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Guys 'n' Gals...

Bit of background...
I'm a mature student of 37 years young and have been working in IT for
the last 18 years - too long I hear you say... I'm currentlly studying
Sound Engineering and Music Tech at a college in London with the
intention of going freelance at the end of it to record, mix and
produce shows/adverts/animation/soundtracks for Radio and TV (where
possible). Ambitious I know, but I am fortunate that I already have a
number of friends in the field who are doing everything they can to
help me through these exciting times (I've also been dabling in the
sound/music industry for a little while now,but certinly don't profess
to know anything about it!!)

Now, rather than start a discussion on the merits of choosing a new
career in a very competitive marketplace of professional audio
recording, I'd like some advice on the equipment I should consider
buying in order to fully kit-out my home studio so that I can at least
perform the radio side of things - TV and movies to follow (although I
am working with a friend to produce a 6 minute animated short for
submission into an animation festival - he's doing the animation, I do
the soundtrack/audio).

Items I have already a-
Behringer Eurorack 2642A mixing desk
Tannoy Reveal Active monitors
Pro Tools LE 6.7 with Digi002 Rack (with Waves Gold Bundle Plug-ins)
for mixing and production/mastering
Logic Pro 7 (for synths and MIDI sequencing)
Reason 2.5 (for synthesisers and drum loops)
Apple PowerMac G5 for home mixing/production
Apple PowerBook G4 for mobile recording
2 x Shure SM58 mics
1 x Rhode NT2 mic
1 x Rhode NT1A mic
1 x AKG880 mic
DVD player
CD player
Patchbay
Numerous guitar effects pedals
Numerous guitars
MIDI Keyboard controller
miscellaneous mic stands, cables of all types and descriptions etc...)

I already have plans to convert my home studio into a proper vocal
recording booth (yes, the room is that small).

I guess my easy-to-answer questions are..

1. What other equipment would I need to complement the existing set of
hardware?
AKAI S5000 sampler (or equivalent)?

2. Would you recommend getting a decent mic pre as well? At the moment
I currently use the Digi and Behringer for vocal recording with
surprisingly good results.

3. What about an ADAT machine? Only for compatibility if nothing
else...

4. Anything else you can think of?

All answers are very much appreciated.

Thanks in anticipation.

 
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