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Self Home Recording Vs Paying a Recording Studio

Back in the old days (around 'Nam) recordingYou'll need one preamp for every microphone
at home was a new miracle. You could actuallyyou plan on using at one time. You'll want to
hit record on a device and capture sound inhave the same number of preamp channels as
your own home. Your eyes would light up justyou do inputs on your soundcard. There are
like Thomas Edison did when he first inventedmany soundcards that come with preamps. There
audio recording. Fast forward to 2005. It'sare many many external preamps that CAN
now completely affordable to outfit a fullyimprove you sound quality just slightly. If
functional recording rig in your home for theall else fails, use the preamps in your PA
price of a high quality, American mademixer. If your mixer uses inserts you can
guitar. While the price of getting into homesplit the signal right off the preamp by only
recording is much cheaper than it has everpushing in the cable half way. I'm referring
been before, it's still a lot of money. Isto the cable that goes out of your preamp and
setting up a small studio worth the price?into your soundcard.Next you'll need mic
What are the pitfalls of trying to recordstands. There aren't too many cases where you
yourself? Would you be better off just payingdon't need a mic stand. You have to be very
a professional recording studio to do the jobvery careful with mic stands. If you buy a
for you? Hopefully, I'll answer thesesupercheap mic stand, you may have problems
questions and more.What It TakesYou are goingwith the mic changing it's position in the
to need a lot of knowledge, gear, time, andmiddle of a session. The results can be
patience before jumping into the recordingabsolutely horrible. So buy decent mic
studio world. I was a computer nerd half donestands. $30 per stand is a reasonable low
with a degree in electronics when I jumpedbudget stand. I would not recommend that you
into the recording world. I understoodspend any less on a mic stand.Next is
electronic basics and had run live soundmicrophones. This is where it gets fun. There
numerous times. I totally understood how toare so many to choose from and there are so
operate a mixer/console. So all I had to domany tonal options. You'll want as many mics
was jump into the recording portion, right?as you have preamp channels and soundcard
....Well, it turned out that there was quitechannels (or you went overkill on preamps /
a learning curve to go from an empty room tosoundcards). Choosing microphones is beyond
the creative process (which is the fun part)the scope of this article. You can spend $50
and walk out with a finished cd in hand.I hadon a mic or you can spend $3000 on a mic and
no idea how much time I would spend cursingyou have no way of knowing which will sound
Windows audio drivers, failed hard drives,better on a given source. This is a severely
out of sync audio files, clicks and pops,big deal when it comes to recording and it's
unwanted distortion, etc. Truth be told, Ione major area that seperates the men from
went from an average computer user to athe boys, so to speak. Home recording studios
computer master in that couple of monthes itusually have terrible mic selections to
took me to work out all the kinks in mychoose from.The most important piece of gear
system. That's right. It took me a fewin your studio is your studio monitors. If
monthes before I was ready to record my firstyou try to use a boombox you will be very
band. It was that tough. That was in 2001.dissapointed when you burn a cd and try to
Maybe things are easier now. I'm guessingshow mom on another stereo system. Of course,
that you'll still have quite a road in frontyou'll probably be dissapointed even if you
of you.After you get your rig fullyhave a $10,000 set of studio monitors because
operational, you are still going to have toyour acoustics will be all wrong in you room
learn the software. I would HIGHLY recommendand even still you probably haven't mixed
that you buy a DVD and a book to teach youenough songs to be any good at actually
the software that you intend to use. I couldmixing.Okay, I've outlined what goes into
have saved myself hundreds of hours ofrecording your cd. Guess what, any decent
headaches if I would have just read thestudio has all of this taken care of you. Do
stupid manual and had a little instruction. Iyou know about audio latency in XP? Do you
learned a lot by tinkering (which may be yourknow anything about room nodes? The studio
nature too) but there is no point in learningguy probably does. That's how he makes his
things the hard way if you don't have to. Onliving.So when you walk into a professional
my very first recording session, I had myrecording studio ran by a serious engineer
manual in my lap. You could only imagine howwho cares about your music, you can expect to
stressful it can be if you have 5 guysfocus on one thing... the recording of your
staring at you while you desperately pushmusic. You don't have to wonder about the
buttons on something you barely understand.specs of the computer, the cables connecting
I'd say it took me a good 3 monthes ofthe preamps and the soundcard. You don't have
everyday tinkering before I felt comfortableto worry about wasting huge amounts of time
using the software for basic recording. Keepwhile the bass player stares at a mess of
in mind that I wasn't trying anythingcables. You don't have to buy the mess of
advanced here. No crazy editing, no fancycables. In fact, I've recorded entire albums
automation. In fact, I had very littlecheaper than you would spend on mic stands.
understanding of audio when it came down toIn other words, I've delayed charging a high
early reflections and multi-tap delays. I'mprice so that I could get tons of practice
talking about just getting the stupid songand become well known in my area. You might
onto the computer.Okay, so I've kind offind a serious recording guy yourself who
prepped you on how the learning curvemight work cheaper than you think.What an
required for recording music. Let's talkexperienced recording studio engineer knows
about the gear.These days, it's a waste ofthat you probably don't.1)The value of his
time to use the stand alone recorders you seetime - An experienced engineer isn't cheap
in the mail order company catalogs. While(but could be much cheaper than trying to
these boxes promise to have everything yourecord yourself) but he knows that his time
need to record your demo (and they usuallyis worth X dollars. How is this an advantage?
do) the learning curve requirements areIt's amazing how humans rise to meet a
astounding. Yes, I just wrote an entirechallenge. When you go in knowing that you
section on how tough it was to learn computerare about to spend $20, $30, or $50 an hour
recording. However, there is a big differenceon recording all of a sudden you take the
between the learning curve of computer audiotime to get your guitar setup beforehand. You
and the learning curve of stand alonemake sure your songs are mega tight and ready
recorders. When you learn computer knowledge,to go. You get your butt in gear because you
that knowledge is useful on just about everyare about to spend some money. When your
computer on the planet. (I've kept myselfguitar players tell you that he thinks he has
from starving a number of times with mythe recording device working right, you don't
computer knowledge which I mostly attributejump up get busy. You get frustrated while he
to recording). Also, computer recordingtries to figure out the problems on channel 1
software generally uses a mixer that is aand 5.2)Advanced knowledge of acoustics -
fairly close simulation of the real thing.This is one of those areas that you will
The concepts stay the same. When you areentirely put off. At first, you are just
using the stand alone recorders, you end uptrying to figure out how to turn the computer
learning to hold E1 + Function + Menu to geton. Have you really put any serious thought
to Aux send page. Why do you need a page forinto the comb filtering effects of your room?
aux send? Anyway, I've had several friendsThe odds are minute. In fact, I bet most
who have used these boxes and don't knowbands put no thought into their room
anything about audio. They spent all theiracoustics. Guess what. Any good studio has
time learning this foreign language that willspent thousands and thousands of dollars
be obsolete as soon as the record is. Inpefecting their acoustics. The only thing
summary, I highly recommend that you go withmore important than acoustics in a recording
a computer for your digital recordings.Okay,is the song, the musicians, and the
so you need a computer. The good news is youinstruments. After that, acoutics is first.
don't need a very fast one by today'sProper acoustics are more important than
standards. In fact, I built my recordingmicrophones. I'd gladly record an album with
computer for about $300 and it's overkill. I$50 mics in a $2,000,000 room before I did
need a faster computer than most because I dothe opposite.3)Advanced microphone selection
more projects than most. It makes a- Having the right mic for the job is an
difference when I'm rendering down mixes thatextremely important part of being a recording
I can do it twice as fast because I have tooengineer. When you know that a guitar is too
many songs to mix on a given day. I don'tbright, you put a mic on it that will reduce
have 3 minutes to sit around and wait for thethis brightness. When a vocalist sounds dull,
computer to think.On top of the computer,you put a bright mic on them. It goes on and
you'll need a soundcard. I recommend aon. This is what really makes the sound
soundcard with a breakout box. This meansquality part of recording. Recording at home
that a cable will actually come out of thewill make it hard to justify a $15,000 mic
back of your computer and connect to a boxcollection (or much higher). Some studios
where your audio connections are made. Setupshave $15,000 mics.4)Advanced knowledge of mic
with breakout boxes are almost alwaysplacement - Even more important than the
preferred. In fact, I ownly know of onemicrophone is where you put it. A seasoned
professional audio company that doesn't relypro will know what has worked on the past 10
on a breakout box for their computeralbums he's done. He knows what he likes and
interphases. I do not recommend Sound Blasterwhat he doesn't. He doesn't have to wait
and those sorts. We are not playing games oruntil after the mixing is complete for him to
watching DVDs. We are recording music. Thefigure out that the snare sound sucks. You'll
demands are certainly not the same. You willbe experimenting like crazy, but it will take
find many Firewire and PCI soundcards in thea while before you get it right, more than
mail order catalogs that work great. Paylikely.When you combine all this knowledge
special attention to the number of inputs andtogether, it becomes quite clear that there
optional preamps. This is important. You mayare serious advantages to letting the pros
only need 2 inputs for your recording. Inhandle the work. With that being said, if you
fact, most projects I do seldom use more thanreally want to learn audio, don't mind
2 channels 90% of the time. Of course, thepumping thousands into a bottomless pit, and
other 10% of the time we may be using 19 orare really that excited about taking years
20 channels. If you are recording electronicand years and years to learn the craft
music and only plan on doing a few overdubsproperly, go for it. I did.Brandon Drury has
with vocals or the occasional instrument, 2written  countless  home
channels will probably work fine. If you plan
on recording your entire 4 piece rock bandrecording tutorials at his website, You can
live with rock drums you are going to need athear  a  portion
least 10 inputs (maybe more). So plan ahead
and figure out how many mics you plan to useof the over 600 songs he's recorded and
at once.Next, you need preamps. Preamps boostmixed  at  his  recording
the signal of a microphone up to line level
and are pretty much required. Preamps arestudio website.
usually the top knob on the mixer of your PA.



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