Well, the studio is basically done at this point, as much as one is ever "done". Been able to lay down about 10-15 tracks in the first week fairly easily and have taken a decent deep dive into mixing via the Presonus Sphere membership and all the video courses available.
Got past that odd/annoying hiss gremlin from the other thread. Seems that the Interface and the Macbook are particular in which one gets turned on first and if the order is not to their liking I have to just remove and re-insert the USB-c plug.......hiss eliminated.
Sound has been excellent as I have mixed down several tracks and sent them off to folks I have played with for their thoughts.
Good to be up and running.
What I have learned is that you can prep all you want but once you get the pieces together you just need to dive into the pool. You won't break anything except maybe your wallet.
As a side note, I am stoked with the sound of the cherry snare I built up from a raw shell, sounds as I intended. In the pic below the Walnut stave snare on the right shelf was another project of mine as is the Maple shelled drum below it with the Gretsch hardware (was my first build).
Thanks for all the input on my two threads here, appreciated the suggestions and guidance.
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