I must admit, I've never had the opportunity to record in a studio. Of course, where I live, there isn't a professional recording studio within probably 100 miles, and the couple of studios that I know of are rather small.
The first recordings that I did were in the early 1990s on a 4 track cassette deck, the quality of those recordings is about what you would expect from that kind of equipment.
Lower quality recordings are really fantastic if they are marketed properly. If the images you use match your sound, people may really enjoy it! Sometimes an audience isn't looking for a super glossy sound.
Good luck! Would love to hear your work sometime!
Thank you!
I've posted some of my music on my steemit page if you're interested. I also have a soundcloud page for my home recorded music. I use the freeware computer program "Audacity" for my recordings now. Audacity has certain limitations, but it works well enough for recording tracks.