Start my own recording studio

I m planing to open a sound studio in Mumbai(India), But i m not from this field (I m a video editor) so can u guide me about how much there will be investment and what all equipments will be required to open a sound studio.pls give the details

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I really want to start my own Digital Audio Workstation, but I don’t know what equipment I should start trying to buy.

i want to make my own sound

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Me and my husband want to start our own recording studio and need some advice on how to go about doing this. My husband also makes his own music so we wanna be able to reccord him and others in it :)

I LOVE MUSIC!!!

1.) Create A Mission Statement

• What are you trying to do?
Do you want to be a record producer? Are you trying to start a record label? Are you going to be an engineer? And if so do you have a specialty? (tracking/mixing/mastering/genre of music). Or are you going to be a studio owner? Studio ownership is a full time job, and not necessarily the most glamorous job at the studio.

• Follow your mission statement.
Revisit it six months later. Are you on task? Are you reaching the goals you’ve defined for yourself? If your really a business, your goals should be income motivated. Businesses are about making money not spending money.

2.) Start Me Up
If you discover in creating your mission statement that you are a future studio owner:

• Money (that’s what I want)
Post your prices in the open. Frame a printed rate sheet on your wall at eye level in an obvious location. This will avoid further ’negotiating’ of rates after services have been rendered. Posted rates also go along way towards resolving any disputed charges or misunderstandings.

• Create a rate card with built-in discounts for volume purchases and advance payments.
This will help insure that any negotiations benefit your studio as well as your client. Do not vary from the rates and discounts offered. Don’t bend the rules for your buddies. This will identify you as a straight shooter and an honorable person. People will always ask for a deal if they think you’ll back down and you’ll spend as much time trying to get paid as you do recording. Friend Discounts may leave you wondering who your real friends are and can backfire if the word spreads – “you paid $$$, he only charged us $$!”

• Say what you mean, mean what you say.
The telephone is the single most important piece of equipment in the studio. Speak clearly with confidence in your abilities. You are being hired for your expertise and your skill in translating ideas into something tangible. Your communication skills are your greatest asset.

• Corner your market
Survey the competition. Can you identify a void in the local recording services market? Your initial strength is low overhead, so value is the most common marketing emphasis for start-up studios. Work as cheaply as you can afford. Be fair to yourself, but be more than fair to your clients. They will tell their friends. This will build your client base. This will gain you experience. Experience will forever be a continuing for of education and will make you a superior engineer. Your early clients are funding your advanced education. This should be reflected somewhat in your rate. You are not just earning money, you are earning a client base, you are earning experience, and you are earning a reputation for the quality of your work and the way you practice business.

3.) Small Studio Owner – My Gear Sucks

• Resist overspending.
Gear lust is the number-one killer of recording studio small and large. As a studio owner, gear lust is your natural enemy. Recognize the early warning signs; glazed eyes when reading Mix or EQ, uncontrollable knob twiddling, and microphone envy.

Rule 1 Never buy gear on credit.
It is a poor decision that may eventually kill your studio.

Rule 2 Whatever you think the studio costs – double it.
Cable, furniture, stationary, mic stands, utilities, maintenance, toiletries, etc…

Rule 3 How to spend your profits so you have profits to spend.
This may seem impossible, but it is a proven formula for success.
It requires discipline and control over the dreaded gar lust beast.
Whatever you spend on gear – spend an equal amount on advertising.
This works. Its beauty is in its simplicity. This is a key indicator in recognizing if you are spending too much of your profits on gear. Is this your hobby or your profession? Do you think the owner of the local McDonalds is lusting over the new Ultra Fryer 6000?

Rule 4 Bad Is Good.
Don’t fight it. If you don’t sound like a million bucks, that’s O.K. Some of the coolest recordings made today have embraced lo-fi approach. Ground breaking artists like Beck, Modest Mouse, The White Stripes, and pretty much the whole ’emo’ genre have helped to make crap king. If you don’t own the latest whiz-bang doohickey spectral polisher – DEAL WITH IT.

Rule 5 Is What Every Successful Studio Owner Eventually Knows: It’s Not About You – It’s About Your Clients.
It’s about the staff, engineers and people that come together to create something great. The producers, artist and musicians that come through the door are why the studio exists.

Rule 6 It’s Not About The Gear – It’s About The Records.
The music created in your studio is your legacy. It will continue to effect peoples lives long after the project is complete.

Being a recording studio owner or any business owner means long hours and personal financial liability. Expect to spend more time in the operating of the business than engineering. Studio management requires the time and talents of at least one individual whose sole focus is in making the studio profitable. Advertising, answering the phone, scheduling, accounting, paying the bills and cleaning the bathroom all need to be done before the record button is pushed.

4.) Your Already Own A Studio! In Fact You Own Several!
If you discover in creating your mission statement that you are a future producer or engineer:

Recording studios are a dime-a-dozen. In fact, probably a dozen or more studios are already in operation in your local market. Why spend your time, money and energy to build what already exists? Why be another competitor when you can have the existing studios in your market bend over backwards to try to please you? How?

• Develop relationships with local studios as a freelance engineer.
Recording studios get stuck in their market position. As a freelance engineer you can have many rooms available to you offer your clients a sliding rate scale that can fit any budget. Remember, recording is a service not a studio. Many studios offer discount rates for freelance engineers. Think about it, they save the cost of paying the engineer. You just hired yourself!

• Buy studio time, not gear.
Find out what sounds good or bad by using it – not by making costly poor purchasing decisions. Instead of buying some cheap mic, get a block of time at the studio of your choice. Now you have access to great mics, pres, compression, eq, monitors, etc. Work with talented engineers. Learn from them. Now you’re finding artist and taking them into studios where you are producing records on budget. Hey guess what? You’re a record producer! Start making records right now without investing thousands of dollars.

• Advertise your service as if you were a studio.
Flyer, place ads in the local music rags. Go to shows and approach bands that you actually enjoy. Shake their hand. Ask for a copy of their demo. If they don’t have one, inform them that you can help them accomplish that. Expense is no longer the key-determining factor because you work out of many different studios at several different price-points and can find a solution to fit their budget.

LIVE YOUR DREAM RIGHT NOW.