Buidling a home recording studio

While we are in our trip as musicians, no matter what kind of music we are playing, we just came to the point that we want something of our repertory recorded so we could show it to anyone without the need of playing. Moreover, a recording studio provides a new environment by adding cool effects and even new instruments like symphonic orchestras.

So we all want our personalized recording studio but most of the time is impossible for most of the musicians because they are expensive. Even recording services provided by other companies are expensive. However, not everything is lost; they are some free tools that can help to create a good quality homemade recording studio.

A home recording studio is just a set of tools that you use in your daily use as a musician like: amplifiers, consoles, microphones, software and more. The real trick is to find the cheapest tools that have the best performance.

The main differences between a homemade recording studio and a professional one is often made by the equipment and software, but don’t let this let you down. A good amplifier of 500 dollars might perform like a one of 25,000 by adjusting the parameters of the recording software, as well as software of 700 dollars may perform as well like one of 2000, it’s just a matter of tactics.

Before I show you how to build your own recording studio, first think about the possibilities of having a recording studio, how much equipment you could have and how long can you stay in front of a computer (just kidding, but it’s true I have expended like 8 hours per day in front of my computer tuning a musical composition).

A home recording studio varies on size and quality the bigger it is the better it is. Why is this? A bigger recording studio implies a room dedicated to it with specialized equipment, a smaller one could be just a computer.

How to build your own recording studio

• First off, you need a place to start on. Think about a free room in your house free of loud noises.
• Buy a computer, a powerful one! . I may suggest the following system requirements (you can use anything, but what I am suggesting is bullet proof):
• Intel Core 2 Quad or better. A dual core may perform as well.
• One terabyte hard disk or more. Less may cause trouble because recording takes a lot of space on the hard drive.
• Sound Card M-Audio Delta
• 4 gigabytes of RAM memory
• Windows XP Professional or Windows 7 (Avoid Windows Vista)
• A pair of M-Audio StudioPro 3 Desktop Audio Monitors
• Microphone pre-amplifier. Pyramid PR2500/SEA2500 or better
• Microphones. I suggest Behringer C-1 Studio Condenser Microphone
• Power amplifier for your guitar. Marshall if possible.
• Recording/Mixing Software. I suggest Cakewalk sonar producer edition.
• A pair of Headphones. Studio monitors are preferred I suggest Sony MDR-V600 Studio Monitor Series Headphones

How much would I spend on this?

Conclusion, 2039 dollars are needed to build a quality home recording studio, you can use lower quality items but the result won’t be the same. Additionally, you may buy additional plug-ins for your mixer software and MIDI virtual instruments. There are studios that cost thousands of thousands of dollars. This one may also work as a Mixer studio. They are endless possibilities.