Piltdown Man here... Question: Really Home Recording?

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PiltdownMan

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Sorry if this is a bit off-topic, but I'm wondering: how many of you are REALLY recording in bedrooms, living rooms, home offices, etc. I record every song I write in a home office on my home computer with Cubase 5, a couple of guitars, an Fxpansion DR-008 drum machine, a 10+ year old ZOOM 2020 multi-effects processor, a B2-Pro mic (recent addition) and an Alesis QS-6 keyboard.

I'm not complaining or critizicing, just wondering, 'cause I keep hearing the word "studio" in posts, and some of these songs don't sound like they were recorded in a bedroom. :-)

Just wondering how my skills (or lack thereof) compare given my limited equipment and the fact that I write all my own songs, play all my own instruments, sing all my own vocals and mix all my own stuff. The proverbial one-man band. :-)

We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.
 
From my experience, it's just about all of us. You're in the home of one-man bands with bad drum samples. Now get back to work. :)
 
I work in the basement, in a closed off area I negotiated with the wife...It's my settlement.

Kinda like that little strip of land the Palestinians are in control of.

Should name my studio "Little Palestine".



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Semantics

Don't let the word "studio" throw you. Most of us are recording in totally untreated rooms w/o iso booths or anything close to them.

My studio is one corner of the master bedroom.
 
I work under the bat's house

My 'studio' is the attic of our house. Since I live in a very old house, when I hang out of the window to have a smoke, I'm often visited by friendly, local resident bats.

All of my recording gear put together cost about $2K. (musical instruments sold separately, some assembly required, batteries not included)

But since I don't use that room for anything other than recording my music, I refer to it as my 'studio.' Many would take great offense to my wanton use of that word.
 
I'm lucky. Technically I am recording in my bedroom, but my bedroom is in the basement so I've got a lot of room. I even have a pleather couch. Not leather, PLEATHER.
 
I have a 2-bedroom garden apartment, but my "roommate" is my recording hobby and songs; the spare bedroom has my music gear.

And now, completely off-topic: GO CUBBIES!!!
:)
 
Basement dweller here.

It's dry and divided into 3 spaces. Two are where I record. A 18X22 foot room with all the instruments and a 10X15 seperate room with its own foundation and a steel insulated door where I have the recorder,monitors , etc. All the walls are insulated, covered with wood paneling, and I have carpet on the floor. Not a real studio but a fun space nonetheless.
 
I have a 4 bedroom townhouse and use two of the four bedrooms as my studio. One as the control room and the other as a live room.

Unlike all you digital guys and gals, I am still living in the stone age here, using all analog gear for tracking and mixing!

Cheers! :)
 
Hey Ghost, if you think thats bad, I recorded a whole 11 track album using nothing but a DIRECT LINE guitar into the MIC input, and singing vocals into the inbuilt mic ontop of my monitor. How cool is that :D
 
Thanks!!!

Wow. Great response! Thanks for all the posts. Very intersting. I especially appreciate the pix. That was an unexpected -- and very cool -- addition!

I'm humbled to know that so many of you write such awesome music from enclaves similar to mine. I'm actually a bit disappointed. I was hoping you all had multi-million $$ studios so I'd have an excuse for why I suck so bad. :-(

This turned out to be a great idea. Thanks again for indulging me!

Piltdown Man

(I'm going to try to insert a pic of my studio, but I've not done this before, so it may not work. Oh, well.)

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Same here....More shit stuffed into my bedroom than my wife can stand!;) Just the drum set was bad enough when I brought it home 4 years ago....now three amps, 4 gutars, keyboards yata yata ...she hates it...well hate is a strong word! She tolertates it. But hey , I'm the MAN of the house! !







OOPs, gotta go.....she's calling for her breakfast!



























Jason;)
 
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