DIY Music Production
Why spend money to do the recording at the professional studio when you can do it at home? Are you able to produce a top quality work when the pro studio charge you hourly rate? How excellent if you can do the recording at home whenever you like? Let’s see how can this occur. It is not as troublesome as you believed.
Today’s recording relied heavily on the computer software ; thus, you need to have a decent computer to assist you. If you are not a tech savvy, get the PC support consultant to wire up everything for you correctly. The PC should supply with a sound card with midi in / out port.
Music editing software or some call music sequencer is an absolute must. There are number of such products in the market. As an example, Acid and Cinescore from Sony and Sonar studio from Cakewalk.
For the input device, you can get a midi input device such as electronic keyboard or electone if you’ve got the budget. Otherwise, a standard computer keyboard can also do the same thing but it is rather tedious. Incidentally, for a newb, I would like to recommend a product call Prodikeys by Creative Technology. Prodikeys is the combination of music keyboard ( with only 37 keys ) and PC keyboard.
It is advisable for you to have a moderately good mic. The normal mic that comes with the computer is not OK for sound recording purposes. Ask the audio shop to advocate one which is frequently used for singing purpose. Having mentioned that, you needn’t have a sound proof environment but do your recording in a room which is isolated in order to keep the unwanted noise to minimum.
Once the infrastructure is up, you’ll need to get yourself up to speed with the music revising software before the rest. Don’t start to figure out how to use the software only when you are into the actual music production. Reason being, learning to use the software can be time consuming. The disappointment in the learning process may kill your talent at that point.
There are some crucial things to notice when you plan for your music arrangement. As further amendment and enhancement will surely be carried out by the recording company, don’t make your music too sophisticated. It is more vital that you’re able to demonstrate the uniqueness and the feel of your music. Your music must be in a position to read and thus understood by the music producers.
Enjoy your recording.
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