studio question

[C-Lo]

first off the following equipment in whats used in the studio i record at:

FL Studio with a couple 61key MIDI keyboard controllers or MPC2000xl for Beatz, Logic Audio Platinum 5.1 and a RODE NTK mic thru Delta66 OmniStudio for recording, Technique1200M3d's/Cd Scratcher thru Vestax PMC-07 thru Mackie 1202vlz for mixin, Event TR8xl Monitor speakz..and a net computer

i was wondering if this is industry standard for a recording studio, and if it isnt what it needs to be industry standard.

if anyone can answer this for me it would be much appreciated

 

[View 1]

Project studio yes, Pro studio no.

As far as being "industry standard" just because something is considered that doesn't mean that is the only way to accomplish a certain task.

As far as recomending equipment, that depends on what are wanting to accomplish?????

 

[marcus]

lol at you thinking this is an "industry standard" studio.

 

[C-Lo]

lol at you thinking this is an "industry standard" studio.

i never said i thought i did,i was askin if it was

 

[HERESY]

if you dont mind me asking how much do you pay per hour at that studio? How long has the engineer/owner been involved with music?

As view 1 stated project or pre production? yes. "industry standard"? no. Another thing view 1 hinted on was having industry standard gear and doing the job. Yamaha ns-10's seem to be industry standard. Do I wan't to mix on those again? HELL NO!!!!!!!! Would I make it a point to purchase a pair? HELL NO!!!!


so lets throw out all your gear and revamp it.

instead of using the mackie lets throw it out and snatch a soundcraft ghost (around 6 grand)....naw scratch that. Let's use an ssl K with pro tools implementation. that should run you 6-7 figures.


For monitors lets toss out the events and get a pair of genelecs, a pair of krk's and a pair of jbls. The specific models I'm thinking of would run you over ten grand total.


you can ditch the delta omni because you'll have pro tools and all the i/o option with the board.


throw away the midi controller and mpc and snatch a motif es, triton studio, xp-60 (or 80) ,kurzweil 2600 (the 2600 im thinking of would run you 20 grand EASY) E4, and a gang of rack modules.


Use nothing but blue and nueman mics. having at least 5 will suffice.

use nothing but neve pre amps......

use a mac and a custom made pc with scsi drives or ide drives with 8mb cache......



a properly treated tuned and treated room. A symetrical room with measurements not multiples of each other would work best. Not to mention a certain ceiling type.


My industry standard lab would run you over a million easy. You have that kind of cash? Of course not so whats the next best thing? To build on what you have and learn it to the BEST of your ability.

 

[C-Lo]

the goin right at the studio is $10 an hour. the guy who engineers has been at it for only about a year but he seems to know what hes doing,hes also self educated himself with books about audio engineering and MIDI,he makes his own beats to and hes been doin that for quite awhile. the main thing im aiming for from recording at this studio is making music thats properly mixed that sounds professional.

you can peep some of homeboys music at www.soundclick.com/riseproductions

 

[HERESY]

I would expect the rate to be between 10-15 bucks per hour. You want a proper mix? Was the music properly tracked? Thats question number 1. Does the engineer know the room he mixes out of? Does he know what frequencies hurt the room? Is the room tuned? Does the engineer know his speakers? Does he understand the range of his speakers? Are his speakers properly placed? Do his mixes translate from system to system? If he were to answer NO to ANY of those questions ***I*** wouldn't mix at the spot. Thats me PERSONALLY. some people probably wouldn't care about a tuned room but personally I do. You say you want a pro mix but you have to consider certain things. I'm NOT taking away from his ability as an engineer but I don't know of many engineers who were mixing "PROFESSIONALY" after one year. BTW what is "professionaly"??????????


INDUSTRY STANDARD SHOULD MEAN KNOWING YOUR GEAR INSIDE AND OUT. THAT SHOULD BE THE INDUSTRY STANDARD. MORE EMPHASIS SHOULD BE PLACED ON THAT NOT THE LATEST ELECTRONIC GIZMO.


I'LL PEEP HIS TRACKS LATER.


:HGK:

 

[C-Lo]

what i meant by professional is just music that sounds crystal clear that you can tell was recorded with quality equipment