How does this recording setup look?

[pig494]

At the begging of June my band and I will be purchasing recording gear to use in the new jam room we're building. I've researched and been looking around for the best setup and options at a decent price for over a year now.This is what I've come up with. Now we will be recording an acoustic guitar,electric guitar,bass,drums,keyboard,vocals, and some overdubs of an assortment of other instruments. Here is the list....

Alesis io26-(i've heard its just as good as the firepod but $200 less)
http://www.music123.com/Alesis-IO-26-i390854.music

Cubase Le-(comes with the Alesis)

M-Audio Studiophile DX4 Powered Monitors-(I dont have much to spend on monitors so these are what I've come up with. If anyone can reccommended me better ones in the same price range that'd be great)

Akg Perception 200-(vocals,acoustic guitar,and any overdub instruments needed)

Shure Sm57-(electric guitar,bass)

Audix fusion mics-(drums)

I'm very new to recording and so i'm just checking to see if this looks like a good setup. I'm on a pretty small budget and I didnt include mic chords and what-not in there also. If anyone would recommend something else i'm VERY open to opinions. Thanks You!~

[Rob]

I've said it before, I'll say it again. Take some of the money you're planning on spending and get some studio time. Even if you don't leave with finished tracks, you've learned the setups, played with a wide variety of equipment, learned something about mixing, and will be in a far better position to purchase the right equipment for yourself down the road.

[UPandDOWNstrum]

I've said it before, I'll say it again. Take some of the money you're planning on spending and get some studio time. Even if you don't leave with finished tracks, you've learned the setups, played with a wide variety of equipment, learned something about mixing, and will be in a far better position to purchase the right equipment for yourself down the road.


agreed. You may lose your creativity if you get too far over your head in just learnign how to use it.

[pig494]

Hey guys thanks for the replies, I agree with both of you but it's pretty tough for us to go in the studio becuase all that I know of there is only one major studio in my town and they're only doing serious projects right now. Idk its pretty insane but unless we find somewhere else to record we'll have to do it at home. My band members want to do it at home anways because they feel we'll do it more on our own time and we wont be told what to do. Idk....this is my only option really. Keep the replies coming.

[Rob]

Honestly... Travel, and find somebody that can teach you. You don't even have to lay down tracks. You aren't looking for opinions about your music, you're looking for opinions about hardware and learning how to use it. The studio gets the same amount of money if they're teaching or recording- they don't care. You'll save yourself hundreds, more likely thousands, down the road by learning the right way to do it first, rather than blowing cash on the wrong equipment and repurchasing later.

Like it or not, nobody knows it all, and stubbornly pushing ahead is a waste of time, money, effort, and you look foolish in the end.

[chr35919]

^^^good plan

[LittleDreamer]

I've said it before, I'll say it again. Take some of the money you're planning on spending and get some studio time. Even if you don't leave with finished tracks, you've learned the setups, played with a wide variety of equipment, learned something about mixing, and will be in a far better position to purchase the right equipment for yourself down the road.
:thumbsup :thumbsup Like someone else said it is much better to record when someone else is doing the session. This way you can focus 100% on the music and not on anything else. It just flows better that way.

[onemanguitarban]

At the begging of June my band and I will be purchasing recording gear to use in the new jam room we're building. I've researched and been looking around for the best setup and options at a decent price for over a year now.This is what I've come up with. Now we will be recording an acoustic guitar,electric guitar,bass,drums,keyboard,vocals, and some overdubs of an assortment of other instruments. Here is the list....

Alesis io26-(i've heard its just as good as the firepod but $200 less)
http://www.music123.com/Alesis-IO-26-i390854.music

Cubase Le-(comes with the Alesis)

M-Audio Studiophile DX4 Powered Monitors-(I dont have much to spend on monitors so these are what I've come up with. If anyone can reccommended me better ones in the same price range that'd be great)

Akg Perception 200-(vocals,acoustic guitar,and any overdub instruments needed)

Shure Sm57-(electric guitar,bass)

Audix fusion mics-(drums)

I'm very new to recording and so i'm just checking to see if this looks like a good setup. I'm on a pretty small budget and I didnt include mic chords and what-not in there also. If anyone would recommend something else i'm VERY open to opinions. Thanks You!~

I say do some research and go for it....you can learn tons via the internet and a couple of home recording books.....the set up you are talking about here looks pretty good....(I'd get Oktava MK-012s instead of the AKGs though)

Remember you will also need wind screens for your Condensors and you will need pop filters for your vocal mics....and chords, etc....trust me the adds to the cost tremendously.

I haven't seen the Alesis model you mentioned before, but i did a quick lookup on it and in terms of features it looks like the best thing I've ever seen for the price...assuming the pres are good...it looks like a winner. Also you may want to make sure it is compatable with quite a few different types of software, not just Cubase.

Cubase LE is limited in certain features, unlike the full blown version....make sure it is going to do everything you want it to.

If you are looking to record drums and everything else in the same room...you may need to get some sort of isolation.

Recording is loads of fun, and something you can learn on your own......the key is to get everything down cleanly.....using a program that studios or someone more knowlegable than yourself uses.....then you can take your tracks in and have someone who knows more about mixing and mastering help you out (which is the hard part really).