to maximize quality in productions ranging from rap to country, with an emphasis on 'indie' rock music, where would you invest up to $25,000? keep in mind that purchases will be made on a line of credit, and expenses will have to be justified with increased rates, quality, etc.

i currently own:

Hi., I now got my Soundcraft Ghost 24 with mute automation. I think it was a pretty good deal at £750 ($1,200 US). BUT, it came with the old green power supply (PSM 300). After spending hours reading about ghost modifications, virtually everyone says that a better power supply will improve the sound and performance.

Hey everyone!

I've been composing for a fair while now, and I've just received a commission that is going to require a serious upgrade to my existing kit.

My current studio inventory is this:

Quick overview of my setup:

Mics:
AKG 451-EB mics with CK1 caps (this is the best sound for me. I've tried nearly all versions of Neumanns, KM84, KM184, U89, Schoeps, etc.. nearly all high-endmics and the vintage pair of AKG's are basically silky brightness, exactly what I need)

PREAMP:
Hamptone JFET

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Hey guys,

Im trying to figure out where to toss some money into. I did a preamp shoot out with some different preamps.. some more expensive.. some crap. And found subtle differences depending on what the source was. Would buying nicer preamps (nicer then a digi002 stock) help more as to everything i record pretty pretty much running through them?

Looking to upgrade over the Digi 002R pre's. Budget $1,500. I primarily record electric guitar, bass, vocals. My only condenser mic is an AT3035 which is decent but nothing fancy. The unit i decide to get must have a good instrument pre in it.
After research these are the pres i found suitable. If anyone has any experience with these, please let me know what you think:

Has anyone upgraded their systems to a board or OS that supports 64bit processors such as the Pentium D and had any problems or luck with Nuendo or Cubase SX, Reason, and effects/vst plugins, etc.? We're considering upgrading our system. Right now, we have a Pentium 4 2.4ghz processor which when the ONYX 1220 mixer is turned on takes about 50% in resources (and no there are no other tasks).

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Right now our DAW is running as followed:

i was a victI'm of some nasty spyware on my computer and was forced to format/reinstall xp on my main system drive. after i got xp back up and running, i loaded my drivers, then installed pro tools. i decided that i'd finally install my upgrade from my version of Pro Tools 6.4 to 6.9.