Dennis Mount Joy

we are thinking about building one in our basement.

tascam dp01fx-digtal 8 track with a 40 gig hard drive, guitar effects(and it burns CDs), and phantom power. I’ve been using it for over a year and haven’t had any problems. Sounds just like a professional recording. I paid $799 when it first came out last year but I think they’re down to about $500 now. The only bad problem that it has is that it doesn’t have pitch control. Other than this you’d need an amp and monitor.

I’d like to build something that is very professional, that I can be proud to bring experienced artists in. How much would that cost and what equipment would I need?

About $50k.

The equipment is much more reasonable, it’s the soundproofing of the rooms that is very costly.

Without knowing what you want to do, I couldn’t begin to give you a BoM.

I’m asking for a list of everything I need for a recording studio. the cheapest but yet professional sounding studio tho. I looked on zzsounds.com and found a microphone I wanted. Also do I need a audio interface and a preamp or just a preamp. Thanks in advance!

It’s hard to give you an accurate recommendation without knowing the following:

1) What are you trying to record? What instruments, how many, etc.?

2) What is your budget? You say cheapest, but quality, yet that’s not enough info. You get what you pay for in the music business.

Me and a friend are looking into starting up a Recording Studio, yet we need help with what to buy and where to start in order to be able to record good songs, this meaning could you list, the types of microphones, software mixers etc with prices? we’re looking at a budget of £2000.

A well-equipped recording studio can raise the quality of an album track or even a low-budget demo by several notches. The advantages gained in comparison with recording at home or without proper equipment are manifold, for example –

1. Isolating ambient noise. A sound-proofed studio will isolate all ambient noise, which is nearly impossible to do at home.
2. Preventing flutter and unwanted delay – A recording studio always has walls made to absorb sound, so it does not allow sound waves to bounce around the room. This prevents the cracked sound that flutter can create.
3. Quality equipment – A sound studio can invest in expensive recording setup, which is impossible or impractical for recording artists. Good equipment ensures accurate representation of the instrument’s sound in the final production.
4. Isolating the sound of every instrument in a group recording – The cohesion of a group performance is impossible to recreate by putting together pre-recorded tracks. However, recording group performances without good equipment invariably results in sound leakage, especially with drums.
5. Allowing musicians to record together from different locations – with the advent of digital sound, mixing and mastering, musicians from all over the world can collaborate on a single project without ever having to be in the same location.
6. On-spot plugins and sound effects. These serve to enhance a composition as well as to generate certain effects that would be absolutely impossible without the advent of modern technology.

Dallas Photo. I am interested in purchasing some eqiupment at low prices. Email me what you’ve got
blakegadams@yahoo.com

your question is very general. check out sources below. Not sure about the 1/2 price thing but, good luck anyway.

I am looking to move to BACOLOD soon, I have recording studio equipment, a mobile disco and I can also teach Computer studies, how to use windows, repairs, etc. I am an electronics engineer, my biog is on www.geocities.com/jimi_maxwell.
If anyone can help, either with starting out, renting a place,I am getting a 1 year working visa to start with – but I need a bit of help when I get there, I am 50, single, and I am not scared to work hard. I plan to visit this year to look at the possibilities there.
If you have ideas or can help, please email me, the recording studio has all the equipment to make CD albums and videos too, for bands and individual singers who wish to make their albums.
The prices will be good, I am not wanting to earn a fortune, just enough to pay my rent, food, and go out at weekends and enjoy life.
I have been in Cebu before, and I love the Philippines so much I come back to stay !!
Just that I might need some help, I am British and live in Spain.

To move to the Philippines without a steady source of income is foolhardy to put it mildly. I hope you have something in reserve until/unless you can get established. Bacolod is really small compared to Cebu. Personally I don’t see a big market for your services. Not to say it can’t be done, but I think your chances are slim. There is also no way to obtain a "working visa". Either you can come up with $20,000 U.S.D. for a SSRV Visa to work legitimately or you’ll be here on a tourist visa and not allowed to work. The locals aren’t keen on competition, especially from a foreigner and trust me, there are dozens of Portable Disco’s and D.J.’s out there and a bunch more offering basic computer skills training in a classroom or for tutoring.

Add to that all the customs duties you’ll pay on that equipment comming in here. I just don’t see how you have a recipie for sucess. Their are plenty of hard working people in this country. The problem is there are so many unemployed people that are already established, someone offering your services is paid very low.

The only way I see any chance of you suceeding is in a large city like Manila or Cebu and evan then you’ll need the help of some well connected locals to get your business going and a bunch of start up cash.

I wish you luck, but just can’t see this happening.
I think you ought to join the yahoo group of expats in the Living in the Philippines Group and get some good info there too.

microphones, a computer interface, studio monitors, a good computer high ram and hard drive space. cables, microphone stands, a program to record to, and a shat load of money.

This video is a simple portray of the main components you would need to start recording today. Remember the components mentioned do not have to be what is shown. But the equipment used will get you great results.

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Im really into music, and would like to start an independent record label at some point, and I heard that making a recording studio and recording stuff for myself first is the best way to get started. So basically im asking what would I need exactly to start one??

- Id want to sell my services to others also once I got good at it, etc.

I am gonna learn how to play guitar, and keyboard eventually and i sing so im thinking about doing acoustic/indie or something. But yea.

I might talk to one of my friends about getting in on this. We still have a long time because were both Juniors in highschool, so we’ve got awhile to think about this, i was just curious.

Making an independent record label is one of my biggest goals lol.

I was gonna go to college for Audio Engineering, but then someone told me that if I just got some recording equipment and learned how to use it then I didnt need a degree to actually do it as a business, and that id only need a degree to teach or something.

Awesome Brian!

I TOTALLY agree with your last paragraph. I’ve been a recording engineer for over 13 years, and I never went to school for it. Buying your own gear, playing with it and challenging yourself with it by recording others is the way to fly.

There are 4 basic parts to every recording studio:

1 Something to plug in (what are you recording, mics, guitars, keyboards, etc.)

2 Something to plug it in TO- (audio interfaces, midi interfaces, computers, etc.)

3 Something to do with it once it’s plugged in (recording software, plugins etc.)

4 A way to hear what you’ve plugged in. (speakers & headphones)

On my new website I made 4 instructional videos which go over each of these parts. They’re free!

http://homerecordingstudiodesign.com

Best, Erik