Studio Monitors / studio set up
Need some advice. I haven't really set up a home studio but have been thinking about it.
I don't need anything fancy really just need to have a set up for my ipad, Studio monitors, headphones, and Mic.
Any one know the best way/easiest way to go about it? would something like behringer istudio be all i need?
thx!
I don't need anything fancy really just need to have a set up for my ipad, Studio monitors, headphones, and Mic.
Any one know the best way/easiest way to go about it? would something like behringer istudio be all i need?
thx!
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But yeah that's all you need apart form a mic if u wanna record vocals or whatever.
Istudio it think might be it.
I was thinking about getting something like these monitors.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=567758&Q=&is=REG&A=details
and i here these mics are pretty good for the price
http://store.apple.com/us/product/HA619ZM/A/blue-spark-digital-microphone?fnode=57
As for controller keyboard i have the akai lpk25 you think that will be ok? But i really don't play a it much. i just go into the midi.
The I studio does look nice, but with all things behringer it could be hit or miss. Also remember that the I studio is for 30 pin iPads...
Happy shopping!
But when i first got them they where defective, one ear didn't work. so i had to send them back and they replaced them (2month later they sent them back
when i was looking at the Behringer site i see they had a pair of headphone for $10 wow! i'm sure they aren't that good but dam. i might just get a pair to throw in the backpack to i don't beat up my sonys any more.
"I studio is for 30 pin iPads..."
Not sure i understand? and do you recommend any thing else like istudio?
Oh yeah, I've had my sony's for 8 years and the ear pads are shredded! My advice would be to keep using them whenever you can, though. I've got several pairs of cheap headphones (one I found on clearance from $199 down to $40) and they are just uninspiring. Same thing goes for studio monitors- buy the best ones you can afford if you are serious about production. They are your link to your music!
Studio monitors are a good thing if the user has an idea of how to map frequencies in a room, and has proper acoustic treatment to make the room tuned. If not studio monitors will serve absolutely no purpose what so ever. The monitors will also have to be properly broken in (see manufacturers suggestions) and the monitors will have to be used to play much reference material (stuff you like the sound of as a consumer) so that the engineer (you) can learn the strengths and weaknesses of your monitors. FOR EXAMPLE an untreated bedroom and 2000 dollar monitors will help your mix absolutely none. A proper studio space costs alot to rent for many reasons/ it is usually dead so outside folks arent pissed, it is acoustically treated and tuned to stop sound reflections that bounce and sum giving a false sense of sound, and is hooked to clean power with no cycle hum and other browning devices in line with the sound itself. Can you do this, of course you can! It will take time and money and lots of planning and people with companies like auralex will gladly help you with figures and placement right on the website.
I dont trust anything behringer...it could be really good, or it could be really bad...i'd let that thing come out for a minute and see what users are saying good and bad. As we know the alesis IO Dock is useable but it has lots of problems with beatmaker2 such as multitrack latency and using input 2 instead of input 1 when input one is selected...it also has some hum, and there is no balanced outputs on it...also the sound coming from it is colored at the headphone level but not transfered to any renders.
An audio device I can recommend is the Apogee Duet 2 IOS VERSION as it has the best sound I have heard thus far for ios devices...tascam has a comparable product but i have not personally tried it....the apogee will indeed charge your device while you are recording making a longer session possible...but it will need plugged into a wall outlet or dc inverter if you are car "mobile"
Please do your own research but I do not think you are considering thing with a budget verses all options pro and con state of mind. Take your time, go over everything, see what you really want in terms of sound verses your actual budget. I know lots of cats who use the ios environment for writing and getting things done...and then when practiced up buy 2 hours to record somewhere good. Hope this helps, and good luck.
It's extremely niecve to think u can't get good results without having a properly treated room with engineers coming round to sort the space out etc and to think u need speakers that cost a couple of grand is also crazy... Like I said I've used expensive and cheap monitors. Tested and untreated rooms.. I've even mixed a track that was released in 2009 and went onto do extremely well.. This was mixed in a mostly GLASS conservatory with my Msp5 speakers that don't have very much bass response as the drivers are rather small.. Well the tune was accepted by the record company and again my mix was used as the final mix..
The truth is u need to learn your speakers and how they sound.. Yes having 10.000 worth of kit is good and might enable you to get better results but not always and especially when u are just getting into music production.
Beringer can be a bit hit n miss sometimes but again. I recommend the istudio thunder regardless as I fairly happy with some of their products I have tried and some I have been pretty amazed by considering the price..
Peace.
I final got a little space to set up some speakers, mic...etc. So i wanted to build a little spot , and when the friends came over they could get down.
Is there a link to that?