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I think it is worth mentioning that home studios has been quite viable for more than 2 decades. Although no doubt it is cheaper and better than ever.

Moby recorded and produced his super hit album "Play" in his bedroom in the late 90s.

[0] Studio pictures: https://www.reddit.com/r/synthesizers/comments/bnpmza/mobys_... [1] Wikipedia article on play https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_(Moby_album)



(loved this in the Wikipedia above)After his album just prior to Play bombed, and he considered quitting music, he says:

>>> "I got one piece of fan mail from Terence Trent D'Arby and I got a phone call from Axl Rose saying he was listening to Animal Rights on repeat. Bono told me he loved Animal Rights. So if you're gonna have three pieces of fan mail, that's the fan mail to get."[5]


I highly recommend listening this this episode: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/heavyweight/brholm


Thanks for the recommendation, just listened to it after reading your comment and I second that.


Late 90's? How about early 80's? ;-)

Famously, Bruce Springsteen's album Nebraska, on 4-track tape.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_(album)


To be fair, Bob Ludwig did a lot of work to get it onto a record.


tame impalas recent album was on a portastudio i believe..




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