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Help with making a home studio?

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mcharis

Nov 1, 2008
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#1
I want to buy sennheiser's wireless condenser microphone, for vocals, ew 965 wireless,it is the condenser one, will I be able to use it for studio recordings and live?

I want to make a demo, covers and originals. Will I be able to make a demo using a console with Cubase and my mic?
I have Finale as well, I compose the music on Finale, im thinking to use Cubase for the mixing and the console for the mic and piano.
My bagget will be around 200 -300 USD for the console.
So any recomentations around that price will be very good for me.

Also, I know about mackie consoles and mbox and m audio, but many people have complains, I jsut want a good console to take the power of the mic and with cubase i think I can do the rest.
Like I said, im new in all of that and i m little lost of the things that I need or not need or how I will do them.
Any help with people who have make demos in their houses with my kind of bugget and tips will be very helpful for me.

Thanks
 
#2
I dont know much about cubase, I use Logic Pro and a PreSonus interface which treats me well, but I do know that for recording- never go wireless, and for performance-always use a dynamic. There's a reason dynamic mics are for live: they're durable, and you're in such an environment that no one can notice the nuances provided by a LDC. If your looking for studio mics, go for a mid-range STUDIO condenser, if you're going for live, go for a Blue en.Core 200, i use it and it sounds amazing. Just keep studio mics for studio and live mics for live. It's like separation of chuch and state: everthing has its place and sounds great there, but just &%)#s everything up when they switch places.
 
#3
When you say "console," I think you mean an interface, or a method of connecting your computer to your guitar. There are 'consoles' of sorts that you can buy that have faders and tie into your DAW, but they usually cost a TON more then $200-300.

I'd scan craigslist or ebay. There's a ton out there with many options. If I were you, I'd start by getting a cheap 1 or 2 channel interface just to see how it works for you. All the interfaces could have issues with 'latency,' or a delay in time between when you play a note on your instrument, and when it gets processed by the computer and spit back out to your headphones. Many people can work around this, but if you're working with a ton of plug-ins, ton of tracks, or other things that can bog your computer down, it can really be an issue while you're recording. Find out if it is before you spend more on a larger interface, and decide if a firewire interface is needed for you.

That said, if you do need to record drums or other multitrack stuff, Focusrite and PreSonus makes some great ones, and they're my favorites, as I never have issues with them. The guitarist in my band has a Tascam US-1800, and I really like that thing, too. That one's under $300 usually, maybe a bit more. It's a USB connection, so there are latency issues, but we've gotten used to it and work around it.
 
#4
Get yourself over to Tips, News, Forums and Equipment for your Home Music Studio - Home Recording Studio Help

There's probably no question that they haven't answered, and they are a great bunch of people. The mods keep it civil (very similar to here), and they DO know what they are talking about. There are people there with everything from a simple tape recorder up to mega-hit quality studios. They WILL answer your questions.

I am not affiliated with them, but they've saved my skin a million times.
 

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