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Hi there everyone! I'm just sitting here at my computer in my home studio and I got to wondering. What's your home studio like if you have one?
I'm also going to throw another unrelated question in here just because I'm enjoying a nice glass of Grant's Green label Scotch. I really enjoy the odd whisky now and then. It doesn't have to be a single malt or even a Scottish whiskey. It just have to taste good to me. So for the unrelated to your studio question, what's your favorite tipple?
On to the studio question.
First I'll tell you about mine. It's nothing too fancy and I can't get loud here since I live with my wife and 2 cats in an apartment building. I also think I'll start off signal chain wise. My best microphone is my old Sennheiser 421 MD but I tend to use my cheap Apex 435 large diaphragm most of the time. I also have a pair of Behringer B5's small condensors that I sometimes use for things that I want a slightly less bassy sound on. From there I generally go into my Behringer Tube Ultragain stereo tube pre-amp. Now this is strictly my microphone recording system. For my keyboards, I run direct. Everything goes into my Presonus Studiolive 16-4-2 mixer before it gets to my computer. I'm running a PC style system and I'm not entirely sure what the processor is but that doesn't really matter. It's ridiculously fast. And quiet too. I got a muffler for it from NAPA!
anyway, when I'm recording acoustic guitar, vocals or even and electric guitar through a small amp, I run it through the tube pre-amp first, into the mixer and then to the computer.
For keyboards I just go straight into the mixer to the computer. I'm recording into Cubase 7.5 Artist right now but I'm anxiously awaiting for a sale where I can update to 9.5 pro cheaply.
I listen back on a pair of Edirol MA-15D monitors and a pair of Audio Tehnica ATH-M40fs headphones. The headphones are starting to kak out though so it might be time to ask for a Christmas present!
I have 4 acoustic guitars, 7 electrics and a 5 string Ibanez bass. None are expensive. My most pricey is my Martin 6 string acoustic that my lovely wife bought me for my birthday this year and it was less than $900.
My keyboards tend to be more high end since I am a keyboard player first and foremost. My primary board being a Korg Kronos. Right now on my 3 tier stand I have the Kronos on the bottom so I can sit and play, my old Korg Wavestation EX next up and my King Korg on the top.
If possible I always record keys in stereo except my Wavestation only has a mono out, I think..D'oh! Just checked and it has stereo outputs! What do you know? I'm a moron! Right then!
Anyway. Now that I've just gone and embarrassed myself here, what is your studio like?
Jermykeys, out of the whisky and into the Drambuie!
I'm also going to throw another unrelated question in here just because I'm enjoying a nice glass of Grant's Green label Scotch. I really enjoy the odd whisky now and then. It doesn't have to be a single malt or even a Scottish whiskey. It just have to taste good to me. So for the unrelated to your studio question, what's your favorite tipple?
On to the studio question.
First I'll tell you about mine. It's nothing too fancy and I can't get loud here since I live with my wife and 2 cats in an apartment building. I also think I'll start off signal chain wise. My best microphone is my old Sennheiser 421 MD but I tend to use my cheap Apex 435 large diaphragm most of the time. I also have a pair of Behringer B5's small condensors that I sometimes use for things that I want a slightly less bassy sound on. From there I generally go into my Behringer Tube Ultragain stereo tube pre-amp. Now this is strictly my microphone recording system. For my keyboards, I run direct. Everything goes into my Presonus Studiolive 16-4-2 mixer before it gets to my computer. I'm running a PC style system and I'm not entirely sure what the processor is but that doesn't really matter. It's ridiculously fast. And quiet too. I got a muffler for it from NAPA!
anyway, when I'm recording acoustic guitar, vocals or even and electric guitar through a small amp, I run it through the tube pre-amp first, into the mixer and then to the computer.
For keyboards I just go straight into the mixer to the computer. I'm recording into Cubase 7.5 Artist right now but I'm anxiously awaiting for a sale where I can update to 9.5 pro cheaply.
I listen back on a pair of Edirol MA-15D monitors and a pair of Audio Tehnica ATH-M40fs headphones. The headphones are starting to kak out though so it might be time to ask for a Christmas present!
I have 4 acoustic guitars, 7 electrics and a 5 string Ibanez bass. None are expensive. My most pricey is my Martin 6 string acoustic that my lovely wife bought me for my birthday this year and it was less than $900.
My keyboards tend to be more high end since I am a keyboard player first and foremost. My primary board being a Korg Kronos. Right now on my 3 tier stand I have the Kronos on the bottom so I can sit and play, my old Korg Wavestation EX next up and my King Korg on the top.
If possible I always record keys in stereo except my Wavestation only has a mono out, I think..D'oh! Just checked and it has stereo outputs! What do you know? I'm a moron! Right then!
Anyway. Now that I've just gone and embarrassed myself here, what is your studio like?
Jermykeys, out of the whisky and into the Drambuie!