How much are you guys charging an hour for recording?

[JonWormwood]

I've had a few people ask me already and I'd have no clue what to charge. A place locally that runs a huge PT HD setup with huge SSL mixer, 3 huge recording rooms, mastering studio, etc. the whole 9 yards, does 45 bucks an hour. When I heard about that I was

So what do you guys typically charge?

 

[benversluis]

what kind of setup do you have? if its less than a PT HD w/ and SSL, id say probably somewhere between 20-25$ an hour.

 

[Soundlurker]

Here's a helpful thread:

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/andy-sneap/282484-your-studio-producing-rates.html

 

[MetalWorks]

I know a group of guys that do a decent job working out of a Band Rehearsal Warehouse room with Nuendo 2, 2 Delta 1010's and some cheap mic preamps and low budget to mid-level mics for $20 per hour.

Then theres the Studio that did All Shall Perish who Runs Nuendo 3, Has nice mid to upper range Focusrite, RME and Trident Preamps and converters, Mid to upper range Mics from AKG to Neumann and Royer. Runs out of a Small Commercial Warehouse Space. Excellent skills and charges $35 per hour.

Theres another studio that had ok results depending on the genre that had some decent gear from Pro Tools HD, API Preamps, Neumann Mics. Runs out of the same Band Rehearsal Warehouse as the band I mentioned above accept has 2 rooms next to each other, 1 control Room, 1 live room with vocal booth and drum rise and security cameras to use as a visual monitoring system instead of having a window. They charged $45 per hour which made it look overpriced when you compare the recordings from the previous studio at $35 per hour.

Then theres one of the larger studios in my area that has tons of money invested in a Warehouse with large space, fancy wooden floors and wall. Walls built Accoustically tuned. 2" Analog Tape Machine, Pro Tools HD 3, Decent mid to Upper Level Mics, Pres, Compressors. Their claim to faim was being part of the recording of Cake's album Fasion Nugget.

They charge $50 per hour Analogue, $60 per hour Digital.

Great Equipment, poor engineering. The $20 per hour studio I mentioned is putting out better results in demos I hear.

Then theres always the guys that come to your house or rehearsal site to record you with a mobile setup and charges $15-$20 per hour and goes up in price from there depending on skills.

Hope that gives you an idea of what other places are like and maybe where you might fit into that spectrum.

 

[Ben Johnson]

They charge $50 per hour Analogue, $60 per hour Digital.

That seems a bit backwards to me.

 

[Torniojaws]

That seems a bit backwards to me.

Yeah

 

[KeithRT99]

Then theres the Studio that did All Shall Perish who Runs Nuendo 3, Has nice mid to upper range Focusrite, RME and Trident Preamps and converters, Mid to upper range Mic Preamps from AKG to Neumann and Royer. Runs out of a Small Commercial Warehouse Space. Excellent skills and charges $35 per hour.

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Then theres one of the larger studios in my area that has tons of money invested in a Warehouse with large space, fancy wooden floors and wall. Walls built Accoustically tuned. 2" Analog Tape Machine, Pro Tools HD 3, Decent mid to Upper Level Mics, Pres, Compressors. Their claim to faim was being part of the recording of Cake's album Fasion Nugget.

They charge $50 per hour Analogue, $60 per hour Digital.

you must be in Sac/the bay area. I've been wanting to do a session at the hangar, they have nice gear. Apparently it's run by someone at Tape Op.

 

[MetalWorks]

Nice observation.

I am within Sacramento County.

The Hanger has alot of Amazing Gear.

Its not one of the studios I was refuring to for sure.

As far as the Analogue/Digital price thing, yeah, the other studio charged $50 per hour for running 24 Tracks on 2" Tape and then originally imported it into Digital Performer for those sessions. I think somewhere around $40-45 per hour for 1" Tape and 16 Tracks.

When they got Pro Tools HD they charged $60 per hour to run Digital.

I guess thinking that Since they have Pro Tools its supposed to be the Industry Standard and could try to get more money out of it.

As of Lately they dont post prices anymore so I couldnt quote it, but a few years ago that was the cost.

 

[JonWormwood]

Cool, thanks for the input guys. I'll take a few other things into consideration and try to find out what other guys are doing in the area.

What about drum programming? I'd figure a lot depends on that but a general consensus would be nice.

 

[HeadCrusher]

I've had a few people ask me already and I'd have no clue what to charge. A place locally that runs a huge PT HD setup with huge SSL mixer, 3 huge recording rooms, mastering studio, etc. the whole 9 yards, does 45 bucks an hour. When I heard about that I was

Actually I think that's quite cheap for an SSL-equiped Studio.

 

[jangoux]

I am ashamed to tell how much i charge...musicians here in Brazil are so cheap, i have to charge a lot less than it's worth to pay my bills...if i got paid $35 per hour, i'd have a big smile on my face 24/7 :Smug:

 

[JonWormwood]

Actually I think that's quite cheap for an SSL-equiped Studio.

Yeah, that's what I was implying. I couldn't believe how cheap service is.

 

[Robbie Hollywood]

Doesn't matter what equipment you have. It matters how good you are. There's a guy in town running PTHD with all the high-end pre-amps and mics, but everything he churns out sounds the same and isn't that good. My band drives two hours north and pays about the same price for a guy with way less gear, but way better results.

Best bet to see how much you should charge is put up a link to your sound clips and ask us what we would pay for that sound.