The studio Setup Thread

[moctzal]

Home setup updated:

Laptop:
Toshiba Satellite (Pentium Core Duo 1.87Ghz, 1.86Ghz, 2 GB ram, 180 GB HD)
Protools LE 7.4 + bundle

Interface:
Digidesign Mbox2

Mixer:
Mackie 1202-VLZ3

Pre/compressor:
FMR RNP
FMR RNC

Mics:
Blue Bluebird
Rode NT1-A
Shure Beta 52
Shure SM 86
Shure SM57 x 2

Monitors:
Sony MDR-7506 headphones
Yorkville YSM1p x 2

Instruments:
See Sig

[sweeterstudios]

My studio set up is below:

-Mac G5
-DP5
-Digital Yamaha mixer Dm1000
-control surface is US2400
-Power suite 5 plugins
-UAD-1 card with all plugins
-TC Power core card
-Melodyne
-Ik multimedia Amplitube 2
-Interface is motu 2408
-rolls headphone/cue mix box
-monitors dynaudio BM6amkII
-mogami and pro-co cables
-Mics (I have multiples of almost all the of all mics below)
Md 421
sm 57
beta 52
sm 81
pg 81
pg 56
pg 52
Audio-Technica AT4040

Tama starclassic drum set
with top end sabian cymbals
and percussion toys and some hand drums


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The big Brass sound Http://newyorkbrass.com

[Michael Blue]

So, what do we do as our setup changes; relist the whole thing or just the changes?

Here's my updated setup (major change is why the relist).

Keys/MIDI
Korg OASYS 76
Korg Triton 76 Pro
Korg Electribe ESX-1
Korg X3R
E-MU Planet Earth Module
Ensoniq Mirage
Yamha DX7
Yamaha DX100
Siel DK80
Yamaha Upright Piano
Yamaha QX7

Guitars & Sax
Cort B5FL 5-String Fretless Bass
Headway Riverhead Bass
Nikko 6-String Acoustic-Electric
Armstrong Tenor Sax
Bundy Alto SAx

Pro Sound
Alesis MultiMix 16 USB 2.0 Mixer/Audio Interface
AKG Perception 220 Mic
M•Audio BX5a Monitors
Electrix Warp Factory Vocoder
Alesis MicroVerb 4
Digitech MV-5 Vocal Harmony Processor
TC-Helicon VoiceTone Correct Pedal
Presonus HP4 Headphone Amp
Tascam PB-32B 32x32 1/4" Balanced Audio Patchbay
Kawai MAV-8 4x8 MIDI Patchbay
Digitech BP200 Bass Effects Pedal
Audio Technica MB1000H Blue Mic
Sony MDR-7502 Headphones
Yamaha MT100 (x2)
M•Audio Audiophile USB
Peavey KB 60
Furman PL-8

Etc.
ProLine 2-Tier Stand
Ultimate XL3000 Stand
Ultimate 3-Tier A-frame Stand
Tubecraft 2-Tier Stand

[The Radman]

RAD RECORDS TODAY...
http://community.webshots.com/user/radman111
Every Picture tells a story, here's fity.
Gear list? Too much to type. See for yourself.
Peace Love Electric RAD.:cool:
The Radman.

[pbone]

Pre/compressor:
FMR RNC


I'm thinking about buying one in a couple of days here, could anyone give me some opinions about it? Thanks.

[PowerMullet]

Okay, my studio setup isn't all that great. I only record stuff for fun. Okay, here we go-

1. Basic studio gear/setup.

Custom Built Computer..............................$500
Lexicon Omega Audio Interface...................$200
Cubase LE 4 DAW.....................................(comes with Omega)
(Crappy) BC Rich Warlock...........................$170
(Crappy) Yamaha Keyboard........................$70?
Alesis Sr-18 Drum Machine.........................$250
Line 6 Pocket POD....................................$130
Samson C01 Condenser Mic........................$70

2. How much it cost to put together.
Add it all up, and it's- $1390?? Wow, I never knew how much it was really worth! Well, if you add in the gear I'm eventually going to buy...

Cubase Studio 5.......................................$300
Shure KSM27 Mic......................................$200
Korg MicroKorg Synth................................$400
FireBox Firewire Audio Interface...................$300
No Lexicon Omega...................................-$200

...It's worth $2390. Wow- that's a lot...

3. Some basic pros/cons of the setup
Pros- Pretty good sound quality
Easy to switch between instruments
Custom Computer runs VERY fast

Cons- LATENCY!!! That's why I'm getting the FireBox (USB is too slow)
Drum Machine is a little robotic sounding
Desperately need to upgrade to Cubase 5

4. A rough estimate of the production quality it gives them.
Not bad, definitely not a studio recording, but great for demos.

5. What kind of music and methods it suits
I play Rock/Metal. The Pocket POD helps get great guitar tones, and I plugged in my own custom kit into the SR-18 for drums, and I use the bass sounds with the Alesis, too. Overall it’s great!

[surfguitar28]

would be nice and easier to search through if this could all be somehow categorized by price range and quality maybe..

[Michael Blue]

would be nice and easier to search through if this could all be somehow categorized by price range and quality maybe..

Price ranges on these studios change monthly and "quality" is in the ears of the beholder. 13 pages long (so far). I don't see any way to accomplish that request.

~M

[Coschi]

lol i think his add bot is broken

[larhule]

I think I may have a solution for getting that big studio sound without going completely broke. I just recorded a solo album, and another album with my band. They are both turning out great, but I could use suggestions for next time. Check out the sounds I came up with at www.myspace.com/vandarthmusic or my website, www.vandarth.com. Here's what I did to get my sound:

1. Drums: For mics I used a Shure mic kit. An SM 57 on each tom (3) and one on the snare. I used a beta 52 mic on the kick. For overheads, I used two Bluebird condenser mics. They run about $300 apiece at Guitar Center. I run these mics through some nice mic preamps. I use Pro Tools 7 LE with the Digi 002 box (a little outdated, they have the 003 out now but it's more expensive). For the tom preamps, I just use the Digi 002 pre's. For the kick I used a Universal Audio solo 610 preamp (about $799 on musiciansfriend.com). Then for the overheads, I used two Universal Audio LA-610 preamp/compressors. They're $1500 each, but they sound great. I also use them for bass, guitar and vocals, so they work for everything. For the snare I just used a Sytek MPX-4A solid-state preamp. Then after tracking, I used Steven Slate drum samples ($300). They're perfect recordings of kicks, snares, etc. Chevelle, Paramore, Avenged Sevenfold, anything you hear on the radio these days is using them. I used about 4 kicks and 3 snare samples, and mix them with the sound of the real kick. You can use beat detective to find the beats, and then sample manually (which takes forever) or buy a keyboard that contains macro capability. I use the Logitech G11 keyboard.

2. Guitars: I double the guitar and lay each rythm track down twice. For lead stuff, I just do it once. Here's how I get the rythm sound:

I mic a Mesa Stiletto half stack with a bluebird mic and a Shure SM 57, both running through the UA LA-610 preamp that I used for the overheads. I hard pan them both hard right. Then I record the exact same part again with a stereo direct Mesa Rectifier recording preamp. I pan that hard left and it sounds terrific. Then for leads, I usually just go direct with the Mesa preamp.

Bass: This is my weak point in my mixes right now. It does the job, but isn't especially outstanding. I plug in direct to the UA LA-610 and use slight compression.

Vocals: Use the LA-610 peramp but I don't use the compressor. I use some compression and a limiter in pro tools. I use a Bluebird condenser mic. Usually I duplicate the vocal track (not double, just copy the track and make a 2nd one of the same thing) and add reverb to the 2nd one. Then I mix the two until it sounds good.

EQ: I use Pro Tools 7 Band EQ 3. I came up with some settings of my own after doing some research. Mostly, just carving out a spot on the bass track for the kick drum was the biggest problem. I did boost some of the highs on the lead guitar, but not too much.

Mastering: I downloaded AAMS (Audio Auto Mastering System). It will analyze a recording that you pick, and then compress/normalize/EQ yours until the levels match. I picked Foo Fighters: Long Road to Ruin for my tracks.

That's what I did! Check my sites, www.vandarth.com and www.myspace.com/vandarthmusic to hear how it turned out. I recorded all of the instruments and performed myself. The CD is $1 at vandarth.com if you want to download it. Let me know if you have any suggestions.

Vandarth. You have a very cool setup. Anyone who knows about good sound knows that the first step is good mic pre's. As for the dillema with your bass sound, I have a solution that is cheap and sounds great (and is pretty versatile). Go on Ebay, find yourself a late 60's, early 70's Fender Bassman Silverface amp head(1967-1976, the earlier the better). These can be found for $400-$500. What?!?! For a point-to-point vintage tube amp??!?! YES SIR!

I would get the 50 watt as it will be easier to push the tubes into overdrive (natural compression) with the low-wattage amp. Replace the tubes, unless they were recently replaced, and have the amp biased by your local amp-tech. Then pick up a decent 4x10" (plus tweeter) Ampeg cab. Send the bass directly to the Bassman and mic the Ampeg with a LDC, routing the mic through your fabulous pre's. The Bassman is dead simple. It has a volume knob that pushes the preamp tubes from clean to compression or overdrive to fuzz-crunch. And it has a very long throw 2-band EQ which makes a huge difference in the tone, making the amp versatile. The Bassman has two channels, each with two inputs. For recording you can daisy-chain the channels together to get a higher compression ratio from the tubes, or more distortion.

The 50-watt will probably be a smidge cheaper but the 100-watt is great too. It also has two channels, the EQ is a 3-band which makes the amp even more versatile and many of the 100-watters have a master volume. The master volume is a pretty easy mod that you could add to any model.

I currently own the '69 Fender Super Bassman Silverface which is a 100-watt amp. I needed the louder amp to throw louder bass in a live setting but for recording I preferred the Bassman 50 that I used to have.

The late 60's and early 70's Bassmans were the template for all of the early Marshall Hi-Gain amps, so this thing also sounds KILLER with guitar. Every studio should have one. Some people will tell you that the Blackface is better, and in some ways they are. But the price difference between Black and Silver is not really worth it, especially for bass guitar.

I was like you. Never happy with bass guitar recordings. Recording through a tube-powered bass rig was the only thing that changed that. Well, Native Instruments Guitar Rig plug-in does it great too!

See more about these amps:
http://www.ampwares.com/amp.asp?id=28

This ends my good deed for the day :)

[bizz1983]

I am thinking about going usb with my mic's i have a small home studio running pro tools 8, currently using mxl 990's. i am considering switching to the mxl studio 1 usb mic. but have read many mixed reviews. i am wondering if anyone has any input on the mxl studio 1 usb mic that might be helpful

[newswede]

Thanks everyone for the great replies. I'm currently piecing together a studio and am getting some great ideas!

[PeppersRUs]

Woah, I'm starting to feel like I'm in over my head.

Waiting for the classic newbie flaming here haha

Interfaces/Programs
ProTools M-Powered 7
M-Audio Black Box

Instruments
Dean Vendetta 4
Ibanez Musician 1980
Dean Edge
Fender Acoustic (some generic shit, need a new one)

Gear
Some old Shure mic
Vox AD30VT
Vox AC50 with 2 2x10 cabs (homemade)
Boss ME-50
Boss ME-50B

Nothing awesome, but it's good for cocking around:)

[Michael Blue]

No flaming here!
For acoustics, I just picked up a Yamaha APX500 and LOVE it!
It was only $299 @ GC and was pretty highly rated on MF.
Easy action, good tone, onboard tuner and great feel.
I'll be learning and then teaching the kids on that one.

The wifey also bought me a Laguna LG, but those are a bit more $$.

~M

[TannerB]

My basic set up is just a Brian May RS, Vox VT50, Delay Pedal, and that's about it. It has a lovely sound to it!
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/96/l_dbf3c341e5234a628e389939b3af12af.jpg

[HI-FIve!Records]

hey guys!!! i didnt read this whole fourm but i figured i would put my input in on it anyways. This is all the junk i use in my studio (myspace.com/HIFIveRecords)

Recording Hardware
Gateway E-4500D Desktop Computer
- Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
- 3GB DDR2 Ram
- 40 GB SATA Hard Drive
- 200 GB SATA Hard Drive (For Music Stuff)
M-Auio Firewire 1814 Audio Interface (2 Preamps)
Behringer Eurorack UB802 Mixer (2 Preamps)

Microphones
(1) ECM-87 Condenser Microphone
-Vocals
-Drum Overheads
-Acoustic Instruments
-Guitar Cabs
(1) Naiant X-D Pencil Condenser Microphone
-Snare
-Toms
-Acoustic Instruments
-Cymbals
-Guitar Cabs
(2) CAD CM217 Pencil Condenser Microphones
-Drum Overheads
-Cymbals
-Acoustic Instruments
-Vocals
(2) Samson Q6 Microphone
-Kick Drum
-Toms
-Guitar Cabs
-Vocals
(3) Samson R11 Microphone
-Toms

Instruments
Eleca EAG-6 Cutaway Acoustic Guitar with pickup
Yamaha EG-112C2 Electric Guitar
Torelli Sonata Violin
Knilling Bucharesy Viola
iED01 Electric Drumset w/ SR-18 Style Drum Machine (MIDI Compatable)
- 5 Pads
- 3 Foot Pedals
KeyStudio 49 Keyboard
Yamaha DD_20C Digital Drum Set
Bontempi PK-11 Ployphonic Keyboard
Sound Vader Acoustic Drumset (We reccomend you bring your own though)
- 14" Snare
- 22" Bass Drum (No Front Head, For Recording)
- 12" Tom
- 13" Tom
- 16" Floor Tom
- 13" Starion High Hat
- 16" Starion Crash Cymbal
- (3) Cymbal Stands
Line 6 Spider III Guitar Amplifier (15 Watts)
Ibanez IBZ10G Guitar Amplifier (10 Watts)
Lyon LA5 Travel Guitar Amplifier (5 Watts)

Cables & Stands
(1) Boom Mic Stand
(2) Boom Mic Overheads (Attached to cieling)
(5) 20ft. Microphone Cables
(3) 15ft. XLR to 1/4" Phone Jack Cables
(2) 6ft. Guitar Cables
(1) 10ft. Guitar Cable
(1) 20ft. Guitar Cable

Outbound & Other Gear
Yamaha Natural Sound R-V920 AV Reciever
Phillips CDR 785 Audio CD Recorder
Bose 201 Series Speakers
(2) Sony MDR-V150 Studio Monitor Style Headphones
Yamaha YST-SW45 Subwoofer
Pioneer PL-990 Turntable
Gateway 27" HD Computer Monitor

some of the stuf i got for free and already had. But all together i dont think it cost more the 2,000 and i get a GREAT sound out of all of it.

I RECORD ALL BANDS FOR FREE BY THE WAY!!!

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[fret-less]

O.k...here it goes:
Gear:
2 Shure Dynamic microphone.used $99
2 Used Condencer mic. $38
M-Audio fast-track Computer interface. $69
Dell laptop P.C. 12 gigs memory, 2 gigs RAM. Used. $175
Audacity recording/editing program. Free
tube power multi effects. $400
EQ Board. used. $100
Self-built sound reduction. Free.
Hammerhead rhythm station(not sure which one) Free
Some other Drum lab thing. Also free
Verious instruments. price not included.

Pros: Demo quality sound, VERY cheap, easy to use with practice, portable.
Cons: Not pro quality, room limitations.

Price: less than $1000 USD

[mainstreeto]

Hey, back off.... I'm trying to establish a post count here.

The only questions I can answer are the "easy" ones.





:D

lol!!

[kabikak]

cool post men...




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[elamberth]

OK, Here goes:

After a LOT of reading/ researching (check out real traps and steve klein sound webpages) and looking on ebay for good equipment that studios were upgrading from (and some new stuff), reading on HC, and creative low to no cost furniture, I settled on:

Room: 11x14, wood floor, staggered stud wall construction, window to outside, steel garage door for studio door(!), self made room treatment with OC 703/ 704 covered in 4mil plastic then acoustically trasparent fabric ($8 each). Wood floor was DIY, $90 closeout. Mixer furniture was an abandonded sleigh bed mahogany footboard on it's side on an abandoned old (but sturdy!) large cosmetically beat up computer desk (total cost: FREE).

DAW: SONAR 7 on DELL duel core PC with 20" flatscreen display

DAW Control: Yamaha 01x

EQ/ compressors: URS A,N,S series; 01x and sonitus compressors

Console: Tascam M-3500. Glorified set of faders for the external summing unit and as a setup for cue mixes. D/A from SONAR to the fader/ channel strip then direct out to external summing. Gives me faders with no audible degridation.

Summing: SPECK X-SUM

Reverbs: Yamaha 01x (From Yamaha DM2000) x2 units and Lexicon Pantheon

Conversion: Yamaha i88x, RME ADi-8, Mindprint DI-PORT

Pres: Yamaha i88x and MLA-8 (10 of these total), Mindprint x2, HHB Radius 50 tube pre/compressor, Joe Meek VC3, SP VTB-1

Monitors: KRK ST6, Blue Sky EXO

Hardware Compressors: HHB Radius 50, Joemeek VC3, Samson S-COM

Key plugs: URS Eq's, URS Saturation, Yamaha pitchfix, compressors, sonitus compressor, multiband compressor, and limiter

Mics: Sure SM 57, SP B1,C1, BLUE Bluebird, MXL 603s(x2) Oktavia MK-219, CAD Trion 8000 tube mic, Cascade Fathead II ribbon mic.

Total cost (room, furniture, treatment, equipment) about $12K

Pros: Really good, clear, 3-D sound. Mixes translate well, but I also know the monitors. Better than a number of local pro studios. Enough ins/ outs for just about anything I come up against. 20 channels out to the speck. Lots of faders and good summing. (Not trying to start up the ITB/OTB debate but it works for me).

Cons: Not Protools so some will look at it in a negative light. Took a lot of time to research and look on ebay for deals and to decide what route to take that would work best for me given the cost restraints. Also not big names on a lot of the equipment, but it's just for me and select friends. Preamps are clean, so need to get the sound right at the source, use mic placement. Flavor comes from sound source and EQ/ compression, although URS saturation can give some flavors. Mlan has a steep learning curve and needs lots of tweaking to get it right, but once it's set, it works fantastically.

[Selsaral]

I posted years ago in this thread, and I've made huge upgrades since then so I wanted to make another post.

I have some pics below and some links to original songs I recorded with this setup.

I don't record my band here, I just work on covers for educational purposes and original songs for fun. I do each instrument individually, but I could probably record a whole band here. It's not ideal acoustically but for an amateur setup but it's not bad.

I have my workstation up high so it's convenient to use while standing when playing guitar or singing. I use a wireless keyboard to control the software while recording the drums.

Computer: Custom built Athlon64 3200, 2 gigs of RAM, two 80gig IDE hard drives (saving cash with some old hardware), M-Audio Delta 1010LT. I run Windows XP with Cubase SE.

Mixer: Behringer UB1202

Preamp: Ol' cheapy Audiobuddy

Monitors: Some old low end M-audio monitors.

Mics: CAD Pro cheapy 7-piece, Shure SM-57, MXL condenser and some others.

Also I use Sennheiser HD280s for tracking.

Instruments: Squier CV 60s Strat, Fender MIM Tele, PRS SE Singlecut, Chordbender, Martin DC-16RGTE, Guild GAD G212, Carvin Bolt 4-string Bass, Pearl Export 5-piece (late 80s with Zildjian A crash/ride, Zildjian hihats, and Sabian AA thin crash), Peavy Delta Blues, Peavy Classic 20, Fender Bassman 100.

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[voxfreak]

I posted years ago in this thread, and I've made huge upgrades since then so I wanted to make another post.

I have some pics below and some links to original songs I recorded with this setup.

I don't record my band here, I just work on covers for educational purposes and original songs for fun. I do each instrument individually, but I could probably record a whole band here. It's not ideal acoustically but for an amateur setup but it's not bad.

I have my workstation up high so it's convenient to use while standing when playing guitar or singing. I use a wireless keyboard to control the software while recording the drums.

Computer: Custom built Athlon64 3200, 2 gigs of RAM, two 80gig IDE hard drives (saving cash with some old hardware), M-Audio Delta 1010LT. I run Windows XP with Cubase SE.

Mixer: Behringer UB1202

Preamp: Ol' cheapy Audiobuddy

Monitors: Some old low end M-audio monitors.

Mics: CAD Pro cheapy 7-piece, Shure SM-57, MXL condenser and some others.

Also I use Sennheiser HD280s for tracking.

Instruments: Squier CV 60s Strat, Fender MIM Tele, PRS SE Singlecut, Chordbender, Martin DC-16RGTE, Guild GAD G212, Carvin Bolt 4-string Bass, Pearl Export 5-piece (late 80s with Zildjian A crash/ride, Zildjian hihats, and Sabian AA thin crash), Peavy Delta Blues, Peavy Classic 20, Fender Bassman 100.

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Thats a pretty sweet setup!

[Dromtid]

My gear is really dang simple... Just a Fostex MR8 MKII 8-track recorder, Alesis SR-18 drum machine, a few guitar/bass pedals (boss, digitech, etc.) and a Shure PG 58 microphone (complete with a whole mess of wires). It's good enough for my "just for fun" solo project, but I'd never record a band with this. lol

[kev1975]

Hi guys,im in need of some major help in setting my studio up,ive purchased a spirit sx mixing desk,delta 66 sound card with break out box,audio loom and roland xv 5050 sound module,also korg ms2000,and a midiman midisport 8x8,cubase sx3.

im going to use my korg as a controler keyboard for my xv 5050.

any ideas guys. im lost.

thanks kev.

[jagarock]

my setup :D

http://avisavis.no/img/studio2.jpg
http://avisavis.no/img/studio1.jpg

stuff used in this picture
fender squire
olp bass
nord electro 2
ableton live 8
ampeg svx
studio devil
tc electronic desktop konnekt 6
ableton live 6
ezdrummer

song played, rammstein - du hast ;)

[PainsPulse]

I have a quick question. If i were to get passive moniters would I need something to power them or could i just plug them into my interface/ computer?

[nithinrulz]

hey guys,

I've got a major dilemma here, i'm just startin up when it comes to recording my own stuff and so on . I've decided to get a mid-range mac book pro. but the problem is i can either buy an mbox 2 which comes with pro tools le i think, or i can buy a focusrite saffire le and logic studio(getting 50% off on logic, know a guy who knows a guy).

please help me out here, or if you've got any other suggestion regarding au interface and s/w.

[CellarOwl]

Sony Acid 6.0
Reason 3.0
a catastrophic number of VST // VSTi's

M-Audio BlackBox Reloaded
GuitarRig 3
VOX AC4TV head // cabinet

AKG C1000S
Shure SM58

Hagstrom SuperSwede
Fender MIM Strat
Epiphone Thunderbird
Fender F36012S or something. 12 string acoustic.
Hagstrom 3/4 length acoustic
10-15 stompboxes

Alesis Micron
Korg PolySix
Korg Poly61
Korg N1R
Yamaha RX-21 Drum Machine

The total cost has run me between 3 - 4k so far. I can make high-quality demos, though the quality in recording bass and electric guitar are the only trouble spots that are frustrating.

[apriendo]

Is the Fostex MR16 a good unit for recording a CD of myself playing an instrument?

[apriendo]

:Is the Fostex MR16 a good unit for recording a CD of myself playing an instrument? with a microphone attached and a keyboard playing some automatic harmony?