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Starting a home studio, need advice!

Ok, I've got my Pro Tools Digi 002 coming in the mail any day now, plus I ordered a 2nd internal hard drive for my G4. I'm raring to go and really want to set up the best home studio I can for making professional sounding demos and even recording CD's for my band (hard rock leaning towards punk). So here's my quesion for you established home studio users out there...

How I master (step by step), please read and give advice

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I have been into mastering for a good while so i decided to go and buy the Wavesmasters package and the Trueverb and IDR plugin , also my WAVELAB comes with the UV22 and a resampling machine.

So this is what i do...

I was in charge of a prog. rock album that was in many ways like the smashing pumpkins, this is what i did...

Advice on good keyboard to buy?

Hi all, I've been recording with a Yamaha keyboard with just the basic sounds: piano, organ, vibes, Harpsichord for awhile now and I really need to get a new keyboard that does a lot more! What I really need is a keyboard that will give me some decent classic sounds of piano, organ, etc., as well as a variety of synth sounds with the ability to perhaps create my own.

soundcard advice..

i am purchasing a computer and everything needed to record mostly acoustic style music with some other instruments at some times...(drums, piano, electrik :) )

I'm not quite sure what type of soundcard to get.. 24bit, 96 khz I'm sure is all i need.. and for mixing do i just buy the mixer and plug it into the sound card? I'm not realy sure how it all works..