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I’m 15 and i want to start my own music business.

Get some education. Work for someone else and learn the business then start your own. Nobody is going to give an incompetent 15 year old lots of money to fulfill their fantasy.

I want to record myself singing & playing the guitar, but I don’t know what to get. Does anybody know any good equipment to get? It doesn’t have to be names of brands, it can just be the name of the thing, if you get what I mean. Thanks very much .

Right. Started doing this myself last year so I will try my best to answer.
You will need a MIC, a PreAmp and an interface to your PC. I will take each in turn.
The Interface is basically a PC sound card and you can use a normal sound card but a dedicated one is better. I have a M-Audio Delta 44 and is not too expensive just search online and you can find out a bit more about it. It is basically a sound card with very short delay and has a external interface box with inputs and outputs.

Next the Pre amp. This is something to plug your Mic or electric guitar into. I have a Behringer Tube Ultragain MIC200 again not too expensive. It has different settings and inputs to suit mic or guitar.

Next a mic I bought a half decent Condenser mic a MXL2003 for about £60. The only other thing you will need is software to record with. This can be very expensive but there are some good free ones on the net (freeware not pirate) check out Audacity or KRISTAL.

Ok so I plan on spending $10,000 on a home studio. Not all at once but over a short amount of time. I plan on getting a Mac Pro with a lot of upgrades which will be $4,700. I will be getting Pro Tools at $250, Reason at $400, an SM57 at $99 . I already have a synth that doubles as a midi controller and I have rack effects processors and the Antares Vocal Processor. I would like to get an interface with at least 8 plug ins but I don’t know what kind. I plan on recording and making all types of music. So what all should I get with the remaining $4,450?

You’ve been getting a lot of good input already from some of the above posters. But you’ve listed you already have a synth (MIDI controller), Rack Effect Processors and a Vocal Processor. What else you do you have? Is this all so far?

Everyone has made suggestions on getting a lot of microphones and I would have to agree 100%. No good to have a studio if you only have an SM57. Also an SM57 is a Dynamic Microphone, so you definitely need to invest in some Condenser Microphones as well. I recommend getting a few different brands as well. Shure, Neumann, Rhode, etc. They all have different sounds, which is something you need in a good studio.

What kind of room are you working with? Do you have a vocal booth? Ideas for a vocal booth? Do you have large, open room? Is it multiple rooms?

Acoustic treatment and sound foam could be what you need to.

Also what about monitors? Do you already have monitors? It’s going to do you no good to be rocking Pro Tools and Reason without a good set of monitors. What about headphones as well for vocalists? You don’t want a pair of Radioshack headphones available for a singer.

What kind of mixer do you have? Did you go all out and purchase an Icon to go with Pro Tools? Are you going to go with an USB audio interface (not recommended)? If you don’t have a mixer, a good start is getting an Onyx Mixer with Firewire Card so you can go digital. No reason to get Pro Tools if you don’t have quality sound inputs. A 16 Channel Onyx Mixer with Firewire is going to run you close to $2,000. That takes a chunk out of your remaining $4,450.

Also you get a lot of standard plug-ins with all major recording software: Pro Tools, Cubase, Tracktion. An above poster mentioned that you should look at different softwares, and I agree. Pro Tools is great, it’s definitely made a name for itself and a lot of people will recommend it to you, but one thing about Pro Tools, is it’s a money pit as well. It’s got a lot of features and functions and additional plug-ins you can buy. But that might not be the best place to spend your $ yet.

In conclusion: If that is all the equipment you have so far, then $10,000 is a small budget to try and create a music studio and professionaly record people for money. Completely possible though. $10,000 can get you a lot, but it’s not a big budget, so you have to make smart purchases. You could drop $10,000 alone in Pro Tools and you’ll end up with nothing.

So based on the info you gave…I’d suggest going this route to start with.

16 Channel Onyx Mixer + Firewire Card = $1,850

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Onyx1640/

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/OnyxFWCard

Pair of Tannoy Precision 6 Monitors = $1,500 ($750 Each)

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/P6DAMon/

That puts us at $3,350 and leaves us $1,100.00 to dump mostly on microphones. I’d try and get at least 6 different microphones, so you can record guitars, vocals, and drums (specific drum mic kit would be ideal).

So Mixer, Monitor, and Microphones. This gives you the ability to record digitally, have a lot of different mixing / blending options with a lot of microphones, and the monitors let you accurately listen to the recordings, edits, and mastering.

Oh also you can spend $150+ on a respectable set of headphones, for vocal artists.

I’d also recommend calling Sweetwater, they work with people building home studios all the time. I get all my equipment from them and I work with a guy named Mark.
1-800-222-4700 Ext 1381
He’ll talk to you for as long as it takes to figure out and find what you need. He’s also exceptional in working within the budget.

I’ll also help out more if you need, feel free to email me. Good Luck.

One more last thought…spending half of your budget on a computer is going to give you a lot of computer power, but it might not be the best place to spend all that money. I just configured a PC today for $1,300, that runs a 2.6GHZ Intel Core Duo Quadcore, 8GB DDR2 RAM, 2 500GB SATA Hard Drives, 512MB HDMI ATI Video Card, and Windows XP Pro. That would be more than enough power to run all the stuff you are thinking. And it’s a little more than 1/3 less the cost. It’s just something to think about.

i think i have spent more money using other recording studios then it would cost to create my own, this recording studio needs to be nothing big, just able to record vocals, drums, bass, guitar, and you can mix and all of that good stuff. thanks alot, you can ask me questions by AOL instant messaging me at ‘x DontShootxx’ thanks

There are many instruments that can be easily recorded at home such as bass guitar, keyboards and guitar. Drums, on the other hand, are quite difficult to record and it can easily become cost prohibitive. Vocals can break your bank too.

I would suggest getting a Digidesign 002. First, using protools will make you compatible with all the recording studios in town. Second, should you decide to ever go bigger, you’ll be familiar with the software. You’ll also need a fairly powerful PC or G5.

Get a Shure 57 to record your guitars and a nice D.I. (Avalon U5 $500) to record your bass guitar tracks.

A MAudio Oxygen midi keyboard controller should finish things off for all your virtual keyboards.

Digi002, sm57, oxygen, U5, plugins, computer and all cables should run you about 4k. (double that if using a G5)

Why drums are a bad idea to record at home: Drums are a real pain in the butt to record. I usually use 12 – 16 microphones to properly capture drums. Be prepared to spend 7-10k on just the microphones and, the microphones used on drums really don’t have much of a use on other instruments or vocals.

This means that you’ll need to buy at least a dozen microphones and you’ll need an interface to your computer that can move more than 8 tracks of audio which now moves you into the more expensive systems You’ll need lots more cable and you’ll need mic pre’s for all those mic’s. Finally, it cost me about 30k to properly build a room to record drums in.

Vocals, too, can break the bank. a good vocal microphone/mic pre starts at 5k. Also, you’ll need a very quiet place to record. Next, be prepared to drop a ton of money for room treatment because any reflections or outside noise will ruin your recording.

My suggestion would be to record your drums at a recording studio and take the protools sessions back to your home for the instruments. Bring it all back to the studio to do the vocals and if you want, you can mix it all at home.

I’m looking to upgrade on my home studio equipment, and I’m looking to upgrade. I want at least 90% of good quality to come from hardware, and 10% or less of clean up work to come from software.

Keep in mind I’m just looking to upgrade my Preamp. But if y’all can give me some more advice or comments on my equipment that would be great. I don’t want no hate comments or anything like that, but honest and HELPFUL opinions.
Keep in mind my budget is at $300 max.

Here’s what I own…..

- Behringer B-1 Large-Diaphragm Cardioid Condenser Microphone
- R0DE NT1-A Anniversary Model Microphone
- Nylon pop filter
- ART Professional Tube Microphone Preamp ( Personal Processor Series)
- Audigy 4 Creative sound card..which is now partially fried!! works but clicks and pops every long while while playing music and recording.
- Syntrillium Cool Edit Pro version 2.0
Here’s what I have been looking at.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/A…

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/S…

Tell me what you y’all think, and which one y’all would rather recommend me using. Strictly all my work are done on recording vocals. With a budget of $300 max for a microphone preamp. Which is the better pick? or do you recommend something else?

Please list the reason(s) why you recommend a certain preamp to me, and reasons why you woudln’t pick the other.

Also what is a compressor, and what is a limiter?
As for interfaces and all I mess with XLR cables if that’s what you mean by interfaces.

"You also list a preamp in your gear you need another one?"

The reason Is that I need to upgrade, and I want to upgrade because it just doesn’t get the job done, sound quality is some what decent. I want quality where people can bump my tracks in their ride and have it come out loud with clearity.

You didn’t mention what interfaces you have on your computer. I can only recommend presonus, m-audio and the tascam units (firewire or usb). All have decent preamps and phantom power. I personally got the Tascam FireOne (firewire 1394) so far it is really clean, but it is really new too. Check the price at Musicians friend. Presonus is my second choice, but it doesn’t have knobs and is software driven. BTW the FireOne is cheap at Musicians friend a has a rebate. REMEMBER my uses are mainly for demos and video. You may need something much cleaner. You also list a preamp in your gear you need another one?

I use an Exilim EXS770 to record lessons for my website and to be totally honest, the microphone isn’t that great. I have an Audio Technica AT4040 microphone and a Mackie Onyx Satellite DAW that I use for recording music.

Is there any way I can use any of my tools together or pick up something additional to record audio from the professional alongside the video of the camera?

Since you are already recording the audio externally, when the video is in your computer video editor, mute that audio then import the externally recorded audio to the video editor and sync. Basically, you just replace the video’s audio with the externallly captured audio. I do that all the time…

Tip: While editing, leave the video’s audio up enough to hear – when the echo stops, you are sync’d. THEN mute the video’s audio.

I want to take songs and seperate the vocals and create instrumentals so that I can sing and rhyme to the music and then insert the artists chorus vocals back in or something I do. What is a cheap but good program to do this and mix my music and create beats and stuff. I decided I may love making music and could be ok at it, I just wanted something to test the water and see what comes out. Thanks

Your best all round option would be a combination of programs..
But first what you can’t do is separate vocals / instruments into individual tracks from a stereo track.
That’s only possible with the original multi-track studio recording.
The main vocal can be removed with varying success. (Method below).
Audacity is a good option for recording and editing:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Lame if needed to encode to mp3:

http://lame.sourceforge.net/

How to install Lame:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&i=lame-mp3

Basic tutorials:

https://wiki.brown.edu/confluence/display/CISDOC/Audacity+Tutorial

http://www.guidesandtutorials.com/audacity-tutorial.html

To create "beats" try these. Save or render as wav or mp3 then import into Audacity to record your vocals etc.
They use pre-recorded clips or loops.
Acid Xpress:

http://www.acidplanet.com/downloads/xpress/

Magix Music Maker Basic:

http://download.famouswhy.com/magix_music_maker_basic_edition/free_download.html

More free, compatible loops:

http://www.macloops.com/

Vocal removal method. Remember – it may not work so don’t blame the program or method.

This is possible only for certain stereo tracks. When the vocals are exactly the same on both stereo channels, you can remove them by “subtracting” one channel from the other. This works for many studio recordings, where the vocal track is mixed exactly in the center. Be aware that bass and drums are usually panned to the center and can be removed or reduced also. Depending on how the track was mixed the vocal may only be reduced, not fully removed.

To do this in Audacity 1.2:

1. Import your stereo file into Audacity.
2. Open the track menu (click the arrow next to the track title), and choose “Split Stereo Track.”
3. Select the lower track (the right channel) by clicking it in the area around the mute/solo buttons.
4. Choose “Invert” from the Effects menu.
5. Using the track menus, change each track to “Mono.”

Press the Play button to hear the results. If you are lucky, the voice will be gone but most of the other instruments will be unaffected, just like a karaoke track. You can use the Export commands in the File menu to save the results.

Audacity 1.3:
Has a vocal remover built in. Just select the whole track then vocal remover from the effect menu.

I’ve found some at Target…

Mel,

Target huh? Well, that is a step up from Walmart so the product should be really really good – just kidding.

Look, a studio Cd from Target no more gives you a studio than Guitar Hero makes you a guitar player.

Studios are horribly expensive enterprises and you cant afford to make a single bad purchase. You could easily spend $250,000 and have very little to show for it.

Tell ya what, post your budget and, specifically, what you want to record and what you plan to do with it and I will point you in the right direction.

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Jimi Hendrix Jedi Knight !
lyrics Jimi Hendrix

Hurrah, I awake from yesterday
Alive, but the war is here to stay
So my love, Catherina and me,
decide to take our last walk through the noise to the sea
Not to die but to reborn,
away from lands so battered and torn
Forever, forever

Oh say, can you see it’s really such a mess
Every inch of Earth is a fighting nest
Giant pencil and lipstick tube shaped things,
Continue to rain and cause screaming pain
And the arctic stains from silver blue to bloody red
as our feet find the sand,
and the sea is straight ahead, straight up ahead

Well it’s too bad that our friends, can’t be with us today
Well it’s too bad
The machine, that we built,
would never save us’, that’s what they say
(That’s why they ain’t coming with us today)
And they also said it’s impossible for a man to live and breathe under
water, forever,
was their main complaint
And they also threw this in my face, they said:
Anyway, you know good and well it would be beyond the will of God,
and the grace of the King (grace of the King)
(Yeah, yeah)

So my darling and I make love in the sand,
to salute the last moment ever on dry land
Our machine, it has done its work, played its part well
Without a scratch on our bodies and we bid it farewell
Starfish and giant foams greet us with a smile
Before our heads go under we take a last look at the killing noise
Of the out of style, the out of style, out of style(oooh)…

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