"Tap, tap, tap... is this thing on?" My Recording DIY Plans for 2012

Not my studio, but not want I want it to look like either!

SO... here I go trying to figure out how to better do this at home. I'm very lucky to have had the opportunity to work with a relatively cheap (free with my iMac) application (Garageband) for the past year. But, unfortunately, I don't like it.

I'm also very fortunate to have a well built, fast Apple iMac 27" i5 processor with 12gb of ram and 1tb of drive, so plenty of room for full screen apps.

My problem with garageband isn't the application itself it's with me. Not to be confused with the cliché'd breakup line: "Oh, no, it's not you, it's me!" I started my recording education at a professional recording studio back in 1994 at Trimble Production Studios. Built in 1976 with a state of the art MCI 24 track console, MCI 2" 16 track recorder and a full compliment of some of the best racks, mics and headphones money could buy (at that time). And all day to learn how to use it in a pro-built floating floor studio space the size of most peoples' first homes!