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    Posted: April 07 2021 at 00:30
Exactly what it sounds like!

Anyone else record their own music at home?

If so, what's your set up? Mac? PC? What DAW are you using, etc.? Mics, cables, additional gear, etc.?

I'm looking into making a serious upgrade to accommodate my revived prog hard rock/metal project, as well as my other personal pieces, and maybe even eventually other local artists, etc.

GO!!!

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Neither. Tascam dp-24 is my setup. Yeah, I'm in the minority. Never wanted to record music with a mouse and window diving. Mics include Shure, AKG, Mojave, and Beyerdynamic. If you plan on mixing, get some good speakers (I have Dynaudio) learn your room and acoustic treatment helps.

Home recording is a blast. None of my mixes sound professional, but they are fine for me. Mixing is an art. After thirty years of practice, I'm still not there. Have fun!
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Previously we used this for about 8 or 9 albums.

Korg D1600



Nowadays...



Calkwalk / Sonar
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Awesome thank you for the input (pun intended), guys!

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Here is a forum that discusses recording and gear.

https://www.gearslutz.com

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I don't like recording with a computer, not enough real time controls. I prefer a Korg D888, lots of sliders and knobs to play with while mixing.
A lot of my older material was recorded using an ADAT with a Kawai mixer.
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The old home recording I've done was on cassettes on a Fostex X-15 4 track back in the 80s. I think I still have it in the loft actually.
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Hi,

I have a recording setup that is similar, or styled after a radio station control module ... I have the Turntable, CD/DVD player, Tuner, Synthesizer, Cassette Player and MP3's (from a laptop) all hooked to a mixer, where I have the microphone when needed.

The output gets recorded on a machine strictly for music.

I might have tried to do it on a DAW, but DAW's are not usable "live" as if it were a radio station playing different things and mixing and matching. It's also a huge hassle, for example, to play 2 things at the same time ... and have fun with the combinations ... which a DAW is totally horrible at, and many times, it has even changed things so a beat could match!!!!!

Within a "live" setting, there is room for fun and error and taking things to a completely different and unknown realm. The DAW, is a tool that is not designed for that kind of free form and experience. It is designed for folks that are stuck on notes, chords and thinking that changing of a note or error here makes their piece of something better. And to me, "better" is not something that is important when you work on a painting, write a novel, or play something outside to the birds, the bees or the river!
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

The old home recording I've done was on cassettes on a Fostex X-15 4 track back in the 80s. I think I still have it in the loft actually.
Classic, when I worked for the Janice Morgan Band they had one on the road for doing demos. Bounce Tracking at it's finest !
If it works you might get a nice price on e-bay.


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Reaper DAW with an Alesis V49 keyboard MIDI controller, numerous VSTs, Goldwave sound editor, and Samson Meteor Mic. All this on an ASUS PC that's just over 10 years old now (upgraded from Vista to 7 and now 10). Just a hobbyists setup; simple and mostly inexpensive.
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I've recorded my album in Cubase on PC. Recorded it on a sE Electronics 2200a II microphone, connected to a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2. I hired a pro for mixing/mastering, and I don't know what he used for that exactly. The final sound of my cello from this combination (microphone/hardware/mixing) is pretty powerful, I think, as you can hear in this track at 0:27:


Doesn't quite sound like a standard classical cello, and that's a good thing to me since I wanted to make something more like prog-rock than like typical cello music. :) 


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I recorded and mixed my debut album in my bedroom studio. I have a PC with good CPU specs . I record into FL Studio 20 with a Scarlett Focusrite 6i6. I have a basic mAudio MIDI keyboard, all my guitars and basses, and about 3 mid level mics (large and small diaphragm condensers and dynamic). I mixed the album using mainly Waves plugins from the Gold Bundle I got in a Black Friday sale, plus Guitar Rig 5 and a bunch of specialized plugins like Soothe 2. I built some sound absorption panels and bought bass traps for my room and use the panels and moving blankets to absorb sound in a closet when I record vocals.
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Originally posted by Frenetic Zetetic Frenetic Zetetic wrote:

Exactly what it sounds like!

Anyone else record their own music at home?

If so, what's your set up? Mac? PC? What DAW are you using, etc.? Mics, cables, additional gear, etc.?

I'm looking into making a serious upgrade to accommodate my revived prog hard rock/metal project, as well as my other personal pieces, and maybe even eventually other local artists, etc.

GO!!!

I don't record my own music but I do have to use a fairly organised set up for the vocal covers that I do.
 
PC.  Ableton (because it came bundled with my interface Focusrite Scarlett). Have a dynamic mic BOYA BM58.  It's similar to the Shure SM58. The mic came with a TRS cable but I had to buy an XLR cable because only that is compatible with the interface.

I have dabbled with Audacity before and compared to that, I found the Ableton software more user friendly.  Cannot say how it compares in terms of the output it gives which is what matters most. But I am satisfied with it for my requirements as of now. In the foreseeable future, I intend to use it to play the backing track on the keyboard instead of depending on karaoke tracks. I will update as to how that worked out. 
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I have recently upgraded to a mac mini. M1 chip with 16gb ram. I run logic pro on it and other than the NI instruments I use my trust Korg M50, along with a Nord Stage 2. The band shares wavs over dropbox and wetransfer to sync all their respective parts and it all works well. I am really pleased with the mac mini. Recently invested in a couple of 26” gaming monitors too which really helps.
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Awesome answers, everyone!

I was looking at the KRK monitors (the famous black and yellow box/cones) that are highly lauded; any PA users have experience?

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Currently I'm using a TASCAM 2488 portastudio 24 channel ( I only use 8 channels ). This machine has an inboard cd -burning capability. Great sound and no computer related bullsh*t to deal with. I am working as B. WILDERED (solo).Run lines in ,mike the drums... thunder road prog.
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I use Logic on a Mac. That and the Focusrite Scarlett audio interface are very new (because the old Mac broke down and the new one doesn't want my old audio interface anymore), about five years ago I decided to buy some quality microphones, all my other stuff is >20 years old. I'm interested in making a noise, not so much in piling up gear. I have an acoustic and an electric guitar (a Strat-like Yamaha), a bass (a Chinese licensed Ernie Ball Music Man copy - I bought all of these when still on a tight budget), an old but not really old Korg alpha-Juno synthesizer, a Roland e-piano that serves as a Midi keyboard, and a small handfull of sound modules, and a somewhat bigger handfull of other noisemakers such as a big Wuhan Gong, unfortunately that one isn't happy with the place I live now with lots of neighbours and thin walls. Oh, and the truly stunning and still hard to beat Roland R-8 "Human" rhythm computer - anybody remembers this?
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

The old home recording I've done was on cassettes on a Fostex X-15 4 track back in the 80s. I think I still have it in the loft actually.

Same here. I loved that old Fostex X-15. 

I recently purchased a mint condition Fostex X-26 still sealed in the original box. I was going to try and edit some old master tapes from the X-15, perhaps lay some extra tracks on some songs, but alas, even though the machine looks like brand new, the rubber drive bands had stretched over the years. 

However, I could get it to play (I managed to shorten the old bands), but again, alas, there was a track misalignment and some of the tracks were just "off" enough for this project not to potentially work. So I am put off buying any repair kit, for now. 




Edited by tigerfeet - June 10 2021 at 19:10
I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you. Robin Williams.
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And yes, it is in pristine condition, and i probably should have not even opened it or took it apart! But i was so sure it would work so got over excited. 
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that looks fab- such a shame the bands are duff. i have the x-28. again it seems to be in good condition, but not tried it in years so i may have similar issues 
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