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2) Monitors - I'm personally not 100% convinced that you need to go overboard on these. I use fairly cheap Edirol MA-7As, and my stuff seems to sound OK!
Have you ever mixed on really good speakers? You'll be surprised at the difference.
To be frank, I honestly don't know how you can work with the Edirols effectively, must be a lot of guesswork under 150 Hz. I am absolutely conviced that it's impossible to mix any real "oomph" and depth so it still sounds like "oomph" on the player's sound system without a proper monitoring situation. No offense!
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I think you're probably right - unfortunately in my current situation I have a lot of other considerations aside from professional that affect my workspace. In an ideal world I'd be 100% behind you, but I think I'm probably closer to Kevin on this one in that my setup has to respond to my environment. Just have to make the best out of what I have!
I would say, on a tight budget, start with the most basic versions of the four things above. As you save up, sell them off and buy bigger shinier ones.
I'll have to disagree with this too. You'll end up spending a lot more money that way. Better take your time to save up and then purchase something you won't have to sell at a loss and which will really push your producing environment to a new level, like Nathan suggested.
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I can see both sides of this. Yes you'd spend more over the long run, but on the other hand you'd have something to get started with. By saving up you're delaying even beginning by however long it takes you to save up for the gear you want. I guess it depends whether you're able to wait a little while and start off with more high-end gear, or get cracking right now with the basics while you build up your skill level.
