Professional recordings made affordable
The advent of the computer age has made professional sounding recordings possible for everyone through the use of music recording software. In the past it was very expensive to base your recordings on computers, as the hardware requirements were just to high, which meant it was not affordable for the guy on the street. That has now changed!
Even cheap computers today pack the power needed to run the latest audio recording software. In the past you probably needed a high-end, scsi-based (quick, but expensive hard drives), computers to be able to run the programs without hick ups. The hardware alone could easily cost anywhere from 2000$ to 6000$ at the higher end of the scale. Now you can even run these programs on a laptop. How far humanity has come in terms of processing power (if only we could excel as fast on the music “creativity front”).
My first home studio was based on a relatively powerful build-on-purchase tower computer with a 6 gb scsi drive and 64 mb of ram, if I remember correctly. It was expensive and ran slow, with the tempo of the songs often hicking up if there were to many tracks. At half the price today I would get a quad-core with 5 discs, 8 gb of ram, and be prepared for track on track with out glitch.
The software I used back the for my music recording studio was Cubase VST. Today these are some of the great offerings from music recording software companies:
- Cubase
- Cakewalk
- Audicity
- Pro Tools
If you are on a budget try to buy hardware and software that you can expand later, instead of going for the most expensive option in either areas. Here are some ways to save on your first system:
- Check if the motherboard of the computer can be upgraded with more ram
- Check if the tower (preferred over desktop) has room for more hard disks
- Does the music recording software brand offer a discounted “light” version
Focus your budget on making the core system as upgradable as possible. That way your home studio will be competitive for a longer time, upgrading it when your needs increase.
Tips: This is an area I really messed up on when I purchased a music recording software for my home studio the first time. Read the manual! I repeat, READ THE MANUAL! Remember, it is not the software that makes the music, you do, so if your understanding of the software is low, you will really be held back on the creative side while making music. You need to master the software to be totally free to make the music you want!
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