New Bedroom Studio Setup

[magic_joel]

Hey there, so i'm looking at buying some new gear and getting a nice little setup within my bedroom, im looking into buying...

PreSonus Firepod
KRK RP6 monitors
M-Audio Axiom 25 (for midi bits and bobs)
Various vocal/instrument mics

For a basic setup i was wondering if there was anything glaringly obvious i've missed?

Acoustic treatment isn't ideal, with it being a bedroom too and all, so i might have to leave that for a little while.

Any advice or anything would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

 

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

Any advice or anything would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Since you won't have any treatment at this point, I'd suggest testing your tracks and mixes on one or more other system, in other rooms, and even in a car, for translation. If it sounds the same, then you must be doing something right. Chances are though, your tracks and mixes will sound boomy/muddy on other systems. Thats the problem with tracking and mixing in not only the same room, but a small room to boot. With no treatment, the room will color the sound when you track, lie to you when you listen to the tracks, and then lie to you again when you mix. Then when you playback in another room, on another system, this room will lie to you again, only worse, since the original already is...lets just say compromised.

Thats the point of monitoring in a room with as close to a flat response as possible.
fitZ

 

[pandamonk]

Hey there, so i'm looking at buying some new gear and getting a nice little setup within my bedroom, im looking into buying...

PreSonus Firepod
KRK RP6 monitors
M-Audio Axiom 25 (for midi bits and bobs)
Various vocal/instrument mics

For a basic setup i was wondering if there was anything glaringly obvious i've missed?

Acoustic treatment isn't ideal, with it being a bedroom too and all, so i might have to leave that for a little while.

Any advice or anything would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Set up the room the best way you can acoustically. There's a lot on room setup in this forum, including firing down the longest dimension, centred along the shortest(symmetrical), mixing position at 38% of room length, etc.

 

[magic_joel]

thank you! I'll look into it all, i've always been recording some way or another but it's only now im starting to get serious about it, so thanks for the info.