one thing I always observed when watching the behind the scenes of some foreign artist recording, is that they always use huge room for drum tracking and lots of microphone for ambient why can't we do this here?
Not every type of music can be helped by a large room and lots of mics. There are workarounds. You just need to know the sound you want, and how to get that sound. The equipment isn't quite as important as knowing how to use it. In fact, most of the time, the limitations force the artist to think outside the box. Sometimes it's better to concentrate your efforts on making the song better, making the performance better, instead of figuring out which mic or which of your hi-end preamps to use, or whether to track with compression or not, and if so, which compressor, blah, blah. I'd take a great performance on cheap equipment any day over a so-so performance on hi-end equipment. Remember how mikep adviced on rehearsing your material well. That's advice that can't be underestimated.
pasali hehehe! someone once said to me that audio recording is like photography! go get a great lens (mics), camera (interface) lighting (cable) & a model (artist)
just want to share too!
nonie m.
Good equipment helps, of course. Here's the thing about hi-end stuff. Whether it's music or photography, hi-end equipment elevates people's expectations of your output. Fumble on great equipment, and you appear a bigger idiot.
oh,... hmmmm,... soundcreation by sir shinji and blue lights studios quite have a very good roomy space. But is it really advisable that natural reverb of the room is the best way unlike using a plugin ambient rooms.
Only if you can tell the difference (of course you can tell in an A/B situation, but when you listen to a radio, can you tell which songs used a live room, and which ones used a plug-in?), and if you can tell that the difference actually resulted in superior audio.
Let me advice everybody against using something only because it's there. Sometimes better sound can come from cheaper equipment. SSL's will always have better distortion and noise figures than Behringers, but who's to say that Behringer's distortion characteristics won't help your sound? My favorite cymbal in my studio was a 600 peso unbranded cymbal I got from Raon. And KitC knows how many cymbals I have. Honestly, I've lost count.
I guess what I'm trying to say is... use your ears. Your eyes will always tell you that the more expensive equipment will always be better. Your ears might hear differently.