home recording studio setup!

Search is your friend here, since you have so many questions.  But:

isa one - $500 or gap pre - $300
yamaha msp 7s - $800
Bock 195 (mic) - $1000

The mixer/control surface/interface is tricky to get it and quality.  The first thing that comes to mind is the A&H R16, which is around $2500+.  They were cheaper but seem to have come back up in price, but you may find a deal.  Still, with the monitors that is $3300.  A pro preamp would still be nice tho the A&H preamps are no slouch.  Also a pro, all arounder mic.  That puts you above your budget, tho.

You may want to break apart the interface mixer.  In that case something like the stienberg mx816 or tc konnekt 48 (it has a nifty asignable remote for hard ware control).  $700-1000.  Either of those can deliver a pro sound and have useable preamps.  Add a cheaper mixer for hands on monitoring like the A&H Zed series or go used.  Then you can buy the above units, providing plenty of quality.

As a general rule, you should try to buy the best you can.  It is better to buy pro stuff so you don't have to replace it a year or two later which ends up costing you more.  A good mic and preamp are an investement which will last decades.  So is a monitoring system, and unless you can hear the goodness all the rest of your money is flushed.  Convertors you can get by with, since even the lowliest will deliver good sound - more bang for buck in mics/preamps.

The most important thing, tho less sexy for a good sound, is get your room in shape, sonic wise.

Yes that's a wide open topic. We could write a book! You need to break it down with a budget and a list of priorities. That's not really much money for a pro set up, good enough for a hobby studio for one person, but it sounds like you aspire to hiring out. As mentioned above, the basic ingredient for pro set up is the mikes and the pre amps. The interface that has both mixer/ pre amps/ converters/etc built in will be out of reach for you. I recommend one piece at a time and because your running a DAW start with the interface. Good luck and get a day job, you'll need it.  

Hello JohnnyV and all! 


JohnnyV That's not really much money for a pro set up, good enough for a hobby studio for one person, but it sounds like you aspire to hiring out. The first thing that comes to mind is the A&H R16, which is around $2500+. 
I didnt say im after a pro setup, I know there are many pro units epensive like 4000 $ for just an audio interface. But i meant for that kind of budget what is the best. You mentioned the A&H R16. Its nice but i dont need 16 channels. There is also the A&H 14 that has 6 channels and is cheaper. Do you know if they are good quality? for e.g there are audio interfaces that cos like 200 or 300 dollars. the A&H 14 or the M-Audio NRV10 http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/NRV10.html cost about a arround double price and maybe a bit more. Do they cost more cos of the built in mixer and maybe have the same sound quality as a normal audio interface of 200 -300 $? or are they better in sound quality for recording also?

ZED-14 is a fantastic entry-level mixer for small bands, solo performers or AV applications. Its comprehensive feature set, compact size and fine lines combine to make it one of the best small mixers around. Provided with configurable USB audio in/out makes it easy to capture stereo recordings, 6 mic or line inputs, 4 stereo inputs with EQ, there are an incredible 157 controls on the front panel of the ZED-14.

Seems it's only a 2 channel input but that's a good start if it's only one person in the studio. My son is a DJ, composer and did a lot of research and chose A&H and is very happy. Not sure which model but it doesn't have the USB. If the drivers are known to be good then it would be a excellent swiss army knife to own. Latter you could purchase a multi channel interface.