Function: recording personal CD, vocal audio editing; MIDI composition and orchestration; simple sound effect production, etc.
Cost: within 10,000 yuan (excluding computers, synthesizers, and sound sources)
Suitable for: proletarian music lovers.
Without further ado, let’s build our proletarian personal music studio together.
1. A bedroom in an ordinary building is enough.
2. Prepare materials.
3. Start construction: Pay attention to leaving the audio interface during decoration and paying attention to wiring. Do not let the AC power cord and the audio signal cable be twisted together. And don't use fluorescent lamps. This will cause great interference to the power supply.
4. Completed.
Mixing console: There are analog and digital. Generally, non-professionals can just choose a simulation platform. The price ranges from 1,000 to 10,000 yuan, you can choose according to your own financial conditions. Generally, 8-recorder is enough for you. If it is not enough, buy 12-recorder. Behringer is an affordable brand, while Yamaha is slightly more upscale.
(Analog, professional digital) mixing console.
Note: Whether to bring phantom power supply (you need to bring this if you want to use a condenser microphone). For home recording, it is best to use a clean stage (without integrated amplifier)... As for the remaining parameters, they are not professional recording. You don’t need to think too much.
Microphone: It is best to use a condenser microphone with higher sensitivity. Price > 1,000 yuan; you can also choose dynamic microphones, price < 1,000 yuan, recommended: Shure sm58 600 yuan, BG series can also be used for about 200 yuan.
Note: Don’t use karaoke-level stuff. (Things that cost less than 100 yuan will be recorded as distortion).
It is recommended that you use (capacitor or moving coil).
The audio card
is the interface for sound to enter the computer... Our ordinary sound card can also be used instead... but the effect is slightly worse. The innovative SBLive can also be used for this purpose. I recommend MAYA44Pro. These two audio cards are between professional and civilian, and are actually professional cards. It is enough to satisfy the average user.
Recommended (super professional audio interface: DSP2000)
Monitoring equipment: professional monitoring speakers, with great effect, huge price, and at least 4 digits.
Generally, you can choose headphones... You can choose AKG's K55 ￥3XX (or Superlux HD-660 ￥3XX).
As for the computer speakers, there is no need to consider them, nothing can be heard.
Electronic synthesizer: It can be said to be a very expensive piece of equipment in the studio. Generally, the price of a similar synthesizer is about 8xxx or more, and the price of a professional synthesizer is tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.
This thing is an optional device for us proletarians. If you don’t have enough money, you can use software to replace it. The effect is of course... It can also be used by people who are not demanding on their ears. accept.
There are three major brands of general synthesizers: Roland KORG Yamaha
I prefer Roland among these three brands.
RS series low-end products, XP series and The XV series is more suitable for music.
Roland RS-9
Roland XV-88
Roland xp-30
Yamaha MOTIF8
Cables and plugs: Be sure to use professional audio signal cables, especially microphone cables; the microphone is connected to the mixer with a balanced large three-core XLR plug.
Other devices can be connected to the mixer using the 6.5mm plug.
Connection from mixer to sound card: If you use a professional audio card, you can directly use a T-wire or unbalanced connection. If you are using an ordinary computer sound card, you can use a 3.5 to RCA cable to connect.
Things that may also be used: ground sockets and various adapters.
Record sound. It is recommended that you use LiveWare to record.
As for doing something like MTV.
It is recommended that you use MAYA video processing software, which has high requirements on machine configuration. Think carefully.