I love Garageband and I think it has a lot of power, and I have no trouble stepping up to Logic, but home recording does lack the quality, properly treated sound rooms, expertise (at least in my case) and equipment a pro studio has. There is a wonderful studio with a 30-year veteran engineer in my area and his rates are surprisingly reasonable - $65 an hour, but less if you buy time in larger blocks of five or so hours. Mix-down/mastering rates are the same, and he does not mind letting you have the digital source to work on at home in Logic or Pro Tools. The studio has tons of great mics, full digital and analog boards (even runs two-inch tape) and I'm thinking if I am getting ready to do a little project with simple songs that I am well practiced on, maybe 10 hours of recording the basic uke and vocal tracks might be worth the money. Or maybe a couple of hours recording one or two songs just to see the difference in quality might be worth it. Maybe one song on tape, one digital, as I really think a tape master would really add a great vibe.
Any thoughts / experience regarding pro versus home recording? I can already anticipate the caveat that 10 hours is not anywhere near enough, but it'd be a pretty simple set up.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Mike
Any thoughts / experience regarding pro versus home recording? I can already anticipate the caveat that 10 hours is not anywhere near enough, but it'd be a pretty simple set up.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Mike