It’s hard being a do-it-yourself recording artist. Actually, it’s really hard, especially if you’re on a tight budget.
There are a lot of different things you have to be good at, and it takes a lot time, practice and talent.
If you’re a songwriter/artist, like I am, who just wants to write music and record it, you might start realizing how hard it is to make your home recordings sound good.
In basic terms, an audio interface makes it possible for you to get sound into and out of your computer.
That’s it – that’s the sole purpose of an audio interface. It is your bridge between the analog and digital world.
An audio interface allows you to hook up microphones and other direct level devices such as guitars, keyboards and what not to your computer.
This is some cool stuff, and I thought it might be a little inspiring for you. I know that it is for me.
Pomplamoose records music at home, makes videos of it for YouTube, and shuns record labels. The cool thing is they are making a living with their music. You may have seen them in recent Hyundai Christmas commercials.
Anyway, here is their latest song. You may also want to check out their Youtube page and website.
A couple posts back I wrote that Waves Audio announced V8 ( aka Version 8 ) of their audio plug-in software. Well, it appears that Waves V8′s are ready to go.
I didn’t think they would release them so soon. I was thinking it might not be until February, but this is a nice surprise.
I’m happy to learn that Waves V-Series plug-ins have been added to the Gold bundle, and quite a few other bundles as well.
Focusrite recently announced the VRM Box at winter NAMM 2011. VRM stands for Virtual Reference Monitoring and this little box allows you to mix on headphones no matter where you are.
It’s been a time long honored tradition that you DO NOT MIX ON HEADPHONES! Well, I suppose rules are meant to broken, aren’t they?
Alright, engineers still mix on headphones, but usually just to check things out after mixing on reference monitors in a proper acoustically treated room.
For most home recording studio’s a computer is going to be the heart of it. There’s no better way to get a small home studio started than with a personal computer.
Oh sure, there are other options, but the computer has made it insanely easy and affordable to make music just about anywhere you want to.
If you haven’t done so, check out my post about Why I Recommend a Computer DAW.
Cakewalk has a new version of their popular DAW software coming out soon. Sonar X1 looks like it will ship December 8th at varying price points.
There are three different versions – Sonar X1 Essentials ($99), Sonar X1 Studio ($199), and Sonar X1 Producer ($399). You can check them out here.
They also have an upgrade path for existing Sonar users.
I’m going to break my vow of partiality and actually give a recommendation for what I think is a better solution for home recording. Gasp!
I use a computer based home recording setup, and highly recommend it as an affordable and powerful way to record music at home.
Yeah I know, not everyone is going to agree with me, but that’s life isn’t it? There’s no way to get two people to agree on everything.
Before you can start recording, you need something to record with. No brainer, right? Yeah, it is a no brainer, but there are a few different options with a lot of different recording products vying for your attention.
I would think that it all could be confusing for someone just getting started with home recording. Actually, I know it is.
I’ve been doing this stuff for awhile and may have forgotten what it’s like to be starting out, but I get reminded when I have friends ask for help setting up a home studio.
This is my first post in a series that will be about setting up a small home recording studio. I guess there’s no better place to start than with the basics.
I’ve recently had a few friends, with little or no knowledge about recording, ask me for help in setting up their studios.
While trying to help them out, I realized that I have crammed my brain full of recording stuff. To be hones, I live and breathe this stuff – I love music and recording.
In basic terms, an audio interface makes it possible for you to get sound into and out of your computer. That’s it – that’s the [...]
For most home recording studio’s a computer is going to be the heart of it. There’s no better way to get a small home studio [...]
I’m going to break my vow of partiality and actually give a recommendation for what I think is a better solution for home recording. Gasp! [...]
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It’s hard being a do-it-yourself recording artist. Actually, it’s really hard, especially if you’re on a tight budget. There are a lot of different things [...]
This is some cool stuff, and I thought it might be a little inspiring for you. I know that it is for me. Pomplamoose records [...]
