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Re: Let's talk (budget) home recording setups!

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 2:42 am
by chris perra
And So it begins.... Say good by to the remaining free time you thought you had...;)

Sounds way better than the roland.. Garage band kicks ass... The fist time I used Cubase took me a day to figure out vst connections..
I love that you can select something and it's preconfigured to go..

Are those audix mics?

Re: Let's talk (budget) home recording setups!

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 4:17 am
by Juan Expósito
It works and sounds very good Steve.
And everything starts with those Yamaha PHX sounding AWESOME.
Which overheads mics are you using ?
They sound GREAT.

And from a very personal taste:
In the mix, I would increase the level of the close mics (SD, BD and TOMS).
This current sound will be perfect for jazz type sound, but I feel it very "overheads" for other styles like funk ("Groove me" type).

Post some pics/video of the gear used.
Congratulations...!!

Re: Let's talk (budget) home recording setups!

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:51 am
by sturla
Sounds great, Steve!! Love the snare sound already!!

Re: Let's talk (budget) home recording setups!

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:08 am
by sejuba
Damn ! That's night and day difference, my friend !
Did you change the tuning of your snare ? it sounds way better
and those smalls toms are singing beautifully.

Floor tom sounds very low, i like it. would love to hear what it sounds like if you processed the kit heavily
like in a rock mix context...

great job dude

Re: Let's talk (budget) home recording setups!

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:53 am
by Josiah
Excellent!!

..and now the fun really begins!!

You can hear the room a lot, some sound treatment would make a very noticeable difference.

Gotta love the PHX's

Re: Let's talk (budget) home recording setups!

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:59 am
by Steve Holmes
Thanks guys! These are the mics:
http://www.akg.com/site/products/powers ... ge,EN.html

Also I threw my Pearl Brass snare up and took of the N & C just cuz I wanted a louder drum.

Re: Let's talk (budget) home recording setups!

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:35 am
by Steve Holmes
Speaking of rooms, I'm looking at a new one in North Hollywood tomorrow. We'll see.

Re: Let's talk (budget) home recording setups!

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:40 am
by Clint Hopkins
Steve Holmes wrote:Video link will be up shortly. Please don't pass this video around, it's just me messin around.
I think Vinnie may have some leverage now. j/k :)

I'm really blown away that the gear was that easy to setup. From your initial post of wanting to get gear to making a vid that sounds good in such a short time is really cool and gets my gears spinning about what I'd like to do.

Re: Let's talk (budget) home recording setups!

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:14 pm
by perksworks
Three things I love about this conversation.
1) That it is taking place, I've been looking for this info and it is all so helpful.

2) Starbucks was a key factor in the projects completion.

3) The hardest parts seems to have been figuring out the darn mic stands/clips. Love it!

Re: Let's talk (budget) home recording setups!

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:19 pm
by Clint Hopkins
Steve, I'm curious, what are the rough dimensions of the blue room? I have my kit set up in a bedroom that's quite long,( probably 15' long) but has a low (8') ceiling. I have another bedroom that's probably half that size or less but the ceiling is about 14' and want to know which is better for recording.