A Guide to setting up a home studio
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on: 21 May, 2009
Setting up your home studio can be a daunting task at first; there are a lot of things to consider when choosing the best equipment to buy, and where to run your studio. This guide is intended for people who want to produce good quality recordings with just some minor investments. You can go pretty far with developing a home studio depending on how much time and money you invest. This guide will give you a few places to start.
A good way to start off is with many hard disk recording devices and mixers. I personally am using the Zoom HD16 Digital recorder. You can purchase anywhere from a single track- 32 track digital recorder. The Zoom HD16 will cost you about $700. But this is not a bad option to go, if you're looking to have something durable, as well as portable.
Now, you're probably thinking about where to go from here...right? Well consider what type of music you will be recording. If your investing your studio to record solo artists, or full bands. For any musician looking to record, you're going to need decent microphones. I'm going to run through some of the microphones that are good for specific purposes that I would recommend to anyone.
SHURE SM58 ($100-$110)- Is a great versatile microphone, good for vocals and guitar, and even for overhead microphones with drums.
AUDIO TECHNICA At2050 Condenser Microphone ($220)- Great for vocals and guitar, would definitely recommend, will also last you a very long time if taken care of.
Now, you have a start. If you're a solo artist playing guitar and singing, you now have the idea of how to start recording. With a little bit of time, experimenting and research along with steady investments, you can be on your way to producing some great recordings. You don't need thousands of dollars, in this day technology is advancing and allowing us to fully utilize it in the recording process.
For more recording techniques, and guides check out my blog for more information!
http://www.wearewalkingwounded.blogspot.com/
A good way to start off is with many hard disk recording devices and mixers. I personally am using the Zoom HD16 Digital recorder. You can purchase anywhere from a single track- 32 track digital recorder. The Zoom HD16 will cost you about $700. But this is not a bad option to go, if you're looking to have something durable, as well as portable.
Now, you're probably thinking about where to go from here...right? Well consider what type of music you will be recording. If your investing your studio to record solo artists, or full bands. For any musician looking to record, you're going to need decent microphones. I'm going to run through some of the microphones that are good for specific purposes that I would recommend to anyone.
SHURE SM58 ($100-$110)- Is a great versatile microphone, good for vocals and guitar, and even for overhead microphones with drums.
AUDIO TECHNICA At2050 Condenser Microphone ($220)- Great for vocals and guitar, would definitely recommend, will also last you a very long time if taken care of.
Now, you have a start. If you're a solo artist playing guitar and singing, you now have the idea of how to start recording. With a little bit of time, experimenting and research along with steady investments, you can be on your way to producing some great recordings. You don't need thousands of dollars, in this day technology is advancing and allowing us to fully utilize it in the recording process.
For more recording techniques, and guides check out my blog for more information!
http://www.wearewalkingwounded.blogspot.com/
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