Need advice on home recording studio

[ruben]

Hi there.I wanna have ma own home recording studio.Can any1 advice me wad equipments i should get and my budget is around $1500.i wanna record vocals.Do hit me up with some equipments within my budget and where i can purchase them in singapore too.Thanks a million.


Regards,
Ruben

 

[sonam]

I'd say Line6 Toneport:
http://line6.com/podstudio/

Ask this in http://soft.com.sg/forum/gear-sound/ instead, able to glean more relevancy there.

 

[ruben]

is there any other brands or good stuffs which is cheap.kinda under budget now..

 

[jeremyspk]

Hi Ruben,

What kind of recording will you be doing?

If you're doing recording that requires acoustic sound from guitar/piano/etc or vocals, you will need mic(s).
You can either choose USB or normal XLR connected mics. (i'm using a usb condenser mic myself which does not require an audio interface.) XLR connection mics require an audio interface.
* You may need to do sound treatment or proofing for your room. That one i'm still researching I'm looking at some foams or sort.

If you're doing MIDI also, you may wish to purchase a midi controller. (i'm using a korg61p, cheap cheap, and good enough for home production).

If you're doing several instruments at one time, you may need a mixer, especially if the no. of instruments are more than what the audio interface can handle. (i'm not using one. I do multi-tracks, but doing layering, be it midi or audio, one at a time.)

Misc items: Mic stands, pop filter, cables (1/4inch), keyboard stand, etc.

HOWEVER, you must specify what kind of recording you wish to do before one can actually assist you in building your home studio.

All the best

 

[ruben]

thanks for the useful info.Well im looking at recording vocals mainly.
Cos i compose in the computer using softwares and i want to record my vocals and wanna input into the computer im using to compose the tunes and all.So yea.hope this helps ya understanding wad i actualli need.

 

[grarrgrarr]

you can actually start with very little.

presonus firebox has been recommended a few times on this forum.
with this you can get a nice microphone of your choice, and a keyboard synth.

as for microphones i know sm57 / 58 are popular and u can get them cheap 2nd hand.
i heard abit about the akg perception 100 as quite a good budget condenser, can think about it


if you dont want to spend alot on software you can use a free sequencer like Reaper.

and for monitoring if you wanna get speakers, the m-audio AV40 is a pretty good budget speaker

 

[ruben]

Hey thanks dude...well im still open for more ideas from ya guys..so meanwhile will research on the items mentioned here..

 

[kongwee]

Got a keyboard to compose? Assume you will just spent on audio interface and mics. I think spend more good condenser, and ok for audio interface. High end brand mic like Neumann KM 180 series, I was able get it $800 plus 7 seven ago. Audio interfere will vanish in time, but high end mics will increase it's value.

 

[cakewalker]

When i first setup my home studio... i visited this site and drool at their rig configurations...
So i hope it can help you with your studio too!

http://www.tweakheadz.com/rigs.htm

 

[ruben]

Thanks dude for the website..