I Need Basic Recording Equipment

[Tornado]

Don't know if this in the wrong section but whatever...

Anyways, ki've been waiting for january sales and i should have £150-200 quid to spend on getting a basic home studio setup and wanted any advice forme Tr artists on what i should buy and what to avoid

Thanks in advance

[DƎRDYPK]

I use an MXL 990 condenser mic

hooked up to a ART Tube Preamp


a basic home setup that sounds good
The MXL only cost about $50 & the preamp cost $30
pretty good deal for a nice smooth sound
try browsing http://www.music123.com/ to see what else you could find

[2sDay]

interseting

[Tash8]

i have a 20 dollar mic plugged into my comp thru a mic jack and

http://soundclick.com/tamerashkar

that's it's sound quality (wiht the exception of memory lane)

[dR3]

i have a 20 dollar mic plugged into my comp thru a mic jack and

http://soundclick.com/tamerashkar

that's it's sound quality (wiht the exception of memory lane)

Wow, for $20? That's pretty good.

And nice music.

[B.A.D.]

get a pop filter

[Jay-19]

get a pop filter

Yeah, exactly what I was gonna say.

[Mr. Chambers]

ur better off saving up a lil more and getting the next best set up....

[Strictt Ame]

ur better off saving up a lil more and getting the next best set up....

^Word..you get what you pay for..high quality equipment gives high quality results

[AbramIsaac]

I have a Shure SM58 which is good to record vocals or whatever. Proper mixing makes it sound even nicer. You'll want a preamp of some sort, or perhaps a mixer with built-in preamps, but the mixer route will be a little bit lower quality.

If you're getting a condensor mic, you definitely want a pop guard. They're alot more sensitive, and will pick up noise easier.

[Mr. Chambers]

ur better off saving up a lil more and getting the next best set up....

^Word..you get what you pay for..high quality equipment gives high quality results

^partly...but knowing how to mix also helps....i have a $99 mic and a $99 audio interface...and i can say my shit sounds clean...(no ego).........but yes....the better the equipment the better the results...just a shame..if i had some $$$...and could get better shit....my shit would be crystal...

[lifeadeath]

If you know how to mix properly so you don't need SO expensive equipments, and if you only need a mic + mixer or preamp so 100-200£ is totally enough some ppl can't get even good quality with expensive equipments if they don't know anything about mixing, I've seen that happen many times

[Tash8]

i have a 20 dollar mic plugged into my comp thru a mic jack and

http://soundclick.com/tamerashkar

that's it's sound quality (wiht the exception of memory lane)

but knowing how to mix also helps...

If you know how to mix properly so you don't need SO expensive equipments:

like I said that's all i have...a 20-29 dollar mic... no preamp, no mixer, no nothing.. the mic plugs in right into my mic jack.

[,-,'-{Bar}-',-,]

Don't know if this in the wrong section but whatever...

Anyways, ki've been waiting for january sales and i should have £150-200 quid to spend on getting a basic home studio setup and wanted any advice forme Tr artists on what i should buy and what to avoid

Thanks in advance

buy any condensor mic, with the pre amp reccomended by the shop.

dont buy online go into a local music shop so you have somewere in person to go and ask for tips and shit.

thats all you need really.

[Strictt Ame]

Mixing is a huge part of quality but if you start with a distorted sound with a lot of pops and clicks then you can only do so much with it..by the time you get all the impurities out your vocals will be compressed flat and come out over processed..