r/recordingmusic

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!

Hey y’all, I haven’t done any kind of recording on a computer in like twenty years, last time I did I was just recording my cabinet into a daw called audacity. I’ve never owned a computer before either, it was the singers. But I got my first computer a MacBook Pro and a focusrite solo. I’ve seen some people recreate album tones using their amp and an ir. But like I said I’ve never had a computer before and am not quite a tech savvy person. But I would like to get any info anyone would like to share about a good easy to learn D.A.W. Amp sims for thrash/ metal music. Same thing with ir’s. I’ll probably try to find a subreddit for NAMM the free amp modeler to try and learn how to find captures and use them.

I'm recording a song for a friend for us to put in to a songwriters competition. I wanted to get others opinion on the best mic to use out of the selection I have. I may do takes with multiple and see what I like the best, but wanted to have a jumping off point. The choices I have are

Shure Beta 58

Sennheiser 441

Sennheiser 421

Neumann TLM170

AKG 460B w/ CK8 shotgun capsule

Any thoughts would be much appreciated!

Ok so it looks so easy in the online tutorials but i get so frustrated just trying to make a simple drum beat on the grid in Fender Studio Pro v8.

Can someone go over each step in just getting me to the point where i can click on a square in the grid to make a simple beat ?

Im just trying to lay a simple little foundation for my singing/songwriting, just enough to get each idea across. Just need a basic kit, dont need tango mango pulsar modulation waves or anything fancy.

i mostly just want to get the grid up so i can edit but i seem to have so much trouble…

Ive been loading Impact (i think thats the name) on a track, and then the frustration usually begins soon after.

Do i need to call up the qwerty keyboard and hit record, and play a few notes, then “turn part to pattern” (or vice versa)…and then double click on the part ..?

Do i even need to hit record? Is their a normal sounding kit to found ?

If anybody can shed some step by step by step light on the subject I’d greatly appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.

What USB microphone should I get? I need a mic capable of recording vocals and the following instruments: acoustic guitar, keyboard, Portasound, ukulele, xylophone (very high-pitched), maracas, flute, kazoo, violin, and tambourine. I assume it would be easier to record instruments such as bass and electric guitar through an amp.

I'm pretty new to this recording stuff so I'm unsure whether one mic would be capable of recording all of the above within an untreated setting. I don't need a super clean mic, I don't mind recordings being a little messy. Thanks in advance.

Hi, I'm finally planning to buy my first mic for recording singing, but I'm helpless at tech. Please provide some suggestions! (For female vocals if that matters ?)

So far I've done my research and more or less landed on the shure sm7db, but I understand that I will also require a digital audio interface. Is there any reason i should not get the shure mvx2u?

Additionally, I think I also need phantom power for the microphone, I've seen suggestions for the goxlr mini. Also read that too much phantom power can damage the microphone?

I'm open to suggestions for any other microphone as well, or any advice in general for somebody relatively new to recording music!

Also if anybody is open to explaining how the tech works to me like I'm 5, I would greatly appreciate that as well ><

Hi everyone,

I have a bit of a "is it just me?" question. I recently picked up a pair of Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pros along with a Focusrite Scarlett Solo (4th Gen).

I’ve been testing them out, and I’m honestly not sure if I’m missing something, but everything sounds incredibly... neutral. It’s not just the tracks I’m producing in FL Studio; even professionally mixed songs on YouTube, SoundCloud, and Spotify feel kind of "flat" or even "lifeless."

I did some research beforehand and I know these are "reference" headphones meant for mixing and mastering, but is it normal for them to sound this clinical? Even hits mixed by top-tier pros don't have that "punch" I'm used to.

For context, these are my first pair of professional studio headphones. Up until now, I’ve been using HyperX gaming headsets for everything.

Has anyone else had this experience when making the switch? Is it just a matter of my ears getting used to a non-boosted sound, or could I be doing something wrong with my setup?

Thanks in advance for the help!

EDIT: YES YES YES I use the RME drivers, everyone stop asking please!

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I wanted to get a portable "pro level" interface since I only have bulky stuff like Behringer X32 Rack and an old Tascam US1641 in my home and rehearsal.

So I got the RME Babyface Pro.

So far I have WAY more issues with:

* dropouts

* stuttering

* audio noises and shit

with the RME than any other interfaces I have ever had before.

And this is on 1024 buffer size. Even on max 2048 it still happens.

The X32 is way more stable and works much better at lower buffer size.

What is going on here?

I have a Windws 11 and run Cubase 14 Pro. My computer is not brand new but I think it should be logical that if a BEHRINGER driver works great on my 16gb ram Ryzen 7 bla bla, whatever it is, the legendary RME should work as well.

I also have a M1 Macbook but I have not had time to try it out with that one yet.

What can be wrong? I'm running out of ideas.

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.

Ok so I play guitar and a I have a small YouTube channel either me playing solos and songs all covers .. it’s been going a few yrs and I used to get my son who is excellent at home recording to do the audio and video but he’s Niven in and isn’t available anymore.. I myself have no interest or time to learn this stuff so I’ve been trying to book a session in a legit recording studio with an engineer.. I can play the songs handy enough so no more than a couple of hours to mix and send it .. however even though I’m perfectly happy to pay the going rate nobody will even reply . I asked 3 places now over the last week and been blanked by all of them .. I literally want to sit down play and also have it videoed if possible but it seems it’s beneath them . I’m based in Ireland close to Dublin .. so I’ll put it out there if anyone has a home studio or a recording studio please get in touch .. my money is as good as anyone else’s !

Hi everyone, getting slightly desperate so decided to ask for help here. After years of wanting to record my music, I've finally gotten the devices necessary to do so. Specifically, I got an Audient ID14 interface, a Rode NT1 mic and Ableton Live for mixing. I'm currently sitting here trying to record, but it seems like I'm missing an important piece. My mic is plugged into the Audient interface with an XLR cable, which is in turn plugged into my computer with a USB-C cable. If I click any button on the audio interface, the corresponding lights turn on, so I reckon it's plugged in correctly. Nevertheless, I cannot for the life of me get the lights in the middle of the interface to start flickering if I speak into or tap the mic (which I understand is how you notice it's working, no?). Similarly, my Ableton app is not picking up on anything.

I'm probably gonna find this embarrassing when I am no longer a full novice, but what am I missing? Really aching to record, so I hope someone can help me out!

Edit: Pressing all the buttons and flicking all the switches loads of times seems to have helped, thanks everyone! Next challenge is to manage to play back the recording through my headphones, but I'll get to that next time.

I am tryin to record into FL studio using the M-Audio Fast Track. I have downloaded Asio4all. I have selected Fast Track in "show asio panel" but i cannot figure out where to go from here. Any help?

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Hey guys, still very new to audio and stuff. I have my logitech z625 and a pair of rokit 5. I want to combine them for my bedroom but I dont know if it normal to combine enhanced audio and studio speakers together. If its normal, what ways can I combine them?

I charge R500 for mixing and mastering and artist locally always complain that I am expensive, Do you think I am expensive? because I think my prices are very much reasonable and less for so many years I have worked with artists I deserve more just being considerate.

Hola, que tal todo ahí afuera, tengo una UM2 desde hace ya bastante tiempo ya que no me he podido permitir comprar una interface mejor, el problema de esta pequeña es que por algún motivo, a veces la salida de audífonos mete un ruido insoportable a uno de los dos canales stereo, ni siquiera se que dictamine que sea el R o L solo ocurre, además de que algunas veces suele distorsionar un poco el audio de salida de mi PC, cosa que es en exceso frustrante ya que desafina lo que oigo y hasta genera un poping en el audio que para consumir contenido es horrible y para producir todavía peor, si alguien puede darme una recomendación estaría sumamente agradecido