u/Haunting_Inflation54

Looking for a phone that can easily post on the latest version of TikTok and Instagram without lagging. What are the cheapest options available? Second hand is fine. Filming will be done with a different camera, I just need something cheap that can run the apps without issue.

If you were given an unlimited budget to build an industry standard studio in your bedroom, but the task was to use as little money as possible, what would you buy? What is the bare minimum required for a studio that could produce high quality songs for the likes of artists like Drake, Billie Eilish, Arianna Grande, Travis Scott, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd etc etc?

How acoustically treated does the room need to be? Can you get away with slightly less treatment without falling below the industry standard?

What mic would you go for? What speakers? What interface? What headphones?

If you were going to charge these artists for your time and they wanted to make a hit song? What is the bare minimum you'd need?

I'm fully aware hit songs have been made in hotel rooms and cheap setups, literally anything is possible these days if you're working with a good enough engineer. You can make vocal booths out of blankets and you can make crazy records on really minimal setups but that's still not the norm and if an artist was paying for actual studio time and they saw some mid tier gear and a blanket they'd probably walk out.

On the other hand I feel like you don't need loads of hardware or crazy analog gear to be able to justify charging for studio time either. I feel like most of these artists would be comfortable with just a high end mic and an interface like the Apollo twin x.

I'd be really curious to hear what you guys would personally buy or a rough ball park for the budget you think you'd need?

I've got an AMD stock cooler and I'm trying to replace the thermal paste but I can't seem to unplug the cooler from the motherboard. I've tried pushing it, squeezing it, not sure how to get the clip to budge and the only way of getting a really good angle would be to remove the entire motherboard as the top doesn't come off the case it's in. The pc is off and the cable is quite long. Can I just unscrew the cooler and place it outside the case with the cable attached whilst I apply the thermal paste, clean the cooler, and then reattach it?

If not have you got any idea on how to undo the clip?

When I'm making music with vocals I've always valued consistency and trying to complete each song in the same space with the same setup but I'm curious on if there are any known songs or songs you've personally worked on where the setup has changed but still ended up sounding great and you can't really tell?

Maybe the mic gets changed mid way through the song? Or you have to record some vocals in one studio and then you end up recording more vocals either at home or in a different studio?

There's probably an obvious answer somewhere but I couldn't find it after a quick google. I'm aware the current split just ended but what time does the new split start? When will ranked be back online?