Hey guys, I'm new here and was just looking to for opinions on our home studio setup. Basically, my keyboard player and I have been interested in starting our own studio so we took the step and researched all the equipment and made our purchases. But I was just looking for opinions and suggestions as we get started with our studio on general studio etiquette, what we should watch out for (software/hardware malfunciton/what we can look to improve first in the way of equipment (obviously down the road after we pay off our initial investment). But here is our setup: PC(Custom build): AMD Dual Core 4200+, 4 gig DDR2 Ram Audio Interface: Delta 1010 Rackmount system Software: ProTools M-Powered Monitors: M-Audio Studiophile DX4 Microphones: Vox -> Blue Baby Bottle Amplifier -> Shure SM-57 Drum Mics -> Cad Pro 7

We are running a snake from our Nady board for all the mics and Monster studio gold XLR's to the mics from the snake. The board is connected via insert to output adapters to the Delta. Thanks in advance for opinions/advice.
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Bob Seifert, SEIT
LiveSine Productions
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CrimsonDrummer wrote:

Hey guys, I'm new here and was just looking to for opinions on our home studio setup. Basically, my keyboard player and I have been interested in starting our own studio so we took the step and researched all the equipment and made our purchases. But I was just looking for opinions and suggestions as we get started with our studio on general studio etiquette, what we should watch out for (software/hardware malfunciton/what we can look to improve first in the way of equipment (obviously down the road after we pay off our initial investment). But here is our setup: PC(Custom build): AMD Dual Core 4200+, 4 gig DDR2 Ram Audio Interface: Delta 1010 Rackmount system Software: ProTools M-Powered Monitors: M-Audio Studiophile DX4 Microphones: Vox -> Blue Baby Bottle Amplifier -> Shure SM-57 Drum Mics -> Cad Pro 7 We are running a snake from our Nady board for all the mics and Monster studio gold XLR's to the mics from the snake. The board is connected via insert to output adapters to the Delta. Thanks in advance for opinions/advice.

Well it's a start, thought about headpone mixes yet?
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AC wrote:

Well it's a start, thought about headpone mixes yet?

Sorry, this may be a newb question, but what do you mean by headphone mixes? Do you mean mixing from the headphones, cuz we're using Sony Pro headphones from our headphone amp which is running from output 1 and 2 on the delta for mixing when we want a different look at the sound (as opposed to mixing with the monitors all the time). We also like to test on like an Ipod and a car to see how that sounds as well (as many different sources as we can get ). Thanks for the input.
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Bob Seifert, SEIT
LiveSine Productions
Drummer of 3up3down

CrimsonDrummer wrote:

AC wrote: Well it's a start, thought about headpone mixes yet? Sorry, this may be a newb question, but what do you mean by headphone mixes? Do you mean mixing from the headphones, cuz we're using Sony Pro headphones from our headphone amp which is running from output 1 and 2 on the delta for mixing when we want a different look at the sound (as opposed to mixing with the monitors all the time). We also like to test on like an Ipod and a car to see how that sounds as well (as many different sources as we can get ). Thanks for the input.

No I mean when you have musicians to record how will they hear the parts they play, how will they monitor the mix while performing... what if there are three musicians with differing requirements?
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We have a 4 channel headphone amp with independent volume levels, but we don't have any way of effecting the mixes levels independently (like bass, mids and high levels). But yeah, if we have 4 people recording at the same time we have a way to do that. And we always run what they are playing so that they can hear that as well.
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Bob Seifert, SEIT
LiveSine Productions
Drummer of 3up3down

CrimsonDrummer wrote:

We have a 4 channel headphone amp with independent volume levels, but we don't have any way of effecting the mixes levels independently (like bass, mids and high levels). But yeah, if we have 4 people recording at the same time we have a way to do that. And we always run what they are playing so that they can hear that as well.

There we go


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