home studio

[JDL]

Ever been in one? do you have one? you got a picture for us? how nice was the one you were in? jdl, peace

[not Cereal]

[img]http://24.116.34.121/stuff/box/shot.jpg[/img] i'm still working on it. i want to move it to another location. its a mess, and the back wall needs treated. but you asked. there it is.

[Rick K.]

Nice Coaster! Like the wood theme! Rick

[MattC]

Should those monitors really be turned on their side? I've only recorded in home studios. Each had it's comforts and pains. The first one was a 1/2" tape basement studio. It was a wonderful setup to record two performers, as it was set up with a drum machine and relatively expansive MIDI setup. There were 2 large chairs in addition to the office chair and piano bench. The dim lighting was a nice touch. When a full band came in, however, it was a nightmare. On several occations I had to setup the headphones and amp, re-route cables to seperate rooms and scrounge together mic cables. The other studio was a per hour studio, still under renovation when I recorded there. There was ample seating (futon and padded bench, 2 office chairs) in the control room. There was a dedicated drum room with clear sight lines into the control room. The other half of the basement was dedicated to storage, so there was never a problem with storing equipment between tape rollings. The engineer was on of the asiest to work with that I've seen in a while. No matter what he was involved in, he'd be moer than happy to play back the tape whenever I requested and always listened with an open mind to my production ideas. There were two major shortcomings, though. The first was mics. The drum mics, while well chosen, were all bottom-of-the-barrel Nadys, and, while they did their job, definately wouldn't have been my first choice. The second was monitoring. The control room only had one pair of Alesis monitors, respectable but not great. Plus, they were positioned on their sides, definately ruining the phase relationship. On the definate plus side, there was always a cold case of Pepsi and waterin the fridge when we came, to which we were entitled to as much as we wanted. I love home studios. If there's one thing that I've noticed, though, it's that many owners seem to overlook some design features such as monitoring setup. It's these little things that, to me anyway, keep the home studio from being pro quality.

[not Cereal]

as long as you study your monitors - know what they sound like and how they translate onto other systems you can work with anything (even ns10's) i love the way my monitors are set. the field they create is very clear, and when you get in the 'zone' it is very easy to get a good mix.