3-room studio
- The New Wunder Audio Neve-ish Box - Gotta Hear It
- AKG Vintage C12 - the re-issues blow!
- Yamaha Grand Piano
- Cranesong Spider
- Amek Quad 9098 Pre

Wish Me Luck!

M

[De chromium cob]

I'm on the waiting list for a pair of Stephen's mics- I cant wait to try them out in the upcoming year.....a new house may be in the cards as well....

[Drumsound]

4-8 Mini Traps, for sure.

JH24 possibly (wanna buy an M79?)

Ribbon mics

Mangler

Monitors?

Compressors?

Also,
I may be expanding and building a new Control Room, and if I do that'll kill the gear fund, but the Mini Traps stay until the new CR is done.

[natpub]

Hmm,

1. About 4k worth of Giga sample discs.
2. Kurzweil KSP8
3. Aurora Audio GT pre
4. Soundelux 251 or the new Telef C12
5. Some random AT mics
6. More API pre's/EQ for the box
7. AEA R 84
8. GML 8200 & 8900
9. Always more cables, and misc.

[Berolzheimer]

I'm making a resolution to fill out my currently 20% occupied 10-space
space cavity after the 2 CX-1's just doesn't look right.

Oh yeah, and a new foundation for my house.

[TOR]

here's to 2004-2005, in no particular order

laptop
hux tc-pre
RNC
U195
2nd NTK
ME-1NV
mackie control
motif rack
soundcraft mixer
AKG C451 B's
UAD-1
distressor


....might have to wait till 2006 to have all that

[mr.gefell]

stephen paul mics
some gefell mics
gordon mic pre
hardy mic pre
mytek a/d