r/homerecordingstudio

Hey everyone,

I’m setting up a home recording studio and I’d really appreciate some advice on acoustic treatment.

Gear I’m planning to buy:

- Lewitt LCT 440 PURE

- Audient iD4 MKII

- Arturia KeyLab Essential 49 MK3

- PreSonus Eris 4.5BT 2nd Gen

- Considering acoustic foam: t.akustik SA-N30 set

Room details:

- Length: 4.10 m

- Width: 3.25 m

- There’s a wardrobe along one wall (about 52 cm deep)

- One side of the room opens into a balcony area (4.10 m x 1.36 m) through a wall opening

- There is a desk built into the lower half of that wall opening

- The balcony has a lot of windows

- The room also has a bed and mostly hard reflective surfaces

My questions:

1. Is a foam set like SA-N30 enough, or should I go for thicker panels / bass traps?

2. Where should I position myself in the room for recording?

3. How should I treat:

   - front wall

   - back wall

   - side walls

   - window / balcony area

4. Will the balcony opening and all the windows cause acoustic problems?

5. What acoustic treatment would you use?

I’m trying to get the best possible sound without wasting money on unnecessary treatment.

Any advice would really help. Thanks!

Hi everyone,

Looking for some advice as I suspect some of you have gone down a similar path in the past.

I just bought a house and have some room in the backyard that is going to be a purpose built recording space. It's not a tonne of room -- maybe around 414 square feet (23 x 18 exterior; obviously losing significant space to make it acoustically sound) if I keep it one level.

My goals for this space are as follows:

- a decent mix room

- an iso room to record loud amplifiers 

A real bonus would be a space to record drums. Not looking for Electrical Studio B massive room sounds, just a decent room for rock drums.

What I'm not looking to do:

- record full bands live off the floor

The two scenarios I'm looking at are 1) a mostly open space with an iso booth or 2) a small mix room and a small isolated "live room".

Wondering if anyone can chime off on these options (or if I'm missing a third option). Any advice appreciated -- I'd prefer the second option (mix room/live room) as I think local engineers would like a decent small spot to track in, and getting blasted with drums in the same room is not ideal. 

TIA! 

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Hey,

I’ve got a lil home studio since last year because I thought it would help me write and create more music but I’m absolutely clueless. I’ve got the essentials but now I’m stuck wasting time trying to figure out how everything works and make things sound good.

I’m not trying to be an engineer, just understand Logic better, so I can record efficiently and add basic mix to create new ideas and bring them to life myself, rather than wait to get inspired.

Equipment: MacBook Pro, Logic Pro, UA Volt 2, Beyerdynamics dt770 pro, m-audio bx5s, Rode nt1

I don’t even know where to start, I can only do basic recording but not even sure I’m using Volt 2 interface fully as much as I should. Send help

Suggestions for condensers under £250 or preferably. I’ve heard a bit about the Sennheiser MK4.

Hi, I I bought a used Model 24 from my local music store a few months ago. I just finished my studio and plugged it in for the first time and i'm getting CODEC error A3 on the screen. Has anyone experienced this? What can I do to fix it? I don't want to wait for to bring it back in to the music store. I have a session booked for Monday morning. Please help!

https://preview.redd.it/rinwkue881wg1.jpg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=835a59e892e91702c73475cc72c3ad2d29fd6d53

Apologies if this question is dumb. Currently, I have a little M-Audio 32 key midi keyboard. I want to actually learn the piano so I want to upgrade to a portable keyboard. My question is… if I’m using my new keyboard as midi, am I limited to the sounds of the DAW? If I want to use the keyboard’s built-in sounds and effects, do I need to run it through my interface’s instrument input, like a guitar? Is there a way to combine the keyboard’s built-in sounds with the functionality of midi (dragging notes into place if they’re a bit out of time, for example)?

I’m using the latest version of Garageband, if that matters.

Hey Reddit,

I recently upgraded my monitor cable from a 30Hz to a 60Hz cable to improve the picture quality. However, since the upgrade, my KRK Rokit 5 speakers have been producing a constant, light but disturbing noise. I'm hoping someone can help me identify the issue.

My Setup:

• MacBook Air M4
• Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 Interface (connected to MacBook via USB-C to USB-C cable)
• Samsung monitor (connected via DisplayPort to USB-C cable)
• Two KRK Rokit 5 speakers
• Two Brennstuhl SDL ES 06 DE3516 power strips
• One no-name power strip

Troubleshooting Steps Taken:

• Switched the power cables of the devices between the power strips

Additional Information:

• The noise is not present when the monitor is turned off or disconnected.
• The noise is audible from both speakers.

Any suggestions on what I should change in my setup to eliminate the noise? I appreciate any help you can provide!

Best, Tim

Hey guys hope you're all doing good, I'm in the market to upgrade my vocal mic. My current vocal chain is my sm7b running into my UAD Apollo twin x using the unison pre (Manley Voxbox). My room is decently treated. My budget for the mic under €1600. I mainly record pop, RNB, worship/ gospel music.

I have a couple mics in mind, Lauten Audio FC -387 (Atlantis), Warm Audio WA47 Tube, Warm Audio WA8000, AKG C414 Xlii.

Just want your guys opinion on this or if you have some alternative suggestions. if any of you guys have any experience with any of these mics please let me know, Thank you

This is a free IR pack i've made suited for metal and rock. Hope you enjoy it!

Back in the day I used RiffWorks and it was perfect for how I like to work. You’d set a tempo, the drums would kick in, and you’d record one bar at a time. When the bar ended it would mute, loop back, and you’d record the next one. Then you could just arrange all the bars together into a full song. Super simple, plug in and play.

I’ve been trying to find something that works the same way. I don’t need anything fancy — I just want to:

∙	Plug my guitar straight in

∙	Have a drum track running

∙	Record a bar, it stops/mutes, moves to the next

∙	Arrange the bars into a song at the end

I’d be mainly playing hard rock and metal so decent sounding drum samples in that style would be a big plus.

I’ve looked at Ableton Live’s Session View and it seems like it could work but the setup looks a bit involved. Has anyone nailed this exact workflow in Ableton or found something simpler?

Open to free or paid options, Windows or Mac. Just want something I can actually sit down and use without spending an hour setting it up every time.

anyone have any experience or opinions on the CM-1? Just wondering how it stacks up against the cloud lifter for my sm7b. I have it currently going into my uad apollo twin and im using the unison pre (Manley voxbox). and when I turn up the gain I get a slight hiss. (this is less noticeable when using the regular pre)

The problem could be my gain staging. I have the gain and input knob turned to max to get a decent level aiming for around -18dbfs to -16dbfs with no other plugins in the chain. if you guys see any issues in this let me know.

if the gain staging isn't the problem then Im thinking of buying a cloudlifter or inline mic booster and just wanted your guys opinion.