Post Your Recording Setup

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I've really been getting into recording for the last two years or so, and I have been building up my equipment since I am content with my guitar rigs.
So, I'm curious what you guys have for your recording setups

Here's mine
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I'm using a Mac Mini right now for my computer, but hopefully I'll move up to a Mac pro tower soon.
Using a few external harddrives for backup, music, and all my samples.
 
The basic chain : Soundcraft M8 - RME Fireface 800 - Rack PC - Cubase
 
Preamps - Langevin DVC, 2 ADK AP1's, Audient ASP008 . Compression- Overstayer, focusrite mixmaster . Converters & interface- A&H Zed R16. DAW- Samplitude 11
 
JTyson":2nwjx4xv said:
I'm a slob :lol: :LOL: :lol: :LOL:
But it works for me :lol: :LOL:
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Nice stuff, man. I wish I had a space that large to work in :lol: :LOL:

Hopefully I'll upgrade to an RME Fireface 800 along with the Pro :D
 
27" iMac, Steinberg MR816X, Pro Tools 10, Yamaha H50M monitors. I am thinking about picking up the UA 4-710d from Sweetwater since their giving you a UAD Satellite Quad for free with purchase of the 4-710d.
 
I have a ton of shit. Nothing super highend, but it all sounds really good. I have it all packed into a 1 bedroom! :lol: :LOL: Here's a pic of a lot of it.

The rack on the left has 2 decks of Fostex hard disc recorders for 24-tracks of portable recording. They're old but rock solid, and sound great. I can do in the field band recordings. But the problem is that there's no real money in recording bands because most bands are fucking broke. :thumbsdown:

I can dump the recorders into a computer to edit. But then I'll dump back into the decks to mixdown with a real mixer and real outboard gear because it by far sounds best.

Here's the last band I recorded. It was a cover band of white collar Ford workers. I lugged my recorders, mics, stands, and cables, and a little 16-track Mackie to a big ass house, and tracked the band pretty much live. I did 5 songs for like $300 bux in 1 session. The guitar players used the shitiest combo amps, so I did my best with what they had. :D

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oldie but sounds great. A ton of history made with her.
 

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Some changes like I'm using Logic and a Mac now but the audio gear is the same.

 
Some of you guys are hardcore! I don't have a decent pic, my junk is as follows:

Mackie Onyx 1640i FW board into Reaper running in a quad core i5 watercooled at 4.33ghz, 8GB ram, SSD drive with OS and reaper, 1TB storage drive and a Glyph 1TB external storage drive
two 23" flat panel LCDs and KRK VXT6 monitors with a KRK 10s sub. Drums are Slate SSD 4, use a Roland midi kit in the other room - record midi, then can mess with it to my heart's desire during mix.

Forgot to add a bunch of guitar mics (i5, vintage and new SM57s, E609, MXL ribbon, AKG C1000s and 3000, and a focusrite one channel preamp.) Use this stuff mostly for my kemper profiles.
 
You guys have some badass setups! :rock:

Octatonic, your mac pro with the Mackie controller setup is pretty much the same as my dads :lol: :LOL:
 
My room's in shambles right now as I'm starting to prep things, but I took a pic of some of the mixing room racks the other day...

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Source-->Allen & Heath Zed-14 or Line6 KB37 --> SONAR producer 8.5
 
Yamaha N12 -> Cubase. For the band live setup, I have a compressor (Dbx) and 31 band graphic eq (dbx). I'm thinking of swapping my pc for mac.
 
Nothing special in my corner but It works for me.

Old Roland/Boss BR1180CD. Presonus Tube Pre. KRK Rokit monitors. Sterling ST77, SM58, Digitech RP1000.

I have the new Presonus Studio one software I just haven't pulled the trigger on a dedicated recording PC yet.

Scott
 
some more pics.

2 otari mtr-90 2 tape machines, pro-tools, steinberg 4/5 controllers and processors, 6 neve channel strips, 8 api mic preamps, 6 compressors, 5 lexicon digital effects, api eqs, tascam dv- ra 1000, focusrite processor, many more output gear, plugins. Take me too look to type it all out.
 
Simple setup right now: Macbook, Firestudio Project, Blue and Shure condensers and some 57s, Cubase or Garageband.

When some more Thunderbolt interfaces start rolling out in the next couple of years, I'll most likely upgrade computer and recording gear. Also trying to make a decision on a new DAW. Studio One, Logic Pro are both looking good.
 
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