Finding the right home recording systems is exciting, rewarding and fun so why doesn’t everybody do it?
The majority of musicians would rather spend their time composing and playing music, rather than learning the art of recording. But if you devote some time to studying fundamental recording techniques, you’ll start to appreciate the subtleties that go [...]

Affordable home recording can be a challenge in these days of $1000 sound cards and computers that can cost an arm and a leg. So today I set myself a $100 budget and set about finding out if you can really get started at this price point.
What I came up with was the Zoom H4 [...]

If your looking for a great home recording bundle then Reason is a good place to start your search.
This ultra affordable piece of software can be used on it’s own or in conjunction with pro tools as a plug-in making use of the rewire setting included.
Once you have Reason running as part of your home [...]

If you’re in the market for Home Studio Products, you really need to check out logic pro which I have pictured below.
I think that most people would say that pro tools is the more detailed piece of production software to base you home studio around, but logic has it’s place for the creative musician who [...]

Good home studio advice can be hard to come by with so many wannabe production experts out there; it can be confusing who to trust.
That’s exactly why we created our home recording mini course which you can grab for free on every page on this site.
When we put this document together we had one simple [...]

There are a few home recording essentials budding home producer must have to get started:
Songs – without something to record you’re not going to get very far!
Computer – you can use any PC or Mac from the last couple of years, the more ram the better to run plug-ins.
Software – if there’s one essential piece [...]

If you’re looking for the ultimate portable home recording experience then you might consider something like the little studio below.
Obviously this is quite a retro tape based system but they come in all shapes and sized these days, which means you can keep your recording ultra portable and still have that high quality digital sound [...]

photo credit: √oхέƒx™ Mastering music at home can be good if you want to save on the $1000s it costs to employ a professional Mastering engineer. These guys consider themselves to be scientists and the most respected of them can set you back more than the cost of your entire recording!
That being said I would [...]

Studio Soundproofing is a major consideration when you’re planning a home recording studio. You don’t want to have unwanted background noises interfering with your recordings and your neighbours will definitely not be impressed if they hear you playing loud rock music at 2:00 AM in the morning!
The only way to eliminate the possibility of sound [...]

Basic home studio design: You’ve made the decision to produce your own music, but where do you start? One option is to go to the nearest professional recording studio, however with fees starting at $100 per hour; this can turn out to be prohibitively expensive.
A far better way is to create your own personal basic [...]