Thank you Charlie. Great point.

Take this with a boat load of salt...

Firstly a caveat: I have recorded my bands and others off and on over the years dating back to the 60's - mostly live but sometimes in a home "studio." I have some familiarity with studios dating to 1966 when a buddy and I leased a studio, formed a "company" (with much audacity) and recorded garage bands. Also our grammy nominated friend Randy Howard was a N'ville session luminary having recorded with the likes of Garth Brooks and many others. From him I learned a bit of the "real" studio routines, etc. But this was back then...

Janice and I had left our band and had not recorded for 10 years when we discovered BiaB in 2012

I had missed out on the digital revolution but upon buying my first Mac in 2011 I got curious about a freebie that came with it - GarageBand. That lead to BiaB and Logic Pro X. I had a TON of things to learn at a rather advanced age smile Fortunately via PG Music we quickly became friends (real friends) with our frequent collaborator floyd and through his infinite and continued patience I learned some digital world production chops (and a LOT about writing).

Get to your point Bud.

All meaning we've created productions in our home that have been licensed 26 times by a large world wide (143 countries) company Mood Media and several other companies. We were offered a contract by Crucial Music (accepted) and we have songs featured on Songtradr's short curated genre playlists. Braggadocio? Zero intention. Only that all of these productions use multiple RT's and RD's and were done at home by what some would consider, perhaps rightfully, rank amateurs. Would they have been better done in a "real" studio? I guess so dependent upon how we define "better." And if done in a studio I suppose they would meet whatever some folk's perception is of a "real" studio sound. I'm not naive enough to say they are comparable but they work for us and apparently for a lot of folks who pay us to use them.

I say go with whatever fits your wallet and comfort zone.

Bud

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