<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi James ! <div class="">You will find below my advices for this range of price… </div><div class="">Imo, your friend should know  how many inputs he needs for his future soundcard cause  two inputs can  be sometimes limited .</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">—————</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">0 Room Treatment ;</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.thomannmusic.com/the_t.akustik_cbt_37.htm" class="">https://www.thomannmusic.com/the_t.akustik_cbt_37.htm</a></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.thomannmusic.com/the_takustik_was7_absorber_8erset.htm" class="">https://www.thomannmusic.com/the_takustik_was7_absorber_8erset.htm</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1 Sound card / Midi interface </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.thomannmusic.com/focusrite_usb_audio_interfaces.html" class="">https://www.thomannmusic.com/focusrite_usb_audio_interfaces.html</a></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.thomannmusic.com/thomann_midi_usb_1x1.htm" class="">https://www.thomannmusic.com/thomann_midi_usb_1x1.htm</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> </div><div class="">2 Midi Keyboard / Synth </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.thomannmusic.com/native_instruments_komplete_kontrol_a25_select.htm" class="">https://www.thomannmusic.com/native_instruments_komplete_kontrol_a25_select.htm</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">3 Speakers </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.thomannmusic.com/kali_audio_lp_8.htm" class="">https://www.thomannmusic.com/kali_audio_lp_8.htm</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.thomannmusic.com/kali_audio_lp_6.htm" class="">https://www.thomannmusic.com/kali_audio_lp_6.htm</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">4 DI Box </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.thomannmusic.com/behringer_di20_di_box.htm" class="">https://www.thomannmusic.com/behringer_di20_di_box.htm</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">5 Reamp Box</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.thomannmusic.com/palmer_reamping_box_daccapo.htm" class="">https://www.thomannmusic.com/palmer_reamping_box_daccapo.htm</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">6 Microphones</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.thomannmusic.com/shure_sm57_lc.htm" class="">https://www.thomannmusic.com/shure_sm57_lc.htm</a></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.thomannmusic.com/rode_nt1a_complete_vocal_recording.htm" class="">https://www.thomannmusic.com/rode_nt1a_complete_vocal_recording.htm</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">7 good quality Audio cables. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">—</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers </div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 12 Jan 2020, at 06:30, James R. Coplin <<a href="mailto:james@ticalun.net" class="">james@ticalun.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">So, a long time family friend's son is in high school now and starting to want to put together a setup for recording. He has a bass guitar and the DAW sorted but is looking to stretch out with synth, drum machine etc. I had a hard time making concrete recommendations beyond a couple because I have reached a point where budget and versatility considerations do not really inform my studio any longer. His need is obviously for maximal efficiency and utility for a limited budget. So, if you had around thousand us dollars or euros, what would your most bang for the buck studio setup be? The setup must include a midi controller or synth that could function as one, powered monitors, and a drum machine of some sort. Plugins are an option as is physical hardware and he doesn't seem to have a preference one way or another. He views this setup as being for recording at home and not for playing out. Thoughts?<br class=""><br class="">James<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">music-bar mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:music-bar@lists.music-bar.org" class="">music-bar@lists.music-bar.org</a><br class="">http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar<br class=""><br class="">Listen to Music-Bar Radio! <http://www.music-bar.org/radio.html></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>