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My question is, is that what we are looking for?



In the context of that article, yes. To me the Grammy thing is not to be taken literally like Scott did. I take it as a metaphor for producing a successful recording at home. Everybody has their own definition of success but in the context of this article it means a hit record that sells what, 50,000-100,000 copies maybe? Whatever it is, the question is can that be done using a project studio at home? Very unlikely imho. One good Sennheiser mic can cost 6K, am I going to try to use that in my bedroom? Note the part of the article talking about the quality of the input signal. Decent demo's can certainly be done, then if you sell it it gets redone in the big studio.
I read about pro's who use Pro Tools LE at home because those files can be sent to a big studio and worked on there since they all have the big $15K Pro Tools system and those home produced files can be loaded right in. A star artist who sings and maybe plays guitar can have a dedicated vocal booth set up in a spare room at home with 20K worth of mic's and preamps. That person can do a vocal track into their pc and send the file over the internet to the studio where it can be plugged into the full band recording that was just done in Studio A. That's cool but the point of this article is it's basically talking about all us semi pro amateurs using at the most a few thousand dollars worth of stuff set up in the corner of the bedroom like me, not a true pro who lives in a multimillion dollar house with a dedicated megabuck studio built into one of the guest rooms.

Bob

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