help for home recording

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hi,
i really really new, but i just need some advice. im doing music technology at A-level, and id like to say im quite good at it. recoding music would be something id love to do as a career...im really musical, im a classically trained drummer, and the course im doing is really interesting for me, i'd like to become much better at it though so i have a chance of being good.

ive been considering building a recording studio in my home. nothing special...i just dont know exactly what equipment i need. i'll be recording mainly drums, but other instruments aswell. i have a fairly fast computer(PC) and a room. i dont know if this has already been posted, i cant read them all, but im asking what would you recommend i get for doing quite good quality recordings to my computer, that i can do quite cheaply. i can use cubase and pro tools.

thanks
 
You need a soundcard, monitors, and headphones. You also need instruments and most likely some microphones and microphone stands. If your soundcard does not have preamps, you need that too.

Then you are set to go.


Personally, I hate recording on computers, and would switch the compuetr + soundcard for a nice digital multi-track. YMMV.
 
like he said

computer

soundcard

preamp

mics

monitors/headphones

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some good starter equipment:

soundcard - audiophile 2496

preamp - DMP3

mics - sm57, SP B1

monitors/headphones - Behringer Truths



good luck yo
 
im using computer because i have no idea what im doing with anything else and computer based recording is what im being taught on. so...with that stuff, i can record quite good quality? what about software...sorry if this is an obvious question i have no idea...
 
I use Nuendo, which is basically Cubase on steroids. I chose it after testing basically every "Flagship" audio program around.

Yes, you can achieve "pro" quality - Obviously, there's more to it than that, but it (Cubase, Nuendo, etc.) certainly has the juice.

WHEN IN DOUBT of ANY program of piece of gear, here's a little test...

Extract digitally (for programs) or run an analog signal of (for analog units) the "greatest sounding CD you've ever heard" and render it in your program. Don't EQ it or mess with it, just re-render the track using the gear or summing in the program. You want the program to make its own interpretation of the file.

If it's still the "greatest sounding tune," you now know that your gear has at least the potential of kicking out great sounding stuff.

Then, it's just a matter of recording great sounds. That's a whole other story...

John Scrip - www.massivemastering.com
 
A few questions

What is your financial budget?

What computer programs are you learning?
 
so...

if i get something like the Delta 1010, a preamp, a load of mics and cables and what-not, some decent software, and headphones/moniters...

is that it? is there anything else i'd need? im going for probably the most basic, but decent quality set up.
 
ya, unless you want to go with a mixer for multiple mics, and then go from there into the soundcard.

check out behringers
 
Run out to the bookstore:

Computer Music magazine
Music Tech magazine

Both have beginners sections and free software, classes and samples to get you started.
 
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