build yourself some redwood frames from 2x4s and place fiberglass insulation inside them covering one end with 1/8 inch plywood. Screw the plywood to the 2x4's with Exterior coated screws. Hang these on your drywall... they don't let sound escape and actually provide the room with a great sound...
with a budget like that you can do a lot. Forget about using your tower/harddrive/mobo.
This is a really well priced rig that will go above and beyond what you need.
http://www.pcaudiolabs.com/rokbox_le.asp
then you need an audio interface... I recommend M-Audio's Firewire 410...
I've achieved a very inexpensive and accurate sound with the following setup for recording music in the metal genre. I mean the sound is really nice and clean for the equipment used (Pre-Amps are sooooo important)
Quad Core Intel based chipset Q6600 (So maybe this part is expensive, but it's my...
lyrics are usually the last part i write for a song.
I sit down with my guitarist and we hammer out the riffs, talk about progression from each part to the next and if we need to create drum fills or guitar licks to accommodate time changes or sharp changes in sound/dynamics.
the once the...
Screaming Vocals
This is my screaming... I taught myself and I didn't need melissa cross to do it. there are some parts that are layered in there for effect, but the verses are all pretty much a single track with no clipping/peaking/distortion from the recording and no effects or EQ added.
I...