Setting Up A Home Recording Studio
Room, computer, interface and monitors: the basics of a home recording studio for musicians.
From the archive. This post first appeared on the earlier music blog at this address and is kept as it was published, apart from the design. Names, prices and links may be out of date. All archive posts.
For many musicians, recording their compositions is as important to them as performing them. Nothing beats sitting down and listening to a track you’ve not only written but have also recorded yourself and, because of this, home studio‘s have been on the rise considerably in recent years. In the past, if you wanted your own home studio, you had only a couple of choices; either you opted for a basic 4 track Tascam tape recorder or you purchased a full multi-track reel to reel recorder and mixing desk. The first option had its limitations and the second cost a fortune!
Fast forward to 2012, however, and you can run a full multi-track studio from the comfort of your own home using your computer as the base. You simply need a USB audio interface and some recording software and you’re off! It’s easily possible to have a 48 track studio set up and running in no time at all and with the options of both audio recording, MIDI and amp modelling, there’s so many options available!
The question for many, however, is the best place to set up such a studio in their homes. Anyone into their recording will know that spare bedroom’s usually have awful acoustics and not many are lucky enough to be able to have a large cellar or the like to use. One of the best options we’ve seen recently is a garden music studio from Oeco (www.oecogardenrooms.co.uk). They provide a fantastically acoustic space and separate your studio from the rest of the house. There’s also the option to fully soundproof them so you can work on your recordings well into the night without disturbing the neighbours. In addition, the acoustics are great too!
All in all; there’s so many options for setting up your own home studio now a days and, as such, it’s no surprise that so many are choosing to record themselves as opposed to going into a studio.