Most home recordists would probably not worry so much about the room's sound, that might be #6 to them, or they might put the DAW up in 2nd place. So you can see how far down the list some of the stuff ends up. I've sort of reduced it down to the following things to make really nice sounding songs in this order (not including the mix):
The pro come-to-Jesus discussions I had in that studio sort of changed my perspective 180˚.
These people do this to put food on the table, we do it for fun. This is an experience that is worth its weight in gold. It was eye-opening, especially the monitoring situation and the perfect acoustics in the control room. I used to think I could "get close" until I did an EP in a very serious studio. If you give Dave Fridmann or someone like that the cheapest crap sold and Garageband, I can assure you that it will come out sounding ridiculously amazing.
Yes, preamps do make a difference to a point, but a better mic is most likely the right way to go. Re: Reason 9.5 with vst support 4 01:33:52 Plus the user manual for Reason Essentials is 700+ pages, and the full Reason manual is 1100+ pages. An average whatever converter today was yesterday's $3K piece of kit. With conversion, I think its gotten pretty good now compared to like 5-7 years ago. is crap." He told me, "Not this one, I switched out all of the tubes, and now it's amazing." preamp in one of the 19" racks next to Neves and other insane stuff.
The studio owner says to me, "So, how much time a week do you spend on ? He got me there! He said, "Listen, they will sell you anything you want, but they won't tell you what it really takes." Studio pros know how to tweak things in really amazing ways. This thinking gets in the way of making good music. I used to really beat myself up because I had what I considered to be very sub-standard gear. Really, don't waste your money unless you absolutely have to.Ĭlick to expand.For sure.the thing is.when you spend time around studio guys (the 20-30 years of experience types) it can be very enlightening. Your Scarlett is probably fine for what you're doing. The studio level is like an organism where all the parts work to create something extraordinary. Now even with something like that, you may or may not even hear a noticeable difference in the home setting. If I had my dithers I would have a Burl ADC and a DAC ($5,000) or maybe a Lynx. Eric Valentine likes the Antelope interfaces. I know from experience that they never will.
home recordists should not expect cheap interfaces with cheap converters to sound like a pro studio. He said the thing sounds great and is a great choice for home recordists. I have an engineer friend who has majestic gear and he told me that he HATES the Focusrite sound, but absolutely loves what Native Instruments have done with their $139 little 2 channel interface. Honestly, when you are dealing on the home level, you shouldn't be expecting sorcery.