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Necessities for a Basic and Low-cost Home Recording Studio Setup

To record your own music at home and begin building up a studio you need some elementary parts to get going. They are:

1. An instrument and/or microphone
2. Something to record into like a basic mixing board
3. An port from your mixing desk into your computer
4. A computer with decent speakers and/or headphones.
5. Some software to record and manipulate your work.

These days you can purchase a combined solution for items 2 and 3 in the form of a computer audio interface. This is a device that you can plug an instrument or mic into and the other end is plugged in to your computer either as a soundcard or via a USB cable. This will work as an audio input and the mixing board part is all managed in the software program.

Depending on your requirements this might be the way to go or it might not. If you intend on just recording one audio part at a time then a computer audio interface makes sense. If you require to record a whole band with a few parts at once then you'll need a mixing desk with enough channels to handle this.

One thing you will have to handle when attaching your interface and putting down your instruments and voice is latency. This is the time lag between the sound you make and it being played back to you by the computer. Latency can completely throw off your rhythm if you don't minimize it. A means to do this is to use ASIO drivers for your computer interface. You can download free universal ASIO drivers at asio4all.com. Also be sure that your interface includes a preamp.

When you have your audio interface set up and can record and monitor your work without latency you're about good to go. All you want now is some decent computer software to behave as a mixing desk, sequencer and sampler. Just about every good computer interface will come packaged with some recording software, normally a cut down edition of a full product but enough to get you started.

Other than that there are several low cost and even free programs you can download. There are also many communities on the internet where you can share your ideas, get help and support and find royalty free samples to apply in your music.

Those really are the bare requirements for a home recording studio setup assuming you intend to record your own material (as opposed to just play with loops) and that you already have an instrument and/or microphone with the necessary leads. Apart from these it's also necessary to have some high quality speakers and headphones. These days things like effects and processors can all be found in computer software, although as you develop you may want to acquire some hardware versions of these down the line.  

You'll also have to make sure that the acoustics in your recording environment are optimal. Don't forget soundproofing as well. There is a lot to learn and do to get a good home recording studio setup but in the beginning you can just focalise on the essentials. A sufficient computer, an audio interface and some software can start you out very nicely. For more information there are some great free guides you can download off the web to get you started.

About the Author

Peter Webber is the owner of dot-funk.com which has a free ebook download Home Recording 101 which will get you started on your home recording studio setup

I want to setup a music studio ? NEED ADVICE?

What equipments do i require to setup a studio ? can someone give me complete details and specifications? a list of equipments and softwares for begginer and /or professional studio for recording.

If you are talking about a home studio here's the basics in what you will need. Its not cheep.

A computer. 200 Gig HD, 2+ Gigs Ram, 2.4Ghz chipset. 128 or 256 soundcard (there are recording specific soundcards on the market such as Hercules and Soundblaster Audigy)

A mixing board - The Alto 4+4+1 is a good place to start, as well as the Berhinger. Look for XLR in & outs, 1/4" in & outs, and RCA in & outs. As well as a deck pre amp, for mics and equipment, phatom power, effects loops. There are also boards made by some of the software manufacturers that are input only no real controls which you might need if you do not get a sound card with in and out ports built in.

Direct inject and Hotplate- THD makes this it allows you to put a balanced XLR signal into you deck . The Hotplate part allows you to turn down the power going into the deck so you don't burn it out. Now if you don't plan on using your amps direct out port or you speaker port as on out to the mixing deck you can go with a Berhinger Direct inject. If you have a guitar modelling deck only other wise mic you amp and letter fly.

Mics - Tube mics are best but really expensive. Try some Neodyn mics but see what you like. And get a boom stand to go with it its more versitile then a regular mic stand.

Software - personally I like Cakewalks Sonar Producer line of software, but there are others like Protools that comes in different Price levels but this system works best when you purchase there computer for it as well. Others like Cubas, Fruity Loops are all good in there own right.

Midi controllers - a midi controller is one of the most important piece here as it will allow you to access all of the DXi and VST synth instruments in your library. More sounds can be downloaded from the web. Edirol makes a great controller but there are many others on the market. I recommend at least a 44 key contoller, it makes it easier to play on the half keyboard instead of a octive or two.

Speakers - a good set of speaker monitors or headphones to listen to playback

Space - a room that will allow you to sound proof it for vocals- A closet works well for this.

Thats about it. You can add other things like a EQ, or a Rocktron but those are things for later, This is basically what you will need to get started.

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