What I use to Record Music

Let's Talk Gear:
Connecting my music equipment is fairly easy. Producing music, on the other hand is another story. I'm just going to cover the equipment I use to record my songs. But if you're interested in knowing how to produce music you can register for my music course by clicking here. Okay...now, lets move on to what equipment is needed to record the sounds.

What Instrument do You Play?
I play the Yamaha keyboard, but whether you play the keys or the strings they need to be connected to an audio box. I use the Presounus Audio box which I then connect to my computer. It comes with its software so basically all you need is to hook everything up, like your mic, speakers, instrument(s) and headphones into the box. You can make adjustments on it, turning the knobs and blending the vocals and sounds until you like what you hear, but again, that's part producing.

"I used to spend thousands of dollars in recording studios and I was still dissatisfied. Not because the engineer was bad but because I was still finding my style which became expensive to do. So I decided to learn and spend hours experimenting on my own; at my own pace."

Headphones:

Make sure you get the right headphones and take breaks as often as you can to protect your hearing. Headphones are used mainly to record vocals,preventing the microphone from catching any sound from the speakers. That's the purpose for headphones.Your speakers are meant for you to hear the results of the recording afterwards. So try to limit the use of them for the sake of your ears. Here are a good pair of headphones with good reviews.

I Love my Apple:

I use an Apple Computer desktop for all my recordings. They're designed for video and audio projects and save me a lot of time while I work. Their hardware is built to handle stuff like music and video files and I find it super reliable.

Listen to one of my latest song on Spotify to heat the finishing mastering sound using this equipment: Click here.

Microphones - One Two One Two:                                                                                                                                         And what's a studio without a microphone? A Recording microphone is very different from a regular mic. They have professional built in filters designed to give you the best tone for your vocals. The Rode Microphone is the one I use and love. It comes with it's own pop filter, a sheer circle between you and the mic to prevent your recordings form getting popping sounds. 

Speakers:

Portable Bluetooth speakers are great when you want to test your music through different filters. As a producer, I test my audio track on my phone speaker, (once I download it from my computer to my phone through Bluetooth)  my car speakers and home speakers. Having a another way to listen helps me refine my songs better and faster. I have the JBL Speaker and I love it, it's sturdy and the sound quality is great.

So there you have it! Everything I use to record songs and everything that is needed to build a recording studio. I hope this article was informational and helpful in some way. If you have any questions, email me and I'll answer any questions you might have concerning music studio gear. 

And if you want to learn how to produce music, you can register for my online music course by clicking on this link here.

Thank you for visiting my blog and keep shining!

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