Mobile, inexpensive beginner's studio

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Hello,

College's over, and I have a little bit of money to spend - something
along the lines of $1000 - $1500. I've been dreaming about starting to
make music at home, plus I'm moving to another country - so I'm looking
to build an inexpensive lightweight studio.

With computer interfaces, I'm currently thinking along the following
lines:

- M-Audio Firewire Solo
- M-Audio O2 Midi Controller
- Native Instruments Guitar Rig
- Behringer's BCF2000 and BCR2000

I already have a Powerbook and a guitar; I will also get a couple of
mics, all the cables, and (finances permitting) Korg Kaoss Pad KP2.

Now, here's what I'd like to know:

- Am I being realistic in terms of price and portability?
- Is it worth it to replace M-Audio Firewire Solo with Digidesign's
MBox?
- Is M-Audio O2 adequate, or should I consider controllers from Edirol
and E-MU, for instance?
- Monitors aren't exactly very portable; can good headphones (thinking
Bose QuietComfort) replace them?
- What else am I missing for my setup?

Thanks a lot!

Ilya.

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On 6/7/2005 10:21 PM, banjaxed wrote:
> On 7 Jun 2005 13:31:37 -0700, ilya.ayzenshtok@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>College's over, and I have a little bit of money to spend - something
>>along the lines of $1000 - $1500. I've been dreaming about starting to
>>make music at home, plus I'm moving to another country - so I'm looking
>>to build an inexpensive lightweight studio.
>
>
> For around $1200, you can get your hands on a brand new Yamaha AW16G.
>
> That's about as portable as it gets.

http://www.zzounds.com/item--YAMAW16G

$800.

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In article <1118257929.659397.228200@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> ilya.ayzenshtok@gmail.com writes:

> Thanks, but doesn't it seem like an overkill?

Sometimes overkill is all you can get for a reasonable price. Enjoy it
now, and enjoy it more later.

> I already have a
> Powerbook, and would like to do most of the mixing on it - especially
> since it allows for so much more flexibility...

Well, that's a matter of opinion. So you're looking for an input
device for your Mac, and some software? How many simultaneous inputs
do you need?


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ilyaa1 wrote:
> Number of inputs - couple of microphones, guitar and bass - for now, at
> least. I understand that the further it gets, the more inputs I will
> need and the more one feels constricted about the entry-level hardware
> - but I'm far from that point yet
>
> I think I'm unlikely to have any more than a dozen of tracks per song
> at first... I might be completely wrong, of course.

I've used the US-122 stereo interface from Tascam without a
glitch on an older iBook with USB1 into Digital Performer
and into Tracktion. It's a _very_ flexible and rugged
little box for $200.


Bob
--

"Things should be described as simply as possible, but no
simpler."

A. Einstein