What do i need to buy to record and sing songs at home and make cds and beats?!
Question: What do i need to buy to record and sing songs at home and make cds and beats!?
im on a budget of 1,500 and i need to know what to get, please tell me the best mic and equitment i need to produce my songs at home!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
Cool!. Recording is so much fun!. Let's see what we can do for $1500!.00!.
You need the following things:
1!. Audio Interface - this will allow you to plug in your microphone into the computer with a digital signal!.
2!. Preamp - In order for your microphone to sound good, you'll need a preamp to help power it up!.
3!. MIDI Keyboard Controller - Since you want to make beats, you'll need a midi keyboard to make it easy to fill in instruments while making your beats!.
4!. Reason - this is a piece of software that will make you create beats with your keyboard!. It has all the instruments in the world (drums, violin, piano, guitars, cello, etc)!.
5!. Microphone - You need a good condenser studio microphone!.
6!. XLR Cable - this cable is used to plug your mic in!.
7!. Mic Stand
8!. CD Burner - unless you have one already
Here's what I recommend:
1!. Tapco Firewire Link - $199
http://www!.sweetwater!.com/store/detail/L!.!.!.
This is a firewire Audio Interface!. The quality is great!. It offers two inputs, so you can plug your microphone into!. This also comes with Tracktion, which is awesome recording software!. Tracktion is the easiest recording software to learn, because it has help bubbles for every button in the program!. The recording software is where the producing comes in!. You can record, edit, mix, and master with recording software!. This will polish it and give you the final studio quality sound!.
2!. PreSonu Tube Pre - $99
http://www!.sweetwater!.com/store/detail/T!.!.!.
This isn't the best preamp, in fact it's one of the cheapest!. But a $1,500 budget doesn't allow us to get everything!. This will be good enough to help get bettter qualtiy out of your microphone!.
3!. Axiom 49 - $250
http://www!.sweetwater!.com/store/detail/A!.!.!.
This Midi Keyboard is all that you need!. It runs directly with reason so you can easily add bass lines, it has a drum pad for making drum rolls, and you can play any instrument with reason!. also the sliders can be hooked up with Tracktion to make recording very easy!.
4!. Reason - $400
http://www!.sweetwater!.com/store/detail/R!.!.!.
This is essential with what you want to do!. Reason is the most used program when making R&B Beats in the studio!. Reason offers all the instruments you can think of, has a sequencer, and works directly with all major recording softwares!. This is the piece of software that allows you to make music!
5!. Rode NT1000 - $330
http://www!.sweetwater!.com/store/detail/N!.!.!.
Here's a great recording mic for vocals!. You don't want to go cheap with your microphone!. Great mics for vocals are Neumann, but they are a little out of your price range!. This Rode is great though for vocals!.
6!. 2 XLR 20' Cable - $40
http://www!.sweetwater!.com/store/detail/X!.!.!.
This will allow you to plug your microphone in!. You need two of them!. One from Mic to preamp, and one from preamp to Audio Interface!.
7!. Shockmount and Stand $57
http://www!.sweetwater!.com/store/detail/S!.!.!.
http://www!.sweetwater!.com/store/detail/M!.!.!.
To hold your microphone up!.
8!. CD DVD Burner - $22
http://www!.newegg!.com/Product/Product!.as!.!.!.
Total - $1397!.00
Include tax and shipping and you are right at $1,500 and ready to record!.
If you upgrade anything, get a better preamp first!. Any further questions feel free to email me!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
You need the following things:
1!. Audio Interface - this will allow you to plug in your microphone into the computer with a digital signal!.
2!. Preamp - In order for your microphone to sound good, you'll need a preamp to help power it up!.
3!. MIDI Keyboard Controller - Since you want to make beats, you'll need a midi keyboard to make it easy to fill in instruments while making your beats!.
4!. Reason - this is a piece of software that will make you create beats with your keyboard!. It has all the instruments in the world (drums, violin, piano, guitars, cello, etc)!.
5!. Microphone - You need a good condenser studio microphone!.
6!. XLR Cable - this cable is used to plug your mic in!.
7!. Mic Stand
8!. CD Burner - unless you have one already
Here's what I recommend:
1!. Tapco Firewire Link - $199
http://www!.sweetwater!.com/store/detail/L!.!.!.
This is a firewire Audio Interface!. The quality is great!. It offers two inputs, so you can plug your microphone into!. This also comes with Tracktion, which is awesome recording software!. Tracktion is the easiest recording software to learn, because it has help bubbles for every button in the program!. The recording software is where the producing comes in!. You can record, edit, mix, and master with recording software!. This will polish it and give you the final studio quality sound!.
2!. PreSonu Tube Pre - $99
http://www!.sweetwater!.com/store/detail/T!.!.!.
This isn't the best preamp, in fact it's one of the cheapest!. But a $1,500 budget doesn't allow us to get everything!. This will be good enough to help get bettter qualtiy out of your microphone!.
3!. Axiom 49 - $250
http://www!.sweetwater!.com/store/detail/A!.!.!.
This Midi Keyboard is all that you need!. It runs directly with reason so you can easily add bass lines, it has a drum pad for making drum rolls, and you can play any instrument with reason!. also the sliders can be hooked up with Tracktion to make recording very easy!.
4!. Reason - $400
http://www!.sweetwater!.com/store/detail/R!.!.!.
This is essential with what you want to do!. Reason is the most used program when making R&B Beats in the studio!. Reason offers all the instruments you can think of, has a sequencer, and works directly with all major recording softwares!. This is the piece of software that allows you to make music!
5!. Rode NT1000 - $330
http://www!.sweetwater!.com/store/detail/N!.!.!.
Here's a great recording mic for vocals!. You don't want to go cheap with your microphone!. Great mics for vocals are Neumann, but they are a little out of your price range!. This Rode is great though for vocals!.
6!. 2 XLR 20' Cable - $40
http://www!.sweetwater!.com/store/detail/X!.!.!.
This will allow you to plug your microphone in!. You need two of them!. One from Mic to preamp, and one from preamp to Audio Interface!.
7!. Shockmount and Stand $57
http://www!.sweetwater!.com/store/detail/S!.!.!.
http://www!.sweetwater!.com/store/detail/M!.!.!.
To hold your microphone up!.
8!. CD DVD Burner - $22
http://www!.newegg!.com/Product/Product!.as!.!.!.
Total - $1397!.00
Include tax and shipping and you are right at $1,500 and ready to record!.
If you upgrade anything, get a better preamp first!. Any further questions feel free to email me!.Www@Enter-QA@Com