Home Recording Studio - Digital Recording Hardware Information

Creating a home recording studio is becoming more common place now with digital recording hardware. You can now have a pro tools rig at home for around $600. Or you can get a small sound mixer and setup a Cakewalk studio for around $300. In other words with all the hardware out today you can setup a music studio at home for not much effort. I am going to try to help you sift through what is out there for the average joe trying to record music at home.

Lets start with sound cards. Unless you are going to go with a pro tools setup, which comes with its own sound card, you will need a pretty decent card to capture true digital music. You should look for a card that has atleast two balanced 1/4" inputs that can be used simultaneously for four-channel operation. It should also be able to go up to 96kHz sampling rate.

Now lets look at mass storage for your digital home recording studio. Unless you already have a very large hard drive on your computer, you will need an external firewire drive. Digital audio can take up large amounts of space without you even getting one song down. Look into getting one of these drives.

Sound mixers make your recording process hands on. You capture audio with the mixer and sound card, then you edit and mix on the computer. Look for a board with atleast 4 xlrs jacks and phantom power for boosting mic power. Keep in mind when selecting one, you should think of the future and get something that can grow with your recording skills.

Source - Home Music Recording