Recording Studio Set-Up

Posted on Nov 20, 2004 09:45 am
John Baumgartner
Member Since: Dec 15, 2002

I am about to embark on a project that will have me building a recording studio so............

I am needing information on studio recording gear. I will in the future be building an Aprox 1000sf Studio for the purpose of recording Bands, Jingles, Projects for local songwriters and my own personal use. I would love to say that I need info on the latest Protools set-up (console and all) but the pricetag is out of my reach at this point. I would think that I will need to be able to link music to video (for Jingles and Possible Movie Sound Tracks but not really sure how that works). I would most likely need to keep the pricetag under $15K. Can this be done for this price? Would either the Roland or Tascam units work for this? I am not opposed to going to a DAW or Computer but have not had any experience with them so whatever you suggest needs to be fairly easy to use. I am somewhat computer savy and have folks that can help me in that department if I run into problems. I have heard allot about Cakewalk and Sonar but have not used them yet and to be honest wouldn't know where to start when looking for gear that would control them. I am a hands on person that likes to turn and push buttons and move faders so recording with a mouse wouldn't be real apealing to me. I have only recorded on Tascam Tape machines (Tascam 424 mkIII 4 track cassette recorder). Please keep in mind that while I said that I need to keep the price tag under $15K doesn't mean that I really want to spend that much if there are other options that are available that could greatly reduce these costs. It is also important to me for the Gear that I purchase to look at least somewhat Professional. Can Computers be linked to analog consoles such as the Yamaha MR1642 or other Mackie boards?

Thank You
John Baumgartner

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