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your question is very general. check out sources below. Not sure about the 1/2 price thing but, good luck anyway.

Im really into music, and would like to start an independent record label at some point, and I heard that making a recording studio and recording stuff for myself first is the best way to get started. So basically im asking what would I need exactly to start one??

- Id want to sell my services to others also once I got good at it, etc.

I am gonna learn how to play guitar, and keyboard eventually and i sing so im thinking about doing acoustic/indie or something. But yea.

I might talk to one of my friends about getting in on this. We still have a long time because were both Juniors in highschool, so we’ve got awhile to think about this, i was just curious.

Making an independent record label is one of my biggest goals lol.

I was gonna go to college for Audio Engineering, but then someone told me that if I just got some recording equipment and learned how to use it then I didnt need a degree to actually do it as a business, and that id only need a degree to teach or something.

Awesome Brian!

I TOTALLY agree with your last paragraph. I’ve been a recording engineer for over 13 years, and I never went to school for it. Buying your own gear, playing with it and challenging yourself with it by recording others is the way to fly.

There are 4 basic parts to every recording studio:

1 Something to plug in (what are you recording, mics, guitars, keyboards, etc.)

2 Something to plug it in TO- (audio interfaces, midi interfaces, computers, etc.)

3 Something to do with it once it’s plugged in (recording software, plugins etc.)

4 A way to hear what you’ve plugged in. (speakers & headphones)

On my new website I made 4 instructional videos which go over each of these parts. They’re free!

http://homerecordingstudiodesign.com

Best, Erik

I’m willing to spend around 1000-2000. I wanna start a small record studio. Therefore I would be looking at the best equipment for the money that I have

With that budget, you will be very limited with what you can do. If you’re looking to record full bands with drums and all, your mixer/interface (where the mic cables plug into) will cost $600-1000 by itself. Example- Presonus Firestudio $699

If cost is your main focus I suggest a hard disk multi-track recorder. An example is the Tascam 2488MKII ($899). It’s your computer, 24 track mixer, effects, and cd burner all in one. Drawbacks are that it’s quality is severely lower than computer recording. Editing is not user friendly, as you are working with a 4 inch LCD display. And it can only take 8 inputs at one time, so you can’t record whole bands simultaneously and have good quality.

If planning to record bands or other artists you will need amplified reference monitors. Not computer or home theater speakers. Look to spend $200 each. If for personal use, a good pair of headphones will do ($35)

1 phantom powered vocal mic ($150) 3-4 instrument mics($85 each) 4-5 mic stands($50each) drum mics are optional and you would be looking to spend about $300 for a 7 piece set

With all these you will have a bare-minimum recording set up usefull for bands for songwriting and make practice recordings, hip-hop/rap productions, solo artists to make scratch recordings. If you’re looking to do more, consider computer recording and budget around $5,000 on equipment, not including a powerfull computer.

What type of software, mics, amps, instruments, mixers, and best type of computer do I need for a recording studio?

There are four phases.
Phase 1: Recording. This includes microphones, guitar amps, the vocals room, microphone cables, direct boxes for bass, the soundboard, pre amplifiers, compressors and instruments. The least you need is a microphone and a microphone cable.

Phase 2: Interface. This includes recording interfaces, preamps, recording devices, recording soundboards, etc. This phase translates the music into a recognizable signal for the computer or recording device which then "writes" or "records" the information. The least you need is a recording device or a computer with a usb functioning recording interface.

Phase 3: Editing. This portion involves cutting out, altering, and adding effects to the music. Mixing is also a big part of this, and a computer does the best job because of the many options and big, wide programs which do an amazing job of editing. The least you need is a program which allows you to cut out bad stuff you don’t want.

Phase 4: Monitoring. This portion is litterally monitoring how it sounds with your ears and equipment. This includes things like powered monitors, unpowered monitors and a power amp, good monitoring treated acoustically sound rooms, headphones, and computer speakers. The least you’ll need is a pair of headphones.

Ideally, you would grab a sure sm57 for instruments, sure sm58 for vocals, a usb recording interface, a computer, pro tools or some cheap recording software, a powered monitor or two, and two rooms – one room for recording, and one room for mixing and monitoring (the control room is what they call it).

Good freakin luck dude. This stuff is spendy. I would suggest purchasing a stand alone recorder with a built in mic. Cheap, effective, and you’ll know whether or not recording is something you’d want to pursue.

All Music

Home Recorder
http://www.homerecorder.com

i am studing music technology and need video footage on how recording equipment works what they do in a recording studio the diffrent aspects of each equipment ,,,softwear use how they connect with each other for the use of recording music also i need video footage on how to build a recording studio also talking about the diffrent types of matireals used for sound refflection absurbtion all aspects of designing and seting up a proffesional studio and getting price list off appropreate companies i only have about 5 days to compleat this work any help please? many thanks i have been serching for the past 2 days but no real results

be careful you may get a vrus if you download from some sites

I am trying to set up my studio with a pretty good budget. What equipment should I use? What is recommended for my studio?

You will receive the best, most thorough information by obtaining books on the subject from a bookstore or library.

A few of the basic elements are as follows:

You need to consider the acoustical environment if you will be recording any live performance. This means you will need to look into acoustical room treatments. (See the Master Handbook of Acoustics by F. Alton Everest for more info.)

AC power conditioners such as Furman Sound and others will be helpful.

An assortment of vocal and instrument microphones along with mic preamps. Don’t scrimp on the quality of any vocal microphones you may purchase.

A (dedicated) personal computer (Windows XP, Linux, or Apple) for use as a digital audio workstation. (See Carillon Audio Systems.) The computer should be an extremely low-noise design constructed and optimized for DAW use. Should be equipped with high-performance DVD-R/W and/or CD-R/W drives and perhaps a DAT drive.

An external (FireWire-based) digital audio interface such as Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU), M-Audio, etc. – avoid USB interfaces.

Multi-track music production software (digital audio sequencer) from companies such as Steinberg, Emagic, Cakewalk, etc.

Audio editing software (such as Sonic Foundry.)

Outboard (hardware) signal/effects processors and/or plug-ins (instruments, effects, sounds, etc.,) for music production software.

Outboard sound modules with MIDI interface.

Hardware and/or software based music sampler(s).

Multi-track digital mixing console.

MIDI keyboard/controller with pitch and modulation control.

Near-field monitor loudspeakers (such as Mackie HR824) and high-performance headphones (Sony, Sennheiser, Shure, or Ultimate Ears.)

High quality cabling to hook everything together; use digital connections whenever possible and use balanced (XLR) connections for analog audio connections when possible.

I am a singer and want to make this in my home. Please name some good software and equipment that I’ll need.

it depends do you play a instrument and want to record it as a backing track while you sing or do you want to use the fake instruments that come of the software

when i first started i used the program called magix music maker
where you can record with a mic and adjust the way you sound after recording and it has a piano and guitar that you can play on the KeyBoard with and a drum machine where you can pick what sound you want to make and play it but you cant plug in real Instruments in it
cause ive tried and cant figure the midi cord out on it but its a great
software to start out on

now im using adobe audition where you can use a mic and plug in instruments to record and comes with a cd that has hundreds of sounds of drums and guitar and bass and piano to choose from
and it works alot better

i recomend getting adobe audition if your a singer who play a instrument and wants to record it and if you to lazy to make your own beat or drums or sounds and just want to take stuff off the cd and cram it into a track than use adobe audition

but magix music maker is a software that if you dont have a instrument you can play what you want on the keyboard and record your voice

I am currently using two M Audio Delta 1010 cards on my recording PC setup, but I still have an ADAT LX20 which is not being used (but I dont want to sell it!)

Does anyone know if you can use an ADAT card to lightpipe 8 inputs from the ADAT machine to the computer, while still using the M Audio ASIO drivers for audio in/out, or would it be a case of either/or?

If an ADAT card would still allow the use of the M Audio’s ASIO drivers at the same time, this would open up 8 more inputs, but if it would not work, there is no point buying one.

Anyone got any ideas? Thanks.

Good question… M-Audio makes a standalone ADAT lightpipe IO, but you would have to contact them to see if it would work with your 1010s (it may be able to use the same ASIO drivers).

http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=support.contact

For the cost to update that (and the cost to repair your ADAT machine if something goes wrong) you’re probably better off selling the ADAT, if you can get anything for it… with the M-audio Microtrack you might be able to use the SPDIF output to go into your system, and you’d have a stand-alone 2 track recorder in case you want to work on location easily.