The last time I saw someone with that kind of setup as at Carnegie Hall, a guy who was with Harry Belefonte's band. It took him an hour to set up his gear alone, and while he put on one Hell of a show, the very first thing I said to myself, is he could have done the same thing with a single, arranger keyboard and some registrations.

Bachus, not everyone is a full-time, on-stage performer, that's for sure. However, there are a lot of wannabees out there - that I can guarantee you. Home players, for the most part, do not have actual studios - they merely set up their keyboards in some corner of the den or family room and enjoy it's many attributes. As for a dedicated studio, one that is sound-proofed, a room that has been wired for sound devices, plus a separate control room, I seriously doubt that there is more than a half-dozen folks on this forum that has a REAL studio. Yeah, they call their offices studies, or the spare corner of the bedroom a studio, but in reality, having worked in a REAL studio, the expense of putting one in is insanely high. If you can do it for under $20,000 US you should feel very fortunate. I have a nephew that makes his living with his recording studio - he has nearly $50,000 tied up in it and still spending. Some of his vocal mics were over $1,200 each, which is more than the cost of some keyboards. I really don't see the need for that in this situation, but maybe there's something I'm missing.

Good luck,

Gary