How do I build a Home Studio?

Welcome to a series of the column on setting up and getting the most out of a home studio. Its 2004 and we've left the world of tape machines and mixing consoles behind and put the entire studio inside an ordinary computer (PC)!

We're going to start with the basics of setting up a "virtual" studio, the hardware and software and various options therein.

Over the next few installments we'll be covering the techniques of recording and editing in the digital world and be reviewing different software for editing and effects, etc.

In short, we hope to completely cover the basics and at least touch on any and all relevant facets of the digital studio environment. This column is not intended to be an engineering primer or a discussion of analog studio techniques. We may discuss those topics to some degree as they relate to the digital studio world, but we do not intend to rehash a lot of the territory that has been amply covered elsewhere.

So, with that in mind, the first topic we want to dive into is the issue of what we believe to be the best choice of hardware and software and why.

An Important Note : We also respect the fact that home studios can never achieve the levels that commercial studios and experienced sound recordists do. The sole idea of this column is to help you as a music creator / artiste to work on projects that may have low budgets and probably you working alone!

Goto Part I

SudeepAudio.com Research Team