Building a home recording studio was always thought to be a huge project that takes months of planning, research, and preparation. But with the advancement of technology in today’ s world, this is just a myth! Getting started with a home recording studio is far easier than you might imagine. Because really, all that you need is a few basic essentials.
BUILD YOUR OWN
HOME RECORDING STUDIO
Building a home recording studio was always thought to be a huge project that takes months of planning, research, and preparation. But with the advancement of technology in today’ s world, this is just a myth! Getting started with a home recording studio is far easier than you might imagine. Because really, all that you need is a few basic essentials.
As I walk you through the entire step-by-step process of building your first home recording studio from scratch, you need to do two important things: Choose the right space; and the right gear.
So let’ s get going.
First up, Choosing the right space:
There are several locations in a house, which can be a potential location for setting up a home studio. But choosing the right one among them is important as one room can be better than the other for recording. Here are some pointers for choosing the perfect room for a home studio. Even if four of these conditions are satisfied, you are good to go!
1. The bigger the room, the better
Larger rooms are preferred as they sound better and also give more space for accommodating multiple musicians and your gears / instruments.
2. Isolation from noise
In everyday life, you forget how much noise is actually around you. When you hear the same noise through the microphone, all that noise is magnified several times. This can easily ruin your recordings. Hence choose the quietest room among the possible choices. One more thing you need to realise while choosing the right room is that YOU will also be a unnecessary source of noise for OTHERS.
3. Flooring
Choose a room with natural flooring such as tiles, concrete, granite or any hard surface. An ideal one would a room with hard wooden flooring. Avoid rooms having soft carpeted floors as these tend to absorb high frequencies making the room sound‘ boomy’ or‘ bassy’. Carpets tend to wear out quickly too.
4. Acoustics
A typical bedroom in a house is small, has a low ceiling and has
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