In this video I'm going to show you how
to build a home studio. We're going to cover the studio essentials and what to
buy for a home studio. It's coming up. Hey it's Andy from studiohustlers.com.
We're going to talk about what you need to build a home studio setup
for beginners so you can start bringing in some money. This video is taken
directly from the full Studio Hustlers video course that takes you
all the way from knowing nothing about recording or music production
to actually making money with your music studio setup. So do me a favor,
hit that subscribe button, and let's jump into the 10 things
that you need when building a home studio. And once you get these 10 things,
you will have a fully functional home recording studio
and you can start making some money. Number one. You're going to need a
computer. It really doesn't matter what computer
you have because most of them today will be good enough to at least get started.
Unless you're mixing some huge sessions that require a ton
of computer processing power, you'll be fine with the computer that you already
have. One note on this though. If you're going
to be using Logic, which half of this course focuses on, you
will need to be using a Mac computer. The other half of this
course will be focusing on using Pro Tools, which
will work on either Mac or PC. We'll go in depth on computer specs and what to
look for when buying a computer later on in this course, but that leads
us to the second thing you need in your home studio.
Number two, you need a DAW, or a D-A-W, or a digital audio workstation. This is
the computer program that actually lets you record
produce and mix your tracks. There are a ton of different DAWs out there.
Some free, and some you have to pay for. And again it really
doesn't matter which one you use, but with that being said,
this course will focus on two DAWs: Logic Pro - which is by far the biggest
bang for your buck in my opinion. And Pro Tools - which is
the industry standard DAW, which can be found in every professional recording
studio. But we'll get into the pros and cons of the different DAWs
later on in this course. Now technically, if you have a computer and a DAW,
you have enough to produce beats and sell them. Everything else on this list
is going to expand what you can do in your home music studio. If you're
truly going to build a home studio, the third thing you need
is an audio interface. In short, the audio interface is what lets you record with
professional quality microphones. Ultimately any sound coming in or out of
your recording studio setup will be going through
your audio interface. You plug your audio interface into your computer,
then you plug your microphones into your audio interface. There are definitely a
few things that you need to consider before investing in one of these, and
we'll dive deeper into what to look for when buying an audio interface
in a later lesson. The fourth thing you'll need in your home studio is a
microphone that connects with an XLR connector
XLR stands for external line return, and that's not
important. Just make sure that your microphone is an XLR microphone and not
one that connects with USB. You'll need the XLR connector in order
to plug your microphone into your audio interface. There are a
ton of different microphones and it all comes down to what you're
wanting to record. There's an entire video on what to look for when buying a
microphone inside this course. The fifth thing you'll need in your home
studio is a microphone stand to hold your microphone. You can get one
of these for 30 or 40 dollars. As a heads up, if you're gonna be putting a lot
of wear and tear on your mic stands by moving them around a ton,
you might want to spend a little more for a sturdier mic stand. I've had four
or five microphone stands snap on me over the years because some of the
cheaper ones are not very rugged. The sixth thing you need in your home
studio are XLR microphone cables. These cables have
three pins they let you connect your microphone
into your audio interface. If you're using studio monitors, you'll
also need cables that connect them to your audio interface. The outputs on
your audio interface should require a quarter inch connector.
Your studio monitors can require an XLR input or
a quarter inch connector, so make sure that both ends of the cable
work with your gear. If you're recording a singer with your microphone, the
seventh thing you'll need is a pop blocker. I have one that i'm speaking
through right now, that helps tame your singers plosives or
the P and B sounds, so they don't overload your
microphone. If you don't use one of these, your your P's
are gonna sound horrible. The eighth thing you'll need in your home studio
is a pair of headphones for recording. While you're recording you'll need to
hear what you're playing along to so you'll need a pair of headphones. The
kind of headphones you buy will depend on whether you're mixing or recording
with them, but one pair for both recording and
mixing is fine when you're starting out. If you're strapped for cash, and you
can't buy some nice headphones, you can get away with using some
standard earbud headphones in an eighth inch to quarter inch converter.
That way you can plug your earbuds into your audio interface's headphone input,
which requires a quarter inch cable. The ninth
thing you need is a pair of studio monitors
so you can hear your mix on some nice speakers. Studio monitors
are a bit of an investment when you're starting out so you can get around using
them if you're strapped for cash If you have other decent speakers, you
can get an eighth inch to quarter inch converter
and then plug those speakers into your audio interface's headphone input.
If that's not an option, just use your headphones when mixing as well as
recording. The tenth and final thing you need in
your home studio is a MIDI keyboard. This is a keyboard that you can plug
directly into your computer and use it to play virtual software
instruments. You don't really need a MIDI keyboard because you can
actually draw inside your DAW's MIDI editor, and some
people like to produce tracks this way. Now I'm not a piano player, but I personally find it really annoying and tedious to draw everything from scratch.
So i do use a MIDI keyboard for mapping out basic melodies
or drum beats then I edit them inside the MIDI editor to make them sound good.
That's how to set up a home studio, and you now know how to build
a recording studio at home. Again, this video is taken from the full Studio
Hustlers course that takes you from knowing nothing about recording in music
production all the way to making money with your
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