Setting up Home Recording Studio, please recommend equipments

[jonny999]

Hello, my name is Subrata Rabidas and i am from India.

I am setting up home recording studio with all infrastructure (sound treatment) nearly done.
So, until last two days, i had no idea about studio equipments, now i am exploring to find some but still not sure what to buy.

Usage: Vocals, guitar, keyboard and maybe drums sometimes.

So my shopping list are:

1. Audio Interface:
My choice- Focusrite 6i6 USB
2. Mic:
-AKG c214

3. Studio Monitor: (Do i need pair of these or one will do?)
-M audio BX5

4. External Display for laptop:
-LG ultrawide 25ub55

Laptop: Lenovo 580G (Core i5 3230m, 4GB ram), any benefit of upgrading ram or this is sufficient?

5. DAW:
Studio One Pro

Please revise this and suggest if i need anything more.
Thanks a lot in advance!

 

[mjbphotos]

Unless you are doing monophonic mixes, then you'll need 2 monitors. You might consider going to 6 or even 8G RAM, but 4G will work if you don't go crazy with virtual instruments, other memory-hog VSTs (reverb) and don't go to a large number of tracks being recorded at one time, or total in your project.

 

[pikingrin]

I would also suggest upping the RAM to 8gb if possible; even if just for the sake of somewhat future-proofing your laptop if you end up getting some VST instruments or plugins that are hogs, like MJB said.

No dynamic mics? I get that there's probably a budget involved, even though there was no mention of it, but if you ever plan on doing drums I'd say either get a dynamic mic (Shure SM57 or Audix i5 would be a decent start) or maybe 2 of the AKG mics to at least be able to do a pair of overheads. Having 2 of the condensers could also help you with your guitar recordings if you're dealing with acoustic guitars. My $0.02.

 

[ecc83]

Hi Subrata and welcome. Couple of things...
No mention of headphones? You should have at least one pair of closed back types, useful for checking for noises in the system (stop you cursing later when it is too late!) and of course you need cans for "foldback" as you play/sing along. If you are aiming to have mates in to jam and record you will need headphones for each of those. The cheap Sennheiser HD 202s are very acceptable for non-critical work.

Mind you, if recording a "band" you might like to revise the interface choice? Tascam and Roland make some excellent good value multi mic input AIs.

Warning" Hobby Horse a;cantter....Learn some electronics! Nothing too esoteric, just soldering cables and maybe project boxes (DIs are simple) . Get familiar with levels and their names, dB, dBu, dBFS, dBV
You will need lots of cables eventually, cheap over here, bet not so in India?

Dave.