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An older rocker who has hit his midlife crisis. I want to have my own recording studio in my house. Can anyone help me? Let's chat.
 
Just bought a digfital drum set and have older guitar equipment.
 
Are you over 50 ? If not, then you are not considered "older" yet :D
 
Are you over 60? If not, then you are not considered older yet.

The basic ingredient of a home studio are:
1 something to play on
2 something to record into (mikes)
3 something to record with (computer, stand-alone unit)
4 something to listen to (speakers)
5 a place in which you can make noise.

For more help, you might like to outline what you have in mind.
 
rdgoobers187 said:
An older rocker who has hit his midlife crisis.
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You're not the only one here.

My obligatory standard reply-for-newbies that I keep in Wordpad so this is just a paste (I don't want to re-type this all the time):

First off, immediately get a good beginner recording book (spend $20 before spending hundred$/thousand$) that shows you what you need to get started and how to hook everything up in your studio:
Home Recording for Musicians by Jeff Strong - $15
Amazon.com: Home Recording For Musicians For Dummies (9780470385425): Jeff Strong: Books
(Wish I'd had that when I started; would have saved me lots of money and time and grief)
You can also pick up this book in most any Borders or Barnes&Noble in the Music Books section!

Another good one is: Recording Guitar and Bass by Huw Price
Amazon.com: Recording Guitar and Bass: Getting a Great Sound Every Time You Record (9780879307301): Huw Price: Books
(I got my copy at a place called Half-Price Books for $6!!)

And you can get a FREE subscription to TapeOp magazine at Tape Op Magazine

Barnes&Noble or Borders are great places to start --- they have recording books and you can go get a snack or coffee and read them for FREE! Don't pass by a good recording book --- this is a VERY technical hobby and you REALLY want to start a reference library!!!

Good Newbie guides that also explains all the basics and have good tips:
Tweak's Guide to the Home and Project Studio
Free beginner PDFs | Computer Music Magazine | MusicRadar.com
The #1 online community for musicians | Harmony Central
Tips & Techniques - Gearslutz.com

21 Ways To Assemble a Recording Rig: How to Configure a Recording Studio Rig

Also Good Info: Directory - The Project Studio Handbook - Digital Audio, Compression, Mixing, Monitoring, Microphones

Other recording books: Music Books Plus - Home Recording

Still using a built-in soundcard?? Unfortunately, those are made with less than $1 worth of chips for beeps, boops and light gaming (not to mention cheapness for the manufacturer) and NOT quality music production. Even the cheapest $50 usb asio card will be a huge improvement.
#1 Rule of Recording: You MUST replace the built-in soundcard.
Here's a good guide and user-tested suggestions that work: The Best Audio Interfaces for your Home Studio by TweakHeadz Lab
(you'll want to bookmark and read through all of Tweak's Guide while you're there...)
Another good article: Choosing an audio interface - Choosing An Audio Interface


Plenty of software around to record for FREE to start out on:

Sony ACID Express (free 10-track sequencer): ACIDplanet.com: Free Downloads: ACID Xpress
Audacity: Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder (multi-track with VST support)
Wavosaur: Wavosaur free audio editor with VST and ASIO support (a stereo audio file editor with VST support)\
Kristal: KRISTAL Audio Engine
Other freebies and shareware: Music Software - Computer Music Resources - Shareware Music Machine

Another great option is REAPER at REAPER | Audio Production Without Limits (It's $50 but runs for free until you get guilty enough to pay for it...)
I use Reaper and highly reccomend it...

Music Notation and MIDI recording: Melody Assistant ($25) and Harmony Assistant ($80) have the power of $600 notation packages - Myriad: Music Notation Software and much more... / Myriad : logiciels de musique, et bien plus...
Demo you can try on the website.

And you can go out to any Barnes&Noble or Borders and pick up "Computer Music" magazine - they have a full FREE studio suite in every issue's DVD, including sequencers, plugins and tons of audio samples. (November 2006 they gave away a full copy of SamplitudeV8SE worth $150, November 2007-on the racks Dec in the US- they gave away SamplitudeV9SE and July 2009 issue they put out Samplitude10SE, November 2010 SamplitudeSilver. FREE. It pays to watch 'em for giveaways...)

'Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he'll eat forever...'
 
rdgoobers187 said:
I want to have my own recording studio in my house.
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Can you be a little more specifc, since there are many types/levels....and goals...of "home studios"....?

Is this just to fill out your spare time...nothing serious?
Are you looking to record songs with a more focused plan...for potential marketing & sales?
Do you have a full band or will it always be just you in your studio?

And so many more questions.......etc. :)
 
Well, considering he said "mid-life" crisis, he can't be over 50 unless he's planning on living past 100.
 
Are you over 80 because if not... (sorry just had to, and double sorry to you Rami since you just gave a nice logical reason for me especially not to write that :p )


An older rocker who has hit his midlife crisis. I want to have my own recording studio in my house. Can anyone help me? Let's chat.
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- This explains how this recording studio popped up in my living room! Wee maybe thats a good sign and I can expect to live to 80 :eek:


There is a lot of good info in this newbie forum - its a good place to start - you will need an interface for one thing: https://homerecording.com/bbs/gener...ltitrack-computer-interface-recording-323561/
 
Midlife is supposedly around 38 as life expectancy is still around 76. Seems young though....
 
I don't think "mid-life" is really about the math. :D

I would say anything from the late 30s to the early 60s is "mid-life" to most people these days (depending in your mindset)...though a "mid-life crisis" usually happens to most people in the early years of that range. It's that shock of waking up one 30-something morning and realizing the better part of your youth is all gone! ;)

Once you roll past that wake-up call...there's not that much "crisis" that will really matter...
 
It's when you look at your driver's license picture and say "You know, that's a pretty good shot of me". :eek:
 
I couldn't wait for my youth to disappear ! Give me creaking maturity any day. Tis the greater part of one's life. Youth is like a sneeze or a good fart.
 
The very basic equipment you will need for having a studio at home, will be; Instruments (whatever you play), Audio interface /w software and PC. How much help do you need, how much do you know already?

There are some Harddisk Recorders out there too. Pretty easy to use, and you've got all-in-one. Drum machine, miksing, mastering, cd-burner. You'll just need the Harddisk recorder and your instruments, for that option.

Many ways to make your home studio.

Mads
 
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