| You can pick from a dazzling range of equipment | | | | on consistency and quality. A condenser microphone is |
| when setting up a home recording studio. Here are | | | | the best quality and you will need a pop filter if you are |
| some tips on what you need. When you are recording | | | | recording vocals. |
| in a home recording studio the quality of the sound is | | | | Studio speakers are called monitors. They are made |
| of the utmost importance. This is the thing you must | | | | for the purpose of aiding in the process of the |
| keep in mind when your are choosing your home | | | | production of music. They are extremely accurate in |
| recording equipment. | | | | their reproduction of the bare sound without adding |
| The first thing on your shopping list should be a | | | | anything to make the music sound better. The quality |
| multi-track recorder. If you are living in the late | | | | of the sound is high but no frequency is made more |
| twentieth century you can have an analog recorder | | | | prominent at the expense of another. |
| that uses tape or a digital recorder that uses digital | | | | An important part of home recording studio is the |
| tape. The analog kind is a little cheaper. | | | | mixer. The mixer is a gadget that can be an actual |
| A wiser option would be to get a multi-track recorder | | | | piece of studio hardware or it can be digital. The |
| that uses a computer hard drive. This has all but | | | | recording studio mixer blends the signals coming |
| superseded the other types of recording devices. With | | | | through the microphone. It turns electronic impulses into |
| a hard drive you can save your channel settings as | | | | sounds that you can use and manipulate in the studio. |
| well as your music. The amount of music you can | | | | With a mixer you can change the dynamics of the |
| save depends on the size of the hard drive. | | | | tone of several audio signals at once. |
| If you are going to use a computer to record and | | | | An electric guitarist uses effects on stage and your |
| save your music, your home computer will probably do | | | | home recording studio is going to need some effects |
| fine but you might want to get a better quality sound | | | | software that reproduces the effects you use on gigs. |
| card. You will need sequencing software like Cubase | | | | This is a basic run through of the equipment you will |
| SX, ProTools, Cakewalk Sonar or GuitarTracks that | | | | need to start a home recording studio. You can visit |
| allows you to mix signals from a microphone or from | | | | guitar forums or simply do a Google search for more |
| electronic instruments. | | | | information on free effects plugins and tutorials on |
| Now let's talk microphones. Your microphone is based | | | | recording your guitar. |