Home Recording Studio Equipment

home recording studio equipment

Home studio recording equipment and PA

US $2,400.00

14d 7h 27m

TASCAM PORTASTUDIO 414 w manual analog 4 track HOME RECORDING STUDIO EQUIPMENT

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US $49.99

5d 13h 45m

	Podcaststudio Firewire Bundle List Price: $249.95 Sale Price: $199.95
	PODCASTUDIO FireWire Introducing the Radiolutionary FireWire PODCASTUDIO Bundle from BEHRINGER PODCASTUDIO comes with a studio-grade FireWire audio interface which includes the BEHRINGER Edition of Ableton Live Lite 4 music production software for PC and Mac computers...

What equipment is required for a home recording studio?

Please be specific =)

You need a computer with adequate CPU speed and memory (that depends on the requirements of your DAW software.

You need a dedicated hard drive with at least 1 TB storage capacity. (Ideally you also need a backup drive with the same capacity.)

You need DAW (digital audio workstation) software.

You need a music quality sound card and an audio/digital interface to your computer.

You need a good set of studio quality headphones (frequency response = 20 Hz to 20 kHz) - Ideally you will need one set of headphones for every performer. If you are the only one doing the recording, you only need one set.

You should have at least two microphones. One condenser mic and one dynamic mic and microphone cables and mic stands.

You should also have a keyboard workstation/synthesizer.

You need a studio monitor to listen to your recording.

There are other things you might want but, you can get by without them. A mixer is a nice to have item. A subwoofer is a huge plus. You might want other instruments like an acoustic guitar, electric guitar and an electric bass. A good PA amplifier is a huge plus. Guitar effects and voice effects pedals. A good sampler/sequencer like the Roland SP-555. Software plug-ins for your DAW that provide additional effects not included with the DAW. Band-in-a-box, RP2000 Musicord software, Master Writer software, CD ROM burner, Digital Video Editing software, and a supply of blank CDs, USB drives, every possible plug and cable adapter combination, and an online library of web links, video links, user manuals, and various beats and sounds.

Starting out the cheapest and easiest way to get started and acquire all the essentials for one low price, you should consider getting the Pro Tools LE Factory Bundle recording studio package. http://www.guitarcenter.com/Digidesign-Pro-Tools-Mbox-2-Factory-Package-773407-i1177447.gc

You don't need everything at one time. I have tried to give you a complete list of everything you might ultimately like to have. It's taken me more than a year to build my studio but, I started out with the package I recommended above and was writing and recording my own broadcast quality music within a couple of weeks.