I’ll try to keep this short and sweet just a series of links to free and or free to use software for beginners. :::DAW::: Reaper – Free to use but after 60 days it will be the best $60 you ever spend. Perfect for Mac or Windows Record Audio and Midi – Piano Roll and […]
Category: The Budget Studio
Getting the most out of my home studio
Feels like such a long time since I last put anything on here. Funny how life has a habit of getting in the way. But it’s time to get back to business… A brand new setup: So the best way I can get started is to outline what I have in my studio and what […]
Teaching an old PC new tricks
What can you do with old PCs? Not a lot? Well depends what you want to do. I have a lot of SCSI based equipment, at the moment they connect to my main DAW PC. This of course is not ideal. My main SCSI units are my EMU ESI samplers. And they are also my […]
7am Weirdness – Home Studio Storage Hacks
Ever needed a bespoke studio storage solution? Expensive eh? But the industry standard is 1. too expensive 2. too big/too small Why not make your own or hack a peice of furniture, Waiting for a delivery of amp parts from Germany I came across this article ikea hacker:hack bedside tables into music studio racks As […]
Audio Processing – Hog That CPU – Network
If you read my previous article – Audio Processing – Hog That CPU – UAD then you’ll get a kick out of this. ===o=–>>> Using another PC as an FX processor. Using a network connection it’s possible to use a 2nd PC or laptop for VSTeffects or VSTinstruments. Clearing up CPU usage – well almost […]
Audio Processing – Hog That CPU – UAD
If like me your CPU is shall we say a little on the outdated side then you’ll probably be looking at updating your pc. But what if you don’t have the moola or like me you simply can’t. ===Hang you say, why can’t you… I can’t for a few reasons, serial and parallel ports are […]
Studio Project £1000+
A few years ago I started building up the equipment in my project Studio here is the equipment list. At the hub is the PC. The desktop is my studio – it’s a 2ghz 2gb big baby(looks like a fridge) – specs (not the fastest, but it is setup to use every bit of its […]
Jargon Busting – Latency
Latency – is something you’ll hear a lot about. It is basically the delay in analogue sound being converted to digital. It works like this – analogue signal(mic/guitar) input – converts to digital in recording – output then converts back to digital – this can cause a delay. This delay can be seen in monitored […]
Getting Started
So ok, you’ve got your PC setup and you’ve chosen your Audio/Midi package. Where do you go from here? Well, first it’s an idea to setup your pc the best you can. Optimising your pc is the first step I would recommend – follow the link to an article here. —————> Next you need to […]
Recording and Midi
So you’ve decided on your setup, now you need the software to record – So far I’ve seen two packages available, both are free to use. Reaper – A multi track audio package – rewired, vst support – midi support. Reaper (www.cockos.com) – is an outstanding peice of kit – a 64 bit audio engine, […]