My Home Basic Recording Studio Setup?(Give Me Your Opinion)?
I’m a Begginer at Recording
Setup:
MXL 3000 Large-Diaphragm Condenser Microphone$99.99
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Image Line FL Studio 7 – Frootyloops Edition ( Windows ) $99.99
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M-Audio KeyRig 25 USB Keyboard$99.97
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MXL Mic Mate XLR to USB Mic Interface with Phantom Power$79.99
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Mixcraft 3(Windows) $44.99
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Musicians Gear Tripod Mic Stand with Telescoping Boom(Black)$19.99
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CAD EPF-15A 6-Inch Flexible Pop Filter$19.99
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Sony MDR-V150 Studio Monitor Series Headphones$19.99
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Musicians Gear Lo-Z Microphone Cable 20 Foot$7.99
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Total:$$481.92Shipping price included
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Greetings,
That is quite a bit of stuff for such a small amount of cash. Bravo!
There are two negatives to your list though. First, the software you are purchasing leaves you entirely incompatible with most other studios. It may not be important now but you may find that you’ve written and recorded something that someone else wants to use or remix but you are not in a format most people would recognize.
Second, there is nothing worse than buying something and then buying a better version a year later because you’ve outgrown it. Always seemed like a big waste of money. So, I would skip the MXL 3000 and go for a standard dynamic like a SM57 or a Beta 57. Those are both in your pricerange and you will never need to replace them. I have microphones that cost more than $5000 but I still use my SM57 for vocals, guitars and snare drums. That MXL might be a Condenser Microphone but I’d rather have a microphone that people are used to hearing (the 57 is used for vocals all the time) than a Cheap Condenser. I’ve heard those things and I’d rather record through a straw than use one of those things.
Why not spend a bit more and get the Sony 7506 headphones which are standard in every studio in the world. At least you can reference other CD’s to your work on the same headphones that are just standard everywhere.
It appears that you are not budgeting 20K for monitoring but only budgeting $20 will make ya crazy fast and you’ll be replacing those headphones fast. Might as well buy the right ones right away.
Finally, I would consider Reason over FL Pro because FL is a toy about one step up from Guitar Hero. Of course, I’m very opinionated about it. Maybe Protools LE or Sonar as your mixing program.
Good Luck,
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