That's not really true, there's a lot that goes into 'professional' recordings, video or audio.
Mostly, experience is a huge part of it.
There's also a world of difference from a shure 58 on a macbook line-in, and high quality mics on a protools rig.
that said, my band recorded a 4 song ep for about 600$ at a local studio start to finish recently. (i linked to the album on my about page) I don't think any of us expect to make our money back on this one, unless everyone on here decided to go buy a copy on itunes, so we're giving it away.
Were we to do it all ourselves, the investment in equipment would have been at larger than that, and then amortized of a small amount of sales. The resulting quality also would not have even been close.
It's also hard to do promotion on a national scale without some kind of built in audience. Hows a small local band or whatnot going to reach people on the other side of the country, or in other countries entirely?
Mostly, experience is a huge part of it.
There's also a world of difference from a shure 58 on a macbook line-in, and high quality mics on a protools rig.
that said, my band recorded a 4 song ep for about 600$ at a local studio start to finish recently. (i linked to the album on my about page) I don't think any of us expect to make our money back on this one, unless everyone on here decided to go buy a copy on itunes, so we're giving it away.
Were we to do it all ourselves, the investment in equipment would have been at larger than that, and then amortized of a small amount of sales. The resulting quality also would not have even been close.
It's also hard to do promotion on a national scale without some kind of built in audience. Hows a small local band or whatnot going to reach people on the other side of the country, or in other countries entirely?