Budget Smudget (Knowledge/Experience vs The Money Hose)

I wanted to create a thread for people who want to make professional level recordings from their home on a small budget!

There are a lot of myth-like stuff about what it takes to get a good sound and a lot of people also tend to over-complicate things. Please hit me up if anyone has any questions and definitely don't hesitate if you have any tips and tricks of your own to contribute! We try to learn something new everyday, right?

I'm already excited about it, actually... all the things I have to say about mixing, EQing, Mics and Direct signals, sound proofing, etc, etc. I wish all this information would have been available to me back when I was just getting started.

It is true that in recording and mixing/mastering, there is personal preference and such involved, so I should probably go ahead and share some examples of work, that way you can determine for yourself if you think I could maybe offer some advice or tips etc.

My newest album - Funk Genre:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDtugNcQn24

My band's 2nd album - Mixed Genres
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9wgBdPAzjc

My first album with my band - Metal Genre:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOfK_mQG9XY

From my first album ever (Old school, haha) - Jazz/Rock genre:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x18SwHwfrrs
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU42cOwEvpM

Let the recordings begin!