TIPS ON HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN HOME STUDIO..

Whether you’re considering getting into home recording or interested in new recording products, recording techniques, home recording studio construction or music production, this website will provide you with some useful information or at least give you some place to start your career.I will provide you links to some other very good website where you can download e-books or subscribe to there daily magazines,also to hint you about latest software you can use for your music production.My intention is to ultimately build a community focused on improving the home recording and music production experience.

When you want to start your home studio,you should try to think about what kind of music you want to specialize on,because there many ways for you to create your own studio.I want you to know that,there many different recording studio,we have DIGITAL STUDIO,ANALOG STUDIO,MIXING STUDIO..etc.

Firstly i would like to talk about what it takes to set up your own digital recording studio.From my own experiences about music recording and from what i read from other websites,DIGITAL STUDIO is not as expensive when you compare with capital you need to set up ANALOG STUDIO.You don't need so much musical equipments,all you need is a very good computer with a good hard disk and very good ram.These days, anyone with a halfway decent computer can record, mix, and put their own music on CD. And, thanks to technology, you don't even need to play an instrument to do it.Obviously, the better your computer, the faster the speed and CPU capacity, which you'll need to make music. Have Windows 98 or higher. A hard drive of at least 15GB is good, and at least 128 MB RAM. Most importantly, make sure you have a good sound card, otherwise whatever software you use either won't operate, or won't work properly and to its full potential.

Think about what type of music you want to make. Are you a singer-songwriter? Are you a guitar-heavy band? Or do you aim to make electronic music, be it anywhere from dance to ambient? Music is wide-ranging, and so are the needs of a musician. But for the purposes of this piece, let's assume you'll be working on a relatively basic level, using real, physical instruments and voices, rather than getting into the additional complexities of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface). And consider your audience. Are you planning on releasing these recordings commercially, or are they for your own pleasure?this are the questions you need to ask yourself.

So,Now you can record your songs live, everything at once, or build up track by track, ready to mix down, importing loops and programmed elements if you wish. And once everything is ready, all your overdubs in place, you mix it down. Simple? Well, yes and no.Before we start looking at the software, there's one thought worth remembering. The music you make is only as good as your ideas and execution. That's vital when you're feeling frustrated with the way something turned out.

But now it's time to look at what you can use to record yourself. The gold standard among recording pros is Pro Tools. You'll find it in every studio, but unless you're a hardcore professional musician, it won't be on your desktop, since it's extremely expensive. The good news is that there's a more limited, free version of Pro Tools available to download for both Mac and PC DIGIDESIGN. What you get for nothing is a very good deal. With eight audio channels and 48 MIDI channels you have almost unlimited possibilities. There are plenty of plug-in effects supplied, and more supported. The download is straightforward, although the learning curve once you have it in front of you is quite steep, possibly too much so for novices. But if you can take the time to master it, you have a very powerful tool (no pun intended) at your fingertips.

Another powerful tool which well known for music recording production is call REASON.

What is Reason?

Making music should be as easy as powering up a computer, loading up a powerful piece of music software, and getting down to business. And it is. Reason version 4 is a virtual studio rack with all the tools and instruments you need to turn your ideas into music. And it's more than just a set of excellent synths and effects. It's a complete music system. Step into the age of Reason.All-in-one wonder synthesizers, samplers, drum machine, REX file loop player, professional mastering tools, mixer, vocoder, world class effects, pattern sequencer and more. As many of each as your computer can handle. Reason is an infinitely expandable all-in-one music production environment, complete with its own real time sequencer.Although easy to learn and a breeze to use, Reason is an extremely flexible music system - a system that can be just as complex and advanced as you make it. With sophisticated tools such as the MClass mastering suite, the mighty Combinator device, or the all-powerful Thor synth, Reason will not just impress, but inspire you.You can even download there free demo to use and see how it works,you can do everything with this demo download but will not be able to save you works CLICK HERE to download trial REASON

Cakewalk offers a range of home studios for the computer. Music Creator, for example, is their low end, and very reasonable. The interface is easy and intuitive, and as they claim, pretty much all you have to do is plug into the line-in jack and play, or import from any source.. It offers good effects, soft synthesizers and the ability to use loops ( a library of loops you can use is included), and a simple mixdown process, as well as the ability to burn to CD or mp3. If you're recording just for your own pleasure, this is the perfect beginner's software.Cakewalk's more professional offering, Sonar Home Studio, is aimed at more serious musicians. With 64 audio tracks and unlimited MIDI it can handle even the most serious bands and overdubs. The metronome can keep you in time (actually it's more annoying than helpful), Perhaps the biggest drawback is that the faders, which control the volume, aren't very exact, and you need to get used to switching between different views (console, track, etc.). But at $149 it does a lot. The hotter version, Home Studio XL, is $80 more, and probably not worth the extra money for most people. CLICK HERE to download trial version for cakewalk

With this above software you can set up your own home studio with a little capital.All you need is to get a midi keyboard in other for you to be able to create your beat.You can get a very nice midi keyboard from $150 it depends from the maker.A MIDI keyboard is a piano-style digital keyboard device used for sending MIDI signals or commands to other devices connected to the same interface as the keyboard. MIDI is an acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface (protocol). The basic MIDI keyboard does not produce sound. Instead, MIDI information is sent to an electronic module capable of reproducing an array of digital sounds or samples that resemble traditional analog musical instrument.These are the feature you need to look for when you want to buy your midi key board

* Input for foot switch (usually used as a sustain pedal)
* Input for a foot expression controller
* Semi-weighted or fully weighted keys
*Capability of sending aftertouch
* Direct USB connection for use with computers

Click here for a list of midi keyboards

Also you can lay your voice with any of this software,well your must have a sound card on your computer or you can get from Sound blaster.



When you want to lay your to your instrumental which you have created with this above recording software,then you will a very good microphone in other to perform this task.There are two typical well known microphone and they both have advantages and disadvantages

"Condenser" and "dynamic" refer to two ways that a microphone can convert sound into an electrical signal.

In a condenser microphone, the diaphragm is a very thin plastic film, coated on one side with gold or nickel, and mounted very close to a conductive stationary back plate. A polarizing voltage is applied to the diaphragm by an external power supply (battery or phantom power) or by the charge on an electret material in the diaphragm or on the backplate charging it with a fixed static voltage. All Crown mics are the electret condenser type.

The diaphragm and back plate, separated by a small volume of air, form an electrical component called a capacitor (or condenser). The capacitance between these two plates varies as the freely suspended diaphragm is displaced by the sound wave. When the diaphragm vibrates in response to a sound, it moves closer to and farther away from the back plate. As it does so, the electrical charge that it induces in the back plate changes proportionally. The fluctuating voltage on the back plate is therefore an electrical representation of the diaphragm motion.

The dynamic (moving-coil) microphone is like a miniature loudspeaker working in reverse. The diaphragm is attached to a coil of fine wire. The coil is mounted in the air gap of the magnet and is free to move back and forth within the gap. When the sound wave strikes the diaphragm, the diaphragm vibrates in response. The coil attached to the diaphragm moves back and forth in the field of the magnet. As the coil moves through the lines of magnetic force in the gap, a small electrical current is induced in the wire. The magnitude and direction of that current is directly related to the motion of the coil, and the current then is an electrical representation of the sound wave.

Condenser microphones typically have a wide-range frequency response and excellent transient response, while dynamic microphones typically do not. There are exceptions.

Condenser microphones' frequency response tends to be uniform, while dynamic microphones' typically is not. There are exceptions.

Condenser microphones require an external power source (phantom power or battery) while dynamic microphones do not.

Condenser microphones are easy to miniaturize, while dynamic microphones cannot be miniaturized.

Condenser microphones are typically used on acoustic instruments and studio vocals. Dynamic microphones are typically used on guitar amps and drums, and for vocal sound reinforcement. However, Crown makes rugged condenser mics for vocal sound reinforcement.

Speakers

Why do you need speakers?

Well, if you are recording something for someone, you cannot trust headphones for the end quality. Just for recording something it is fine, but you cannot check the quality of the recording and final mix with cans (headphones), so stand back and listen through speakers as well. I use and recommend Tannoy nearfield studio monitors, as they are flat and not enhanced - no added bass, middle or top unlike domestic "HiFi" speakers. If you buy the Active version of a studio speaker you will not need to buy an amplifier - or you will need a studio amp (again it must be un-enhanced), like the Quad range or Behringer produce a budget studio amp.

In conclusion,If you are thinking of building a home studio, take time to plan what you are doing, think about what you want from it, and then buy quality - not quantity, Thanks for reading.