Started rebuilding my recording computer set up today

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I have all the AC wires done (which are many). I put all the outboard effects in the rack (which is part of the studio table). Tomorrow or shortly thereafter, I will wire all the audio and the 2 computers, and viola it will be back up and running. I have my Egnater Tweaker with the EVM 12 L's set up out in the climate controlled shed for recording with a pedal board, all hooked up and ready to go. I have a little gizmo that will allow me to use 2 computers with only one monitor, mouse, and keyboard. One desktop computer is for the internet, art work, & estimating if necessary. And the other desktop is the recording computer. It took me several hours to put the rack gear in and wire the mess up.

Now it is time to get my daily practice in.

[whitefang]

I admire you can do that. If I tried it I'd blow the power out for a three block radius. Just not what you'd call "handy".

Whitefang

[jawbone]

I like having someone who knows and love doing sound and recording to do that. Never has been my forte'. I have had the pleasure of being recorded by some good folks and watching them do their thing with other artists is fascinating but then so is watching someone rebuild a Chevy 350. Which I helped with once or twice but again, just not my wheelhouse.
I'm with Fang, I'd create a good size disaster. Keep me in front of a mic or way behind the controls!

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Recording and songwriting came super easy for me. I started recording in the late 1980's with a complete Otari 16 track tape deck and half track deck as well and 24x16 Tac Scorpion Board with 30 synthesizers and samplers in 2 sets of 24 rack space road cases. I wired it all together and ran it with a Macintosh Plus and SMPTE Time Code. The stuff I do now is of course much simpler since a lot of it is inside the computer in software. I may have to wire about 6 to 8 pieces of outboard gear, in one rack (which is part of the recording table).

Recording and mixing is super simple (once you know how). I just applied the skills and craftsmanship that I learned in the building trades to recording. I know a song needs a foundation, just like a building does. I know how to piece together bricks and stones which takes a similar skill as to how to build a multi track recording. It is super simple truthfully. The hard part is learning to play the instruments I am still struggling with guitar work after all these years as it is a skill you cannot store away. You have to keep at it for several hours daily to be any good at it.