This is TWO of Five important tips: That will help you walk through the five basic steps for making your home recording secession sounding like a professional.
Tip 1.) Practice,Practice, and Practice,
Like the ole saying goes, Practice makes perfect! This really applies in every part of music creation. I would practice playing my cheap guitar at all hours till I feel asleep with it on my chest in my bed. You could say that one should be able to play with their eyes closed or play in their sleep! By keeping this in mind, practice should not be taken halfhearted, but with a scheduled time set aside and by doing so you will improve your performance greatly; and have more time spent enjoying recording music. The benefits you will receive on your abilities will increase more over time. Some things you can experiment with is new techniques and styles (if your a beginning guitarist or up an coming vocalist) you will not be disappointed with you talent.
Tip2.) Know your equipment and tools!
Before you start any thing right away! Read, all instructions on how to use your new recording studio system the correct way. If you are using various software, learn how to edit and prepare music tracks most effectively. One of the best Ideas, is to learn how every button,knob,and diagram in program works. If you have never used any thing like this before the quality of sound in your recordings will expand greatly as you continue to learn more about all the parts of your studio. It sounds like a lot, but you need to have some kind of idea of how to apply and mix effects. When starting the recording machine process is difficult, but the mixing and editing process can be time-consuming (but quite enjoyable and rewarding).
Tip3.) Recording Rooms (Sound Booths)
When starting any type of project you need to read as much as you can on the subject such as reviews and articles on the basic operation of the "recording studio process". Now that you're starting your recording find a place that is quite and having little traffic as possible is key such as a back room somewhere make it sound proof as possible. Get books from Amazon and online stores. If it is possible visit music stores like "The Guitar Center" and "Best Buy" ask for advice,tips and ideas on any thing related to the music business it doesn’t cost anything to ask.
Tip4.) Recording Components: The putting together the process of the home recording studio setup requires an audio interface, microphone and recording software. Many manufacturers produce audio devices for any kind of that you want, e.g. special devices for recording vocals or guitars. External recording components and devices including mixing boards, and multiple keyboards can be minimized. For relatively small investment the proper recording equipment and sound-proofed settings can be bought giving for much of the population access to a home recording studio.
Tip5) Recording Software: With the help of home studio recording software such as Ableton Live, Cubase,Mixcraft and Sonar, by Cakewalk are some of the of larger software applications on the market. Nearly any recording job can be done on a with home recording gear may include (or be completely achieved with) a personal computer (PC) which does allow for upgrade prospects and high-definition, studio-grade digital recording and mixing.
Below are some software apps that can get the job done and can be bought on line:
1. Mixcraft Pro Studio 5 by Acoustica
2. N-Track
3. Ableton Live
4. Sonar by CakeWalk
5. Sony
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