Building Your Home Studio - Episode 6 - Outboard Rack Gear & 500 Series - Choosing Analog Gear

😎 Check Below For Links To All The Gear I Talk About!
We're back! Sorry for the delay in getting these episodes out. But we start up again with a big one. Today, we're talking about choosing outboard gear and 500 series gear in your studio. I walk you through what I put in my home studio as well as the reason why I chose the things I chose.
The goal is to show you a mix of some of the best gear on the market from a sound and quality perspective and show you tools for getting the best sound and most bang for the buck out of your space on top of a great easy to use workflow.
This video features great pieces of gear from @FurmanSound, @UniversalAudio, @kemperampsofficial, @blacklionaudio5271, @EmpiricalLabsInc, @APIAudioOfficial, @WarmAudioOfficial, @RupertNeveDesigns, @FlockAudio, Acme Audio, Meris Audio, @transaudio group, Daking, @cranborneaudio, @radialengineering, Great River Electronics, @gracedesignprofessionalaudio and more!
Here's a link to the specific pieces we talk about in the studio for reference:
Furman PL-8C - bit.ly/FurmanPL8C
Universal Audio Apollo X8P - bit.ly/ApolloX8PInterface
Universal Audio Apollo X8 - bit.ly/ApolloX8Interface
Kemper Profiler Rack - bit.ly/ProfilerRack
Black Lion Patchbay 8 Rack - bit.ly/BlackLionPBR8
Empirical Labs Distressor - bit.ly/Distressor
API The Channel (Channel Strip) - bit.ly/APIChannelStrip
Warm Audio EQP-WA - bit.ly/WarmEQPWA
Grace Audio M905 Monitor Controller - bit.ly/M905MonitorController
Black Lion Bluey 1176 Style Compressor - bit.ly/BlueyCompressor
Flock Audio Patch 64PT Patchbay - bit.ly/FlockPatchBay
Acme Audio Opticom XLA-3 Compressor - bit.ly/OpticomXLA3
Rupert Neve Designs 511 Preamp - bit.ly/Neve511Pre
Daking MicPre500 - bit.ly/MicPre500Daking
Cranborne Audio Camden 500 Series Preamp - bit.ly/CamdenPreamp
Black Lion PG-1 Power Conditioner - bit.ly/PG1PowerConditioner
Warm Audio WA12-500 - bit.ly/WA12500SeriesPre
Meris Hedra 500 Series - bit.ly/Hedra500Series
Meris Mercury 7 500 Series - bit.ly/3t6AcqI
Meris Ottobit Bitcrusher 500 Series- bit.ly/Ottobit500Series
Radial EXTC Effects Interface - bit.ly/RadialEXTC
Trident 80B 500 Series EQ - bit.ly/Trident80BEQ
Rupert Neve Designs 535 Diode Bridge Compressor - bit.ly/535DiodeBridgeCompressor
Great River 32EQ Harrison 500 Series -bit.ly/Harrison32EQ

[@ryansloan495]

Updated version of this is coming soon with all the latest tweaks and additions including Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, Burl B2 Bomber, Quad Cortex and a few other things!

[@mikeyslowey]

I’m in the process of upgrading my home studio with an new interface and some 500’s (my first outboard gear 🥲). Thanks for making such great, educational content!

[@hockeytalk6084]

Soon as I got my eyes on what was in those racks I said out loud “MAN this guys knows”. Amazing taste my friend. I hope to own many of these very same units at some point down the line. Just filled my first 500 series rack and am looking at eventually getting a distressor as my first rack mount unit. Love love LOVE the Opticom. The XLA-500 version was my first hardware purchase after using the plugin for several years. Awesome set up man, keep rockin!

[@lightafluident.9950]

You have everything that any studio would want and need. Very nice.

[@BillBene67]

Love this video. Very helpful. Please post more with patchbays and routing outboard gear into an apollo or other interface

[@redsix49]

gr8 equipment man... thanks for the video...wow

[@lightafluident.9950]

Nice studio. Thanks for sharing.

[@gabrielp1183]

really thankful for this series! how do you find clients as a music producer? what are some things nobody talks about in this profession? thanks a lot!

[@davidmaraisthecampfireguit2596]

Lovely presentation - I'm learning a lot, thanks.

[@TheGearCage]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@edgingchowder]

having a patchbay on your 500 rack is genius

[@BassGuitarLife]

Excellent Vid Thanks

[@jakobsweet5219]

you're awesome man - just found the channel and im already subbing off this one video

[@TheGearCage]

Thanks for checking it out and the kind words!

[@JonathanSumner1]

I just joined - love your videos. Straight forward, informative ..... well done! Subscribed! I am wondering what the best way to pick your brain about outboard gear? I am just starting the journey and wanted to see if you had an opinion the chasis? Email? I have an Apollo x4 and was looking at the Rupert Neve R10 with a samson patch bay? Or looking at the Cranborne Audio 500ADAT 8 channel (has patching and linking abilities)? OR the Black Lion PBR-8 - 500 Series 8-Slot Rack? Any help is so much appreciated - my first analogue outboard gear!

[@DolemiteSammich]

beautiful setup! Thanks for the info

[@TheGearCage]

Thanks, and of course. If you have any specific questions be sure to let me know!

[@R74-b7p]

Awesome setup!

[@TheGearCage]

Thank you! And thanks for watching.

[@FlockAudio]

Great Video! 🙌🏼

[@TheGearCage]

Thanks! And thank you for making a truly awesome product. 👏

[@eancurtis9333]

What gear should not be racked together? My dbx 160x hums alot next to some but not all outboard gear

[@alexanderadams1899]

Amazing! How is this all wired together though?? Do you go from the outputs of the Apollo down in some sort chain method through each of these pieces of gear?

[@TheGearCage]

Good question! I’ll make a video on this soon. The short answer is using the Flock Audio Patch which is a digital control/analog patch bay. It’s one of my favorite pieces of gear. I’ll go in-depth on it soon!

[@BobbyGeneric145]

My home studio is completely wired so that whether its guitar, synth, or drum machine, I never have to touch cables in the rear... Everything can connect to anything on the desk.

[@calvinsloan4915]

Greetings. I have an Apollo x6 in my home studio. I produce music and record vocals with a Neumann 103 mic. Which pre amp would you recommend for R&B music? Thx in advance.

[@mrsayang]

Nice gear collection. I play drums and I want to setup a rack with mostly 500 series preamps, EQ´s and Compressors. I do research now. I want to monitor my drum set which I have mic´d up with 10 great mics with analog gear through an apollo x16 I want to have 10 analog 500 series mic preamps. I did not find any video how to implement the analog gear in UAD console software? Is it possible in console software to create a drum bus and route all the independent drum mics to the drum bus and then putting a 500 series outboard gear Bus compressor on it? How would be the latency for such a setup when playing live and monitoring live? I plan mostly analog gear instead of plugins. Maybe for tom EQ I will start with plugins. For outboard analog gear I plan 10 mic preamps, 1 compressor for kick and 1 for snare, 1 EQ for kick and 1 for snare. EQ for HiHat and for Left and Right Overheads. 1 Bus compressor and 1 Stereo EQ for the Drum Bus.

[@zanem9022]

Thanks for the excellent video, subscribed. Im new and learning, have few questions

[@TheGearCage]

Thanks for watching!

[@billsmith2815]

Ryan, I love your setup! Do you mix and master through your rack and do you have a console or summing box?

[@TheGearCage]

Thank you! The current rig is for tracking and mixing. I use software from izotope if I’m mastering things or send off to mastering engineers. I don’t have a console in the rig right now, but I’m definitely contemplating it.

[@billsmith2815]

@@TheGearCage I imagine you are really into production and collaboration in adding high quality live guitar tracks to other people's productions. Right?

[@Marcos-wd2yt]

Could you make a video on Dominic fikes setup?

[@TheGearCage]

🥳This is the longest video we've ever done and it could have technically gone another hour if we really dug into every piece. We'll be doing more auxiliary videos with the gear from the video so you can check it out. Let me know if you have any other questions!

[@maddmarkmusic]

Can you tell about the routing

[@tonycalderamx]

What pre amp you have designated for bass guitar ?

[@TheGearCage]

I actually use an ADesigns Reddi or Acme Motown DI for bass when going direct. If we’re mic’ing a cab I’ll use my Neve preamp!

[@johndean5860]

Do you have a bus compressor.?

[@TheGearCage]

Good question! Not yet. With what I’ve been doing I focus on getting things great on the front end and sending things out for mastering. However, I’ve recently been laying the groundwork for a few pieces to come into the studio. I’m planning to add a RND MBP & GML 8200 next year. I just added an Avalon VT737, Shelford Channel and Burl B2 Bomber so I set the stage for that killer return ADC.

[@johndean5860]

@@TheGearCage On the ApolloX8 I send my main mix out of analog out 1+2 to my 500 titan rack via 1/4 to xlr cables and I return via xlr cables to 1/4 inch trs on line in channels 5+6 on the ApolloX8. Is there anything wrong with this routing? Do I need a dedicated interface to handle this?

[@sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

Where's the link for the Shure wireless?

[@TheGearCage]

Good point- It’s a Shure SLXD system. Here’s a link: www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SLXDLV93-G58--shure-slxd14-93-wireless-lavalier-microphone-system-g58-band

[@sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

@@TheGearCage Thank you.

[@carolatewell7266]

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[@TheGearCage]

Gesundheit