Lenise Bent has some awesome credits.
She got started as an intern at Leon Russel's studio, went to school and ended up working at iconic studios like United Western and Village Recorders.

She worked on albums like Supertramp's Breakfast in America, The Band's The Last Waltz, and worked as one of Roger Nichol's AE's on Steely Dan's Aja'.

Enjoy.

Warren Huart, producer and engineer for acts like Aerosmith, James Blunt, Korn, and others, has this video on YouTube, where he talks about the 5 Key Things that every home studio should have. He also talks about the things that he feels aren't as important; most notably, pro level mics, pre's, converters and monitors.