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Anyone know how I could start on building a home recording studio?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Rockets R' Us, Nov 11, 2002.

  1. Rockets R' Us

    Rockets R' Us Contributing Member

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    My friend's gettin a small 2 bedroom to bath apartment and he's a DJ and I'm a DJ so were tryin to make a small home-recording studio. Anyone know where to start? What pieces should we get first and what should we look out for?
     
    #1 Rockets R' Us, Nov 11, 2002
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    The main things to consider are sound insulation/acoustics and your overall budget. You could probably contract out a hi-end audio store to do everything for you from start to finish, but if you're already considering a $5-10k car I don't think you wanna go that route. Best thing to probably do is go get a book on room acoustics to configure the walls, flooring etc yourself and then look for used audio components - you can usually find some good deals on nice stuff at many stores in NYC, so I'm assuming Houston must have a few too.
     
    #2 pippendagimp, Nov 11, 2002
  3. Jeff

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    If you want, send me an email. I've built more than one home studio including the one I have now. I can try to help put you in the right direction.
     
    #3 Jeff, Nov 11, 2002
  4. Rockets R' Us

    Rockets R' Us Contributing Member

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    Nah this studio is gonna be out of his pocket. Apparently in the last few months he's become a high roller and he plans on buyin a BMW M3. :eek: I'll ask him what's his budget though. Jeff I'll send u an e-mail as soon as I ask him. BTW, I'm not in HOuston anymore, I'm in the NW suburbs of Chicago.
     
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    Korg Triton...nuff said:D
     
    #5 Another Brother, Nov 11, 2002
  6. pasox2

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    Computer! Big Hard drive. Recording and editing software. Soundforge, Acid, Vegas, Cubase, etc.

    A good mixing board with dsp effects. Mackie.

    Hook up your decks, tables, mixers, and processors and run it all into the beige box.

    I like to have an outboard eq that I can use as an isolator for making samples.
     
    #6 pasox2, Nov 11, 2002
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