What do i need

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I just bought a Korg D1600mkll Multi-Track Recorder
Korg Triton Studio 88 keyboard
MXL V57M condensor mic
3-20" Lo-Z mic cables
Edirol MA-10DBK monitors
Home Studio 2002 Recording Software

What else do i need before i can start recording and before i can say i have a HOME STUDIO
 
I would say all you need is a lava lamp and a picture of Elvis.
 
If you can record now, you have a HOME studio. Thats what its about, right? I spent 10 years with a cassette and 2 mics. NO mixer, direct into the deck. Then I got a reel to reel. Then a multitrack..then a mixer.....then a better mic... and another....and then an
FX device.....and before you know it, you have THE HOME RECORDING DESEASE!!

But THEN, if you get to the point where you realize that it is the ROOM that dictates what things sound like with mic's, THEN YOU BECOME CRAZY:D Welcome to the cuckoos nest!

fitZ
 
"it is the ROOM that dictates what things sound like with mic's"

Man, you got that right!!!
 
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TryfeJohnson said:
I just bought a Korg D1600mkll Multi-Track Recorder
Korg Triton Studio 88 keyboard
MXL V57M condensor mic
3-20" Lo-Z mic cables
Edirol MA-10DBK monitors
Home Studio 2002 Recording Software

What else do i need before i can start recording and before i can say i have a HOME STUDIO
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Put the items in your home, plug them all in so the LEDs light up.

You now have a home studio :D

Like Rick said though, you're about to get the Home Recording Disease!

Welcome to the best infection you'll ever have.
 
Is there anything else that i might need to make my studio better. I know this might sound a little dumb but what exactly does the Multi-Track Recorder actually do?
 
You have now opened pandoras box.:p Imagine this. On a mono recorder, you can record ONE TRACK, period. And then play it back. On a normal stereo recorder you can record 2 tracks, BUT ONLY AT THE SAME TIME, in STEREO. On SOME stereo recorders you can record ONE TRACK, rewind, listen to the previously recorded track WHILE recording on the next. Then listen to both. On any multitrack, be it 4, 8, 16, 24, or even 32, one or more tracks may be recorded in any sequence you wish. They have the ability to play back any previously recorded track, usually in headphones, (called monitoring), WHILE you record any number of new tracks, in any combination thereof. You can also, BOUNCE say 2 tracks to another empty track, leaving 3 or more tracks to, again record on, but in the case of TAPE recorders, each time you bounce, you add the NOISE from the previous track. This is a very simplistic explaination, and I am sure there are many links here at HR.com. Just do a search, or simply do a search on the net, for multitrack recording, where you will receive a much thourough explanation. Newer devices, such as computers, standalone digital tape recorders, disc recorders etc, operate much in the same way.

And I will second frederics response.
fitZ:)
 
A cassette, like you'd shove into your car stereo, is a two track player. Left is track 1, and right is track 2.

Your new Korg has 16 such tracks, meaning that you have 16 tracks to record on, then play back. So you can record 16 different instruments, synths or vocals, individually, one per track!

Then with that unit you can mix everything, balancing their position in the stereo field left or right, for a nice mix.

And no worries, the only dumb questions are ones that are not asked :)

You certainly have nice gear to start off with, I wouldn't worry about acquiring anything else at this point, until you become familiar with what you have. The Korg 1600 is a nice unit and its going to take you about 4 months of getting familiar with the unit to really take advantage of its potential. Of course, you'll get the basics pretty quick, its fairly intuitive.

Good luck!
 
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