Prep time

We often see less experienced bands turn up to the studio not 100% prepared

A few simple things

Know your song and all the parts and ensure that you can play to a click track ..

Sounds Obvious ................

Gear

Drumheads

As expensive as it is; it makes as much of a difference as new guitar strings do

Guitar/Bass Strings

New is good. Unless you want that old punky vibez

Guitar Intonation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s863EmWpIw

Bass Intonation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s863EmWpIw

Dark Cymbals for Studio

Bright cymbals are nice to play but in the studio often darker cymbals will cause less problems when its time to mix

Replacement Tubes

How are the health of your amps tubes?