UNLIMITED Studio Gear Challenge.. What Would Fill YOUR Dream Studio? (S6 E3) 

If I had unlimited resources, the recording gear I’d choose would be so boring. Give me 32 Britstrips and a Presonus StudioLive with 32 mic pres. Give me all the Lewitt and Austrian Audio mics and some 57s,7B, Telefunke M82s, and Royer R-121s. I would massively spec out a computer (think Threadripper Pro 7995WX, 1tb of DDR5 ram, etc). I’d have all the virtual instruments and effects. I’d get a Trinoff. But for instruments and such, well… For keyboards/synths I’d go with a Yamaha U3 and CFX, 16 voice Moog One, 3rd Wave 61 key, Hydrasynth Deluxe, Korg Opsix, and the Buchla Easel. For drums, I’d go DW collector series maple shells, the entire Pearl Free Floating snare line, and the entire Meinl Classics Custom set of cymbals. For guitars/bass, I’d get all the standard PRS, Gibson, and Fender, guitars and basses. For guitar amps, I’d go with Revv G120s, Fender ‘65 Twin Reverb, PRS HDRX 100w head, and a Vox AC130. For guitar cabs, I would get 4 Harley Benton 4x12s and 4 1x12s. I’d load them up with each speaker being different. While there are clearly more odds and ends to be had, I think that pretty much covers the major equipment

Definitely 1 piece of gear I'd prioritize would be an actual Fairchild 670 stereo comp... I'd put some of that unlimited budget into hiring some of the best session players on earth... Keeping them on my speed dial.... 😁😎

A dream studio…. 🤔 Big tracking rooms, a shitload of instruments (imagine a warehouse) at least 21 more rooms, I’ll be in studio 22 😂 A couple of mastering studios. A in-house vinyl press, cassette tape and cd production facilities. A shitload of analog gear and the most important thing of all: I would start a worldwide streaming service and pay artists a dollar per stream and get all the major labels go broke in no time. And anyone that wants a commercial gets shot onsite 😂

Can you not use Sonarworks, systemwide, outwith your DAW?

Nice one bois, keep these coming, they're becoming a highlight of Sat mornings

Remember meeting you both in the queue for JJ’s MWTM @ AR. I’ve finally finished matching the template to hardware. 😂

These episodes are awesome, haven't even watched yet and I know it'll be good.

Money no object Console wise Neve 88RS with a BCM 10 side car and an API 1608 sidecar . Everything you could ever want Converters Burl mothership Monitors either PMC or ATC mains Outboard wise 2 of everything Audioscape make cause they really sound amazing ! And then 2 of everything I can think off Same as mics And then I’d build an ATMOS ROOM 😂😂🤣🤣

A Kii Three BXT atmos room would be the holy grail. 200k $ for a 9.1.6 thoe...

I really like Baby Audio's stuff. My favourite amongst the bunch is Spaced Out. There will definitely be a console at the heart of it all, either a Neve or an SSL. The most important aspect will be integration with the computer because I will still work with a DAW. It would be Atmos ready. I'm sure there will be other elements I would like to add here and there, but I am a simple man and I would like to be as simple as possible. But whatever I get, I want it to be the best and reliable and flexible (so yes RME converters will play a role =] ). The amusing thing is I would like to have a full set of UAD Sphere/Hemisphere microphones, some kind of Roland hybrid acoustic-electric drum kit (and with it use Earthwork DK7 set of microphones) and (if it exists) some kind of amp-head that will actually be a controller to the virtual amp. The reason for all of it is I want to have a lot of different options without having to have a shed for various drum kit elements, microphones, amp/cabinet combos, etc. And yes, this is even with an unlimited budget ;) =] That said, Vangelis is my musical father figure and I would probably going for things he had, particularly when he had Nemo Studios in London. And to be clear, this is just the tracking/mixing side of things. Synthesizers are another thing =] (Yes, if I could translate my plug-in purchases to assets, I would probably be an upper middle class bloke. No regrets here ... and I expect two fingers coming from Paul ;) =] ) The rest of it ... I honestly really like to have a studio in the countryside (think Real World). So yes, it will be residential and there will be great food. And definitely all the "boring stuff".

I remember drooling over a Studer A800 at a music technology show in London about 35 years ago. At the time it was worth more than my house. I’d probably have a couple of them, fed from a nice console…and I’d probably just sit and watch the reels go round 😂

Ha! I’ve always wanted a studio big enough to have a car in it! And I think it would have to be a Fiat Multipla for two reasons… firstly it’s the fugliest car ever made, and secondly it’s got three seats in the front so you can sit in the middle 😂 I’d want a Nova in it too, of course - the worlds first Trinnov calibrated car!

Ed, Delongi coffee machines are trash. Get either a La Marzocco, Decent, or ECM at least. And dont forget a good grinder as that is most important.

Back in the day, Jack Joseph Puig studio was always me dream studio

Good episode guys'. I watched it all the way through and it's nice to see the growth in perspective. I second that thought of living your best life and doing what you love. As far as gear goes I've been absolutely loving the Ex Machina Pulsars. I have the drivers sitting about 2 feet from my ears which I found to help minimize desk reflection and the room. I also invested heavily in GIK bass traps all around the room which has made a huge difference in sound quality throughout the entire room. Every day I'm amazed at how good it sounds. I don't regret spending the money one bit. However, like you guys I would absolutely love to try out all kinds of different speakers and headphones, gear, etc. Audio is just so much fun.

SSL ORIGIN, probably fill 4x 10 slot 500 series boxes and id be fine.

A question for Paul: in Atmos numbering as x.y.z, I understand y to be the mono LFE channel. If that's the case, then how is it possible for y to be any number other than 1? I know you can have multiple subwoofers in a room, but they'll all be part of the LFE channel, right?

I currently have a RME UFX III with a Ferrofish A32pro (black face). RME is coming out with a new M-1620 Pro that 16 channels of A/D and 20 D/A converter with ADAT, Milan, MADI in September. I can still take back my Ferrofish A32pro. Should I take back my Ferrofish A32pro and wait until September and get the new RME M-1620 Pro? I currently do not use all 32 channels of the Ferrofish A32pro. Please advise. I have to make a choice by Monday.

Love the banter guys thanks

I pretty much have my dream studio and gear. If money were no object of course I'd buy something silly like a matched pair of U47's or something equally as ridiculous. I have vintage Neumann mics, but I've never been so extreme as to try to find another matching mic to create a pair. Maybe I'd buy a room full of obscenely priced speakers, like those $100,000 per pair of Focal monitors.

Big studios were a thing back when it was still possible to make decent money producing music and when energy consumption was less of a concern . Also a bigger percentage of pop music involved recording bands not just programming stuff in DAWs . A few years ago there was a little bit hope for bigger studios because of atmos but it didn't work out as planned , the general audience completely ignored it . Apple music by being able to loose money on distributing atmos for the same monthly fee didn"t managed to improve their market share with people wanting to get atmos and music is still massively distributed in stereo . Soptify can't do atmos at the same price and they know that they would get very few customers willing to pay double the price to get atmos .