Setting up a quality home recording studio is now easier than ever before. There are several ways that you can create good-quality professional recordings today but, by far, the easiest and most popular way is to utilize your computer / laptop / iPad as your primary studio. In addition, I would like to touch on setting up multiple recording inputs as a bonus to this method of recording at home. In this article I will discuss the steps required to set up your own home recording studio using only a computer / laptop.
The very first thing: that you need to do is get some home recording studio kit and computer speakers. It is also a good idea to invest in some good quality computer speakers just for the convenience of it, especially if you are not going to be listening back to the recordings often. When deciding on a good home recording studio kit and computer speakers there are several things to consider. I recommend starting out with the least expensive model if possible, just to save money in the short term.
The next important item: that you should add to your home recording studio kit are quality microphone cables. This is especially true if you are going to be recording vocals as you would need to get good quality microphones to keep the sound of your vocals clear and crisp. Another thing to consider is mixing headphones as they can also make for a great home recording studio kits. It is also a good idea to include a pair of professional headphones for stage monitoring. If your home studio does not come with professional monitor speakers I recommend getting some of those cheap no name brand speakers for your monitor monitoring needs.
One of the items: that most people overlook when building a home recording studio kit are the drum machines and other sound recording instruments. There are many different types of drums available to you for your home studio, one of which is the condenser microphone. These microphones use solid state electronics that has a capacitor that condenses the electrical energy from the acoustic signals that the drum pads have. This capacitor has a variable resistor that adjusts the voltage signal that is run through it to the sound device like your computer speaker. If you are looking for a solid state electronic drum machine, I recommend either a desktop or rack mount model. They tend to be a little more expensive but if you are looking for high quality and a true acoustic drum set they tend to be a better solution than the online drum sets.
Other items you may want to add: to your home recording studio kit are usb audio interfaces and interface cables. Interface cables to connect your digital audio interface to your computer. Make sure you have a USB interface for your sound card, so that you do not have to bring your sound interface out of your computer and plug it into an audio interface that you have to carry around with you.
Microphone condenser: mics are also important to your home recording studio kit. Condenser microphones capture sounds very accurately and have the ability to record audio to a lossless format that will never become corrupt or damaged. You can also use condenser microphones with a front input or a monitor input. Some microphones have a ground lift switch that allows you to make the mix sound a bit higher or lower.
The condenser microphone is very popular with most professional studio owners, and you will find that they are quite reasonably priced.
