11/02/2019 Home Recording Essentials on a budget!

 This week we talked about the demo-worthy home recording essentials... on a budget! As well as asking 'Does the way we listen to music affect its value to us?' which we will get into more detail next week.

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Cheap home recording set up

 

Computer PC or Mac, laptop or desktop? iPad/tablet?

macbook note £150-£200

lenovo thinkpad £150-£300

 

Audio interface, compact or rack mount? how many channels? good converters/pre amps? usb/thunderbolt, firewire?

 focus rite scarlett 2i2 £100

roland dup capture EX £100

plenty of bundles out there

 

Monitors neutral, speakers you listen aren’t always best to make music on. only as good as your room or your ears. mix inexpensive doesn’t mean bad

krk rokit 5s £250

focal alpha 50s £500

yamaha hs 5-8 £270

behringer ms 40 £108

 

Headphones limited frequency range, tire your ears out, avoid consumer headphones or dj headphones which crank bass

beyerdynamic dt770s £100

phonons smb-02 £300

grado sr60 e £75

 

DAW logic or pro tools, fl studio, cubase, reaper, bigwig, ableton.

logic £200

pro tools £265 annual sub available £75

ableton £300

FL £170-£250

cubase $480

Reaper FREE

bigwig £219

 

get used to the layout and keyboard shortcuts, trial and error, plenty of youtube vids out there if you can get a head start on terminology. producers manual good book by paul white and sound on sound.

 

controllers

Keyboard, pads, triggers, knobs to assign parameters to

samson graphite m32 £45

MAudio code 49 £170 

akai mph mini £67

 

Software instruments

logic and a belton have them preloaded VSTs, free samples are always available eraser face, native instruments, kvr audio, sound hack ichiro toda's synth 1

Microphones

rode nt1 £135

mxl 990 £75

aka 414 £500

u87 £2000

Shure SM57 £85

Shure sm58 £85

 fine for demoing and recording professionally. condenser diaphragm has less mass so can be more accurate, phantom power 48v for Bluebird Blue condenser

 

 

cheapest option £553

macbook 13

scarlet 2i2

behringer ms 40s

grado sr 60e

reaper

samson graphite

mxl 990