8 Things You Need for Setting Up a Home Recording Studio

Sandy Springs GA

17 November, 2021

11:07 AM

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Setting up a home studio has never been so easy. Just a few years ago, studios were meant only for rich people and celebrities. "Anyone can record and publish their music singles or albums online these days," says Jon Foster, a famous actor and musician. Video streaming platforms like YouTube & applications like Soundcloud, Spotify, and Apple music let underground musicians and content creators publish and earn from their originals. People are now making original content more consistently amid high demands and rewards. Home studios may not be as good as professional recording studios. Still, it's an excellent way to start your journey in content creation. Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, PewDiePie, and many famous celebrities started from a primary home studio. 8 Important Things for Setting Up a Perfect Home Studio If you're an underground musician or a consistent content creator, this blog can help you step up. Today, we will learn about the most essential things required to set up a professional home recording studio. Let's get started! Laptop A laptop serves as the backbone of a home studio. You need a fast, reliable laptop (preferably an Intel processor with at least 5th generation or a MacBook) with a hard drive capable of storing plug-ins and recordings. Sound Card or Audio Interface A sound card is the most essential thing differentiating between a professional and a nonprofessional home recording studio. You can't use professional software without a good sound card or a digital audio interface. It usually costs $50 - $250, depending on the condition and the brand. Some of the best sound card manufacturers are Creative technology, Asus, M-Audio, Behringer, and Focus rite. MIDI You can't avoid a MIDI electronic keyboard if you create your own music. MIDI lets you play and test almost every instrument ever made. You don't have to be an expert; you can use thousands of different instruments and make amazing music with them with just basic keyboard knowledge. Yamaha, Akai, and Alexis are a few good MIDI keyboard manufacturers. Microphone Microphones are simple. The more you spend on it, the better it gets. Blue Yeti, Star link, M-audio, and Rode are some of the most famous microphone manufacturers. You can get a good microphone for your home studio for $100 or less. Studio Monitors You need a pair of studio monitors to clearly hear what you're playing and mixing. Studio monitors used to be huge in size and consumed a lot of space. Luckily, the size of studio monitors has got significantly smaller that you can put them on your studio table. You can easily get a pair of decent studio monitors for $50 – $100. Mic Stand Mic stand elevates the look of a home studio. Aesthetics aside, the mic stand is essential to produce smooth vocals while recording. It is used for positioning the mic correctly so that it can take balanced and equalized vocals. The price of a home studio microphone stand is usually between $10 – $35. XLR Cables XLR cables are used to connect microphones and other instruments to the sound card and audio interface. X Latching Resilient or XLR are preferred over USBs and Jacks by professional musicians and studio engineers because of their balanced transfer of signals. Pop Filter A pop filter removes the sound of air friction (plosives) caused by speaking the words starting from P and B. Plosives are the annoying sound that every studio operator and audio engineer hates. If you really want to do your work professionally, you should get a pop filter.