Does the advance of home recording software mean the death of the recording studio?
June 3rd, 2010 | 
Author: Now that home software packages such as Logic and ProTools are so abundant, does that mean that actual recording studios are finished? And if not, why not? I am doing a journalism paper at university and I would like some references or opinions that experts or those involved in the industry have on the matter, but my research is turning up surprisingly little. I’d like some sound bites or recent news on this subject… any help or advice greatly appreciated!
They wont ever die. They’ll get scarcer but I just don’t see them ever going away. There is still a major difference between a home/project studio recording and a label backed record done in a multi-million dollar studio. The major studios are still only able to be afforded by rock and pop stars and the labels will still shell out for it. I think that project studios are going to be hurt by the home recording studios because the software and hardware are so much cheaper now and you don’t need a small business loan to buy an interface and some microphones anymore.
For news look up EMI. They’re about to go bankrupt and they’re one of the last 4 major labels. They lost almost 2 billion GBP last year and either had to or almost had to sell Abbey Road. Like THE Abbey Road.
Hope this gave at least a little insight,
KDecka
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Not in anyway. u cant get the environment that a studio provide in a house. in studios they have special sound proofing techniques which can avoid unwanted sounds ( actually low frequencies) to produce better quality sound tracks. in home condition u cant avoid this low frequencies and hence to improve the quality. actual human ear cant feel the deference. but when u go to an expert he will detect the quality of it very easily. and you cant get better quality tracks one by one and merge the and produce a track which can Challenge the one produce in a studio.
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They wont ever die. They’ll get scarcer but I just don’t see them ever going away. There is still a major difference between a home/project studio recording and a label backed record done in a multi-million dollar studio. The major studios are still only able to be afforded by rock and pop stars and the labels will still shell out for it. I think that project studios are going to be hurt by the home recording studios because the software and hardware are so much cheaper now and you don’t need a small business loan to buy an interface and some microphones anymore.
For news look up EMI. They’re about to go bankrupt and they’re one of the last 4 major labels. They lost almost 2 billion GBP last year and either had to or almost had to sell Abbey Road. Like THE Abbey Road.
Hope this gave at least a little insight,
KDecka
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I’m going to school for Audio Engineering and we learn about this stuff.
There will always be professional studios. It is the smaller "project" studios that are suffering and will disappear. There is just no way a big, custom designed and built room matched with amazing microphones and processing gear will just go away. Plate reverb, echo chambers, 2 inch tape machines, headphone systems… No home studio can compare.
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