daemon@decwrl.UUCP (01/13/84)
From: galaxy::malik (Karl Malik ZK1-1/D42 ) Subj; building a small home recording studio I'm a musician who has a pile of stuff that I call a 4-track studio. With the exception of a very nice synthesizer and an ok deck (Teac 3340 w/simul-sync), most of the equipment is out-of-date, inappropriate or cheap. What I would like to have is a modern, well-matched 4 (8 ideally) track studio with which I could make multi-track synthesizer tapes and mix them down to a good quality (can't afford great) stereo tape. I don't need microphones since all my recording will be in-line. Can anyone suggest what equipment would be essential for such a studio? I can afford (at most) $15k so we aren't talking audiophile quality. What type of tape decks do you recommend? What brand mixing board? Limiters, compressors, digital delay, speakers (don't need loud volume, just accurate reproduction), etc.? Relatedly, has anyone used/heard Yamaha's new 4-track multi-track cassette recorder? For roughly $1k, it comes with built-in mixing board with pan, built-in echo & graphic eq. Thanks, Karl decvax!decwrl!rhea!star!malik