£10,000 Digital Studio Set Up Options

[Aerial]

Hi,
With a budget of between £10,000 - £12,000. Aside from sound proofing gear & a G5 mac what would you suggest I purchase/need to open a digital pro to semi pro studio?
I own a korg trinity pro,
motu 2408 mk2, motu midi express xt,
shure sm58
a couple of guitars & a pair of mackie 624's.

I wanted two sequencers, I was thinking of maybe DP5 when it's released & logic?
Also been reading about soundcraft's 328xd and mackies' d8b mixers. They both sound pretty good on paper, but the d8b may be to complex for my 1st digi mixer-anyone used one of those?
Anyway all suggestions are welcome.

[gogmagog]

if you are in an area where there are a loads o studios around anyway
then you should concentrate on getting the absolute basics sounding
great - the accoustic architecture - so the above post is absolutely right.

if you are the only one for miles around then you should try and provide the most user friendly equipment with your hardware similar to the stuff
bands may be using at home - but of a professional standard - that wat you have a friendly feel to the recording environment - this will also save time -

i think it safe to say that logic is now the first choice over protools for
at home am/pro work - so when your customers come in - they will
be able to use some of the tricks they learned at home - this will save time - they will know what to ask you for if you are producing or engineering

if you are dry hiring the studio it means you wont have to keep 'popping in'
all fecking day to help them out

good sound design - the best mikes and pres you can afford and an accessible daw -

oh yes and a pool table and 'a man round the corner'

This post has been edited by gogmagog: Mon 27 Mar 2006, 15:44