This is an excerpt from chapter 2 – Setting up a Home Recording Studio from Recording Strategies – Planning the Perfect Session. Chances are you either have a home recording studio already set up or dreams of it in your head. Everyone today is able to create their own little recording space for their productions. But...
New rooms are tricky. They’re uncharted territory, and dangers lurk in every corner. Literally, the corners are your worst enemy. Anyone setting up a home recording studio is going to run into some problems, but realizing what you’re dealing with makes the process so much smoother. If you’re dealing with a bad sounding room, here...
The newest and fanciest equipment is always, oh-so desirable! Isn’t it? All those glossy print ads you see in the magazines or the demos on Youtube. It seems like they’re designed to make your mouth water sometimes. But do you really need that new gear the moment it’s released? Couldn’t you use that money for...
Sometimes you’ll produce music that’s simply uninspiring. If you’ve got your music production down but you feel like it’s lacking interest, what do you do? There are a few simple ways you can spice up a mix and make it more interesting. Percussion An added percussion track in the chorus helps lift it up. I’m now talking about...
This is a guest post written by Barry Gardner of SafeandSound Online Mastering. 1. Postpone non-essential equipment purchases and invest some money into acoustic treatment. The results from basic acoustic treatment in a room will be audible on every recording and mix you make. Start with side wall absorbers for early reflections. Next, install a ceiling cloud...
A while back I walked through the studio, what would you buy next? So I ask you: If you had $1,000, what would buy with it? What gear have you been eyeing lately? Is it a real nice ribbon microphone? A warm tube pre-amp? Or is it a all-in-one acoustic treatment pack? Take a hypothetical...
Welcome to the fifth and final installment of Building a Home Recording Studio. We had a budget of $1,000 in the beginning to spend of the various home recording equipment. If you want to see what we’ve spent our money on, check out the past editions of the series. Building a Home Recording Studio Part 2...
In the past weeks we’ve gone over some of the things you need to build your home recording studio. If you missed the past installments please check them out here before continuing: Building a Home Recording Studio Part 1 – Questions and Computers Building a Home Recording Studio Part 2 – Interface Edition Building a...
Disclaimer: This post was originally published on the Audio Production Tips website. The Building a Home Recording Studio Series will continue next week. The following article is a great aside and a good addition to the series as well. When building your home recording studio, you don’t think about the recording studio furniture first. You...
It’s kind of been a monitor week. The last question I asked got a number of responses about your monitors. In this week’s edition of Building a Home Recording Studio we’ll go into what sort of monitors you need and how to set them up. How big? Building your first home studio often comes down to...