What You Need To Start Your Own Home Studio (for beginners)

Cinematic Beats · 01:42 PM

This is a basic guide on what you will need to start your own home studio. this is for artists who do not have a lot of money to spend but would rather record themselves instead of paying for studio time. most of this equipment can be found at a reasonable price. you can find it at GUITAR CENTER & they will give you a discount if you buy it all at once.
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1st - you will need a computer. anything with at least a 120GB HARD-DRIVE & 2GB of RAM (memory). this will let you record with out having multiple drop outs or negative feed back.

2nd - you will need a condenser mic. these are the best quality mic's to record vocal's on. you want one that use's a MIDI cable.

3rd - you will need a mic stand.

4th - you will need a pop filter. this will protect your mic & give your vocal's better quality when you record.

5th - you will need headphones. studio headphones are the way to go.

6th - you will need studio monitors. these speakers are the proffesional way to go when playing your music back to level out the volume & know when something is peaking.

7th - you will need a pre-amp/audio interface. this is what you use to hook up your mic/speakers/headphones to your computer.

8th - you will need a PCI card. you need to install this into the back of your computer to plug your pre-amp/audio interface in to your computer.

9th - now that you have all of the basic equipment you will now need to get a program to record with. most multi-track recording programs are good but there are some that work like a monopoly & make you buy certain equipment just to use their program. ask your sale's rep about this & which program will work best for your budget.

10th - you will need to get some plug-in's/VST's. these are the effects you will need when mixing your music.

11th - you will need to get some books & tutorials on your new program, music theory, & mixing. yes you will need to read & study to have more control over what you do. this way you will understand what your doing when recording. you can't just walk into a college & get straight A's you need to study.

finally you will need to find a good place to set up your equipment. soundproofing is recommended but if you can't afford it right away it is not necessary. remember starting a home studio is not cheap & most people take a while before they actually are able to have control on their equipment. but if you are dedicated to music enough to work hard & put your all into it you will start making the type of music you like in no time.

remember this music thing don't happen over night!!!

Wisdom Productions

Honestly, I Take It U Jus Wrote That From Ur Own Memory, It Isnt Very Helpful & You've Explained Things Really Badly... No Offence

Cinematic Beats

I put basic things people need to start a home studio dont be an arrogant fucking prick when Im helping people who dont have a clue on what to get. Its not standard for everyone to follow this guideline... its just simple things serious artists will need.

you obviously dont know what your talking about if you had to read this
your opinion is wack & LAME

Cinematic Beats

Im just tryin to contribute to this site...