Why build a home recording studio?

mc437 · Post by **mc437** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:17 pm

I'm curious, everyone. Why would you or did you build a home recording studio? What are your motivators?

tummymondo · Post by **tummymondo** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:48 am

so i can sit at home at 4am in my underwear and record a song in between surfing the internet

Track Rat · Post by **Track Rat** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:27 am

Because I like recording a LOT more than having a Bass Boat.

jakeao · Post by **jakeao** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:08 am

so i can sit at home at 4am in my underwear and record a song in between surfing the internet

+1

There is nothing better than having a song idea pop into your head, and being able to just run down stairs to the studio and hash it out.

It's also a great way to "demo" ideas and arrangements before going to a great sounding room to record them.

rwc · Post by **rwc** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:19 am

so I can mix stuff I recorded elsewhere, without having to leave my house, and own the competition in my price bracket.

Mainly because no place else I can mix at for free has the space for my monitors.

and I won't deem something a final mix until I hear it through them.

I'd never record in my apt though. all I need for mixing is a computer and good monitoring. recording requires so much more..

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:54 pm

because I'm too crabby to move my ass to someone else's place and then see them wrap their cables all wrong.

Bob Womack · Post by **Bob Womack** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:26 am

Ummm, let's see. Because I don't want to haul a couple hundred pounds of gear out to the studio where I work, which, while gorgeous, isn't designed to be operated by an artist as he performs? Because I've discovered the secret of the shoemaker's children* as it pertains to being a recording engineer?

Bob

* The shoemaker's children have no shoes. After being a recording engineer for twenty-seven years, I, on the other hand, have few recordings of myself. Who wants to go back to the studio on his days off?

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:00 am

Because a man needs a lair.

buzzaudioguy · Post by **buzzaudioguy** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:12 am

Because I'm a total gear junkie. That pretty much wraps it up.

kayagum · Post by **kayagum** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:22 am

So I can do my own sound design work. And experiment.

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:30 am

Tatertot wrote:Because a man needs a lair.

I, and my wife, agree.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:52 am

+6 on the lair, it is true, what do "girl engineers" call it?

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:58 am

I love polishing turds.

Gummy · Post by **Gummy** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:31 am

I built mine because I wanted to record and I knew there was a niche I could fill but I didn't want the pressure of having to pay rent or make money.

sears · Post by **sears** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:36 pm

I got a 4-track since I was 16. All I ever wanted to do was make rock records.

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