North East Community Band

January 25th, 2010 | Posted by admin

Hope you have been practicing singing in the past week and your vocal chords are now prepared to take on the nuances of getting on with the real thing- the actual recording.

Moving on from where we left off the last time around – here are the rest of the gadgets you will need to set up your very own recording studio.

Gadget 2 – Your Microphone:

While your standard microphone may be adequate to chat with your long distance friend, you may require something more technical for your recording needs. You’ll need one that will record your music perfectly. Microphones are the most important feature in recording your music because their quality varies widely and they are what you hear.

There is a wide range of microphones available such as condensers, dynamics, tubes and many more .It has been observed that live mics are not always great for the studio. Generally, wide diagram condensers are what you want for vocals. That again you have to decide seeing your pocket. Remember that if you are going to record in groups, or different types of instruments, you’ll require more than one microphone.

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January 21st, 2010 | Posted by admin

Speed, power, and storage capacity that can rival some of the top desk top models, throw in the portability factor and it’s a no-brainer. You don’t need a big desk top anymore to have a powerful computer to run your home recording studio.

Laptops in general have become very powerful in the last couple years and now there are a few models that are designed specifically for us music makers. This also means your hardware compatibility headaches and problems are over.

What made this change-over so appealing to me at first was the portability of it all as I travel a bit and the idea of sitting on a plane or hotel and working on a song’s arrangement or mix was exiting.

You can also take your home studio to another home or even pro studio and integrate your project into their set up or simply transfer your tracks. Having this option has saved me lots of time and money as well as improving on some of the quality of some tracking I wasn’t able to do at home. After which, you simply pack up your laptop and go plug it back into your own home studio with all those new tracks to play around with.

Which laptop?
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January 16th, 2010 | Posted by admin

A lot of musicians have started their recording careers from simple beginnings, ie, recording in their basements, a spare room or a friend’s garage. This is because recording in a professional studio is very costly, and since it will take a long time to perfect that particular cut, recording costs will just be too much. For bands who are just hoping to get the attention of potential record producers, spending a lot on renting studios will not seem like an economically viable option. Hence, most start-up bands turn to making a home studio to cut costs. It saves precious dollars and even makes the experience much more fun.

Basic Home Studio Costs

It takes triple the effort to record in your home studio: remember that you are not only a musician now; you’re also the producer of the record and the sound engineer, too. This requires some technical knowledge on both hardware and software necessary to recording. Some of the things you need to know are the tools and tricks available to you that can help you produce a better-sounding record. If you are not yet confident with your technical capabilities, better do your research first on the many things you need to know such as what type of recorder to use, what software goes best with your hardware, how to record vocals and other instruments, and how to cut, edit and mix tracks. Of course, it goes without saying that there will be some money involved here so you also need to outline your resource plan – do you buy the things you need, borrow them, or rent them? You can also find a friend who understands these things and is willing to lend a helping hand for free. Once you have these things sorted out, have comfort in the fact that you can record any kind of music with your very own home studio.  Read more...

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January 13th, 2010 | Posted by admin

It’s perfectly possible to make very high quality recordings at home with today’s computer technology. However, you will need to spend a fair bit of money on software, and hardware (such as high quality microphones and soundcards) in order to achieve this. BUT DON’T WORRY! It is entirely possible to make recordings at home that are very respectable in quality whilst spending only a relatively small amount of money! Even better news…it’s all pretty easy to do!

I like to think of my home recording set-up like an artist’s sketchbook. It’s somewhere to play around with my ideas, record a few vocal takes, put down a basic bass line, some simple drums and maybe a guitar track behind it. It’s then that the magic really starts. On pretty much all music software you can just copy and paste individual parts (or whole sections) around, just like you would do in a word processor. This makes it really easy to swap verses around, try a new drum beat on a different section…anything you can think of really.

Home studio software usually has a good selection of instruments built in, so you can add piano, strings, brass, synth and many more sounds to your songs. If you’re an accomplished keyboard player you can play all these different parts in via a (music) keyboard. If not, you can just play the notes in on screen (and you can change them really easily if you play a wrong note).  Read more...

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January 13th, 2010 | Posted by admin

Building a home recording studio has never been more popular with the advance in recording studio equipment. Home Music Recording has found a solid blend of digital recording products and music recording knowledge to help you start your own home recording studio.

Easy Steps to Making Music On Your Home Computer

Any computer purchased in the last couple of years has the basic hardware for recording music. Computers with a hard drive smaller than 2Gb and a CPU slower then 100mhz is going to limit you to a few tracks at best. The faster and bigger your home computer, the more powerful your digital recording capabilities can be. Besides your computer, all you need is a microphone and some software, and you’re ready to create.

Multi-track recording software is fairly easy to use. You do not need a math degree to figure them out. Many programs are geared specifically for regular musicians, and most offer a minimum of 8-track digital home recording. Some programs come equipped with virtual drum features, full MIDI capabilities, and multi-effects.

Actually, home recording is as easy as loading your software into your computer, jacking your mic into the sound card, and playing. Soloists can record one rhythm track, then create another lead track while your previous track plays back into your professional headphones, then add vocals on a third track.You can continue adding as many tracks as your computer and software can handle.  Read more...

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