Thinking about investing in a home studio? 

Are you looking to work from your home studio full time? What's the best part?

I’m working from a home studio but I wear a lot of hats like most people. I’m a full time college student going to school for composition, also a composer, and I also do work into audio and music production and post production. Im starting up and haven’t had a lot of clients but just yesterday actually I had a client thank me immensely for the work I’ve been doing for them and telling me that they’re going to be regular clients of mine even after they move to a different state. This is my first time working with this client, it’s the first song I’ve ever fully produced myself, and I learned basically everything I know off of RU-vid or just trying things out. I’ve taken some recording and mixing classes at university but it was mostly independent study and working on the free multitracks online and doing recordings for my own projects for school and things like that. Of course I want a bigger live room because I have a piano and old Hammond organ that are being very underutilized and am planning on adding a pump organ down the road, and I’d love to use these instruments for clients as well, but it’s only part of my journey in this musical journey. It’s been great and I love all of this that’s going on

Beautiful, i have my home studio since 2017 but haven't work on the acoustics. You inspire me to invest in my home studio.

I just want to get good at this ish. My client right now is myself. I’m obsessed with learning more about this hobby. I have a career I love very much. This video is still relevant for a hobbyist!

The past 3-4 months I've stopped playing live (Obviously) and have been just working producing and recording guitars in my studio. I've never being happier.

You mentioned a video on what to consider when looking into computers. Wondering if that was still in the works.

This is very much encouraging. i like your mentality. cool stuff man. i own a small home studio and feels like giving up because of client issues but what your have shared has pull me back to track and yeah man thanks.

I'm 14, started playing guitar, and in the past year or two has learnt drums n bass, as well as some piano, but mainly got into producing music. I have made a few hundred pounds on fiverr, doing guitar tracks for people, as well as writing new songs, re recording peoples old recordings etc.

I bought a UA the ox box last year and it basically resulted in me building an entire home studio with an Apollo X4 and adat preamps as the foundation. I’ve learned so much and it’s great having the creative freedom

I’m a singer / songwriter who is literally just starting out and I would love for my first single to be as good as it can be. Love your content Andrew!

I’m currently building a studio in my garage with a contractor. We’re building new walls over the existing walls and insulating them to soundproof it, new floors, lighting, etc. I’ve been recording my covers and my band lately, but I’ve got other bands that I’ve played shows with who have heard my work and want me to record them in the future and I’m so excited for this studio to be finished. Only a couple weeks left

Hey dude, I'm a musician, mixer, song writer, and youtuber. I Went to school at Blackbird and really found the home studio to be more my speed than the commercial spot. I am a strong believer that every musician should have some form of home studio, even if it's just for demos.

Almost done with my home studio! Got the Universal Audio Arrow, and it’s fucking awesome! Using Logic, M-Audio BX-5 monitors, M-Audio 49 MK3 midi keyboard, AKG P420 mic, and also built a custom desk for it all. Insanely stoked with the set up and sound of it all for decent price.

Sounds like a plan, and that’s cool. I am glade you found something that works for you. After 10 plus years of your hard work and finding something that works for you is great! Keep going towards your dream! I love music but I never had the courage to invest in it full time. My blessings for you man!!! Be safe and cool...

Home studios came up! the quality you can get from recording at home has gotten so much better over the years. Something of comfort that's special recording from your house or someone else that can't be beat

The US Director Of Photography and Movie Director Scott Billups once filmed an entire sci-fi movie with actors such as Faye Dunaway and James Coburn by filming all live scenes in a green screened smaller studio sound stage leaving all post production to be done in the box by standardizing the AV-edit/Daw platforms with his editors and composers so they all were working from the same fistful of DAW sequencers, HD video-editing applications and plugins. This way he could finish production of a full feature film by the aid of collaborators in several countries including Spain, Mexico and England without any of them actually meeting outside of Skype until the opening night,- just by standardizing the platforms. This was in 2002! Concievably you could of course do the same thing with music production,- record the band in a smaller studio, mix it in a different studio and master it in a third,- even as collaborative projects as long as you had in some way standardized the platforms,- you could even imagine the birth of " virtual bands" that only existed in the digital domain and only perform internationally by performing only online like " live podcast" type actual concerts being filmed and edited as they are being performed. The possibillities are endless,- money isn´t even the the obstacle any more,- just a lack of ingenuity and/or imagination. It just might be a new production modality growing out of this 2020 situation,- anything is possible from now on. Fascinating times are at hand.

working from my home studio making radio adds , beats , mixing episodes , mixing music ect . Thinking about bulding a bigger home studio. Great video !!!!

So much truth to this video Andrew. It’s great that you have worked from many different perspectives of the recording/production industry. Great studio setup!

I'm a drummer and FOH with Yamaha Canada through the french-canadian distributor. I got 2 shows a week beginning friday but of course that's enough and I'm not close to get more live gigs than that. I've worked for a whole decade on my Roland V-drum patches - could probably sell them... - to the point of fooling some studio engineers that my V-drums were actual real acoustic drums. My drum covers were taken down from YT for stupid copyright claims but Imma make a medley so good look to the publishers with that ;) And I also produce my own music.

good stuff! watch you pretty often lately! i just am about done with my home studio...Had to build a 5x6 vocal booth in my house. because the room i have access to is at the front of the house.. and in brooklyn, ppl loveeeee their horns! lol Anyway, im a big retro soul music/blues/motown head! So, as an artist my music will always have those kinds of vibes....BtW IM JUST back from a 10 year music hiatus and the first 4 songs i wrote, i already gotten offers for. so, thats what made me say, Music, is the only thing that came almost automatic, and natural, to me...Like, once i start writing i dream in melody..its like this pandoras box that just doesnt stop spewing out words and melody...So, here i am, doing what the gods created some of us for...i went for broke! finaaly happy again..my soul lives on music creation and singing. Any suggestions to help get some clients in...And whats a good mic for vocals around 500 that will do the job? been hearing about this 200 tz stellar any good? also suggestions for vocal booth treatment and good sound

Shit yeah, man. Great video! I just got a sick space in my city, building it up initially for my own songs, and then looking to expand it to produce other musicians and what not.

Im a beat maker from jersey. all of your videos are a huge help so I thank you

I'm in Dallas, TX and i've been investing in my home studio since 2015. 2018, my studio was good enough to open up to clients and now in 2020 I finally have a some steady independent clients coming in for recording! I work in hip hop, latin trap, EDM, pop, and indie acoustic.

Trying to build with what I call a no budget studio but I'm still gonna do it!

I've recently started setting up a home studio. ATM I have it set up in my bedroom, but eventually will be building an actual building dedicated to being a studio. My biggest issue right now is I'm completely new to recording/producing music, so I have no idea about equipment and setup. I'm strictly running off desire and RU-vid to figure all this out, but it's been a dream of mine since I was a kid, and it's finally manifesting itself.

What's up Andrew? I found your channel 2-3 days ago and have been watching non-stop. Your content is phenomenal. I've been making beats, and engineering for at least 10 years so audio gear is something I'm always looking at to see what's new and effective. Also, love the studio tour vids. It's given me plenty of ideas for upgrading my home studio. Thank you so much for what you do.

Man, this video caught my eye while multitasking through apps. Scarily and coincidentally I literally ordered my mixer and about to get a keyboard controller, good studio monitors, good vocal mics, etc. I’m utilizing some of my previous equipment that had been getting dusty from back in my band days. Without getting too personal. I’ve been dealing with depression and just felt I have all these “hobbies” and didn’t se me going anywhere. Or just didn’t feel there was a future. But,... anyways... your video made me feel like I might be on the right track. I want to do some voice overs, beats, my own songs, and just whatever. I just want to go back to the only thing that I loved doing. Making music. I just want to be able to have something I can pass to my daughter when I my song ends. Who am I kidding right? Lol. Probably won’t read this. But thanks for making this video. Take care.

Yess!!!!!! Dude i'm so stoked you got the Apollo x4. That is the interface at the heart of my home studio right now. My next addition I dream of and that will come in time is adding the Apollo X8P to it. However for the time being, I certainly have everything that I need. Im also happy to hear you dig Luna. Long story short I haven't checked it out yet because i'm in a bad cycle between compatibility issues between Mac OS, luna and pro tools. However I was surprised and happy to hear it may replace it for you. Thanks again for the killer videos!

For the score people out there, the Spitfire Audio Discover plug-in which gives access to the fully sampled BBC orchestra is now *free* for a limited time for people who really can't afford it - and it's only 50 bucks otherwise. It's 2020 and the best film scoring orchestra on the planet is available to you for free if you can wait until they send you the download... about 2 weeks top... or 50 bucks. Damn what a time we live in!

I finally have few big things coming up at my studio. Thanks for all the advice!

Loving these longer-form videos. You did a great job

I'm a Music Technology Masters student in Toronto, ON and working towards being able to work from a home studio. I've been slowly growing my client roster and levelling up my production quality. This summer I was meant to be playing bass on tour all summer but have been lucky to find some work as a video editor and music maker since all my shows were cancelled. Making a variety of beats, orchestral compositions, producing, session recordings, and hoping to start producing and writing more with other people in the future! Love your videos - thanks for keepin it real!

I am avidly working on my home studio. It is progressing rapidly and I plan to make some money doing this. I like your comment of "investing in yourself". Thankfully i have a full time job with a great schedule that still allows me to spend time also doing the other things in my life that are truly important like my creativity! Love your page Andrew Thanks!

Working full time from home studio. Love it 🤙🏼

Building my first home studio. Haven't been working in the industry much, mostly for myself and my different projects. I plan to get new bands and bands that wanna produce their records in here and record in my studio. This builds my protfolio, and I hope to grow the business and double it every year for the next 5 years. 16 mic'ed tracks to record drums and full bands, out of my basement in suburbia Montreal Canada.

Great video, thanks. Lots of good information here. I'm not a professional studio guy but I've been playing my whole life and have a modest home studio setup that I'm in the process of updating. I'm moving to the Universal Audio world and it was very encouraging to see the Apollo interfaces in use. I have really enjoyed your videos over the last few weeks and I've picked up quite a bit from them. Keep up the great work!

Now THAT'S a nice intro! Currently getting back into studio work. A voice and mixing studio. I did the fill stufio thing 10 years ago. Built that one from an empty auto shop. Then live sound for 10 years. Now Im going back and can't wait. Building the acoustic panels today. Great video dude. I also went full UA this time.

great video! starting to plan a home music studio and have a good start

In this day and age, protools is exponentially speeding towards extinction unless they come up with something similar to UA... especially price-wise.

Hey man! I am remodeling my studio and adding a 32 channel console along with a big old patchbay. Currently I am trying to figure out all of the details that go along with creating a space where all of this makes sense, so these studio tours you've been doing have been really helpful for me as I plan this all out.

I live in a very small house, and building my own detached studio has been on my to do list for a few years. Fast forward to 2020 and I finally have some time and money to make this dream a reality. Stopped by the lumber yard and thanks to the pandemic shutting down the mills, some building materials are 2x their normal price. 🤬

& just to answer to one of ur question, YES, I DO AND I DO LOVE MUSIC as well Home Studio. It's just so phenomenal to work on something you first must be happy, then make others around you happy, and why not...A good own business, but in a way like helping others or society if possible. So, I'm interested in having a chat with you, Andrew. Best Wishes!

Very informative. Thanks so much.

Wow your words are great man 👍 am a musician, music teacher at kakua music Academy in Bo Sierra Leone and a practicing audio engineer 😂 happy with that have already made the mistake 😟 but I believe in myself.i started my in March -3-2020 when we were asked to sit down for COVID-19. I need to know the right thing looking forward for it man

Working from my home, songwriter :)

Man! i am with you. Retired from my job of 32 year in March 2020, just before it all went tits up with Covid-19 and also dreamt of working from home and music production. This has worked out well, as I had shed loads of time to reconnect, with making music and production. Great video and vision. Thanks Bro

Hey Andrew, I’m a 26 year old songwriter, multi instrumentalist and aspiring producer/engineer from Aus. Your videos have helped me a great deal and inspired me to work harder and be more organised with my business. I work from my home studio Restless Noise that is very similar size to your room, running UAD and now you’ve convinced me to add some focusrite pres. Keep up the great content, just wanted to show my appreciation!

I'm building a home studio and am hoping to be done in a few months. Floating room-within-room construction and several layers of different types of insulation (spray-in open cell, 2 inch air gap, pink panther filling the gap, mineral wool) and am focusing on making the interior of the space beautiful and functional (lots of wood and different types of lighting, integrated storage, modular rotatable panels so I can liven or deaden the room). Really excited to be working from home in the future. Thanks for what you do; I agree with a lot of your points. Make use of what you already have. I use an Antelope interface and its software controller for everything now. No reason to get other gear

UAD is the Apple of audio. Innovative, high quality products. I'm hoping they eventually make their own version of a hybrid console. Like an S3 style controller but has unison pre's and controls parameters in Console and Luna. That'd be game changing, would complete the whole ecosystem.

I've been using my basement for audio stuff (mostly drumming and mixing drum tracks) for a year now. It's certainly no epic studio space, the layout is awkward and the floors above are very thin, but for what I've been doing it's worked fine. I'm currently taking courses for audio production to become a remote mix engineer, meaning I will need to make a better home studio space. I've been watching your channel for a while now, just getting inspiration and ideas for what I can do for my awkward basement so it isn't so awkward. Hahaha.

Hi Andrew, I am a 15 years old Italian boy who moved to Denmark last year. I started working on my home studio in March. I gotta tell you man, you've been helping me A LOT. I'm a drummer, and guitarist, I've been playing for 6 years and I would really like this to be my job. What do you think is the best way to reach that goal? Thank you so much for what you do mate

Working and building my home studio as a songwriter

Hey thanks for the video. It showed up as "recommended for me" and was very timely. I'm planning a full addition on our house for my home studio. It's going to be over $100K (Canadian) and I've gone back and forth with doubts about the financial cost being worth investing in the dream. I've struggled with the cost of the time spent to design and build the space getting in the way of working on tunes now. I've tried to balance that somewhat, but what I thought was a one year dream has turned into several. The plans are done, the building permit submitted, I may have a builder, and with any luck will be done by next summer. I've already done what you have in terms of thinking though every aspect of gear and production to choose the right gear and make sure my processes are streamlined. I also have an Apollo x8p and a Twin x, I've gone with Amphion monitors and have chosen the list of hardware synths, patch bays, extra mic pres, etc. for the final install. I also designed and built my own custom studio desk to fit my equipment and workflow (I figured that if I had the desk, I would have some more info for studio design). I couldn't agree more with all your comments about thinking things through, choosing the right gear, and making your space great for clients. I'm a bass and keyboard player, compose and write songs using traditional and MIDI instruments. I'm expecting to work with great local (and possibly remote) talent, and to use my studio for music education (specifically recording/mixing). The Universal Audio stuff is great, but as a Windows user, LUNA will be a long ways off for me. It also doesn't seem to be set up for MIDI based production. My recommendation is Presonus Studio One. Version 5 has made MIDI hardware synth integration fantastic. When I got back into recording in 2007, I already saw that Pro Tools was a dinosaur of a product. I've been happy choosing alternatives that are far superior and often less costly. Anyway, I've subscribed now so I'll keep tabs on what you are up to.

I think you've re-inspired me AGAIN! Yo.... Thanks. I needed that!

Love your stuff man! I didn't feel like this was an infomercial at all. I'm right on cusp of transforming garage into workspace. Been a dream for a long time and watching your vids inspire me to finally take the leap. No more drives to music row LOL. Thanks again brotha!

Dude this video was so informative, thank you so much! I do film scoring and other producing so I am definitely looking to invest in the UA Arrow.

Hey! I´m working in my home studio, and doing youtube also, and you and other channels were all the inspiration for my self!

I’ve had my home studio up and running for almost 4 years now. I graduated from the Blackbird Academy in Nashville and then I moved back to Texas to setup shop. So many musicians in Texas think they have to go to Nashville to make great sounding records. I setup to try to combat that. I’ve had more than half a dozen top 30 songs on Texas radio. Commercial studios are amazing and I think they still have their place in their industry. Big giant live rooms where everyone can track at once is where they live. In my studio I track the bones of a song live, but don’t quite have the room yet to do full live projects, but that’s the goal. Thanks for the video!

Since the pandemic and losing all my live gig work I've managed to get 1 client for arranging work, but my home "studio" isn't making it very easy. Unfortunately I wont have a permanent space I can actually improve for another year, so I'll have to keep setting up and tearing down my equipment before and after every session. Your videos have been very helpful and inspiring, perhaps one day I can have a space that sounds and feels great. That being said, it really is a blessing to be able to record without having to pay someone and travel to their studio

I enjoyed the info. Great job Andrew!

Songwriter and artist. Been recording in a home studio for over a decade

here you have one!!

Hello Andrew, I've a small setup at home. Considering how important it has become to have a well treated room and a studio at home, I've a concrete structure which I'd like to convert into a great studio. I need help with the layout, what kind of material to use for treatment, and maybe some gears that I should invest on. Thanks

Singer-songwriter here with a background in audio production. So, yes...I am working from home and currently in a makeshift studio setup. I'm looking to upgrade it a bit by way of getting a desk that'll better suite what I'm currently using...a laptop, external monitor for said laptop (dual screen in the end), outboard EQ, and an audio interface (for now, since I record all of my own work, a two input interface to be exact).

Just started to develop my home studio in Guildford UK as we have been locked down on and off for a year. I use to perform six days a week in London but thats all gone. So i always had a desire to have my own studio. I got myself a pair of Genelec 8020D speakers and a Apollo twin X. I use it with a Mac mini and 27” monitor.My mic is a Aston Spirit with the Halo. It’s a huge learning curve. Just added EZdrummer for drums. So i need all the help possible 🤣 Live my vocals are fine, however recorded i have no idea why it sounds so bad 🤣will keep you posted

i agree with this view. saying that, and for new music enthusiasts i would advice to avoid buying things they wont really need. I invested in an Apollo Duo few years ago (this thing is a killer), with a expansive Audio Technica 4050 (super sensitive) mic as i wanted to record some acoustic guitar and voice tunes à la Aaron Lewis ... the sound off course excellent, even if i beleive i used only 10% of the Apollo software capabilities as i dont understand a single thing in recording stuff , i was just pushing buttons randomly .. then i discovered that the mic was that sensitive that you guys can hear my neighbour downstairs talking on the phone with her ex husband (and i wonder if the mic didnt even capture the voice of the ex husband in the phone) ... this was simply not the material i need in my phonic untreated office (too much echo) ... i then decided to sell my mic, try to sell my apollo and go with a simple USB mic and plug and play yamaha THR for my electric guitars. That will be enough for my worktapes and send that to professional studios and musicians to help me record my music professionally.

Great video. My issue with me building a home studio is that i didnt start it sooner

I’m a lifelong musician, professional drummer, and wannabe producer when I grow up. I’ve taken this lockdown time to invest heavily into my studio. Just upgraded my 13 year old KRK 5’s to the Adam A7X’s with the sub MK10. I am blown away and could not be happier! Also just picked up a Stealth... my first semi-serious mic. It’s just money right?

THEY TEKIN AR JAABS! TERKETERRR

LUNA requires Thunderbolt interface and MacOS (notice announced MacOS going ARM and no Thunderbolt available), so it's already a restricted money well to completely avoid :P

Btw, speaking about LA, humbly I would love to mention that I was Blessed to work with Candice C, WillieXO, Tony L. Fashion Nova, and some other there in States. The most wonderful of this, it was the nice people and their energy for making the hit and the vid.

Yes, I'm going against the "do the right thing" mind setting; I'm started to invest even more in my studio during the first lockdown. With one of my band we didn't want to waste time, complaining about the pandemic situation, so we decided to record a new album, all doing it remotely. Well, I've updated my machines in my little home drum studio, recorded and released the album and fans, magazines, reviewers seem to appreciate the current production more than the last one which it has been done in a top class studio in Stockholm, funny huh? Yes I have a little less money in my pocket, but since then more sessions works start to come because my overall quality has improved a lot. During the last two months I've done another investment (bought some new mics, new monitors and a brand new Apollo firewire interface, which it's a game changer) and I'm about to make new soundproofing works. It's our job, we decide the quality of it.

Couldn’t agree more, just upgraded from a focusrite Clarett 8 pre to the Apollo xp8, will use the the clarett as my adat expansion with a Apollo twin for monitor control and extra dsp, unison pre etc... with Luna and unison pre’s I don’t think there’s a better solution on the market for small project studios like mine :) thanks for the video’s they helped me pull the trigger on the upgrade

This video is helpful. Thank you!

Great vid man. Im from Boston, MA nationality Dominican. I’m a singer, songwriter musician, and produce my own music. Been doing so for more than 10 years. I’ve had a semi- home studio at the moment but eventually want to build my own recording studio right in my own home perhaps the baseman or a shed outside convert it into a studio or something mobile etc. I want to be able to work with no interruptions, noise or simple family coming in the room making noise. I’m in serious need of a studio and been thinking of how to start. I’ve been in bands projects where we build studio before. I’m kind of familiar with the process even how to record drums, guitars plus using daw like Logic Pro x or Studio One is now my daw of preference. I wanna be able to work: record, and do my social media content plus produce other artists right from my baseman. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! 👍🏻🙏🏻🎸

How are you routing that XLR snake for your drum kit through the x8p? Just going into the xlr inputs? I want to upgrade to the x8p and use it to mic my kit, run a mixer through, some turntables, multiple sets of monitors, etc. Trying to figure out the most efficient way to do so without having to go behind the interface constantly to swap out cables. Thanks

im actually working from home with my homestudio. i work at a comercial studio for audiobooks but ive been working remotely editing and mastering audio. its been a crazy year

Just discovered your channel few days ago. Loving your content! I´m a 17yo guitarist/vocalist and I started songwriting just few months ago. Now I´m really interested on invest so I can make my path in the Music World. (Rn I´m just using Bandlab and my phone, but I have some knowledge so I think i´m going well)

I am building out a home studio in my TuffShed (~9.5'x~11.5' interior floor space). It's going to double as a RU-vid studio. I want to begin an interview show for RU-vid from my studio space. I also teach a brand new class at my high school, Studio Recording, AND I'm taking Studio Music Production from my local college. I have two years left 'til I can retire from teaching. I want my studio engineer skills to be sufficient to provide an "encore career" in my retirement years.

i am a musician building a home studio looking to produce as a career

I started investing in this whole thing as just a hobby... everything in the beginning was computer based as I wasn't looking at the bigger picture. Not entirely sure what path I want to head down at the moment but I'm around 6 grand into this hobby and there isn't an end in sight. Do you ever see your studio complete? That's my question as an addict to all things electronic.

from 2011-2016 I was working at commercial studios. The work went from recording and mixing 20 songs a month to JUST mixing those 20 songs...then it went from just mixing those 20 songs down to about 10...then 3-4 a month...then I was let go. Shortly after that I invested in a home studio. I now have a home studio for music and a podcast studio. INVEST IN YOURSELF. Taking that first plunge is the scariest, yet the most exhilarating. Hope it works out for everyone who has decided to start one up.

I am in the process of cleaning out my garage to finish over into a rehearsal space/recording studio. I always thought "Well I need someplace to put the cars during a snowstorm" but lately I realize that's only about 5-6 times a year, and the rest of that time the space is wasted. I've been in my house for 23 years and really wish I had done this decades ago. My goal is mostly for my own uses, but I have thought about eventually reaching out to find clients and run it as a side business.

Currently in the Navy working on building my home studio. Once I get out I plan on going to MTSU in Tennessee for Audio Production!

I am currently just getting started in all the recording stuff, and finishing my studio up as well

My move to Nashville got pushed back a year due to the virus, however I have been doin a lot of pedal steel session work from home lately as well as mixing. I have a Twin Duo now, Next on my list is an X8 or x8p but I'm waiting till q4 for the annual UA sale where they give you a satellite with your purchase.

Currently transitioning a afterhr club/wharehouse biz...into a production/ recording studio technically not my house but might as well be im here so much...and the space has a wharehouse/ garage/ home studio type of feel...

We work from a home studio, have been since we formed in 2018.

Moving away from Pro Tools is pretty much the best you can do. I havent open a pro tools session in over a year since I moved to Reaper, and I swear I wish I never want to look back. Also, right now I run my studio from how due to lockdown, and it is becoming quite de main option for the future, both mixing online and teaching.

I would love to implement a Dante network in my studio once I have a place with a live room and something big enough to record drums.

I have my full time job but I own and operate my Home Drum Studio. Where I do Remote/Online Drum Recording Sessions. My goal is to have like 3-4 songs/ projects per week. Been doing it in my Home Studio for over 7 years. Drummer for over 26 years :)

Working on mine as a drummer, gettin there

Awesome vid bro, as you mentioned I think it would be nice if you do a vid regarding computers!

Andrew, could you make a video about tune drums...how you tune, and how you use compression, why, when...etc etc..

Man I love luna too. Thinking of ending my pro tools subscription.

I’m a high school student trying to build a studios piece by pice, I want to record and produce my own music as well as the music of others

Hey , I have the x4 as well! To be honest? I bought it because, yes, it's a great audio interface, but so is Focusrite (well, to ME it is lol). ButNO ONE has suc a damn good-looking desktop interface that couples as a damn-good looking monitor controller!!! I HAVE NO IDEA WHY their competitors don't focus on creating a cool-looking desktop interface that also works as a monitor controller!!! So.... that's how I ended up with the x4. Plus.... two very close friends (Josh Wilbur & Tony Maserati) who both use to be my engineer told me to buy any UA apollo brand. And to everyone in the comments....nope they didn't send me the apollo x4 for free Lol. LOVE your enthusiasm for product you believe in bro!! I support & salute you.

I liked the video just for CD's. Gotta do what the man says.

Fun fact: Jacquire King just switched from his Burl Mothership to a full Apollo X/Luna system. One x16 and two x8p's if I remember correctly. I just mix and I love my Symphony MKII, but if I had to open a small recording space tomorrow, I'd go that route for sure, so convenient and the new converters are great.

I do it all myself.