Recording equipment/recording own commercial cd

[pianowolfi]

I have a Yamaha AW1600 Workstation (which is an 8 channel recording device and mixer with harddrive) and two Mics Studio project B1. Assumed I get a decent grand, would it be possible to record my own CD at a "commercial" standard with this equipment? I haven't used this device a lot yet and I am not so familiar with all this stuff Any advice? 

[daniloperusina]

Well, someone who has managed to do a professional standard CD on something similar should answer better, but I see three potential worries:quality of micpreamplifiers in the Yamaha, the B1's and, of course, the grand and the acoustics of the hall.
You will not be able to compete with the sound quality of, say, Krystian Zimmerman or Murray Perahia.
On the other hand, there are commercially released CD's out there which have less than fantastic sound.
Point is, many such recordings are done on the best equipment that money can buy. Still, if the hall is fantastic, the grand also, and mics are placed carefully, and the Yamaha is set properly you'd at least be able to get decent results.

One point, though: classical pianorecordings are often done with omnidirectional microphones, especially small diaphragm ones. Your B1's are large diaphragm cardioids, so already there the sound won't be of the typical commercial CD.

Also, commercial CD's are burnt with a different process than machines like this, or a computer, do.

But try, and post it here!