From simple curiosity, this question came into my head while contemplating the incredible progress of sound reproduction since the early 20th century.
Today, a lot of music is recorded at home (someone's home). Sometimes, it's done on a phone or tablet or a device like a Zoom. In earlier times, electronic equipment was so expensive, recording studios cost hundreds of thousand or millions to build. Today, a home "studio" capable of producing quality music can be assembled for under $1,000 with the condition that it is not intended to record an orchestra or even a quintet. For that budget, there could not be enough microphones or recording equipment with enough tracks. (Although, back in the day, stereo live recordings were made with just two mics properly placed with amazing results.
By professional studio, I mean a room and more likely a building with several rooms, equipped with a professional-grade mixing board, baffles for drums, high end microphones, direct boxes, professional tape recorders like Studer, Ampex. You get the picture. Even though there is absolutely nothing wrong with it, this does not include a single-room Protools setup in a cousin's basement.
Today, a lot of music is recorded at home (someone's home). Sometimes, it's done on a phone or tablet or a device like a Zoom. In earlier times, electronic equipment was so expensive, recording studios cost hundreds of thousand or millions to build. Today, a home "studio" capable of producing quality music can be assembled for under $1,000 with the condition that it is not intended to record an orchestra or even a quintet. For that budget, there could not be enough microphones or recording equipment with enough tracks. (Although, back in the day, stereo live recordings were made with just two mics properly placed with amazing results.
By professional studio, I mean a room and more likely a building with several rooms, equipped with a professional-grade mixing board, baffles for drums, high end microphones, direct boxes, professional tape recorders like Studer, Ampex. You get the picture. Even though there is absolutely nothing wrong with it, this does not include a single-room Protools setup in a cousin's basement.