TTR Recording Studio

[Sargeant Preston]

I used to own about $85,000 worth of flying faders and blinking lights. It impressed my clients and sounded great, and I did have a few capabilities I don’t now. But I’m getting really good results with a fast computer and a lot of RAM, a simple digital interface and a pair of decent monitors.

I work in a DAW, and think all musicians should, because of the ease compared to stand-alone recorders… everything, like editing, mixing, storage and backup, is just easier.

I'm a dinosaur.
Still stuck in the standalone world of recording equipment (other than using Adobe Audition for tweaking).
Still using a Yamaha AW16G and a AKAI GX-4000 D reel to reel.

Outboard gear:
M-Audio DMP3
Art PRO VLA
Sytek MPA-4A
Groove Tubes - The Brick
Behringer Autocom PRO MDX 1400
Art Tube MP
Aphex 204 Aural Exciter
TC Helicon Voice Works
Carvin SX-300R guitar preamp
Presonus Bluemax compressor

A dozen mics (inexpensive and expensive).

Edit: Carvin SRS monitors

 

[Thatbastarddon]

I'm a dinosaur.
Still stuck in the standalone world of recording equipment (other than using Adobe Audition for tweaking).
Still using a Yamaha AW16G and a AKAI GX-4000 D reel to reel.

Outboard gear:
M-Audio DMP3
Art PRO VLA
Sytek MPA-4A
Groove Tubes - The Brick
Behringer Autocom PRO MDX 1400
Art Tube MP
Aphex 204 Aural Exciter
TC Helicon Voice Works
Carvin SX-300R guitar preamp
Presents Bluemax compressor

A dozen mics (inexpensive and expensive).

Nothing wrong with that!!!
I still have my AKAI DPS24. It’s in its factory box, taped up nice and neat. I loved working on that thing, and it owned my desktop until 2018, but t was a chore to move things to computer for mixing once my Profire Lightbridge interface became outdated/obsolete as a computer interface. I may pull it out someday, and see if it still has the mojo…especially now that I have the UA preamps.
I went from this:

DPS24, and a PC running Reaper….

To this:

Soundcraft Signature 12 MTK, into a MacBook Pro running Reaper. Plus I had enough room for my old Mackie Control Universal(that never really fit on the keyboard drawer when I used it in the old days).