Hello Neil,
I am currently attempting to build a respectable home studio on a modest budget. You're my favourite producer both in terms of your recording philosophies as well as the finished products you turn out, and I figured if I were to get advice on what sort of equipment to get, I would want your opinion above all others. I've already scoured your message board searching for as much info as I can as to what gear you prefer, but I figured getting the firsthand advice from the man himself would be the best way to go about this.
My goal in this endeavour is to be as self-sufficient in recording as possible, at least as far as demoing goes. I'd like to get the best equipment possible in my price range, but I'm not below spending a little extra to make sure the the item in question will still work well as I amass more and better gear.
Right now I have around $11,000 in savings, although I don't intend on spending all of that at once if it can be avoided. In that price range, what would you recommend as being the best pieces of equipment? I need to be able to record 2 guitars, bass, keyboards, drums and vocals, although not necessarily simultaneously.
At the moment, my setup consists of a Line 6 PodXT Pro into a MOTU 828MKII firewire interface which I record direct into my PC with Cubase SX3. I have Alesis M1 Active MK2 reference monitors as well. Obviously, this is not the ideal setup, but it works relatively well for arranging songs.
I apologise for the lack of brevity in this post, but I like to be thorough haha
If you could perhaps find the time to listen to a bit of what I've recorded with
this setup, it would be an honour. My band's MySpace profile URL is http://www.mypace.com/theenderband
The drums on these songs were done with Toontracks' EasyDrummer software, as I do not have the equipment to record a drum set yet. I'm still pretty new at this, as the tracks on our profile are the only songs I've recorded. "London By Gaslight" is the most recent and the closest I've gotten to attaining a sound I'm happy with given what I have at my disposal.
Any critiques, suggestions etc. would be greatly appreciated
Cheers,
-Alex
I am currently attempting to build a respectable home studio on a modest budget. You're my favourite producer both in terms of your recording philosophies as well as the finished products you turn out, and I figured if I were to get advice on what sort of equipment to get, I would want your opinion above all others. I've already scoured your message board searching for as much info as I can as to what gear you prefer, but I figured getting the firsthand advice from the man himself would be the best way to go about this.
My goal in this endeavour is to be as self-sufficient in recording as possible, at least as far as demoing goes. I'd like to get the best equipment possible in my price range, but I'm not below spending a little extra to make sure the the item in question will still work well as I amass more and better gear.
Right now I have around $11,000 in savings, although I don't intend on spending all of that at once if it can be avoided. In that price range, what would you recommend as being the best pieces of equipment? I need to be able to record 2 guitars, bass, keyboards, drums and vocals, although not necessarily simultaneously.
At the moment, my setup consists of a Line 6 PodXT Pro into a MOTU 828MKII firewire interface which I record direct into my PC with Cubase SX3. I have Alesis M1 Active MK2 reference monitors as well. Obviously, this is not the ideal setup, but it works relatively well for arranging songs.
I apologise for the lack of brevity in this post, but I like to be thorough haha
If you could perhaps find the time to listen to a bit of what I've recorded with
this setup, it would be an honour. My band's MySpace profile URL is http://www.mypace.com/theenderband
The drums on these songs were done with Toontracks' EasyDrummer software, as I do not have the equipment to record a drum set yet. I'm still pretty new at this, as the tracks on our profile are the only songs I've recorded. "London By Gaslight" is the most recent and the closest I've gotten to attaining a sound I'm happy with given what I have at my disposal.
Any critiques, suggestions etc. would be greatly appreciated
Cheers,
-Alex
