Totally agree on the room advice, do not start without considering where you AC is gonna be either.
www.johnlsayers.comThis site is invaluable for beginners.
Also maybe F. Alton Everest's book on acoustics.
It may seem like heavy sledding but it is great when the things you read about start to take root and you hear your first resonator resonating and you actually know what is going on!
Do you know if you will have a separate control room, or have you given it that much thought?
Most guys that post here are way more experienced than I am but if I had to start from scratch I would get the best analog console I could afford with at least 32 channels. A PC or MAC and a 16 track 2" tape machine.
Then I would call Mercenary Audio and order:
Nuendo
Adam S-3A's w/Sub1
KSP-8
Cranesong Spider
A pair of Distressors
A pair of Benchmark DAC-1's
Massive Passive
A good two buss comp....
A selection of Mics mentioned above to include Royer and the numerous models discussed in wonderful detail here.
plus anything else you can get your hands on.
And then I would go to a Michael Wagener workshop and jump two years ahead in expertise if I were a beginner.
IF your budget does not allow that then...
Computer
Nuendo
DAC-1
Adam S-3A's
And you would be off on an adventure....
Or you could find a studio to work at and find out if you even want to do this.
Hope this inspires debate...good luck brough
Lemme nough
Tik