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        Home recording studios are a very hot market in several industries right now such as audio equipment, home remodeling and home income opportunities to name a few.  So hot, in fact, it has brought about the closing of some big-name studios due to people deciding to do it all themselves. Furthermore, this is a sector of people that have largely been ignored by these industries until recently.  Consequently, the growing demand has stimulated interest to supply it on numerous key fronts leading to increased quantity and improved quality of the many component choices there are to make.

Building your own home recording studio can save you a huge amount of money if it‘s done correctly, and if not, it can cost you just as much and more.  The facilities are typically designed in a way so that they are divided into three major zones, each adequately sound-proofed and separated from the others. The main action takes place in the studio proper, also at times referred to as the “live room.”  It is essential that the rooms are carefully designed so that they have good acoustics and that there is good isolation between the rooms. 

Home recording studios are easily equipped and have prospered with the reduction in costs of Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) equipment, accessories, and digital recording software. The use of electronic instrumentation or an isolation box or booth can solve small recording studio sound problems introduced by drums and electric guitars that challenge the home studio recording artist.

At some point you can also capitalize on the opportunity of being able to charge others for the use of your recording facilities and services.  Recording studios are a major investment for any performing artist, and for the price of a demo session, you could have your own  home studio setup.  In fact, it’s possible for amateur and career musicians to outfit a home studio so it can successfully compete with expensive professional studios.

Recording studios are one of the most alluring businesses in the world.  Many people fantasize about having this kind of profession.  They are rapidly proving that they can be successful business ventures, too, given the right location and the right promotion.  Here are three more key factors that contribute to success:

     1) Charge appropriately.  You can only make money if you set your prices sufficient to cover costs and earn a profit.  As a studio owner, your time is money as well – and you have to charge accordingly. A lot of people think opening a studio and charging dirt cheap prices will help them win customers.  WRONG!   That’s a recipe for disaster. Believe me, you need to know this before you ever consider starting a studio business.

2)  You need to learn and apply the  80/20 rule of recording studio headaches. You will find that 80% of your stress and problems come from 20% of your clients. And the worst part is… those clients aren’t worth the money that they are paying you.  It is very important to learn how to filter out problem customers so that you can maximize the time you spend with friendly, high-paying customers.  Why?  Because that will bring you even more business later!  Yes, you read that right.  The best customers will send you more new clients to work with.  But you have to learn how to make them do this.

3) You can turn many of your friends into the best “street team” on the planet!  It’s quick, it’s effective, and it will make you more money than you can imagine.  Plus, your street team will love you.  Almost everyone you know is going to be interested in your studio business.  You have a cool job!  Get used to it.  When you tell people about it, they will want to get involved.  Learn to harness that power!  Make more money from their work.  That’s how the world’s richest business moguls get the job done.

     So, the bottom line is that there can surely be a lot of fame and fortune and glamour and pleasure gained from owning and operating a home recording studio properly and profitably.  It can also be your biggest nightmare.  If your enthusiasm for the former is greater than your fear of the latter, then I encourage you to learn all the tricks of the trade from a master like Reuben Rock of Memphis, TN.  You can watch the free video review of the “Recording Studio Profits” training program that he offers on our website and blog at http://www.jujamvideoreview.com/recordingstudioprofits.html.

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• Reduce vocals with Center Channel Removal
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Home Recording Studio Equipment:

I. A Good Computer

Your computer will be the basis of your studio so having powerful computer is essential for creating home recording studio

You need to get a pc with at least 2 GB of RAM. I advise as well to avoid Computers based on Vista as Vista requires great part of the resources provided by computer just to operate.

II. Audio Interface

These are getting cheaper every year. Back in 2001 there was almost no audio interface available for less, than than 750$. Today the cheapest ones cost just 200$.

This is a very important part of your studio because it gives you possibility to connect your instruments & microphones and your computer. Unless you decide on purchasing seperate preamps, you need to ensure that you get an audio interface with a preamp.

III. A Condenser Microphone

Condenser microphone of high quality is essential for recording vocals and acoustic guitars. Like the other items on this list, they’ve become a lot cheaper over the course of this decade.

IV. Monitors

It’s essential to listen to your music with a “flat response” when you are to do your mixing. Studio monitors are not like pc speakers that make everything sound “good.” Studio monitors give you chance of discovering all the flaws your mix has and fix them.

V. Music Recording Software

There is a great amount of different software available, some of them are even free! But most of them have free demos so you can try all the features offered by these music recording software and see which one works best for you.

• Record audio files from a microphone or other audio source
• Edit audio files and remove portions of audio clips with a single click
• Include background tracks by overlaying audio files
• Add special effects or music files to audio recordings
• Publish audio files as an MP3, WAV, or WMA

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Overall, you will want software programs with these types of functions:

Samplers

Soft synths

Effects

Tools for mastering

Tools for mixing

Dynamic software

and many others might come in handy

For all of these uses, you can probably buy a software program but that will start to cost you after you’ve purchased 2 or 3 of them. So why not try a DAW (digital audio workstation) instead, that offers a whole range of tools in one package. Don’t be fooled by the all-in-one approach. Many DAWs include very high-quality software. Some feature-packed ones are Sonar 8, Pro Tools and Cubase. Of these three, Sonar 8 has the best selection of integrated features, including these tools:

Guitar Rig 3 LE

Roland V-Vocal 1.5 voice modeler

TruePianos Amber

VX-64 Vocal Strip multi-effects processor

PX-64 Percussion Strip

VC-64 Vintage Channel dynamic processor

Boost 11 peak limiter

LP-64 EQ Linear equalizer

Transient Shaper- LP-64 Multiband- Roland TTS-1

Dreamstation DXi analog modeler

TL-64 Tube Leveler

Rapture LE- Z3TA+- Sonitus

DropZone Sampler

and many other software tools too

Sonar 8 is clearly going to provide you with a wide range of software, tools, effects for all your mixing and mastering requirements. That’s not to say that Pro Tools or Cubase aren’t good choices either. Both of those packages also come with a bundled set of programs for your home studio recording needs as well. Any of them will enable you to create professional sounding recordings at home.

The best idea is to try a good quality DAW, and after using it for a while then you can decide if your recording projects warrant getting more specialized software for any specific jobs, like getting some dedicated reverb or mastering programs.