[OCR Cribs (the "Post Pics of your Studio Area" thread!)]

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plus these:

software = wayyyy too much to mention - several DAWs, waves, motu, NI, etc (no, nothing cracked)

[Best Monitors for $350?]

i'll second that about KRK - they used to use really nice focal drivers but for the past several years they've devolved into consumer-grade monitors up and down the line

pick up some mackies or m-audios in that price range and you'll be getting the best bang for your buck

[[Guide] Cheap mics with rich sounds.]

for instrumentation (esp guitar cabinets), i love my audix i5

for cheap condensers, you're really only going to start getting above 'consumer-grade' quality once you hit something like the blue baby bottle... if you are really budget-constrained, everyone could use a cheap studio projects or akg perception mic tho

[What headphones or monitors (speakers) should I buy?]

for under 200$ i would get the mackie mr5's, hands down

if you were to shoot a little bit higher, step up to the MR8's and throw some auralex mopads underneath them

[Nerdapalooza 2009]

hex tells me it was the best one yet and that the (tentative) plans for next year are ridiculous

too bad i didn't make the cut this year, would've been dope to meet you IRL

[What headphones or monitors (speakers) should I buy?]

so, under 200$ (unless there's a huge performance gain for going a little over)...what should i get? what's the best, most flat sound you can get?

audio technica ath-m50's

[What headphones or monitors (speakers) should I buy?]

enough people have already mentioned the mid-range sennheisers (HD280's), and they are a good bang for the buck; they and the audio-technica atm40fs are decent starting headphones for those wanting something to mix with

a great mid-range set of mixing headphones would be the audio-technica ath-m50's, and they are standard in mixing booths that do a lot of hiphop work

at the really high end, the sennheiser hd650s are golden; to lithe, these are incredible for mixing work, but the key is using them in an acoustically treated environment...