Anyone Home Record? What's Your Set Up?
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Topic: Anyone Home Record? What's Your Set Up?
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Subject: Anyone Home Record? What's Your Set Up?
Date Posted: April 07 2021 at 00:30
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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 am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 07 2021 at 04:47
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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! |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: April 07 2021 at 05:19
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Previously we used this for about 8 or 9 albums.  Korg D1600 Nowadays...  Calkwalk / Sonar ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: April 07 2021 at 06:12
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Awesome thank you for the input (pun intended), guys! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 07 2021 at 06:36
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Here is a forum that discusses recording and gear. |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: April 07 2021 at 06:41
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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. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: April 07 2021 at 07:06
| 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. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: April 07 2021 at 08:46
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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! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: April 07 2021 at 09:25
If it works you might get a nice price on e-bay.
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chopper wrote:Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: April 07 2021 at 10:58
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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. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Oogst
Date Posted: April 09 2021 at 13:47
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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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Posted By: exodustoinfinity
Date Posted: May 08 2021 at 06:09
| 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. |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: May 10 2021 at 02:51
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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Posted By: mobiUS123
Date Posted: May 28 2021 at 04:36
| 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. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: May 29 2021 at 00:05
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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? ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: rik wilson
Date Posted: June 10 2021 at 13:20
| 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. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: June 10 2021 at 14:20
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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? |
Posted By: tigerfeet
Date Posted: June 10 2021 at 19:09
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. ------------- I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you. Robin Williams. |
Posted By: tigerfeet
Date Posted: June 10 2021 at 19:23
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.  ------------- I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you. Robin Williams. |
Posted By: mobiUS123
Date Posted: June 11 2021 at 04:33
| 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 |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 11 2021 at 04:50
I haven't checked it for years, there's one on eBay now for a couple of hundred quid although I cant imagine why anyone would want one nowadays. Retro appeal, I guess. It was a great piece of kit for its time, not that expensive and I spent many an hour making rubbish music in my bedroom with a drum machine and keyboard.
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Posted By: ProfPanglos
Date Posted: October 04 2021 at 12:50
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Since I'm a huge fan of electronic music (particularly the Berlin-School stuff), I have been dabbling around with my own electronic compositions for a few decades now. All just amateur stuff recorded at home with various different synths throughout the years. Currently I just have a couple of different workstation synths (Roland FA-06 and my [sort of] trusty Ensoniq VFX-SD), which I run through a little Scarlett Focusrite 2i2 to Ableton Live on my desktop. ------------- DIGNITAS - FIRMITAS - GRAVITAS - COMITAS - LIBERTAS |
Posted By: Drumstruck
Date Posted: November 12 2021 at 04:53
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There are a lot of components out there for reasonable price, but how much you want to spend is really going to determine the answers..... a few suggestions: - Reaper is a bargain DAW for mac or win - Shure SM57/58 mics are a standard - remember you'll also need mic stands and quality cables - I have a pair of KRK 10-3s and they are pretty good value for midfields (if you go the smaller monitors you may need a sub too) but it depends on the size of your recording space - Count how many inputs you're going to need and then consider a small digital mixer - Consider a headphones amp and get the band to buy their own cans (cost saving for you and hyigenic too), then you can go DI with some instruments (save on mics etc) and just soundproof for the loud dudes (us drummers :-)) I've just spent $5K for you in 5 minutes.... |
Posted By: Davesax1965
Date Posted: December 09 2021 at 02:00
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Generally, I use Reaper with a Focusrite Scarlett audio interface. There are various mics, some of which I've modified - as for the amount of gear I have plugged in, well, where to start ? ;-) ------------- |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: December 09 2021 at 03:03
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PC, Presonus Studio One (DAW) Sound card is RME Babyface Pro and Pioneer monitors. MIDI controller is Behringer UMX490 (which is perfectly fine for my purposes but I regret buying it as the founder and owner of the company is a complete c*nt) Mostly use VSTis but also add the occasional bit of live guitar. ------------- 
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Posted By: Jacob Schoolcraft
Date Posted: December 26 2021 at 23:12
| I use a small Zoom and I keep all the instruments at below the minimum volume of the levels. That way when I mix I have more accurate control over my faders. I still use unorthodox recording methods and I prefer playing the drums to a click track instead of programming drum beats. I have a Yamaha keyboard which is not the best so I resort to using a chours pedal and a digital delay to alter and enhance the fullness in sound that the keyboard cannot give me. I play a Les Paul and apply those effects when needed. After I mix everything I take the SD card to a state of the art studio and he brings the recording up to radio broadcast level. It usually costs me $250.00. I'm releasing the album next year in February or March. I am currently working on a new instrumental album about the life history of the Vikings. It involves some reoccurring themes and counterpoint arrangements combined with choir voices on keys and guitar melody. It's probably going to take me 2 years to complete it. I need to find an artist to do the cover. It's a lot of work. It sometimes takes me 10 to 12 hours a day to accomplish something decent. |